| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| My Lord, your sonne was gone before I came. | My lord, your son was gone before I came. | R2 II.ii.86 |
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| My Lord, I had forgot / To tell your Lordship, | My lord, I had forgot to tell your lordship – | R2 II.ii.93 |
| to day I came by, and call'd there, | Today as I came by I called there – | R2 II.ii.94 |
| But I shall greeue you to report the rest. | But I shall grieve you to report the rest. | R2 II.ii.95 |
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| An houre before I came, the Dutchesse di'de. | An hour before I came the Duchess died. | R2 II.ii.97 |