| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Great Hercules is presented by this Impe, | Great Hercules is presented by this imp, | LLL V.ii.584 |
| Whose Club kil'd Cerberus that three-headed Canus, | Whose club killed Cerberus, that three-headed canus, | LLL V.ii.585 |
| And when he was a babe, a childe, a shrimpe, | And when he was a babe, a child, a shrimp, | LLL V.ii.586 |
| Thus did he strangle Serpents in his Manus: | Thus did he strangle serpents in his manus. | LLL V.ii.587 |
| Quoniam, he seemeth in minoritie, | Quoniam he seemeth in minority, | LLL V.ii.588 |
| Ergo, I come with this Apologie. | Ergo I come with this apology. | LLL V.ii.589 |
| Keepe some state in thy exit, and vanish. | Keep some state in thy exit, and retire. | LLL V.ii.590 |
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| Iudas I am. | Judas I am – | LLL V.ii.591 |