| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Thou art the King of Honor: | Thou art the king of honour. | 1H4 IV.i.10 |
| No man so potent breathes vpon the ground, | No man so potent breathes upon the ground | 1H4 IV.i.11 |
| But I will Beard him. | But I will beard him. | 1H4 IV.i.12.1 |
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| Faith, and so wee should, / Where now remaines | Faith, and so we should, where now remains | 1H4 IV.i.53 |
| a sweet reuersion. / We may boldly spend, | A sweet reversion – we may boldly spend | 1H4 IV.i.54 |
| vpon the hope / Of what is to come in: | Upon the hope of what is to come in. | 1H4 IV.i.55 |
| A comfort of retyrement liues in this. | A comfort of retirement lives in this. | 1H4 IV.i.56 |
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| As heart can thinke: / There is not such a word | As heart can think. There is not such a word | 1H4 IV.i.84 |
| spoke of in Scotland, / At this Dreame of Feare. | Spoke of in Scotland as this term of fear. | 1H4 IV.i.85 |
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| That's the worst Tidings that I heare of yet. | That's the worst tidings that I hear of yet. | 1H4 IV.i.127 |
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| Talke not of dying, I am out of feare | Talk not of dying, I am out of fear | 1H4 IV.i.135 |
| Of death, or deaths hand, for this one halfe yeare. | Of death or death's hand for this one half year. | 1H4 IV.i.136 |
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| You giue him then aduantage. | You give him then advantage. | 1H4 IV.iii.2.1 |
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| You doe not counsaile well: | You do not counsel well. | 1H4 IV.iii.6.2 |
| You speake it out of feare, and cold heart. | You speak it out of fear and cold heart. | 1H4 IV.iii.7 |
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| Yea, or to night. | Yea, or tonight. | 1H4 IV.iii.14.2 |
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| Defie him by the Lord of Westmerland | Defy him by the Lord of Westmorland. | 1H4 V.ii.31 |
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| Marry and shall, and verie willingly. | Marry, and shall, and very willingly. | 1H4 V.ii.33 |
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| Arme Gentlemen, to Armes, for I haue thrown | Arm, gentlemen, to arms! For I have thrown | 1H4 V.ii.41 |
| A braue defiance in King Henries teeth: | A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth, | 1H4 V.ii.42 |
| And Westmerland that was ingag'd did beare it, | And Westmorland that was engaged did bear it, | 1H4 V.ii.43 |
| Which cannot choose but bring him quickly on. | Which cannot choose but bring him quickly on. | 1H4 V.ii.44 |
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| Know then my name is Dowglas, | Know then my name is Douglas, | 1H4 V.iii.3.2 |
| And I do haunt thee in the Battell thus, | And I do haunt thee in the battle thus | 1H4 V.iii.4 |
| Because some tell me, that thou art a King. | Because some tell me that thou art a king. | 1H4 V.iii.5 |
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| The Lord of Stafford deere to day hath bought | The Lord of Stafford dear today hath bought | 1H4 V.iii.7 |
| Thy likenesse: for insted of thee King Harry, | Thy likeness, for instead of thee, King Harry, | 1H4 V.iii.8 |
| This Sword hath ended him, so shall it thee, | This sword hath ended him: so shall it thee | 1H4 V.iii.9 |
| Vnlesse thou yeeld thee as a Prisoner. | Unless thou yield thee as my prisoner. | 1H4 V.iii.10 |
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| All's done, all's won, here breathles lies the king | All's done, all's won. Here breathless lies the King. | 1H4 V.iii.16 |
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| Heere. | Here. | 1H4 V.iii.18 |
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| Ah foole: go with thy soule whether it goes, | A fool go with thy soul, whither it goes! | 1H4 V.iii.22 |
| A borrowed Title hast thou bought too deere. | A borrowed title hast thou bought too dear. | 1H4 V.iii.23 |
| Why didst thou tell me, that thou wer't a King? | Why didst thou tell me that thou wert a king? | 1H4 V.iii.24 |
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| Now by my Sword, I will kill all his Coates, | Now, by my sword, I will kill all his coats! | 1H4 V.iii.26 |
| Ile murder all his Wardrobe peece by peece, | I'll murder all his wardrobe, piece by piece, | 1H4 V.iii.27 |
| Vntill I meet the King. | Until I meet the King. | 1H4 V.iii.28.1 |
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| Another King? They grow like Hydra's heads: | Another king! They grow like Hydra's heads. | 1H4 V.iv.24 |
| I am the Dowglas, fatall to all those | I am the Douglas, fatal to all those | 1H4 V.iv.25 |
| That weare those colours on them. What art thou | That wear those colours on them. What art thou, | 1H4 V.iv.26 |
| That counterfeit'st the person of a King? | That counterfeitest the person of a king? | 1H4 V.iv.27 |
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| I feare thou art another counterfeit: | I fear thou art another counterfeit, | 1H4 V.iv.34 |
| And yet infaith thou bear'st thee like a King: | And yet, in faith, thou bearest thee like a king – | 1H4 V.iv.35 |
| But mine I am sure thou art, whoere thou be, | But mine I am sure thou art, whoe'er thou be, | 1H4 V.iv.36 |
| And thus I win thee. | And thus I win thee. | 1H4 V.iv.37 |