Original text | Modern text | Key line |
Heigh-ho, an't be not foure by the day, | Heigh-ho! An it be not four by the day | 1H4 II.i.1 |
Ile be hang'd. Charles waine is ouer the new Chimney, | I'll be hanged. Charles's Wain is over the new chimney, | 1H4 II.i.2 |
and yet our horse not packt. What Ostler? | and yet our horse not packed. What, Ostler! | 1H4 II.i.3 |
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I prethee Tom, beate Cuts Saddle, put a | I prithee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a | 1H4 II.i.5 |
few Flockes in the point: the poore Iade is wrung in the withers, | few flocks in the point; poor jade is wrung in the withers | 1H4 II.i.6 |
out of all cesse. | out of all cess. | 1H4 II.i.7 |
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Poore fellow neuer ioy'd since the price of | Poor fellow never joyed since the price of | 1H4 II.i.12 |
oats rose, it was the death of him. | oats rose, it was the death of him. | 1H4 II.i.13 |
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Like a Tench? There is ne're a | Like a tench! By the mass, there is ne'er | 1H4 II.i.17 |
King in Christendome, could be better bit, then I haue beene | a king Christian could be better bit than I have been | 1H4 II.i.18 |
since the first Cocke. | since the first cock. | 1H4 II.i.19 |
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What Ostler, come away, and be | What, Ostler! Come away and be | 1H4 II.i.23 |
hangd: come away. | hanged, come away! | 1H4 II.i.24 |
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The Turkies in my Pannier | God's body! The turkeys in my pannier | 1H4 II.i.27 |
are quite starued. What Ostler? A plague on thee, hast | are quite starved. What, Ostler! A plague on thee, hast | 1H4 II.i.28 |
thou neuer an eye in thy head? Can'st not heare? And | thou never an eye in thy head? Canst not hear? An | 1H4 II.i.29 |
t'were not as good a deed as drinke, to break the pate of | 'twere not as good deed as drink to break the pate on | 1H4 II.i.30 |
thee, I am a very Villaine. Come and be hang'd, hast no | thee, I am a very villain. Come, and be hanged! Hast no | 1H4 II.i.31 |
faith in thee? | faith in thee? | 1H4 II.i.32 |
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I thinke it be two a clocke. | I think it be two o'clock. | 1H4 II.i.34 |
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Nay soft I pray ye, I know a trick worth | Nay, by God, soft! I know a trick worth | 1H4 II.i.37 |
two of that. | two of that, i'faith. | 1H4 II.i.38 |
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As fat as Butter. | As fat as butter. | 1H4 II.iv.496.2 |