| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Be certaine what you do (Sir) least your Iustice | Be certain what you do, sir, lest your justice | WT II.i.127 |
| Proue violence, in the which three great ones suffer, | Prove violence, in the which three great ones suffer: | WT II.i.128 |
| Your Selfe, your Queene, your Sonne. | Yourself, your queen, your son. | WT II.i.129.1 |
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| If it proue | If it prove | WT II.i.133.2 |
| Shee's otherwise, Ile keepe my Stables where | She's otherwise, I'll keep my stables where | WT II.i.134 |
| I lodge my Wife, Ile goe in couples with her: | I lodge my wife; I'll go in couples with her; | WT II.i.135 |
| Then when I feele, and see her, no farther trust her: | Than when I feel and see her no farther trust her: | WT II.i.136 |
| For euery ynch of Woman in the World, | For every inch of woman in the world, | WT II.i.137 |
| I, euery dram of Womans flesh is false, | Ay, every dram of woman's flesh is false, | WT II.i.138 |
| If she be. | If she be. | WT II.i.139.1 |
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| It is for you we speake, not for our selues: | It is for you we speak, not for ourselves. | WT II.i.140 |
| You are abus'd, and by some putter on, | You are abused, and by some putter-on | WT II.i.141 |
| That will be damn'd for't: would I knew the Villaine, | That will be damned for't. Would I knew the villain! | WT II.i.142 |
| I would Land-damne him: be she honor-flaw'd, | I would lam-damn him. Be she honour-flawed, | WT II.i.143 |
| I haue three daughters: the eldest is eleuen; | I have three daughters: the eldest is eleven; | WT II.i.144 |
| The second, and the third, nine: and some fiue: | The second and the third nine and some five: | WT II.i.145 |
| If this proue true, they'l pay for't. By mine Honor | If this prove true, they'll pay for't. By mine honour, | WT II.i.146 |
| Ile gell'd em all: fourteene they shall not see | I'll geld 'em all! Fourteen they shall not see | WT II.i.147 |
| To bring false generations: they are co-heyres, | To bring false generations. They are co-heirs; | WT II.i.148 |
| And I had rather glib my selfe, then they | And I had rather glib myself than they | WT II.i.149 |
| Should not produce faire issue. | Should not produce fair issue. | WT II.i.150.1 |
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| If it be so, | If it be so, | WT II.i.154.2 |
| We neede no graue to burie honesty, | We need no grave to bury honesty: | WT II.i.155 |
| There's not a graine of it, the face to sweeten | There's not a grain of it the face to sweeten | WT II.i.156 |
| Of the whole dungy-earth. | Of the whole dungy earth. | WT II.i.157.1 |
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| And I wish (my Liege) | And I wish, my liege, | WT II.i.170.2 |
| You had onely in your silent iudgement tride it, | You had only in your silent judgement tried it, | WT II.i.171 |
| Without more ouerture. | Without more overture. | WT II.i.172.1 |
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| To laughter, as I take it, | To laughter, as I take it, | WT II.i.198.2 |
| If the good truth, were knowne. | If the good truth were known. | WT II.i.199 |
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| That's enough. | That's enough. | WT II.iii.30.2 |
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| I told her so (my Lord) | I told her so, my lord, | WT II.iii.44.2 |
| On your displeasures perill, and on mine, | On your displeasure's peril, and on mine, | WT II.iii.45 |
| She should not visit you. | She should not visit you. | WT II.iii.46.1 |
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| La-you now, you heare, | La you now, you hear. | WT II.iii.50.2 |
| When she will take the raine, I let her run, | When she will take the rein, I let her run; | WT II.iii.51 |
| But shee'l not stumble. | But she'll not stumble. | WT II.iii.52.1 |
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| I am none, by this good light. | I am none, by this good light! | WT II.iii.82.1 |
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| Hang all the Husbands | Hang all the husbands | WT II.iii.109.2 |
| That cannot doe that Feat, you'le leaue your selfe | That cannot do that feat, you'll leave yourself | WT II.iii.110 |
| Hardly one Subiect. | Hardly one subject. | WT II.iii.111.1 |
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| I did not, Sir: | I did not, sir. | WT II.iii.141.2 |
| These Lords, my Noble Fellowes, if they please, | These lords, my noble fellows, if they please, | WT II.iii.142 |
| Can cleare me in't. | Can clear me in't. | WT II.iii.143.1 |
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| Any thing (my Lord) | Anything, my lord, | WT II.iii.162.2 |
| That my abilitie may vndergoe, | That my ability may undergo, | WT II.iii.163 |
| And Noblenesse impose: at least thus much; | And nobleness impose – at least thus much: | WT II.iii.164 |
| Ile pawne the little blood which I haue left, | I'll pawn the little blood which I have left | WT II.iii.165 |
| To saue the Innocent: any thing possible. | To save the innocent – anything possible. | WT II.iii.166 |
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| I will (my Lord.) | I will, my lord. | WT II.iii.168.2 |
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| I sweare to doe this: though a present death | I swear to do this, though a present death | WT II.iii.183 |
| Had beene more mercifull. Come on (poore Babe) | Had been more merciful. Come on, poor babe, | WT II.iii.184 |
| Some powerfull Spirit instruct the Kytes and Rauens | Some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravens | WT II.iii.185 |
| To be thy Nurses. Wolues and Beares, they say, | To be thy nurses! Wolves and bears, they say, | WT II.iii.186 |
| (Casting their sauagenesse aside) haue done | Casting their savageness aside, have done | WT II.iii.187 |
| Like offices of Pitty. Sir, be prosperous | Like offices of pity. Sir, be prosperous | WT II.iii.188 |
| In more then this deed do's require; and Blessing | In more than this deed does require! And blessing | WT II.iii.189 |
| Against this Crueltie, fight on thy side | Against this cruelty fight on thy side, | WT II.iii.190 |
| (Poore Thing, condemn'd to losse.) | Poor thing, condemned to loss! | WT II.iii.191.1 |
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| Thou art perfect then, our ship hath toucht vpon | Thou art perfect, then, our ship hath touched upon | WT III.iii.1 |
| The Desarts of Bohemia. | The deserts of Bohemia? | WT III.iii.2.1 |
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| Their sacred wil's be done: go get a-boord, | Their sacred wills be done! Go, get aboard; | WT III.iii.7 |
| Looke to thy barke, Ile not be long before | Look to thy bark. I'll not be long before | WT III.iii.8 |
| I call vpon thee. | I call upon thee. | WT III.iii.9.1 |
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| Go thou away, | Go thou away: | WT III.iii.12.2 |
| Ile follow instantly. | I'll follow instantly. | WT III.iii.13.1 |
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| Come, poore babe; | Come, poor babe. | WT III.iii.14.2 |
| I haue heard (but not beleeu'd) the Spirits o'th' dead | I have heard, but not believed, the spirits o'th' dead | WT III.iii.15 |
| May walke againe: if such thing be, thy Mother | May walk again: if such thing be, thy mother | WT III.iii.16 |
| Appear'd to me last night: for ne're was dreame | Appeared to me last night; for ne'er was dream | WT III.iii.17 |
| So like a waking. To me comes a creature, | So like a waking. To me comes a creature, | WT III.iii.18 |
| Sometimes her head on one side, some another, | Sometimes her head on one side, some another: | WT III.iii.19 |
| I neuer saw a vessell of like sorrow | I never saw a vessel of like sorrow, | WT III.iii.20 |
| So fill'd, and so becomming: in pure white Robes | So filled and so becoming. In pure white robes, | WT III.iii.21 |
| Like very sanctity she did approach | Like very sanctity, she did approach | WT III.iii.22 |
| My Cabine where I lay: thrice bow'd before me, | My cabin where I lay; thrice bowed before me, | WT III.iii.23 |
| And (gasping to begin some speech) her eyes | And, gasping to begin some speech, her eyes | WT III.iii.24 |
| Became two spouts; the furie spent, anon | Became two spouts; the fury spent, anon | WT III.iii.25 |
| Did this breake from her. Good Antigonus, | Did this break from her: ‘ Good Antigonus, | WT III.iii.26 |
| Since Fate (against thy better disposition) | Since fate, against thy better disposition, | WT III.iii.27 |
| Hath made thy person for the Thrower-out | Hath made thy person for the thrower-out | WT III.iii.28 |
| Of my poore babe, according to thine oath, | Of my poor babe, according to thy oath, | WT III.iii.29 |
| Places remote enough are in Bohemia, | Places remote enough are in Bohemia: | WT III.iii.30 |
| There weepe, and leaue it crying: and for the babe | There weep, and leave it crying; and for the babe | WT III.iii.31 |
| Is counted lost for euer, Perdita | Is counted lost for ever, Perdita | WT III.iii.32 |
| I prethee call't: For this vngentle businesse | I prithee call't. For this ungentle business, | WT III.iii.33 |
| Put on thee, by my Lord, thou ne're shalt see | Put on thee by my lord, thou ne'er shalt see | WT III.iii.34 |
| Thy Wife Paulina more: and so, with shriekes | Thy wife Paulina more.’ And so, with shrieks, | WT III.iii.35 |
| She melted into Ayre. Affrighted much, | She melted into air. Affrighted much, | WT III.iii.36 |
| I did in time collect my selfe, and thought | I did in time collect myself, and thought | WT III.iii.37 |
| This was so, and no slumber: Dreames, are toyes, | This was so, and no slumber. Dreams are toys: | WT III.iii.38 |
| Yet for this once, yea superstitiously, | Yet for this once, yea superstitiously, | WT III.iii.39 |
| I will be squar'd by this. I do beleeue | I will be squared by this. I do believe | WT III.iii.40 |
| Hermione hath suffer'd death, and that | Hermione hath suffered death, and that | WT III.iii.41 |
| Apollo would (this being indeede the issue | Apollo would, this being indeed the issue | WT III.iii.42 |
| Of King Polixenes) it should heere be laide | Of King Polixenes, it should here be laid, | WT III.iii.43 |
| (Either for life, or death) vpon the earth | Either for life or death, upon the earth | WT III.iii.44 |
| Of it's right Father. Blossome, speed thee well, | Of its right father. Blossom, speed thee well! | WT III.iii.45 |
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| There lye, and there thy charracter: | There lie, and there thy character; | WT III.iii.46.1 |
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| there these, | there these; | WT III.iii.46.2 |
| Which may if Fortune please, both breed thee (pretty) | Which may, if fortune please, both breed thee, pretty, | WT III.iii.47 |
| And still rest thine. The storme beginnes, poore wretch, | And still rest thine. The storm begins. Poor wretch, | WT III.iii.48 |
| That for thy mothers fault, art thus expos'd | That for thy mother's fault art thus exposed | WT III.iii.49 |
| To losse, and what may follow. Weepe I cannot, | To loss and what may follow! Weep I cannot, | WT III.iii.50 |
| But my heart bleedes: and most accurst am I | But my heart bleeds; and most accursed am I | WT III.iii.51 |
| To be by oath enioyn'd to this. Farewell, | To be by oath enjoined to this. Farewell! | WT III.iii.52 |
| The day frownes more and more: thou'rt like to haue | The day frowns more and more. Thou'rt like to have | WT III.iii.53 |
| A lullabie too rough: I neuer saw | A lullaby too rough: I never saw | WT III.iii.54 |
| The heauens so dim, by day. A sauage clamor? | The heavens so dim by day. – A savage clamour! | WT III.iii.55 |
| Well may I get a-boord: This is the Chace, | Well may I get aboard! This is the chase. | WT III.iii.56 |
| I am gone for euer. | I am gone for ever! | WT III.iii.57 |