| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Sir: my gracious Lord, | Sir, my gracious lord, | WT IV.iv.5.2 |
| To chide at your extreames, it not becomes me: | To chide at your extremes it not becomes me – | WT IV.iv.6 |
| (Oh pardon, that I name them:) your high selfe | O, pardon that I name them: your high self, | WT IV.iv.7 |
| The gracious marke o'th' Land, you haue obscur'd | The gracious mark o'th' land, you have obscured | WT IV.iv.8 |
| With a Swaines wearing: and me (poore lowly Maide) | With a swain's wearing, and me, poor lowly maid, | WT IV.iv.9 |
| Most Goddesse-like prank'd vp: But that our Feasts | Most goddess-like pranked up. But that our feasts | WT IV.iv.10 |
| In euery Messe, haue folly; and the Feeders | In every mess have folly, and the feeders | WT IV.iv.11 |
| Digest with a Custome, I should blush | Digest it with accustom, I should blush | WT IV.iv.12 |
| To see you so attyr'd: sworne I thinke, | To see you so attired, swoon, I think, | WT IV.iv.13 |
| To shew my selfe a glasse. | To show myself a glass. | WT IV.iv.14.1 |
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| Now Ioue affoord you cause: | Now Jove afford you cause! | WT IV.iv.16.2 |
| To me the difference forges dread (your Greatnesse | To me the difference forges dread; your greatness | WT IV.iv.17 |
| Hath not beene vs'd to feare:) euen now I tremble | Hath not been used to fear. Even now I tremble | WT IV.iv.18 |
| To thinke your Father, by some accident | To think your father by some accident | WT IV.iv.19 |
| Should passe this way, as you did: Oh the Fates, | Should pass this way, as you did. O, the Fates! | WT IV.iv.20 |
| How would he looke, to see his worke, so noble, | How would he look to see his work, so noble, | WT IV.iv.21 |
| Vildely bound vp? What would he say? Or how | Vilely bound up? What would he say? Or how | WT IV.iv.22 |
| Should I (in these my borrowed Flaunts) behold | Should I, in these my borrowed flaunts, behold | WT IV.iv.23 |
| The sternnesse of his presence? | The sternness of his presence? | WT IV.iv.24.1 |
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| O but Sir, | O, but sir, | WT IV.iv.35.2 |
| Your resolution cannot hold, when 'tis | Your resolution cannot hold when 'tis | WT IV.iv.36 |
| Oppos'd (as it must be) by th' powre of the King: | Opposed, as it must be, by th' power of the King. | WT IV.iv.37 |
| One of these two must be necessities, | One of these two must be necessities, | WT IV.iv.38 |
| Which then will speake, that you must change this purpose, | Which then will speak: that you must change this purpose | WT IV.iv.39 |
| Or I my life. | Or I my life. | WT IV.iv.40.1 |
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| O Lady Fortune, | O lady Fortune, | WT IV.iv.51.2 |
| Stand you auspicious. | Stand you auspicious! | WT IV.iv.52.1 |
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| Sir, welcome: | Sir, welcome. | WT IV.iv.70.2 |
| It is my Fathers will, I should take on mee | It is my father's will I should take on me | WT IV.iv.71 |
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| The Hostesseship o'th' day: you're welcome sir. | The hostess-ship o'th' day. (To Camillo) You're welcome, sir. | WT IV.iv.72 |
| Giue me those Flowres there (Dorcas.) Reuerend Sirs, | Give me those flowers there, Dorcas. Reverend sirs, | WT IV.iv.73 |
| For you, there's Rosemary, and Rue, these keepe | For you there's rosemary and rue; these keep | WT IV.iv.74 |
| Seeming, and sauour all the Winter long: | Seeming and savour all the winter long: | WT IV.iv.75 |
| Grace, and Remembrance be to you both, | Grace and remembrance be to you both, | WT IV.iv.76 |
| And welcome to our Shearing. | And welcome to our shearing! | WT IV.iv.77.1 |
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| Sir, the yeare growing ancient, | Sir, the year growing ancient, | WT IV.iv.79.2 |
| Not yet on summers death, nor on the birth | Not yet on summer's death nor on the birth | WT IV.iv.80 |
| Of trembling winter, the fayrest flowres o'th season | Of trembling winter, the fairest flowers o'th' season | WT IV.iv.81 |
| Are our Carnations, and streak'd Gilly-vors, | Are our carnations and streaked gillyvors, | WT IV.iv.82 |
| (Which some call Natures bastards) of that kind | Which some call Nature's bastards; of that kind | WT IV.iv.83 |
| Our rusticke Gardens barren, and I care not | Our rustic garden's barren, and I care not | WT IV.iv.84 |
| To get slips of them. | To get slips of them. | WT IV.iv.85.1 |
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| For I haue heard it said, | For I have heard it said | WT IV.iv.86.2 |
| There is an Art, which in their pidenesse shares | There is an art which in their piedness shares | WT IV.iv.87 |
| With great creating-Nature. | With great creating Nature. | WT IV.iv.88.1 |
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| So it is. | So it is. | WT IV.iv.97.2 |
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| Ile not put | I'll not put | WT IV.iv.99.2 |
| The Dible in earth, to set one slip of them: | The dibble in earth to set one slip of them: | WT IV.iv.100 |
| No more then were I painted, I would wish | No more than, were I painted, I would wish | WT IV.iv.101 |
| This youth should say 'twer well: and onely therefore | This youth should say 'twere well, and only therefore | WT IV.iv.102 |
| Desire to breed by me. Here's flowres for you: | Desire to breed by me. Here's flowers for you: | WT IV.iv.103 |
| Hot Lauender, Mints, Sauory, Mariorum, | Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; | WT IV.iv.104 |
| The Mary-gold, that goes to bed with' Sun, | The marigold, that goes to bed with' sun | WT IV.iv.105 |
| And with him rises, weeping: These are flowres | And with him rises weeping; these are flowers | WT IV.iv.106 |
| Of middle summer, and I thinke they are giuen | Of middle summer, and I think they are given | WT IV.iv.107 |
| To men of middle age. Y'are very welcome. | To men of middle age. Y'are very welcome. | WT IV.iv.108 |
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| Out alas: | Out, alas! | WT IV.iv.110.2 |
| You'ld be so leane, that blasts of Ianuary | You'd be so lean that blasts of January | WT IV.iv.111 |
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| I would I had some Flowres o'th Spring, that might | I would I had some flowers o'th' spring, that might | WT IV.iv.113 |
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| That weare vpon your Virgin-branches yet | That wear upon your virgin branches yet | WT IV.iv.115 |
| Your Maiden-heads growing: O Proserpina, | Your maidenheads growing. O Proserpina, | WT IV.iv.116 |
| For the Flowres now, that (frighted) thou let'st fall | For the flowers now that, frighted, thou let'st fall | WT IV.iv.117 |
| From Dysses Waggon: Daffadils, | From Dis's waggon! Daffodils, | WT IV.iv.118 |
| That come before the Swallow dares, and take | That come before the swallow dares, and take | WT IV.iv.119 |
| The windes of March with beauty: Violets dim, | The winds of March with beauty; violets, dim, | WT IV.iv.120 |
| But sweeter then the lids of Iuno's eyes, | But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes | WT IV.iv.121 |
| Or Cytherea's breath) pale Prime-roses, | Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, | WT IV.iv.122 |
| That dye vnmarried, ere they can behold | That die unmarried ere they can behold | WT IV.iv.123 |
| Bright Phoebus in his strength (a Maladie | Bright Phoebus in his strength – a malady | WT IV.iv.124 |
| Most incident to Maids:) bold Oxlips, and | Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and | WT IV.iv.125 |
| The Crowne Imperiall: Lillies of all kinds, | The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds, | WT IV.iv.126 |
| (The Flowre-de-Luce being one.) O, these I lacke, | The flower-de-luce being one: O, these I lack | WT IV.iv.127 |
| To make you Garlands of) and my sweet friend, | To make you garlands of, and my sweet friend | WT IV.iv.128 |
| To strew him o're, and ore. | To strew him o'er and o'er! | WT IV.iv.129.1 |
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| No, like a banke, for Loue to lye, and play on: | No, like a bank for Love to lie and play on, | WT IV.iv.130 |
| Not like a Coarse: or if: not to be buried, | Not like a corse; or if, not to be buried, | WT IV.iv.131 |
| But quicke, and in mine armes. Come, take your flours, | But quick and in mine arms. Come, take your flowers. | WT IV.iv.132 |
| Me thinkes I play as I haue seene them do | Methinks I play as I have seen them do | WT IV.iv.133 |
| In Whitson-Pastorals: Sure this Robe of mine | In Whitsun pastorals: sure this robe of mine | WT IV.iv.134 |
| Do's change my disposition: | Does change my disposition. | WT IV.iv.135.1 |
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| O Doricles, | O Doricles, | WT IV.iv.146.2 |
| Your praises are too large: but that your youth | Your praises are too large. But that your youth | WT IV.iv.147 |
| And the true blood which peepes fairely through't, | And the true blood which peeps fairly through't | WT IV.iv.148 |
| Do plainly giue you out an vnstain'd Shepherd | Do plainly give you out an unstained shepherd, | WT IV.iv.149 |
| With wisedome, I might feare (my Doricles) | With wisdom I might fear, my Doricles, | WT IV.iv.150 |
| You woo'd me the false way. | You wooed me the false way. | WT IV.iv.151.1 |
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| Ile sweare for 'em. | I'll swear for 'em. | WT IV.iv.155.2 |
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| Forewarne him, that he vse no scurrilous words | Forewarn him that he use no scurrilous words | WT IV.iv.215 |
| in's tunes. | in's tunes. | WT IV.iv.216 |
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| I, good brother, or go about to thinke. | Ay, good brother, or go about to think. | WT IV.iv.219 |
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| I cannot speake | I cannot speak | WT IV.iv.377.2 |
| So well, (nothing so well) no, nor meane better | So well, nothing so well; no, nor mean better. | WT IV.iv.378 |
| By th' patterne of mine owne thoughts, I cut out | By th' pattern of mine own thoughts I cut out | WT IV.iv.379 |
| The puritie of his. | The purity of his. | WT IV.iv.380.1 |
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| Euen heere vndone: | Even here undone! | WT IV.iv.438.2 |
| I was not much a-fear'd: for once, or twice | I was not much afeard; for once or twice | WT IV.iv.439 |
| I was about to speake, and tell him plainely, | I was about to speak and tell him plainly, | WT IV.iv.440 |
| The selfe-same Sun, that shines vpon his Court, | The selfsame sun that shines upon his court | WT IV.iv.441 |
| Hides not his visage from our Cottage, but | Hides not his visage from our cottage, but | WT IV.iv.442 |
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| Lookes on alike. Wilt please you (Sir) be gone? | Looks on alike. (To Florizel) Will't please you, sir, be gone? | WT IV.iv.443 |
| I told you what would come of this: Beseech you | I told you what would come of this. Beseech you, | WT IV.iv.444 |
| Of your owne state take care: This dreame of mine | Of your own state take care. This dream of mine – | WT IV.iv.445 |
| Being now awake, Ile Queene it no inch farther, | Being now awake, I'll queen it no inch farther, | WT IV.iv.446 |
| But milke my Ewes, and weepe. | But milk my ewes, and weep. | WT IV.iv.447.1 |
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| How often haue I told you 'twould be thus? | How often have I told you 'twould be thus! | WT IV.iv.471 |
| How often said my dignity would last | How often said my dignity would last | WT IV.iv.472 |
| But till 'twer knowne? | But till 'twere known! | WT IV.iv.473.1 |
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| One of these is true: | One of these is true: | WT IV.iv.572.2 |
| I thinke Affliction may subdue the Cheeke, | I think affliction may subdue the cheek, | WT IV.iv.573 |
| But not take-in the Mind. | But not take in the mind. | WT IV.iv.574.1 |
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| Your pardon Sir, for this, | Your pardon, sir; for this | WT IV.iv.580.2 |
| Ile blush you Thanks. | I'll blush you thanks. | WT IV.iv.581.1 |
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| Happy be you: | Happy be you! | WT IV.iv.618.2 |
| All that you speake, shewes faire. | All that you speak shows fair. | WT IV.iv.619.1 |
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| I see the Play so lyes, | I see the play so lies | WT IV.iv.651.2 |
| That I must beare a part. | That I must bear a part. | WT IV.iv.652.1 |
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| Oh my poore Father: | O my poor father! | WT V.i.201.2 |
| The Heauen sets Spyes vpon vs, will not haue | The heaven sets spies upon us, will not have | WT V.i.202 |
| Our Contract celebrated. | Our contract celebrated. | WT V.i.203.1 |
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| And giue me leaue, | And give me leave, | WT V.iii.42.2 |
| And doe not say 'tis Superstition, that | And do not say 'tis superstition, that | WT V.iii.43 |
| I kneele, and then implore her Blessing. Lady, | I kneel and then implore her blessing. Lady, | WT V.iii.44 |
| Deere Queene, that ended when I but began, | Dear queen, that ended when I but began, | WT V.iii.45 |
| Giue me that hand of yours, to kisse. | Give me that hand of yours to kiss! | WT V.iii.46.1 |
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| So long could I | So long could I | WT V.iii.84.2 |
| Stand-by, a looker-on. | Stand by, a looker-on. | WT V.iii.85.1 |