| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Your Grace must needs deserue all strangers loues, | Your grace must needs deserve all strangers' loves, | H8 II.ii.100 |
| You are so Noble: To your Highnesse hand | You are so noble. To your highness' hand | H8 II.ii.101 |
| I tender my Commission; by whose vertue, | I tender my commission, by whose virtue, | H8 II.ii.102 |
| The Court of Rome commanding. You my Lord | The court of Rome commanding, you, my lord | H8 II.ii.103 |
| Cardinall of Yorke, are ioyn'd with me their Seruant, | Cardinal of York, are joined with me their servant | H8 II.ii.104 |
| In the vnpartiall iudging of this Businesse. | In the unpartial judging of this business. | H8 II.ii.105 |
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| My Lord of Yorke, was not one Doctor Pace | My Lord of York, was not one Doctor Pace | H8 II.ii.120 |
| In this mans place before him? | In this man's place before him? | H8 II.ii.121.1 |
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| Was he not held a learned man? | Was he not held a learned man? | H8 II.ii.122.1 |
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| Beleeue me, there's an ill opinion spread then, | Believe me, there's an ill opinion spread then, | H8 II.ii.123 |
| Euen of your selfe Lord Cardinall. | Even of yourself, lord Cardinal. | H8 II.ii.124.1 |
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| They will not sticke to say, you enuide him; | They will not stick to say you envied him, | H8 II.ii.125 |
| And fearing he would rise (he was so vertuous) | And fearing he would rise, he was so virtuous, | H8 II.ii.126 |
| Kept him a forraigne man still, which so greeu'd him, | Kept him a foreign man still, which so grieved him | H8 II.ii.127 |
| That he ran mad, and dide. | That he ran mad and died. | H8 II.ii.128.1 |
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| His Grace | His grace | H8 II.iv.64.2 |
| Hath spoken well, and iustly: Therefore Madam, | Hath spoken well and justly. Therefore, madam, | H8 II.iv.65 |
| It's fit this Royall Session do proceed, | It's fit this royal session do proceed, | H8 II.iv.66 |
| And that (without delay) their Arguments | And that without delay their arguments | H8 II.iv.67 |
| Be now produc'd, and heard. | Be now produced and heard. | H8 II.iv.68.1 |
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| The Queene is obstinate, | The Queen is obstinate, | H8 II.iv.121.2 |
| Stubborne to Iustice, apt to accuse it, and | Stubborn to justice, apt to accuse it, and | H8 II.iv.122 |
| Disdainfull to be tride by't; tis not well. | Disdainful to be tried by't; 'tis not well. | H8 II.iv.123 |
| Shee's going away. | She's going away. | H8 II.iv.124 |
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| So please your Highnes, | So please your highness, | H8 II.iv.230.2 |
| The Queene being absent, 'tis a needfull fitnesse, | The Queen being absent, 'tis a needful fitness | H8 II.iv.231 |
| That we adiourne this Court till further day; | That we adjourn this court till further day. | H8 II.iv.232 |
| Meane while, must be an earnest motion | Meanwhile must be an earnest motion | H8 II.iv.233 |
| Made to the Queene to call backe her Appeale | Made to the Queen to call back her appeal | H8 II.iv.234 |
| She intends vnto his Holinesse. | She intends unto his holiness. | H8 II.iv.235.1 |
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| Most honour'd Madam, | Most honoured madam, | H8 III.i.61.2 |
| My Lord of Yorke, out of his Noble nature, | My lord of York, out of his noble nature, | H8 III.i.62 |
| Zeale and obedience he still bore your Grace, | Zeal and obedience he still bore your grace, | H8 III.i.63 |
| Forgetting (like a good man) your late Censure | Forgetting, like a good man, your late censure | H8 III.i.64 |
| Both of his truth and him (which was too farre) | Both of his truth and him – which was too far – | H8 III.i.65 |
| Offers, as I doe, in a signe of peace, | Offers, as I do, in a sign of peace, | H8 III.i.66 |
| His Seruice, and his Counsell. | His service, and his counsel. | H8 III.i.67.1 |
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| I would your Grace | I would your grace | H8 III.i.91.2 |
| Would leaue your greefes, and take my Counsell. | Would leave your griefs, and take my counsel. | H8 III.i.92.1 |
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| Put your maine cause into the Kings protection, | Put your main cause into the King's protection; | H8 III.i.93 |
| Hee's louing and most gracious. 'Twill be much, | He's loving and most gracious; 'Twill be much | H8 III.i.94 |
| Both for your Honour better, and your Cause: | Both for your honour better and your cause; | H8 III.i.95 |
| For if the tryall of the Law o'retake ye, | For if the trial of the law o'ertake ye | H8 III.i.96 |
| You'l part away disgrac'd. | You'll part away disgraced. | H8 III.i.97.1 |
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| Your rage mistakes vs. | Your rage mistakes us. | H8 III.i.101.2 |
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| Your feares are worse. | Your fears are worse. | H8 III.i.124.2 |
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| Madam, you'l finde it so: / You wrong your Vertues | Madam, you'll find it so. You wrong your virtues | H8 III.i.168 |
| With these weake Womens feares. A Noble Spirit | With these weak women's fears. A noble spirit, | H8 III.i.169 |
| As yours was, put into you, euer casts | As yours was put into you, ever casts | H8 III.i.170 |
| Such doubts as false Coine from it. The King loues you, | Such doubts as false coin from it. The King loves you; | H8 III.i.171 |
| Beware you loose it not: For vs (if you please | Beware you lose it not. For us, if you please | H8 III.i.172 |
| To trust vs in your businesse) we are ready | To trust us in your business, we are ready | H8 III.i.173 |
| To vse our vtmost Studies, in your seruice. | To use our utmost studies in your service. | H8 III.i.174 |