| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| I dreamt to night, that I did feast with Casar, | I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar, | JC III.iii.1 |
| And things vnluckily charge my Fantasie: | And things unluckily charge my fantasy; | JC III.iii.2 |
| I haue no will to wander foorth of doores, | I have no will to wander forth of doors, | JC III.iii.3 |
| Yet something leads me foorth. | Yet something leads me forth. | JC III.iii.4 |
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| What is my name? Whether am I going? Where | What is my name? Whither am I going? Where | JC III.iii.13 |
| do I dwell? Am I a married man, or a Batchellour? Then to | do I dwell? Am I a married man or a bachelor? Then to | JC III.iii.14 |
| answer euery man, directly and breefely, wisely and truly: | answer every man directly and briefly, wisely and truly; | JC III.iii.15 |
| wisely I say, I am a Batchellor. | wisely I say, I am a bachelor. | JC III.iii.16 |
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| Directly I am going to Casars Funerall. | Directly, I am going to Caesar's funeral. | JC III.iii.20 |
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| As a friend. | As a friend. | JC III.iii.22 |
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| Breefely, I dwell by the Capitoll. | Briefly, I dwell by the Capitol. | JC III.iii.25 |
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| Truly, my name is Cinna. | Truly, my name is Cinna. | JC III.iii.27 |
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| I am Cinna the Poet, I am Cinna the Poet. | I am Cinna the poet, I am Cinna the poet. | JC III.iii.29 |
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| I am not Cinna the Conspirator. | I am not Cinna the conspirator. | JC III.iii.32 |