| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Heere Master: What cheere? | Here, Master. What cheer? | Tem I.i.2 |
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| Heigh my hearts, cheerely, cheerely my | Heigh, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my | Tem I.i.5 |
| harts: yare, yare: Take in the toppe-sale: Tend to | hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail! Tend to | Tem I.i.6 |
| th' Masters whistle: Blow till thou burst thy winde, if | th' Master's whistle! – Blow till thou burst thy wind, if | Tem I.i.7 |
| room enough. | room enough. | Tem I.i.8 |
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| I pray now keepe below. | I pray now, keep below. | Tem I.i.11 |
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| Do you not heare him? you marre our labour, | Do you not hear him? You mar our labour. | Tem I.i.13 |
| Keepe your Cabines: you do assist the storme. | Keep your cabins! You do assist the storm. | Tem I.i.14 |
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| When the Sea is: hence, what cares these | When the sea is. Hence! What cares these | Tem I.i.16 |
| roarers for the name of King? to Cabine; silence: | roarers for the name of king? To cabin! Silence! | Tem I.i.17 |
| trouble vs not. | Trouble us not. | Tem I.i.18 |
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| None that I more loue then my selfe. You are | None that I more love than myself. You are | Tem I.i.20 |
| a Counsellor, if you can command these Elements to | a councillor. If you can command these elements to | Tem I.i.21 |
| silence, and worke the peace of the present, wee will not | silence, and work the peace of the present, we will not | Tem I.i.22 |
| hand a rope more, vse your authoritie: If you cannot, | hand a rope more. Use your authority. If you cannot, | Tem I.i.23 |
| giue thankes you haue liu'd so long, and make your selfe | give thanks you have lived so long, and make yourself | Tem I.i.24 |
| readie in your Cabine for the mischance of the houre, if it | ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hour, if it | Tem I.i.25 |
| so hap. Cheerely good hearts: out of our way I | so hap. – Cheerly, good hearts! – Out of our way, I | Tem I.i.26 |
| say. | say! | Tem I.i.27 |
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| Downe with the top-Mast: yare, lower, | Down with the topmast! Yare! Lower, | Tem I.i.34 |
| lower, bring her to Try with Maine-course. | lower! Bring her to try with main-course. | Tem I.i.35 |
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| A plague --- vpon this howling: they are lowder then the | A plague upon this howling! They are louder than the | Tem I.i.36 |
| weather, or our office: | weather, or our office. | Tem I.i.37 |
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| yet againe? What do you heere? Shal we giue ore and | Yet again? What do you here? Shall we give o'er and | Tem I.i.38 |
| drowne, haue you a minde to sinke? | drown? Have you a mind to sink? | Tem I.i.39 |
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| Worke you then. | Work you, then. | Tem I.i.42 |
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| Lay her a hold, a hold, set her two courses | Lay her a-hold, a-hold! Set her two courses! | Tem I.i.48 |
| off to Sea againe, lay her off. | Off to sea again! Lay her off! | Tem I.i.49 |
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| What must our mouths be cold? | What, must our mouths be cold? | Tem I.i.51 |
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| The best newes is, that we haue safely found | The best news is that we have safely found | Tem V.i.221 |
| Our King, and company: The next: our Ship, | Our King and company; the next, our ship – | Tem V.i.222 |
| Which but three glasses since, we gaue out split, | Which, but three glasses since, we gave out split – | Tem V.i.223 |
| Is tyte, and yare, and brauely rig'd, as when | Is tight and yare and bravely rigged, as when | Tem V.i.224 |
| We first put out to Sea. | We first put out to sea. | Tem V.i.225.1 |
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| If I did thinke, Sir, I were well awake, | If I did think, sir, I were well awake, | Tem V.i.229 |
| I'ld striue to tell you: we were dead of sleepe, | I'd strive to tell you. We were dead of sleep | Tem V.i.230 |
| And (how we know not) all clapt vnder hatches, | And – how we know not – all clapped under hatches, | Tem V.i.231 |
| Where, but euen now, with strange, and seuerall noyses | Where, but even now, with strange and several noises | Tem V.i.232 |
| Of roring, shreeking, howling, gingling chaines, | Of roaring, shrieking, howling, jingling chains, | Tem V.i.233 |
| And mo diuersitie of sounds, all horrible. | And more diversity of sounds, all horrible, | Tem V.i.234 |
| We were awak'd: straight way, at liberty; | We were awaked; straightway at liberty; | Tem V.i.235 |
| Where we, in all our trim, freshly beheld | Where we, in all our trim, freshly beheld | Tem V.i.236 |
| Our royall, good, and gallant Ship: our Master | Our royal, good, and gallant ship, our Master | Tem V.i.237 |
| Capring to eye her: on a trice, so please you, | Cap'ring to eye her. On a trice, so please you, | Tem V.i.238 |
| Euen in a dreame, were we diuided from them, | Even in a dream, were we divided from them, | Tem V.i.239 |
| And were brought moaping hither. | And were brought moping hither. | Tem V.i.240.1 |