| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Cit. I promise you, I scarsely know my selfe: | I promise you, I scarcely know myself. | R3 II.iii.2 |
| Heare you the newes abroad? | Hear you the news abroad? | R3 II.iii.3.1 |
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| Ill newes byrlady, seldome comes the better: | Ill news, by'r Lady – seldom comes the better. | R3 II.iii.4 |
| I feare, I feare, 'twill proue a giddy world. | I fear, I fear 'twill prove a giddy world. | R3 II.iii.5 |
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| I sir, it is too true, God helpe the while. | Ay, sir, it is too true. God help the while! | R3 II.iii.8 |
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| In him there is a hope of Gouernment, | In him there is a hope of government, | R3 II.iii.12 |
| Which in his nonage, counsell vnder him, | Which, in his nonage, council under him, | R3 II.iii.13 |
| And in his full and ripened yeares, himselfe | And, in his full and ripened years, himself, | R3 II.iii.14 |
| No doubt shall then, and till then gouerne well. | No doubt shall then, and till then, govern well. | R3 II.iii.15 |
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| Truly, the hearts of men are full of feare: | Truly, the hearts of men are full of fear; | R3 II.iii.38 |
| You cannot reason (almost) with a man, | You cannot reason almost with a man | R3 II.iii.39 |
| That lookes not heauily, and full of dread. | That looks not heavily and full of dread. | R3 II.iii.40 |
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| Marry we were sent for to the Iustices. | Marry, we were sent for to the justices. | R3 II.iii.46 |