| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Indeed my Lord | Indeed, my lord, | AYL II.i.25.2 |
| The melancholy Iaques grieues at that, | The melancholy Jaques grieves at that | AYL II.i.26 |
| And in that kinde sweares you doe more vsurpe | And, in that kind, swears you do more usurp | AYL II.i.27 |
| Then doth your brother that hath banish'd you: | Than doth your brother that hath banished you. | AYL II.i.28 |
| To day my Lord of Amiens, and my selfe, | Today my Lord of Amiens and myself | AYL II.i.29 |
| Did steale behinde him as he lay along | Did steal behind him as he lay along | AYL II.i.30 |
| Vnder an oake, whose anticke roote peepes out | Under an oak whose antick root peeps out | AYL II.i.31 |
| Vpon the brooke that brawles along this wood, | Upon the brook that brawls along this wood, | AYL II.i.32 |
| To the which place a poore sequestred Stag | To the which place a poor sequestered stag | AYL II.i.33 |
| That from the Hunters aime had tane a hurt, | That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt | AYL II.i.34 |
| Did come to languish; and indeed my Lord | Did come to languish; and indeed, my lord, | AYL II.i.35 |
| The wretched annimall heau'd forth such groanes | The wretched animal heaved forth such groans | AYL II.i.36 |
| That their discharge did stretch his leatherne coat | That their discharge did stretch his leathern coat | AYL II.i.37 |
| Almost to bursting, and the big round teares | Almost to bursting, and the big round tears | AYL II.i.38 |
| Cours'd one another downe his innocent nose | Coursed one another down his innocent nose | AYL II.i.39 |
| In pitteous chase: and thus the hairie foole, | In piteous chase; and thus the hairy fool, | AYL II.i.40 |
| Much marked of the melancholie Iaques, | Much marked of the melancholy Jaques, | AYL II.i.41 |
| Stood on th'extremest verge of the swift brooke, | Stood on th' extremest verge of the swift brook | AYL II.i.42 |
| Augmenting it with teares. | Augmenting it with tears. | AYL II.i.43.1 |
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| O yes, into a thousand similies. | O, yes, into a thousand similes. | AYL II.i.45 |
| First, for his weeping into the needlesse streame; | First, for his weeping into the needless stream: | AYL II.i.46 |
| Poore Deere quoth he, thou mak'st a testament | ‘ Poor deer,’ quoth he, ‘ thou makest a testament | AYL II.i.47 |
| As worldlings doe, giuing thy sum of more | As worldlings do, giving thy sum of more | AYL II.i.48 |
| To that which had too must: then being there alone, | To that which had too much.’ Then, being there alone, | AYL II.i.49 |
| Left and abandoned of his veluet friend; | Left and abandoned of his velvet friend, | AYL II.i.50 |
| 'Tis right quoth he, thus miserie doth part | ‘ 'Tis right,’ quoth he, ‘ thus misery doth part | AYL II.i.51 |
| The Fluxe of companie: anon a carelesse Heard | The flux of company.’ Anon a careless herd, | AYL II.i.52 |
| Full of the pasture, iumps along by him | Full of the pasture, jumps along by him | AYL II.i.53 |
| And neuer staies to greet him: I quoth Iaques, | And never stays to greet him: ‘ Ay,’ quoth Jaques, | AYL II.i.54 |
| Sweepe on you fat and greazie Citizens, | ‘ Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens, | AYL II.i.55 |
| 'Tis iust the fashion; wherefore doe you looke | 'Tis just the fashion! Wherefore do you look | AYL II.i.56 |
| Vpon that poore and broken bankrupt there? | Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?’ | AYL II.i.57 |
| Thus most inuectiuely he pierceth through | Thus most invectively he pierceth through | AYL II.i.58 |
| The body of Countrie, Citie, Court, | The body of country, city, court, | AYL II.i.59 |
| Yea, and of this our life, swearing that we | Yea, and of this our life, swearing that we | AYL II.i.60 |
| Are meere vsurpers, tyrants, and whats worse | Are mere usurpers, tyrants, and what's worse | AYL II.i.61 |
| To fright the Annimals, and to kill them vp | To fright the animals and to kill them up | AYL II.i.62 |
| In their assign'd and natiue dwelling place. | In their assigned and native dwelling-place. | AYL II.i.63 |
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| Ile bring you to him strait. | I'll bring you to him straight. | AYL II.i.69 |
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| Altogether heere. | ALL TOGETHER | |
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| Who doth ambition shunne, | Who doth ambition shun, | AYL II.v.35 |
| and loues to liue i'th Sunne: | And loves to live i'th' sun, | AYL II.v.36 |
| Seeking the food he eates, | Seeking the food he eats, | AYL II.v.37 |
| and pleas'd with what he gets: | And pleased with what he gets: | AYL II.v.38 |
| Come hither, come hither, come hither, | Come hither, come hither, come hither. | AYL II.v.39 |
| Heere shall he see.&c. | Here shall he see | AYL II.v.40 |
| No enemy | AYL II.v.41 |
| But winter and rough weather. | AYL II.v.42 |
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| My Lord, he is but euen now gone hence, | My lord, he is but even now gone hence, | AYL II.vii.3 |
| Heere was he merry, hearing of a Song. | Here was he merry, hearing of a song. | AYL II.vii.4 |
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| He saues my labor by his owne approach. | He saves my labour by his own approach. | AYL II.vii.8 |
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| Musicke, Song. | SONG | AYL IV.ii.9b |
| What shall he haue that kild the Deare? | What shall he have that killed the deer? | AYL IV.ii.10 |
| His Leather skin, and hornes to weare: | His leather skin and horns to wear. | AYL IV.ii.11 |
| Then sing him home, the rest shall beare | Then sing him home, the rest shall bear | AYL IV.ii.12 |
| this burthen; | This burden. | AYL IV.ii.13 |
| Take thou no scorne to weare the horne, | Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, | AYL IV.ii.14 |
| It was a crest ere thou wast borne, | It was a crest ere thou wast born, | AYL IV.ii.15 |
| Thy fathers father wore it, | Thy father's father wore it, | AYL IV.ii.16 |
| And thy father bore it, | And thy father bore it, | AYL IV.ii.17 |
| The horne, the horne, the lusty horne, | The horn, the horn, the lusty horn, | AYL IV.ii.18 |
| Is not a thing to laugh to scorne. | Is not a thing to laugh to scorn. | AYL IV.ii.19 |