| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Maddam the care I haue had to euen your | Madam, the care I have had to even your | AW I.iii.3 |
| content, I wish might be found in the Kalender of my | content I wish might be found in the calendar of my | AW I.iii.4 |
| past endeuours, for then we wound our Modestie, and | past endeavours, for then we wound our modesty, and | AW I.iii.5 |
| make foule the clearnesse of our deseruings, when of | make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of | AW I.iii.6 |
| our selues we publish them. | ourselves we publish them. | AW I.iii.7 |
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| May it please you Madam, that hee bid Hellen | May it please you, madam, that he bid Helen | AW I.iii.64 |
| come to you, of her I am to speake. | come to you: of her I am to speak. | AW I.iii.65 |
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| I know Madam you loue your Gentlewoman | I know, madam, you love your gentlewoman | AW I.iii.95 |
| intirely. | entirely. | AW I.iii.96 |
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| Madam, I was verie late more neere her then I | Madam, I was very late more near her than I | AW I.iii.102 |
| thinke shee wisht mee, alone shee was, and did communicate | think she wished me. Alone she was, and did communicate | AW I.iii.103 |
| to her selfe her owne words to her owne eares, shee | to herself her own words to her own ears; she | AW I.iii.104 |
| thought, I dare vowe for her, they toucht not anie | thought, I dare vow for her, they touched not any | AW I.iii.105 |
| stranger sence, her matter was, shee loued your Sonne; | stranger sense. Her matter was, she loved your son. | AW I.iii.106 |
| Fortune shee said was no goddesse, that had put such | Fortune, she said, was no goddess, that had put such | AW I.iii.107 |
| difference betwixt their two estates: Loue no god, that | difference betwixt their two estates; Love no god, that | AW I.iii.108 |
| would not extend his might onelie, where qualities were | would not extend his might only where qualities were | AW I.iii.109 |
| leuell, Queene of Virgins, that would suffer her | level; Dian no queen of virgins, that would suffer her | AW I.iii.110 |
| poore Knight surpris'd without rescue in the first assault | poor knight surprised without rescue in the first assault | AW I.iii.111 |
| or ransome afterward: This shee deliuer'd in the most | or ransom afterward. This she delivered in the most | AW I.iii.112 |
| bitter touch of sorrow that ere I heard Virgin exclaime | bitter touch of sorrow that e'er I heard virgin exclaim | AW I.iii.113 |
| in, which I held my dutie speedily to acquaint you | in, which I held my duty speedily to acquaint you | AW I.iii.114 |
| withall, sithence in the losse that may happen, it | withal, sithence, in the loss that may happen, it | AW I.iii.115 |
| concernes you something to know it. | concerns you something to know it. | AW I.iii.116 |
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| I am S. Iaques Pilgrim, thither gone: | I am Saint Jaques' pilgrim, thither gone. | AW III.iv.4 |
| Ambitious loue hath so in me offended, | Ambitious love hath so in me offended | AW III.iv.5 |
| That bare-foot plod I the cold ground vpon | That barefoot plod I the cold ground upon, | AW III.iv.6 |
| With sainted vow my faults to haue amended. | With sainted vow my faults to have amended. | AW III.iv.7 |
| Write, write, that from the bloodie course of warre, | Write, write, that from the bloody course of war | AW III.iv.8 |
| My deerest Master your deare sonne, may hie, | My dearest master, your dear son, may hie. | AW III.iv.9 |
| Blesse him at home in peace. Whilst I from farre, | Bless him at home in peace, whilst I from far | AW III.iv.10 |
| His name with zealous feruour sanctifie; | His name with zealous fervour sanctify. | AW III.iv.11 |
| His taken labours bid him me forgiue; | His taken labours bid him me forgive; | AW III.iv.12 |
| I his despightfull Iuno sent him forth, | I, his despiteful Juno, sent him forth | AW III.iv.13 |
| From Courtly friends, with Camping foes to liue, | From courtly friends, with camping foes to live | AW III.iv.14 |
| Where death and danger dogges the heeles of worth. | Where death and danger dogs the heels of worth. | AW III.iv.15 |
| He is too good and faire for death, and mee, | He is too good and fair for death and me; | AW III.iv.16 |
| Whom I my selfe embrace, to set him free. | Whom I myself embrace to set him free. | AW III.iv.17 |
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| Pardon me Madam, | Pardon me, madam. | AW III.iv.22.2 |
| If I had giuen you this at ouer-night, | If I had given you this at overnight | AW III.iv.23 |
| She might haue beene ore-tane: and yet she writes | She might have been o'erta'en; and yet she writes | AW III.iv.24 |
| Pursuite would be but vaine. | Pursuit would be but vain. | AW III.iv.25.1 |