| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| These your vnvsuall weeds, to each part of you | These your unusual weeds to each part of you | WT IV.iv.1 |
| Do's giue a life: no Shepherdesse, but Flora | Does give a life: no shepherdess, but Flora | WT IV.iv.2 |
| Peering in Aprils front. This your sheepe-shearing, | Peering in April's front. This your sheep-shearing | WT IV.iv.3 |
| Is as a meeting of the petty Gods, | Is as a meeting of the petty gods, | WT IV.iv.4 |
| And you the Queene on't. | And you the queen on't. | WT IV.iv.5.1 |
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| I blesse the time | I bless the time | WT IV.iv.14.2 |
| When my good Falcon, made her flight acrosse | When my good falcon made her flight across | WT IV.iv.15 |
| Thy Fathers ground. | Thy father's ground. | WT IV.iv.16.1 |
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| Apprehend | Apprehend | WT IV.iv.24.2 |
| Nothing but iollity: the Goddes themselues | Nothing but jollity. The gods themselves, | WT IV.iv.25 |
| (Humbling their Deities to loue) haue taken | Humbling their deities to love, have taken | WT IV.iv.26 |
| The shapes of Beasts vpon them. Iupiter, | The shapes of beasts upon them: Jupiter | WT IV.iv.27 |
| Became a Bull, and bellow'd: the greene Neptune | Became a bull, and bellowed; the green Neptune | WT IV.iv.28 |
| A Ram, and bleated: and the Fire-roab'd-God | A ram, and bleated; and the fire-robed god, | WT IV.iv.29 |
| Golden Apollo, a poore humble Swaine, | Golden Apollo, a poor, humble swain, | WT IV.iv.30 |
| As I seeme now. Their transformations, | As I seem now. Their transformations | WT IV.iv.31 |
| Were neuer for a peece of beauty, rarer, | Were never for a piece of beauty rarer, | WT IV.iv.32 |
| Nor in a way so chaste: since my desires | Nor in a way so chaste, since my desires | WT IV.iv.33 |
| Run not before mine honor: nor my Lusts | Run not before mine honour, nor my lusts | WT IV.iv.34 |
| Burne hotter then my Faith. | Burn hotter than my faith. | WT IV.iv.35.1 |
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| Thou deer'st Perdita, | Thou dearest Perdita, | WT IV.iv.40.2 |
| With these forc'd thoughts, I prethee darken not | With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not | WT IV.iv.41 |
| The Mirth o'th' Feast: Or Ile be thine (my Faire) | The mirth o'th' feast. Or I'll be thine, my fair, | WT IV.iv.42 |
| Or not my Fathers. For I cannot be | Or not my father's. For I cannot be | WT IV.iv.43 |
| Mine owne, nor any thing to any, if | Mine own, nor anything to any, if | WT IV.iv.44 |
| I be not thine. To this I am most constant, | I be not thine. To this I am most constant, | WT IV.iv.45 |
| Though destiny say no. Be merry (Gentle) | Though destiny say no. Be merry, gentle; | WT IV.iv.46 |
| Strangle such thoughts as these, with any thing | Strangle such thoughts as these with anything | WT IV.iv.47 |
| That you behold the while. Your guests are comming: | That you behold the while. Your guests are coming: | WT IV.iv.48 |
| Lift vp your countenance, as it were the day | Lift up your countenance as it were the day | WT IV.iv.49 |
| Of celebration of that nuptiall, which | Of celebration of that nuptial which | WT IV.iv.50 |
| We two haue sworne shall come. | We two have sworn shall come. | WT IV.iv.51.1 |
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| See, your Guests approach, | See, your guests approach. | WT IV.iv.52.2 |
| Addresse your selfe to entertaine them sprightly, | Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, | WT IV.iv.53 |
| And let's be red with mirth. | And let's be red with mirth. | WT IV.iv.54 |
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| What? like a Coarse? | What, like a corse? | WT IV.iv.129.2 |
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| What you do, | What you do | WT IV.iv.135.2 |
| Still betters what is done. When you speake (Sweet) | Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet, | WT IV.iv.136 |
| I'ld haue you do it euer: When you sing, | I'd have you do it ever; when you sing, | WT IV.iv.137 |
| I'ld haue you buy, and sell so: so giue Almes, | I'd have you buy and sell so, so give alms, | WT IV.iv.138 |
| Pray so: and for the ord'ring your Affayres, | Pray so, and, for the ord'ring your affairs, | WT IV.iv.139 |
| To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you | To sing them too; when you do dance, I wish you | WT IV.iv.140 |
| A waue o'th Sea, that you might euer do | A wave o'th' sea, that you might ever do | WT IV.iv.141 |
| Nothing but that: moue still, still so: | Nothing but that – move still, still so, | WT IV.iv.142 |
| And owne no other Function. Each your doing, | And own no other function. Each your doing, | WT IV.iv.143 |
| (So singular, in each particular) | So singular in each particular, | WT IV.iv.144 |
| Crownes what you are doing, in the present deeds, | Crowns what you are doing in the present deeds, | WT IV.iv.145 |
| That all your Actes, are Queenes. | That all your acts are queens. | WT IV.iv.146.1 |
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| I thinke you haue | I think you have | WT IV.iv.151.2 |
| As little skill to feare, as I haue purpose | As little skill to fear as I have purpose | WT IV.iv.152 |
| To put you to't. But come, our dance I pray, | To put you to't. But come, our dance, I pray. | WT IV.iv.153 |
| Your hand (my Perdita:) so Turtles paire | Your hand, my Perdita: so turtles pair, | WT IV.iv.154 |
| That neuer meane to part. | That never mean to part. | WT IV.iv.155.1 |
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| Old Sir, I know | Old sir, I know | WT IV.iv.353.2 |
| She prizes not such trifles as these are: | She prizes not such trifles as these are: | WT IV.iv.354 |
| The gifts she lookes from me, are packt and lockt | The gifts she looks from me are packed and locked | WT IV.iv.355 |
| Vp in my heart, which I haue giuen already, | Up in my heart, which I have given already, | WT IV.iv.356 |
| But not deliuer'd. O heare me breath my life | But not delivered. O, hear me breathe my life | WT IV.iv.357 |
| Before this ancient Sir, whom (it should seeme) | Before this ancient sir, whom, it should seem, | WT IV.iv.358 |
| Hath sometime lou'd: I take thy hand, this hand, | Hath sometime loved! I take thy hand, this hand | WT IV.iv.359 |
| As soft as Doues-downe, and as white as it, | As soft as dove's down and as white as it, | WT IV.iv.360 |
| Or Ethyopians tooth, or the fan'd snow, that's bolted | Or Ethiopian's tooth, or the fanned snow that's bolted | WT IV.iv.361 |
| By th' Northerne blasts, twice ore. | By th' northern blasts twice o'er – | WT IV.iv.362.1 |
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| Do, and be witnesse too't. | Do, and be witness to't. | WT IV.iv.366.2 |
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| And he, and more | And he, and more | WT IV.iv.367.2 |
| Then he, and men: the earth, the heauens, and all; | Than he, and men; the earth, the heavens, and all: | WT IV.iv.368 |
| That were I crown'd the most Imperiall Monarch | That were I crowned the most imperial monarch, | WT IV.iv.369 |
| Thereof most worthy: were I the fayrest youth | Thereof most worthy, were I the fairest youth | WT IV.iv.370 |
| That euer made eye swerue, had force and knowledge | That ever made eye swerve, had force and knowledge | WT IV.iv.371 |
| More then was euer mans, I would not prize them | More than was ever man's, I would not prize them | WT IV.iv.372 |
| Without her Loue; for her, employ them all, | Without her love; for her employ them all; | WT IV.iv.373 |
| Commend them, and condemne them to her seruice, | Commend them and condemn them to her service | WT IV.iv.374 |
| Or to their owne perdition. | Or to their own perdition. | WT IV.iv.375.1 |
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| O, that must bee | O, that must be | WT IV.iv.383.2 |
| I'th Vertue of your daughter: One being dead, | I'th' virtue of your daughter. One being dead, | WT IV.iv.384 |
| I shall haue more then you can dreame of yet, | I shall have more than you can dream of yet; | WT IV.iv.385 |
| Enough then for your wonder: but come-on, | Enough then for your wonder. But come on: | WT IV.iv.386 |
| Contract vs fore these Witnesses. | Contract us 'fore these witnesses. | WT IV.iv.387.1 |
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| I haue: but what of him? | I have; but what of him? | WT IV.iv.389.2 |
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| He neither do's, nor shall. | He neither does nor shall. | WT IV.iv.390.2 |
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| No good Sir: | No, good sir; | WT IV.iv.399.2 |
| He has his health, and ampler strength indeede | He has his health, and ampler strength indeed | WT IV.iv.400 |
| Then most haue of his age. | Than most have of his age. | WT IV.iv.401.1 |
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| I yeeld all this; | I yield all this; | WT IV.iv.407.2 |
| But for some other reasons (my graue Sir) | But for some other reasons, my grave sir, | WT IV.iv.408 |
| Which 'tis not fit you know, I not acquaint | Which 'tis not fit you know, I not acquaint | WT IV.iv.409 |
| My Father of this businesse. | My father of this business. | WT IV.iv.410.1 |
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| He shall not. | He shall not. | WT IV.iv.411.1 |
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| No, he must not. | No, he must not. | WT IV.iv.411.3 |
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| Come, come, he must not: | Come, come, he must not. | WT IV.iv.413.2 |
| Marke our Contract. | Mark our contract. | WT IV.iv.414.1 |
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| Why looke you so vpon me? | Why look you so upon me? | WT IV.iv.459.2 |
| I am but sorry, not affear'd: delaid, | I am but sorry, not afeard; delayed, | WT IV.iv.460 |
| But nothing altred: What I was, I am: | But nothing altered: what I was I am; | WT IV.iv.461 |
| More straining on, for plucking backe; not following | More straining on for plucking back, not following | WT IV.iv.462 |
| My leash vnwillingly. | My leash unwillingly. | WT IV.iv.463.1 |
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| I not purpose it: | I not purpose it. | WT IV.iv.469.2 |
| I thinke Camillo. | I think Camillo? | WT IV.iv.470.1 |
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| It cannot faile, but by | It cannot fail but by | WT IV.iv.473.2 |
| The violation of my faith, and then | The violation of my faith; and then | WT IV.iv.474 |
| Let Nature crush the sides o'th earth together, | Let Nature crush the sides o'th' earth together | WT IV.iv.475 |
| And marre the seeds within. Lift vp thy lookes: | And mar the seeds within! Lift up thy looks. | WT IV.iv.476 |
| From my succession wipe me (Father) I | From my succession wipe me, father, I | WT IV.iv.477 |
| Am heyre to my affection. | Am heir to my affection. | WT IV.iv.478.1 |
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| I am: and by my fancie, if my Reason | I am, and by my fancy. If my reason | WT IV.iv.479 |
| Will thereto be obedient: I haue reason: | Will thereto be obedient, I have reason; | WT IV.iv.480 |
| If not, my sences better pleas'd with madnesse, | If not, my senses, better pleased with madness, | WT IV.iv.481 |
| Do bid it welcome. | Do bid it welcome. | WT IV.iv.482.1 |
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| So call it: but it do's fulfill my vow: | So call it, but it does fulfil my vow: | WT IV.iv.483 |
| I needs must thinke it honesty. Camillo, | I needs must think it honesty. Camillo, | WT IV.iv.484 |
| Not for Bohemia, nor the pompe that may | Not for Bohemia, nor the pomp that may | WT IV.iv.485 |
| Be thereat gleaned: for all the Sun sees, or | Be thereat gleaned; for all the sun sees or | WT IV.iv.486 |
| The close earth wombes, or the profound seas, hides | The close earth wombs or the profound sea hides | WT IV.iv.487 |
| In vnknowne fadomes, will I breake my oath | In unknown fathoms, will I break my oath | WT IV.iv.488 |
| To this my faire belou'd: Therefore, I pray you, | To this my fair beloved. Therefore, I pray you, | WT IV.iv.489 |
| As you haue euer bin my Fathers honour'd friend, | As you've e'er been my father's honoured friend, | WT IV.iv.490 |
| When he shall misse me, as (in faith I meane not | When he shall miss me – as, in faith, I mean not | WT IV.iv.491 |
| To see him any more) cast your good counsailes | To see him any more – cast your good counsels | WT IV.iv.492 |
| Vpon his passion: Let my selfe, and Fortune | Upon his passion. Let myself and Fortune | WT IV.iv.493 |
| Tug for the time to come. This you may know, | Tug for the time to come. This you may know, | WT IV.iv.494 |
| And so deliuer, I am put to Sea | And so deliver: I am put to sea | WT IV.iv.495 |
| With her, who heere I cannot hold on shore: | With her who here I cannot hold on shore; | WT IV.iv.496 |
| And most opportune to her neede, I haue | And most opportune to our need I have | WT IV.iv.497 |
| A Vessell rides fast by, but not prepar'd | A vessel rides fast by, but not prepared | WT IV.iv.498 |
| For this designe. What course I meane to hold | For this design. What course I mean to hold | WT IV.iv.499 |
| Shall nothing benefit your knowledge, nor | Shall nothing benefit your knowledge, nor | WT IV.iv.500 |
| Concerne me the reporting. | Concern me the reporting. | WT IV.iv.501.1 |
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| Hearke Perdita, | Hark, Perdita – | WT IV.iv.503.2 |
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| Ile heare you by and by. | (to Camillo) I'll hear you by and by. | WT IV.iv.504.1 |
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| Now good Camillo, | Now, good Camillo, | WT IV.iv.510.2 |
| I am so fraught with curious businesse, that | I am so fraught with curious business that | WT IV.iv.511 |
| I leaue out ceremony. | I leave out ceremony. | WT IV.iv.512.1 |
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| Very nobly | Very nobly | WT IV.iv.514.2 |
| Haue you deseru'd: It is my Fathers Musicke | Have you deserved: it is my father's music | WT IV.iv.515 |
| To speake your deeds: not little of his care | To speak your deeds, not little of his care | WT IV.iv.516 |
| To haue them recompenc'd, as thought on. | To have them recompensed as thought on. | WT IV.iv.517.1 |
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| How Camillo | How, Camillo, | WT IV.iv.530.2 |
| May this (almost a miracle) be done? | May this, almost a miracle, be done? | WT IV.iv.531 |
| That I may call thee something more then man, | That I may call thee something more than man, | WT IV.iv.532 |
| And after that trust to thee. | And after that trust to thee. | WT IV.iv.533.1 |
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| Not any yet: | Not any yet: | WT IV.iv.534.2 |
| But as th' vnthought-on accident is guiltie | But as th' unthought-on accident is guilty | WT IV.iv.535 |
| To what we wildely do, so we professe | To what we wildly do, so we profess | WT IV.iv.536 |
| Our selues to be the slaues of chance, and flyes | Ourselves to be the slaves of chance, and flies | WT IV.iv.537 |
| Of euery winde that blowes. | Of every wind that blows. | WT IV.iv.538.1 |
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| Worthy Camillo, | Worthy Camillo, | WT IV.iv.551.2 |
| What colour for my Visitation, shall I | What colour for my visitation shall I | WT IV.iv.552 |
| Hold vp before him? | Hold up before him? | WT IV.iv.553.1 |
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| I am bound to you: | I am bound to you. | WT IV.iv.561.2 |
| There is some sappe in this. | There is some sap in this. | WT IV.iv.562.1 |
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| My good Camillo, | My good Camillo, | WT IV.iv.576.2 |
| She's as forward, of her Breeding, as | She is as forward of her breeding as | WT IV.iv.577 |
| She is i'th' reare' our Birth. | She is i'th' rear' our birth. | WT IV.iv.578.1 |
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| My prettiest Perdita. | My prettiest Perdita! | WT IV.iv.581.2 |
| But O, the Thornes we stand vpon: (Camillo) | But O, the thorns we stand upon! Camillo – | WT IV.iv.582 |
| Preseruer of my Father, now of me, | Preserver of my father, now of me, | WT IV.iv.583 |
| The Medicine of our House: how shall we doe? | The medicine of our house – how shall we do? | WT IV.iv.584 |
| We are not furnish'd like Bohemia's Sonne, | We are not furnished like Bohemia's son, | WT IV.iv.585 |
| Nor shall appeare in Sicilia. | Nor shall appear in Sicilia. | WT IV.iv.586.1 |
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| And those that you'le procure from King Leontes? | And those that you'll procure from King Leontes – | WT IV.iv.617 |
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| Dispatch, I prethee. | Dispatch, I prithee. | WT IV.iv.640 |
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| Should I now meet my Father, | Should I now meet my father, | WT IV.iv.653.2 |
| He would not call me Sonne. | He would not call me son. | WT IV.iv.654.1 |
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| O Perdita: what haue we twaine forgot? | O Perdita, what have we twain forgot! | WT IV.iv.656 |
| 'Pray you a word. | Pray you, a word. | WT IV.iv.657 |
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| Fortune speed vs: | Fortune speed us! | WT IV.iv.663.2 |
| Thus we set on (Camillo) to th' Sea-side. | Thus we set on, Camillo, to th' seaside. | WT IV.iv.664 |
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| By his command | By his command | WT V.i.137.2 |
| Haue I here touch'd Sicilia, and from him | Have I here touched Sicilia, and from him | WT V.i.138 |
| Giue you all greetings, that a King (at friend) | Give you all greetings that a king, at friend, | WT V.i.139 |
| Can send his Brother: and but Infirmitie | Can send his brother; and but infirmity, | WT V.i.140 |
| (Which waits vpon worne times) hath something seiz'd | Which waits upon worn times, hath something seized | WT V.i.141 |
| His wish'd Abilitie, he had himselfe | His wished ability, he had himself | WT V.i.142 |
| The Lands and Waters, 'twixt your Throne and his, | The lands and waters 'twixt your throne and his | WT V.i.143 |
| Measur'd, to looke vpon you; whom he loues | Measured to look upon you, whom he loves – | WT V.i.144 |
| (He bad me say so) more then all the Scepters, | He bade me say so – more than all the sceptres | WT V.i.145 |
| And those that beare them, liuing. | And those that bear them living. | WT V.i.146.1 |
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| Good my Lord, | Good my lord, | WT V.i.155.2 |
| She came from Libia. | She came from Libya. | WT V.i.156.1 |
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| Most Royall Sir, / From thence: from him, whose Daughter | Most royal sir, from thence; from him whose daughter | WT V.i.158 |
| His Teares proclaym'd his parting with her: thence | His tears proclaimed his, parting with her; thence, | WT V.i.159 |
| (A prosperous South-wind friendly) we haue cross'd, | A prosperous south wind friendly, we have crossed, | WT V.i.160 |
| To execute the Charge my Father gaue me, | To execute the charge my father gave me | WT V.i.161 |
| For visiting your Highnesse: My best Traine | For visiting your highness. My best train | WT V.i.162 |
| I haue from your Sicilian Shores dismiss'd; | I have from your Sicilian shores dismissed; | WT V.i.163 |
| Who for Bohemia bend, to signifie | Who for Bohemia bend, to signify | WT V.i.164 |
| Not onely my successe in Libia (Sir) | Not only my success in Libya, sir, | WT V.i.165 |
| But my arriuall, and my Wifes, in safetie | But my arrival, and my wife's, in safety | WT V.i.166 |
| Here, where we are. | Here where we are. | WT V.i.167.1 |
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| Camillo ha's betray'd me; | Camillo has betrayed me; | WT V.i.192.2 |
| Whose honor, and whose honestie till now, | Whose honour and whose honesty till now | WT V.i.193 |
| Endur'd all Weathers. | Endured all weathers. | WT V.i.194.1 |
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| We are not (Sir) nor are we like to be: | We are not, sir, nor are we like to be. | WT V.i.204 |
| The Starres (I see) will kisse the Valleyes first: | The stars, I see, will kiss the valleys first: | WT V.i.205 |
| The oddes for high and low's alike. | The odds for high and low's alike. | WT V.i.206.1 |
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| She is, | She is, | WT V.i.207.2 |
| When once she is my Wife. | When once she is my wife. | WT V.i.208 |
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| Deare, looke vp: | Dear, look up. | WT V.i.214.2 |
| Though Fortune, visible an Enemie, | Though Fortune, visible an enemy, | WT V.i.215 |
| Should chase vs, with my Father; powre no iot | Should chase us, with my father, power no jot | WT V.i.216 |
| Hath she to change our Loues. Beseech you (Sir) | Hath she to change our loves. Beseech you, sir, | WT V.i.217 |
| Remember, since you ow'd no more to Time | Remember since you owed no more to Time | WT V.i.218 |
| Then I doe now: with thought of such Affections, | Than I do now. With thought of such affections | WT V.i.219 |
| Step forth mine Aduocate: at your request, | Step forth mine advocate: at your request | WT V.i.220 |
| My Father will graunt precious things, as Trifles. | My father will grant precious things as trifles. | WT V.i.221 |