| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Is it come to that? I had thought wearines durst | Is't come to that? I had thought weariness durst | 2H4 II.ii.2 |
| not haue attach'd one of so high blood. | not have attached one of so high blood. | 2H4 II.ii.3 |
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| Why, a Prince should not be so loosely studied, as | Why, a prince should not be so loosely studied as | 2H4 II.ii.7 |
| to remember so weake a Composition. | to remember so weak a composition. | 2H4 II.ii.8 |
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| How ill it followes, after you haue labour'd so hard, | How ill it follows, after you have laboured so hard, | 2H4 II.ii.27 |
| you should talke so idlely? Tell me how many good yong | you should talk so idly! Tell me, how many good young | 2H4 II.ii.28 |
| Princes would do so, their Fathers lying so sicke, as yours | princes would do so, their fathers being so sick as yours | 2H4 II.ii.29 |
| is? | at this time is? | 2H4 II.ii.30 |
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| Yes: and let it be an excellent good thing. | Yes, faith, and let it be an excellent good thing. | 2H4 II.ii.32 |
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| Go to: I stand the push of your one thing, that you'l | Go to, I stand the push of your one thing that you | 2H4 II.ii.35 |
| tell. | will tell. | 2H4 II.ii.36 |
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| Very hardly, vpon such a subiect. | Very hardly, upon such a subject. | 2H4 II.ii.41 |
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| The reason? | The reason? | 2H4 II.ii.48 |
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| I would thinke thee a most Princely hypocrite. | I would think thee a most princely hypocrite. | 2H4 II.ii.51 |
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| Why, because you haue beene so lewde, and so much | Why, because you have been so lewd, and so much | 2H4 II.ii.58 |
| ingraffed to Falstaffe. | engraffed to Falstaff. | 2H4 II.ii.59 |
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| Nay, I am well spoken of, I can heare it | By this light, I am well spoke on; I can hear it | 2H4 II.ii.61 |
| with mine owne eares: the worst that they can say of me | with mine own ears. The worst that they can say of me | 2H4 II.ii.62 |
| is, that I am a second Brother, and that I am a proper | is that I am a second brother, and that I am a proper | 2H4 II.ii.63 |
| Fellowe of my hands: and those two things I confesse I | fellow of my hands, and those two things I confess I | 2H4 II.ii.64 |
| canot helpe. Looke, looke, here comes Bardolfe. | cannot help. By the mass, here comes Bardolph. | 2H4 II.ii.65 |
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| Come you pernitious Asse, you bashfull | Come, you virtuous ass, you bashful | 2H4 II.ii.71 |
| Foole, must you be blushing? Wherefore blush you now? | fool, must you be blushing? Wherefore blush you now? | 2H4 II.ii.72 |
| what a Maidenly man at Armes are you become? Is it | What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become! Is't | 2H4 II.ii.73 |
| such a matter to get a Pottle-pots Maiden-head? | such a matter to get a pottle-pot's maidenhead? | 2H4 II.ii.74 |
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| O that this good Blossome could bee kept from Cankers: | O that this blossom could be kept from cankers! | 2H4 II.ii.88 |
| Well, there is six pence to preserue thee. | Well, there is sixpence to preserve thee. | 2H4 II.ii.89 |
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| Deliuer'd with good respect: And how doth the | Delivered with good respect. And how doth the | 2H4 II.ii.95 |
| Martlemas, your Master? | martlemas your master? | 2H4 II.ii.96 |
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| Marry, the immortall part needes a Physitian: but | Marry, the immortal part needs a physician, but | 2H4 II.ii.98 |
| that moues not him: though that bee sicke, it dyes not. | that moves not him. Though that be sick, it dies not. | 2H4 II.ii.99 |
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| Iohn Falstaffe Knight: (Euery | John Falstaff, knight – every | 2H4 II.ii.103 |
| man must know that, as oft as hee hath occasion to name | man must know that as oft as he has occasion to name | 2H4 II.ii.104 |
| himselfe:) Euen like those that are kinne to the King, for | himself, even like those that are kin to the king, for | 2H4 II.ii.105 |
| they neuer pricke their finger, but they say, there is som | they never prick their finger but they say ‘ There's some | 2H4 II.ii.106 |
| of the kings blood spilt. How comes that (sayes he) | of the King's blood spilt.’ ‘ How comes that?’ says he | 2H4 II.ii.107 |
| that takes vpon him not to conceiue? the answer is as | that takes upon him not to conceive. The answer is as | 2H4 II.ii.108 |
| ready as a borrowed cap: I am the Kings poore | ready as a borrower's cap: ‘ I am the King's poor | 2H4 II.ii.109 |
| Cosin, Sir. | cousin, sir.’ | 2H4 II.ii.110 |
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| Why this is a Certificate. | Why, this is a certificate! | 2H4 II.ii.115 |
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| Sure he meanes breuity in breath: short-winded. | He sure means brevity in breath, short-winded. | 2H4 II.ii.118 |
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| My Lord, I will steepe this Letter in Sack, and make | My lord, I'll steep this letter in sack and make | 2H4 II.ii.128 |
| him eate it. | him eat it. | 2H4 II.ii.129 |
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| May the Wench haue no worse Fortune. But I neuer | God send the wench no worse fortune! But I never | 2H4 II.ii.133 |
| said so. | said so. | 2H4 II.ii.134 |
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| I am your shadow, my Lord, Ile follow you. | I am your shadow, my lord; I'll follow you. | 2H4 II.ii.153 |
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| I warrant you, as common as the way betweene | I warrant you, as common as the way between | 2H4 II.ii.161 |
| S. Albans, and London. | Saint Albans and London. | 2H4 II.ii.162 |
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| Put on two Leather Ierkins, and Aprons, and waite | Put on two leathern jerkins and aprons, and wait | 2H4 II.ii.166 |
| vpon him at his Table, like Drawers. | upon him at his table as drawers. | 2H4 II.ii.167 |
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| Let vs beat him before his Whore. | Let's beat him before his whore. | 2H4 II.iv.252 |
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| Is it not strange, that Desire should so many yeeres | Is it not strange that desire should so many years | 2H4 II.iv.255 |
| out-liue performance? | outlive performance? | 2H4 II.iv.256 |
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| And looke whether the fierie Trigon, his Man, be not | And look whether the fiery trigon his man be not | 2H4 II.iv.260 |
| lisping to his Masters old Tables, his Note-Booke, his | lisping to his master's old tables, his notebook, his | 2H4 II.iv.261 |
| Councell-keeper? | counsel-keeper. | 2H4 II.iv.262 |
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| My Lord, hee will driue you out of your reuenge, | My lord, he will drive you out of your revenge | 2H4 II.iv.293 |
| and turne all to a merryment, if you take not the heat. | and turn all to a merriment, if you take not the heat. | 2H4 II.iv.294 |
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| No abuse? | No abuse? | 2H4 II.iv.312 |
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| Answere thou dead Elme, answere. | Answer, thou dead elm, answer. | 2H4 II.iv.326 |