| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| O Master: if you did but heare the Pedler at the | O master, if you did but hear the pedlar at the | WT IV.iv.183 |
| doore, you would neuer dance againe after a Tabor and | door, you would never dance again after a tabor and | WT IV.iv.184 |
| Pipe: no, the Bag-pipe could not moue you: hee singes | pipe; no, the bagpipe could not move you. He sings | WT IV.iv.185 |
| seuerall Tunes, faster then you'l tell money: hee vtters | several tunes faster than you'll tell money; he utters | WT IV.iv.186 |
| them as he had eaten ballads, and all mens eares grew to | them as he had eaten ballads and all men's ears grew to | WT IV.iv.187 |
| his Tunes. | his tunes. | WT IV.iv.188 |
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| He hath songs for man, or woman, of all sizes: | He hath songs for man or woman, of all sizes: | WT IV.iv.193 |
| No Milliner can so fit his customers with Gloues: he has | no milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. He has | WT IV.iv.194 |
| the prettiest Loue-songs for Maids, so without bawdrie | the prettiest love-songs for maids; so without bawdry, | WT IV.iv.195 |
| (which is strange,) with such delicate burthens of Dildo's | which is strange; with such delicate burdens of dildos | WT IV.iv.196 |
| and Fadings: Iump-her, and thump-her; and where some | and fadings, jump her and thump her; and where some | WT IV.iv.197 |
| stretch-mouth'd Rascall, would (as it were) meane mischeefe, | stretch-mouthed rascal would, as it were, mean mischief, | WT IV.iv.198 |
| and breake a fowle gap into the Matter, hee makes the | and break a foul gap into the matter, he makes the | WT IV.iv.199 |
| maid to answere, Whoop, doe me no harme good man: | maid to answer, ‘ Whoop, do me no harm, good man ’; | WT IV.iv.200 |
| put's him off, slights him, with Whoop, doe mee no harme | puts him off, slights him, with ‘ Whoop, do me no harm, | WT IV.iv.201 |
| good man. | good man.’ | WT IV.iv.202 |
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| Hee hath Ribbons of all the colours i'th Raine-bow; | He hath ribbons of all the colours i'th' rainbow; | WT IV.iv.206 |
| Points, more then all the Lawyers in Bohemia, can | points more than all the lawyers in Bohemia can | WT IV.iv.207 |
| learnedly handle, though they come to him by th' grosse: | learnedly handle, though they come to him by th' gross; | WT IV.iv.208 |
| Inckles, Caddysses, Cambrickes, Lawnes: why he sings em | inkles, caddisses, cambrics, lawns. Why, he sings 'em | WT IV.iv.209 |
| ouer, as they were Gods, or Goddesses: you would thinke a | over as they were gods or goddesses; you would think a | WT IV.iv.210 |
| Smocke were a shee-Angell, he so chauntes to the sleeue-hand, | smock were a she-angel, he so chants to the sleevehand | WT IV.iv.211 |
| and the worke about the square on't. | and the work about the square on't. | WT IV.iv.212 |
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| Mayster, there is three Carters, three Shep-herds, | Master, there is three carters, three shepherds, | WT IV.iv.322 |
| three Neat-herds, three Swine-herds yt haue made | three neat-herds, three swine-herds, that have made | WT IV.iv.323 |
| themselues all men of haire, they cal themselues | themselves all men of hair: they call themselves | WT IV.iv.324 |
| Saltiers, and they haue a Dance, which the Wenches say | Saltiers, and they have a dance which the wenches say | WT IV.iv.325 |
| is a gally-maufrey of Gambols, because they are not in't: | is a gallimaufry of gambols, because they are not in't; | WT IV.iv.326 |
| but they themselues are o'th' minde (if it bee not too rough | but they themselves are o'th' mind, if it be not too rough | WT IV.iv.327 |
| for some, that know little but bowling) it will please | for some that know little but bowling it will please | WT IV.iv.328 |
| plentifully. | plentifully. | WT IV.iv.329 |
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| One three of them, by their owne report (Sir,) | One three of them, by their own report, sir, | WT IV.iv.334 |
| hath danc'd before the King: and not the worst of the | hath danced before the King; and not the worst of the | WT IV.iv.335 |
| three, but iumpes twelue foote and a halfe by th' squire. | three but jumps twelve foot and a half by th' square. | WT IV.iv.336 |
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| Why, they stay at doore Sir. | Why, they stay at door, sir. | WT IV.iv.339 |