| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| The king of Fraunce my soueraigne Lord and master, | The King of France, my sovereign lord and master, | E3 IV.iv.67 |
| Greets by me his fo, the Prince of Wals, | Greets by me his foe, the Prince of Wales. | E3 IV.iv.68 |
| If thou call forth a hundred men of name | If thou call forth a hundred men of name, | E3 IV.iv.69 |
| Of Lords, Knights, Esquires and English gentlemen, | Of lords, knights, squires, and English gentlemen, | E3 IV.iv.70 |
| And with thy selfe and those kneele at his feete, | And with thyself and those kneel at his feet, | E3 IV.iv.71 |
| He straight will fold his bloody collours vp, | He straight will fold his bloody colours up, | E3 IV.iv.72 |
| And ransome shall redeeme liues forfeited: | And ransom shall redeem lives forfeited; | E3 IV.iv.73 |
| If not, this day shall drinke more English blood, | If not, this day shall drink more English blood | E3 IV.iv.74 |
| Then ere was buried in our Bryttish earth, | Than e'er was buried in our Breton earth. | E3 IV.iv.75 |
| What is the answere to his profered mercy? | What is the answer to this proffered mercy? | E3 IV.iv.76 |
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| I go. | I go. | E3 IV.iv.87 |