No Fear Shakespeare: King John: Act 5 Scene 3

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Original Text	Modern Text
Alarums. Enter KING JOHN and HUBERT.	Alarums. Enter KING JOHN and HUBERT.
KING JOHN How goes the day with us? O, tell me, Hubert.	KING JOHN How goes the day with us? O, tell me, Hubert.
HUBERT Badly, I fear. How fares your Majesty?	HUBERT Badly, I fear. How fares your Majesty?
KING JOHN This fever that hath troubled me so long Lies heavy on me. O, my heart is sick.	KING JOHN This fever that hath troubled me so long Lies heavy on me. O, my heart is sick.
Enter a MESSENGER.	Enter a MESSENGER.
MESSENGER 5 My lord, your valiant kinsman, Faulconbridge, Desires your Majesty to leave the field And send him word by me which way you go.	MESSENGER 5 My lord, your valiant kinsman, Faulconbridge, Desires your Majesty to leave the field And send him word by me which way you go.
KING JOHN Tell him toward Swinstead, to the abbey there.	KING JOHN Tell him toward Swinstead, to the abbey there.
MESSENGER Be of good comfort, for the great supply 10 That was expected by the Dauphin here Are wracked three nights ago on Goodwin Sands. This news was brought to Richard but even now. The French fight coldly and retire themselves.	MESSENGER Be of good comfort, for the great supply 10 That was expected by the Dauphin here Are wracked three nights ago on Goodwin Sands. This news was brought to Richard but even now. The French fight coldly and retire themselves.
KING JOHN Ay me, this tyrant fever burns me up 15 And will not let me welcome this good news. Set on toward Swinstead. To my litter straight. Weakness possesseth me, and I am faint.	KING JOHN Ay me, this tyrant fever burns me up 15 And will not let me welcome this good news. Set on toward Swinstead. To my litter straight. Weakness possesseth me, and I am faint.
They exit.	They exit.

Original Text	Modern Text
Alarums. Enter KING JOHN and HUBERT.	Alarums. Enter KING JOHN and HUBERT.
KING JOHN How goes the day with us? O, tell me, Hubert.	KING JOHN How goes the day with us? O, tell me, Hubert.
HUBERT Badly, I fear. How fares your Majesty?	HUBERT Badly, I fear. How fares your Majesty?
KING JOHN This fever that hath troubled me so long Lies heavy on me. O, my heart is sick.	KING JOHN This fever that hath troubled me so long Lies heavy on me. O, my heart is sick.
Enter a MESSENGER.	Enter a MESSENGER.
MESSENGER 5 My lord, your valiant kinsman, Faulconbridge, Desires your Majesty to leave the field And send him word by me which way you go.	MESSENGER 5 My lord, your valiant kinsman, Faulconbridge, Desires your Majesty to leave the field And send him word by me which way you go.
KING JOHN Tell him toward Swinstead, to the abbey there.	KING JOHN Tell him toward Swinstead, to the abbey there.
MESSENGER Be of good comfort, for the great supply 10 That was expected by the Dauphin here Are wracked three nights ago on Goodwin Sands. This news was brought to Richard but even now. The French fight coldly and retire themselves.	MESSENGER Be of good comfort, for the great supply 10 That was expected by the Dauphin here Are wracked three nights ago on Goodwin Sands. This news was brought to Richard but even now. The French fight coldly and retire themselves.
KING JOHN Ay me, this tyrant fever burns me up 15 And will not let me welcome this good news. Set on toward Swinstead. To my litter straight. Weakness possesseth me, and I am faint.	KING JOHN Ay me, this tyrant fever burns me up 15 And will not let me welcome this good news. Set on toward Swinstead. To my litter straight. Weakness possesseth me, and I am faint.
They exit.	They exit.