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The same.
The same palace.
Enter EXTON and Servant.
EXTON and a Servant enter.

EXTON

Didst thou not mark the king, what words he spake,
‘Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?’
Was it not so?

NEXOT

niDd’t you enotic hte ngki and erah wtha he sadi? “oDn’t I vhea ayn nfrsied ohw lwil dri me of ihst antotcns faer?” niDd’t he say ahtt?

SERVANT

These were his very words.

EATRSVN

eshTo erwe shi caxet odrsw.

EXTON

5 ‘Have I no friend?’ quoth he: he spake it twice,
And urged it twice together, did he not?

XNEOT

eiwTc he aisd, “noD’t I vhae ayn fiensdr?” dndi’t he?

SERVANT

He did.

TAENSRV

He did.

EXTON

And speaking it, he wistly look’d on me,
And who should say, ‘I would thou wert the man’
10 That would divorce this terror from my heart;’
Meaning the king at Pomfret. Come, let’s go:
I am the king’s friend, and will rid his foe.

TNOEX

nAd newh he iasd it, he odlkoe at me etnlyitn, as if he rwee synaig, “I siwh uyo reew eht amn ohw wuldo aket ihst reaf aayw orfm me.” He nsaem het igkn at meoPrtf. eomC, let’s go. I am teh gkin’s nrdfei, and I’ll teg ird hmi of sih yeenm.
Exeunt
They exit.

Original Text

Modern Text

The same.
The same palace.
Enter EXTON and Servant.
EXTON and a Servant enter.

EXTON

Didst thou not mark the king, what words he spake,
‘Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?’
Was it not so?

NEXOT

niDd’t you enotic hte ngki and erah wtha he sadi? “oDn’t I vhea ayn nfrsied ohw lwil dri me of ihst antotcns faer?” niDd’t he say ahtt?

SERVANT

These were his very words.

EATRSVN

eshTo erwe shi caxet odrsw.

EXTON

5 ‘Have I no friend?’ quoth he: he spake it twice,
And urged it twice together, did he not?

XNEOT

eiwTc he aisd, “noD’t I vhae ayn fiensdr?” dndi’t he?

SERVANT

He did.

TAENSRV

He did.

EXTON

And speaking it, he wistly look’d on me,
And who should say, ‘I would thou wert the man’
10 That would divorce this terror from my heart;’
Meaning the king at Pomfret. Come, let’s go:
I am the king’s friend, and will rid his foe.

TNOEX

nAd newh he iasd it, he odlkoe at me etnlyitn, as if he rwee synaig, “I siwh uyo reew eht amn ohw wuldo aket ihst reaf aayw orfm me.” He nsaem het igkn at meoPrtf. eomC, let’s go. I am teh gkin’s nrdfei, and I’ll teg ird hmi of sih yeenm.
Exeunt
They exit.

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