No Fear Shakespeare: Richard II: Act 5 Scene 4

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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?	XTNEO nDid’t oyu oincet teh nigk nad areh hwta he dsia? “nDo’t I veha yan irsndfe owh lwil dri me of ihts toscantn afer?” Didn’t he ays ahtt?
SERVANT These were his very words.	ERVTSNA hsToe weer ish ctxae wdosr.
EXTON 5 ‘Have I no friend?’ quoth he: he spake it twice, And urged it twice together, did he not?	ONTEX eiwTc he siad, “Dno’t I eavh nya einfrds?” iddn’t he?
SERVANT He did.	SRETANV 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.	TOENX dAn hnwe he iads it, he kloode at me tlinetny, as if he ewre insyga, “I wihs ouy erew eth nam owh dulow akte stih aerf wyaa frmo me.” He eamns eth kgin at rPmeoft. eCom, elt’s go. I am the inkg’s nerdif, and I’ll etg dri ihm of his eynme.
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?	XTNEO nDid’t oyu oincet teh nigk nad areh hwta he dsia? “nDo’t I veha yan irsndfe owh lwil dri me of ihts toscantn afer?” Didn’t he ays ahtt?
SERVANT These were his very words.	ERVTSNA hsToe weer ish ctxae wdosr.
EXTON 5 ‘Have I no friend?’ quoth he: he spake it twice, And urged it twice together, did he not?	ONTEX eiwTc he siad, “Dno’t I eavh nya einfrds?” iddn’t he?
SERVANT He did.	SRETANV 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.	TOENX dAn hnwe he iads it, he kloode at me tlinetny, as if he ewre insyga, “I wihs ouy erew eth nam owh dulow akte stih aerf wyaa frmo me.” He eamns eth kgin at rPmeoft. eCom, elt’s go. I am the inkg’s nerdif, and I’ll etg dri ihm of his eynme.
Exeunt	They exit.