diff -r e392f1b88fff Lib/html/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/html/__init__.py	Mon May 20 10:28:48 2013 -0700
+++ b/Lib/html/__init__.py	Mon May 20 18:55:09 2013 -0400
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 General functions for HTML manipulation.
 """
 
-
-_escape_map = {ord('&'): '&amp;', ord('<'): '&lt;', ord('>'): '&gt;'}
-_escape_map_full = {ord('&'): '&amp;', ord('<'): '&lt;', ord('>'): '&gt;',
-                    ord('"'): '&quot;', ord('\''): '&#x27;'}
-
 # NB: this is a candidate for a bytes/string polymorphic interface
 
 def escape(s, quote=True):
@@ -16,6 +11,10 @@
     characters, both double quote (") and single quote (') characters are also
     translated.
     """
+    s = s.replace("&", "&amp;") # Must be done first!
+    s = s.replace("<", "&lt;")
+    s = s.replace(">", "&gt;")
     if quote:
-        return s.translate(_escape_map_full)
-    return s.translate(_escape_map)
+        s = s.replace('"', "&quot;")
+        s = s.replace('\'', "&#x27;")
+    return s