| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.85 | Certain it is that he will steal himself into a man's | certaine it is that he will steale himselfe into a mans |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.264 | man what honour I can, but of this I am not certain. | man what honour I can, but of this I am not certaine. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.210 | I think she has. Certain it is I liked her | I thinke she has; certaine it is I lyk'd her, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.28 | This is most certain that I shall deliver: | This is most certaine, that I shall deliuer: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.61 | I know you could not lack, I am certain on't, | I know you could not lacke, I am certaine on't, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.70 | A certain queen to Caesar in a mattress. | A certaine Queene to Casar in a Matris. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.18 | By certain scales i'th' pyramid. They know | By certaine scales i'th' Pyramid: they know |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.21.2 | Is this certain? | Is this certaine? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.97 | Most certain. Sister, welcome. Pray you | Most certaine: Sister welcome: pray you |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.v.11.3 | Most certain. | Most certaine. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.214 | Nay, 'tis most certain, Iras. Saucy lictors | Nay, 'tis most certaine Iras: sawcie Lictors |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.222 | Nay that's certain. | Nay that's certaine. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.61 | Of a certain knight that swore by his | Of a certaine Knight, that swore by his |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.68 | dislike the cut of a certain courtier's beard. He sent me | dislike the cut of a certaine Courtiers beard: he sent me |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.24 | I am invited, sir, to certain merchants, | I am inuited sir to certaine Marchants, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.103 | Certain ones, then. | Certaine ones then. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.232 | For certain ducats. He with none returned. | For certaine Duckets: he with none return'd. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.v.1. | Enter certain Romans, with spoils | Enter certaine Romanes with spoiles. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.80 | A shield as hard as his. A certain number, | A Shield, as hard as his. A certaine number |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.viii.14.1 | Here they fight, and certain Volsces come in the aid of | Heere they fight, and certaine Volces come in the ayde of |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.108 | Yes, certain, there's a letter for you, I saw't. | Yes certaine, there's a Letter for you, I saw't. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.52 | Some certain of your brethren roared and ran | Some certaine of your Brethren roar'd, and ranne |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.287 | Our certain death. Therefore it is decreed | Our certaine death: therefore it is decreed, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.141 | The end of war's uncertain; but this certain, | The end of Warres vncertaine: but this certaine, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.43 | Art thou certain this is true? Is't most certain? | art thou certaine this is true? / Is't most certaine. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.44 | As certain as I know the sun is fire. | As certaine as I know the Sun is fire: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.93 | For certain drops of salt, your city Rome – | For certaine drops of Salt, your City Rome: |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.27 | How I would think on him at certain hours, | How I would thinke on him at certaine houres, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.48 | Is certain falling: or so slipp'ry that | Is certaine falling: or so slipp'ry, that |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.24 | but from proof as strong as my grief, and as certain | but from proofe as strong as my greefe, and as certaine |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.30 | if thou fear to strike, and to make me certain it is | if thou feare to strike, and to make mee certaine it is |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.67.2 | 'Tis certain she is fled: | 'Tis certaine she is fled: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.255 | A certain stuff, which being ta'en would cease | A certaine stuffe, which being tane, would cease |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.10 | Doomed for a certain term to walk the night, | Doom'd for a certaine terme to walke the night; |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.16 | Madam, it so fell out that certain players | Madam, it so fell out, that certaine Players |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.19 | Not where he eats, but where 'a is eaten. A certain | Not where he eats, but where he is eaten, a certaine |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.11.2 | That is most certain. | That is most certaine. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.32 | Came there a certain lord, neat and trimly dressed, | Came there a certaine Lord, neat and trimly drest; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.9 | Why, that's certain. 'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to | Why that's certaine: 'Tis dangerous to take a Colde, to |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.493 | Hath followed certain men unto this house. | hath followed certaine men vnto this house. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.517 | Peto searcheth his pockets, and findeth certain papers | He searcheth his Pockets, and findeth certaine Papers. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.4.2 | His is certain, ours is doubtful. | His is certaine, ours is doubtfull. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.19 | Drag back our expedition. Certain horse | Drag backe our expedition: certaine Horse |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.79 | Some certain edicts and some strait decrees | Some certaine Edicts, and some strait Decrees, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.136 | No, that's certain, I am not a double-man. But | No, that's certaine: I am not a double man: but |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.12 | I bring you certain news from Shrewsbury. | I bring you certaine newes from Shrewsbury. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.92 | Your spirit is too true, your fears too certain. | Your Spirit is too true, your Feares too certaine. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.188 | I hear for certain, and do speak the truth, | I heare for certaine, and do speake the truth: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.85.1 | I have no certain notice. | I haue no certaine notice. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.99 | A certain instance that Glendower is dead. | A certaine instance, that Glendour is dead. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.35 | Certain, 'tis certain, very sure, very sure. | Certaine: 'tis certaine: very sure, very sure: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.36 | Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all; all shall | Death is certaine to all, all shall |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.39 | Death is certain. Is old Double of your town | Death is certaine. Is old Double of your Towne |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.203 | be old, certain she's old, and had Robin Nightwork by | be old: certaine shee's old: and had Robin Night-worke, by |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.130 | This apoplexy will certain be his end. | This Apoplexie will (certaine) be his end. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.68 | better command his servants. It is certain that either | better command his Seruants. It is certaine, that either |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.23 | It is best, certain. | It is most certaine. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.87 | Of his true titles to some certain dukedoms, | Of his true Titles to some certaine Dukedomes, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.47 | There left behind and settled certain French, | There left behind and settled certaine French: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.248 | Did claim some certain dukedoms, in the right | Did claime some certaine Dukedomes, in the right |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.13 | Faith, I will live so long as I may, that's the certain | Faith, I will liue so long as I may, that's the certaine |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.16 | It is certain, Corporal, that he is married to | It is certaine Corporall, that he is marryed to |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.67 | Exeunt Messenger and certain lords | |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.75 | that is certain, and of great expedition and | that is certain, and of great expedition |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.1 | 'Tis certain he hath passed the River Somme. | 'Tis certaine he hath past the Riuer Some. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.181 | 'Tis certain, every man that dies ill, the ill | 'Tis certaine, euery man that dyes ill, the ill |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.5 | 'Tis certain there's not a boy left alive, and the | Tis certaine, there's not a boy left aliue, and the |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.59 | For they are certain and unfallible. | For they are certaine, and vnfallible. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.95 | About a certain question in the law | About a certaine question in the Law, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.115.2 | certain of the guard, and two Secretaries with papers. | certaine of the Guard, and two Secretaries with Papers: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.159 | 'Twould prove the verity of certain words | 'Twould proue the verity of certaine words |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.125 | This from a dying man receive as certain: | This from a dying man receiue as certaine: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.155 | Fresher than e'er it was, and held for certain | Fresher then e're it was; and held for certaine |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.71 | We are a queen, or long have dreamed so, certain | We are a Queene (or long haue dream'd so) certaine |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.171 | Scruple, and prick, on certain speeches uttered | Scruple, and pricke, on certaine Speeches vtter'd |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.25 | 10. Certain Ladies or Countesses, with plain circlets | 10 Certaine Ladies or Countesses, with plaine Circlets |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.6 | congie unto her, then dance; and, at certain changes, | Conge vnto her, then Dance: and at certaine Changes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.12 | Pray heaven he sound not my disgrace! For certain | Pray heauen he sound not my disgrace: for certaine |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.107.2 | 'Tis now too certain. | Tis now too certaine; |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.1.1 | Enter Flavius, Marullus, and certain commoners over | Enter Flauius, Murellus, and certaine Commoners ouer |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.122 | Some certain of the noblest-minded Romans | Some certaine of the Noblest minded Romans |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.70.2 | Nay, that's certain. | Nay that's certaine: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.114 | Therefore 'tis certain he was not ambitious. | Therefore 'tis certaine, he was not Ambitious. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.70 | For certain sums of gold, which you denied me; | For certaine summes of Gold, which you deny'd me, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.187 | For certain she is dead, and by strange manner. | For certaine she is dead, and by strange manner. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.41 | For the division of this certain spoil. | For the deuision of this certayne spoyle. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.38 | And on the hill behind stands certain death | And on the Hill behind stands certaine death, |
| King John | KJ I.i.59 | Most certain of one mother, mighty King – | Most certain of one mother, mighty King, |
| King John | KJ I.i.61 | But for the certain knowledge of that truth | But for the certaine knowledge of that truth, |
| King John | KJ II.i.372 | Be by some certain king purged and deposed. | Be by some certaine king, purg'd and depos'd. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.105 | No certain life achieved by others' death. | No certaine life atchieu'd by others death: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.286 | That's most certain, and with you; next month | That's most certaine, and with you: next moneth |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.83 | you should run a certain course; where, if you violently | you shold run a certaine course: where, if you violently |
| King Lear | KL III.v.14 | If the matter of this paper be certain, you have | If the matter of this Paper be certain, you haue |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.33 | Cannot be bordered certain in itself. | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.87 | Most certain, sir. | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.146 | very religiously; and as a certain father saith – | very religiously: and as a certaine Father saith |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.151 | I do dine today at the father's of a certain | I do dine to day at the fathers of a certaine |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.154 | There is no certain princess that appears; | There is no certaine Princesse that appeares. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.188.1 | Some certain treason. | Some certaine treason. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.100 | the world, I recount no fable! Some certain special | the world I recount no fable, some certaine speciall |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.638 | More calf, certain. | More Calfe certaine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.651 | A man so breathed that certain he would fight, yea, | A man so breathed, that certaine he would fight: yea |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.14 | And Duncan's horses – a thing most strange and certain – | And Duncans Horses, (A thing most strange, and certaine) |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.120 | For certain friends that are both his and mine, | For certaine friends that are both his, and mine, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.8 | For certain, sir, he is not. I have a file | For certaine Sir, he is not: I haue a File |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.14 | Do call it valiant fury; but for certain | Do call it valiant Fury, but for certaine |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.20 | But certain issue strokes must arbitrate; | But certaine issue, stroakes must arbitrate, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.131 | send for certain of my creditors. And yet, to say the | send for certaine of my Creditors: and yet, to say the |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.89 | I'll send him certain word of my success. | Ile send him certaine word of my successe. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.23 | And what thou hast, forget'st. Thou art not certain, | And what thou hast forgetst. Thou art not certaine, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.103 | he was begot between two stockfishes. But it is certain | he was begot betweene two Stock-fishes. But it is certaine, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.54 | to die this day, that's certain. | to die this day, that's certaine. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.129 | For certain words he spake against your grace | For certaine words he spake against your Grace |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.81 | The skilful shepherd peeled me certain wands, | The skilfull shepheard pil'd me certaine wands, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.29 | Lorenzo certain, and my love indeed, | Lorenzo certaine, and my loue indeed, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.24 | That's certain. I for my part knew the tailor | That's certaine, I for my part knew the Tailor |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.30 | That's certain, if the devil may be her judge. | That's certaine, if the diuell may be her Iudge. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.60 | More than a lodged hate and a certain loathing | More then a lodg'd hate, and a certaine loathing |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.287 | For here I read for certain that my ships | For heere I reade for certaine that my ships |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.106 | such a man here! But 'tis most certain your husband's | such a man heere: but 'tis most certaine your husband's |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.92 | Thy crazed title to my certain right. | Thy crazed title to my certaine right. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.153 | And certain stars shot madly from their spheres | And certaine starres shot madly from their Spheares, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.157 | Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took | Cupid all arm'd; a certaine aime he tooke |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.280 | Be certain. Nothing truer – 'tis no jest | Be certaine, nothing truer: 'tis no iest, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.129 | This beauteous lady Thisbe is, certain. | This beauteous Lady, Thisby is certaine. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.116 | Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I | Then is curtesie a turne-coate, but it is certaine I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.159 | 'Tis certain so; the Prince woos for himself. | 'Tis certaine so, the Prince woes for himselfe: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.29 | be, that's certain; wise, or I'll none; virtuous, or I'll | be, that's certaine: wise, or Ile none: vertuous, or Ile |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.5 | Nay, that's certain; we have the exhibition to | Nay that's certaine, wee haue the exhibition to |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.159 | is wise:’ ‘ Certain,’ said she, ‘ a wise gentleman.’ ‘ Nay,’ | is wise: certain said she, a wise gentleman: nay |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.43 | 'Tis certain then for Cyprus. | 'Tis certaine then for Cyprus: |
| Othello | Oth II.ii.2 | General, that upon certain tidings now arrived importing | Generall. That vpon certaine tydings now arriu'd, importing |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.127 | Certain, men should be what they seem. | Certaine, men should be what they seeme. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.166 | Who certain of his fate loves not his wronger, | Who certaine ofhis Fate, loues not his wronger: |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.74.1 | O, thou art wise, 'tis certain. | Oh, thou art wise: 'tis certaine. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.135 | certain Venetians, and thither comes the bauble and, by | certaine Venetians, and thither comes the Bauble, and |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.194 | Nay, that's certain – but yet the pity of it, Iago! | Nay that's certaine: / But yet the pitty of it, Iago: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.126 | Then were it certain you were not so bad | Then were it certaine you were not so bad, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.151 | of the waters. There are certain condolements, certain | of the Waters: there are certaine Condolements, certaine |
| Pericles | Per III.iv.1 | Madam, this letter, and some certain jewels, | Madam, this Letter, and some certaine Iewels, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.19 | For certain in our story she | For certaine in our storie, shee |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.20.2 | 'Tis most certain. | T'is most certaine. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.122 | Faith, some certain dregs of conscience | Some certaine dregges of conscience |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.21.2 | That's a certain text. | That's a certaine text. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.56 | That's most certain. | That's most certaine. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.134.1 | Enter certain Nymphs | Enter Certaine Nimphes. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.139.1 | Enter certain Reapers, properly habited. They join | Enter certaine Reapers (properly habited:) they ioyne |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.55 | Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, | Bury it certaine fadomes in the earth, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.125 | Believe things certain. Welcome, my friends all! | Beleeue things certaine: Wellcome, my friends all, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.158 | Been justled from your senses, know for certain | Beene iustled from your sences, know for certain |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.40.1 | Enter certain senators, and pass over the stage | Enter certaine Senators. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.114 | Please you, my lord, there are certain ladies | Please you my Lord, there are certaine Ladies |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.172 | My lord, there are certain nobles of the | My Lord, there are certaine Nobles of the |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.19 | My lord, here is a note of certain dues. | My Lord, heere is a note of certaine dues. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.217 | With certain half-caps and cold-moving nods | With certaine halfe-caps, and cold mouing nods, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.47.1 | We wait for certain money here, sir. | We waite for certaine Money heere, sir. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.48 | If money were as certain as your waiting, | if Money were as certaine as your waiting, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.5 | Certain. Alcibiades reports it. Phrynia and | Certaine. / Alcibiades reports it: Phrinica and |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.95 | Why then, it seems some certain snatch or so | Why then it seemes some certaine snatch or so |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.7 | From certain and possessed conveniences, | From certaine and possest conueniences, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.75 | 'Tis certain, greatness, once fallen out with fortune, | 'Tis certaine, greatnesse once falne out with fortune, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.42 | Or, rather, call my thought a certain knowledge – | (Or rather call my thought a certaine knowledge) |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.180 | Most certain, if you are she, you do usurp yourself; | Most certaine, if you are she, you do vsurp your selfe: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.61 | Most certain. Let our catch be ‘ Thou | Most certaine: Let our Catch be, Thou |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.14 | Nay, that's certain. They that dally nicely with | Nay that's certaine: they that dally nicely with |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.245 | sword stark naked; for meddle you must, that's certain, | sword starke naked: for meddle you must that's certain, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.34 | Without you? Nay, that's certain; for without you | Without you? nay, that's certaine: for without / you |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.5 | some certain shot be paid, and the hostess say, | some certaine shot be paid, and the Hostesse say |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.1.1 | Enter certain Outlaws | Enter Valentine, Speed, and certaine Out-lawes. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.40 | A certain evil; where not to be even jump | A certaine evill, where not to be ev'n Iumpe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.174 | That was a fair boy, certain, but a fool | That was a faire Boy certaine, but a foole, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.24 | My masters, I'll be there, that's certain. | My Masters, ile be there that's certaine. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.101 | And do the deed with a bent brow. Most certain | And doe the deede with a bent brow, most crtaine |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.18 | As to us death is certain; a grain of honour | As to us death is certaine: A graine of honour |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.362 | Forsake the court: to do't or no is certain | Forsake the Court: to do't, or no, is certaine |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.127 | Be certain what you do, sir, lest your justice | Be certaine what you do (Sir) least your Iustice |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.117.1 | Exeunt certain Officers | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.234 | will also be the bondage of certain ribbons and gloves. | will also be the bondage of certaine Ribbons and Gloues. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.564 | To unpathed waters, undreamed shores, most certain | To vnpath'd Waters, vndream'd Shores; most certaine, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.567 | Nothing so certain as your anchors, who | Nothing so certaine, as your Anchors, who |