| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.146 | That this distempered messenger of wet, | That this distempered messenger of wet? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.34 | Dispatch the most convenient messenger. | Dispatch the most conuenient messenger, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.40 | To make distinction. Provide this messenger. | To make distinction: prouide this Messenger: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.74 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.18.1 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.52 | No messenger but thine; and all alone | No Messenger but thine, and all alone, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.55 | Last night you did desire it. (To the Messenger) Speak not to us. | Last night you did desire it. Speake not to vs. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.88 | Enter Antony with a Messenger and Attendants | Enter Anthony, with a Messenger. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.88 | Exeunt all but Antony, Messenger, and Attendants | Exeunt. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.113 | Exit | Exit Messenger. Enter another Messenger. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.118 | Enter another Messenger, with a letter | Enter another Messenger with a Letter. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.122 | Exit Messenger | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.33 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.23 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.84 | Enter Charmian and the Messenger | Enter the Messenger againe. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.106 | Exit Messenger | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.2 | Enter the Messenger as before | Enter the Messenger as before. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.37 | Exit Messenger | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.37.1 | Our letters are prepared. Exit Messenger | Our Letters are prepar'd. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.31 | 'Tis done already, and the messenger gone. | 'Tis done already, and the Messenger gone: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.53 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.79 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.37.2 | A messenger from Caesar. | A Messenger from Casar. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.73.2 | Most kind messenger, | Most kinde Messenger, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.i.2 | To beat me out of Egypt. My messenger | To beate me out of Egypt. My Messenger |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.7 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.22 | His bounty overplus. The messenger | His Bounty ouer-plus. The Messenger |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.320.2 | Too slow a messenger. | Too slow a Messenger. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.57 | Were you made the messenger? | Were you made the messenger? |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.13 | I am but as a guiltless messenger. | I am but as a guiltlesse messenger. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.67 | And strike you home without a messenger. | And strike you home without a messenger. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.77 | For God's sake send some other messenger. | For Gods sake send some other messenger. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.5 | And will not lightly trust the messenger | And will not lightly trust the Messenger, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.168.1 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.221 | Enter a Messenger, hastily | Enter a Messenger hastily. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.1.3 | Corioles. To them a Messenger | Corialus: to them a Messenger. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.9 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.251 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.55 | And beat the messenger who bids beware | And beate the Messenger, who bids beware |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.58 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.75 | Enter a second Messenger | Enter Messenger. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.34 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.38 | Enter another Messenger | Enter another Messenger. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.53.1 | Enter a Messenger | |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.41 | Enter Attendant | Enter a Messenger. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.193 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.32 | In heaven. Send thither to see. If your messenger | In heauen, send thither to see. If your Messenger |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.100 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.36 | Enter a Messenger with letters | Enter a Messenger. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.42 | Exit the Messenger | Exit Messenger |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.13 | Enter one with letters | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.79 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.89.1 | Enter another Messenger | Enter another Messenger. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.18 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.65 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.67 | Exeunt Messenger and certain lords | |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.122 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.12.1 | Enter a Messenger | Enter Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.57 | Enter First Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.89 | Enter to them another Messenger | Enter to them another Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.103 | Enter another Messenger | Enter another Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.100.1 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.34 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.11.1 | Enter the Messenger and Talbot | Enter Messenger and Talbot. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.1.2 | soldiers. Enter a Messenger that meets York | Soldiers. Enter a Messenger that meets Yorke. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.17 | Enter another messenger, Sir William Lucy | Enter another Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.56.1 | Enter a Messenger | Enter Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.60 | Exeunt Gloucester and Messenger | Ex. Hum |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.48 | Thou baleful messenger, out of my sight! | Thou balefull Messenger, out of my sight: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.26 | Enter First Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.49 | Enter Second Messenger | Enter another Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.17 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.23.1 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.16 | Art thou a messenger, or come of pleasure? | Art thou a Messenger, or come of pleasure. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.17 | A messenger from Henry, our dread liege, | A Messenger from Henry, our dread Liege, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.99 | I send thee, Warwick, such a messenger | I send thee, Warwicke, such a Messenger, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.272 | Come, cousin, you shall be the messenger. | Come Cousin, you shall be the Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.48.1 | Enter a Messenger | Enter Gabriel. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.43.1 | Enter a Messenger, blowing a horn | Enter one blowing. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.204 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.67 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.222 | Then, England's messenger, return in post | Then Englands Messenger, returne in Poste, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.84 | Now, messenger, what letters or what news | Now Messenger, what Letters, or what Newes |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.60 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.100 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.101 | (to Messenger) | |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.108 | Exit Messenger | Exit Messeng. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.12 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.51 | A messenger. – Lord Audley, know from whence. | A mestenger, Lord Awdley know from whence, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.51 | Exit Audley, and returns | Enter a messenger Lorragne, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.48.1 | Enter a Messenger in haste | Enter a Scot in hast. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.65 | She heard the messenger, and heard our talk, | Shee heard the messenger, and heard our talke. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.67 | Enter another Messenger | Annother messenger. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.66 | What tidings, messenger? Be plain and brief. | What tidings messenger, be playne and briefe. |
| King John | KJ II.i.51 | Our messenger Chatillon is arrived. | Our Messenger Chattilion is arriu'd, |
| King John | KJ II.i.554 | Some speedy messenger bid her repair | Some speedy Messenger bid her repaire |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.106.1 | Enter a Messenger | Enter Mes. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.178 | (to the Messenger) | |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.179 | Some messenger betwixt me and the peers; | Some Messenger betwixt me, and the Peeres, |
| King John | KJ V.iii.5 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| King John | KJ V.v.9 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.130 | Stocking his messenger. | Stocking his Messenger. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.144 | That he, so slightly valued in his messenger, | That he so slightly valued in his Messenger, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.37 | And meeting here the other messenger, | And meeting heere the other Messenger, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.69 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| King Lear | KL IV.iv.20 | Enter a Messenger | Enter Messenger. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.293 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.712 | Enter a messenger, Monsieur Marcade | Enter a Messenger, Monsieur Marcade. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.2 | Enter Messenger | Enter Messenger. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.36 | Exit Messenger | Exit Messenger. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.41 | The cloudy messenger turns me his back | The clowdy Messenger turnes me his backe, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.64 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.73 | Exit | Exit Messenger |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.28 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.98 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.104 | Exit Messenger | |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.74.1 | As then the messenger – | As then the Messenger. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.85 | Enter Messenger | Enter Messenger. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.220.1 | Enter Lorenzo, Jessica, and Salerio, a messenger from | Enter Lorenzo, Iessica, and Salerio. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.108 | A messenger with letters from the doctor, | A Messenger with Letters from the Doctor, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.110 | Bring us the letters. Call the messenger. | Bring vs the Letters, Call the Messengers. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.152 | messenger came, in loving visitation was with me a young | messenger came, in louing visitation, was with me a young |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.25 | Enter Stephano | Enter Messenger. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.117 | But there is come a messenger before | But there is come a Messenger before |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.149 | shall be our messenger to this paltry knight. | shall bee our Messenger to this paltrie Knight. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.92 | another messenger to your worship. Mistress Page | another messenger to your worship: Mistresse Page |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.4.1 | Here comes my messenger. | Here comes my messenger: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.1.2 | daughter, Beatrice his niece, with a Messenger | daughter, and Beatrice his Neece, with a messenger. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.48 | Enter a Messenger | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.51 | Exeunt Leonato and Messenger | Exit. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.122 | Enter a Messenger | Enter. Mes. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.13.1 | A messenger from the galleys. | A Messenger from the Gallies. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.33 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.161 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.17.5 | Cleon. Pericles gives the messenger a reward and | Cleon; Pericles giues the Messenger a reward, and |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.15.3 | attendants. A messenger meets them, kneels, and gives | attendantes, a Messenger meetes them, kneeles and giues |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.38 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.38 | Here comes a messenger. What news? | Heere comes a Messenger: What Newes? |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.1 | Enter a Messenger to the door of Hastings | Enter a Messenger to the Doore of Hastings. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.498 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.503 | Enter another Messenger | Enter another Messenger. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.506 | Enter another Messenger | Enter another Messenger. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.518 | Enter another Messenger | Enter another Messenger. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.343.1 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.28 | As is a winged messenger of heaven | As is a winged messenger of heauen |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.15 | Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, | Nor get a messenger to bring it thee, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.127.1 | Enter the Lord as a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.80 | Enter a Servant | Enter a Messenger. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.71 | Whose wat'ry arch and messenger am I, | Whose watry Arch, and messenger, am I. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.76 | Hail, many-coloured messenger, that ne'er | Haile, many-coloured Messenger, that nere |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.98.2 | courteously to every suitor; a Messenger from | curteously to euery Sutor. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.244 | Trumpet sounds. Enter a Messenger | Trumpet sounds. Enter a Messenger. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.38 | lordship that I returned you an empty messenger. | Lordship, that I return'd you an empty Messenger. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.ii.1.1 | Enter two other Senators, with a Messenger | Enter two other Senators, with a Messenger. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.65.2 | Enter Soldier | Enter a Messenger . |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.233.1 | Enter a messenger with two heads and a hand. | Enter a messenger with two heads and a hand. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.61 | Enter Aemilius, a messenger | Enter Nuntius Emillius. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.152 | My lord, there is a messenger from Rome | My Lord, there is a Messenger from Rome |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.198 | your mind; I am a messenger. | your minde, I am a messenger. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.290 | Run after that same peevish messenger, | Run after that same peeuish Messenger |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.23 | Invites me in this churlish messenger. | Inuites me in this churlish messenger: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.148 | I must go send some better messenger. | I must goe send some better Messenger, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.158 | Or fearing else some messenger, that might her mind discover, | Or fearing els some messẽger, yt might her mind discouer |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.51 | To any happy messenger from thence. | To any happy messenger from thence. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.52 | Please it your grace, there is a messenger | Please it your Grace, there is a Messenger |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.96 | And now am I, unhappy messenger, | And now am I (vnhappy Messenger) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.71 | Enter a Messenger | Enter Messengers. Curtis. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.97.1 | Enter a Messenger | Enter a Messenger. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.40.2 | ‘ Run! Save! Hold!’ Enter in haste a Messenger | run, save hold: Enter in hast a Messenger. |