| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.213 | casement I need not open, for I look through thee. Give | casement I neede not open, for I look through thee. Giue |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.80 | When she is gone. Then open not thy lips: | When she is gone: then open not thy lips |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.32 | when he had a desire to eat a grape, would open | when he had a desire to eate a Grape, would open |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.34 | that grapes were made to eat and lips to open. You do | that Grapes were made to eate, and lippes to open. You do |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.38 | Who talks within, there? Hoa, open the door. | Who talks within there? hoa, open the dore. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.34 | Lay open to my earthy gross conceit, | Lay open to my earthie grosse conceit: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.65 | Free from these slanders and this open shame. | Free from these slanders, and this open shame. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.19 | They'll open of themselves. (Alarum far off) Hark you, far off! | They'le open of themselues. Alarum farre off. Harke you, farre off |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.29 | He'd lay the future open. You good gods, | Heel'd lay the Future open. You good Gods, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.45 | The life o'th' need: having found the back-door open | The life o'th'need: hauing found the backe doore open |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.31 | Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open | Or lose your Heart; or your chast Treasure open |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.30 | That he is open to incontinency. | That hee is open to Incontinencie; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.32 | will he to the King, and lay open all our proceedings! | will he to the King, and lay open all our proceedings. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.82 | Let them alone awhile, and then open the | Let them alone awhile, and then open the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.222 | them, gross as a mountain, open, palpable. Why, thou | them, grosse as a Mountaine, open, palpable. Why thou |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.259 | this open and apparent shame? | this open and apparant shame? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.1 | Open your ears, for which of you will stop | Open your Eares: For which of you will stop |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.32 | Open as day for melting charity; | Open (as Day) for melting Charitie: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.25 | That keepest the ports of slumber open wide | That keep'st the Ports of Slumber open wide, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.56 | This door is open; he is gone this way. | This doore is open, hee is gone this way. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.8 | Hath left me open to all injuries. | Hath left me open to all iniuries. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.59 | From open haunts and popularity. | From open Haunts and Popularitie. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.142 | Another fall of man. Their faults are open. | Another fall of Man. Their faults are open, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.51.1 | Open your gates. | Open your Gates: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.4 | Open the gates! 'Tis Gloucester that calls. | Open the Gates, 'tis Gloster that calls. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.17 | Open the gates; here's Gloucester that would enter. | Open the Gates, here's Gloster that would enter. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.18 | Have patience, noble Duke; I may not open; | Haue patience Noble Duke, I may not open, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.26 | Open the gates, or I'll shut thee out shortly. | Open the Gates, or Ile shut thee out shortly. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.27 | Open the gates unto the Lord Protector, | Open the Gates vnto the Lord Protector, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.28 | Or we'll burst them open if that you come not quickly. | Or wee'le burst them open, if that you come not quickly. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.71 | But to make open proclamation. | But to make open Proclamation. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.40 | In open market-place produced they me | In open Market-place produc't they me, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.vi.13 | And feast and banquet in the open streets | And feast and banquet in the open streets, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.5 | And thus he would: open your city gates, | And thus he would. Open your Citie Gates, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.78 | Did he so often lodge in open field, | Did he so often lodge in open field: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.154 | Prove them, and I lie open to the law; | Proue them, and I lye open to the Law: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.104 | Let me see thine eyes; wink now; now open them. | Let me see thine Eyes; winck now, now open them, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.11 | Shall, after three days' open penance done, | Shall, after three dayes open Penance done, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.19 | Come you, my lord, to see my open shame? | Come you, my Lord, to see my open shame? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iii.14 | If we mean to thrive and do good, break open the | If we meane to thriue, and do good, breake open the |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.19 | I shall be, if I claim by open war. | I shall be, if I clayme by open Warre. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.11 | That makes him close his eyes? I'll open them. | that makes him close his eyes? / Ile open them. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.23 | Then let my father's blood open it again; | Then let my Fathers blood open it againe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.177 | Open Thy gate of mercy, gracious God! | Open thy Gate of Mercy, gracious God, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.177 | Not knowing how to find the open air, | Not knowing how to finde the open Ayre, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.9 | Hath pawned an open hand in sign of love; | Hath pawn'd an open Hand, in signe of Loue; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.28 | Open the gates; we are King Henry's friends. | Open the Gates, we are King Henries friends. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.60 | The gates are open; let us enter too. | The Gates are open, let vs enter too. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.168 | We are too open here to argue this; | Wee are too open heere to argue this: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.40 | The French King's sister. Heaven will one day open | The French Kings Sister. Heauen will one day open |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.88.1 | Before you open it. | Before you open it. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.39 | Out with it boldly. Truth loves open dealing. | Out with it boldly: Truth loues open dealing. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.334 | His faults lie open to the laws; let them, | His faults lye open to the Lawes, let them |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.404 | This day was viewed in open as his queen, | This day was view'd in open, as his Queene, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.50 | And when the cross blue lightning seemed to open | And when the crosse blew Lightning seem'd to open |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.47 | And open perils surest answered. | And open Perils surest answered. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.14 | I have not yet found time to open them. | Ihaue not yet found time to open them, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.9 | Our men, with open mouths and staring eyes, | Our men with open mouthes and staring eyes, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.61 | I'll smile and tell him that this open scar | Ile smile and tell him that this open scarre, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.134 | And every barricado's open front | And euery Barricados open front, |
| King John | KJ II.i.300 | You men of Angiers, open wide your gates | You men of Angiers open wide your gates, |
| King John | KJ II.i.324 | Open your gates and gives the victors way. | Open your gates, and giue the Victors way. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.195 | With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news; | With open mouth swallowing a Taylors newes, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.38 | Doth lay it open to urge on revenge. | Doth lay it open to vrge on reuenge. |
| King John | KJ V.vii.7 | That, being brought into the open air, | That being brought into the open ayre, |
| King Lear | KL III.i.34 | To show their open banner. Now to you: | |
| King Lear | KL III.i.45 | Than my out-wall, open this purse and take | Then my out-wall; open this Purse, and take |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.2 | The tyranny of the open night's too rough | The tirrany of the open night's too rough |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.1 | Here is better than the open air. Take it | Heere is better then the open ayre,t ake it |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.5 | The doors are open, and the surfeited grooms | the Doores are open: / And the surfeted Groomes |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.46 | Open, locks, whoever knocks! | Open Lockes, who euer knockes. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.24 | You see her eyes are open. | You see her eyes are open. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.21 | Guiltier than him they try; what's open made to justice, | Guiltier then him they try; what's open made to Iustice, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.125 | I have so, because it is an open room and good for | I haue so, because it is an open roome, and good for |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.195 | him, I will open my lips in vain, or discover his | him, I will open my lips in vaine, or discouer his |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.335 | He hath refused it in the open court. | He hath refus'd it in the open Court, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.106 | deer, and broke open my lodge. | deere, and broke open my Lodge. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.23 | His thefts were too open. His filching was like an | Thefts were too open: his filching was like an |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.115 | Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by night. | Take heed, haue open eye, for theeues doe foot by night. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.3 | Which I with sword will open. – | which I, with sword will open. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.164 | for they say if money go before, all ways do lie open. | for they say, if money goe before, all waies doe lye open. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.178 | you wherein I must very much lay open mine own | you, wherein I must very much lay open mine owne |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.186 | no trail, never trust me when I open again. | no traile, neuer trust me when I open againe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.51 | Great Chamber window – where we play – open, and | great chamber window (where we play) open, and |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.393 | The Moor is of a free and open nature, | The Moore is of a free, and open Nature, |
| Othello | Oth II.ii.8 | should be proclaimed. All offices are open, and there is | should be proclaimed. All offices are open, & there is |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.87 | That I should open to the listening air | That I should open to the listning ayre , |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.45 | Your personal pain, but even your purse, still open, | your personall payne, / But euen your Purse still open, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.52 | 'Tis wondrous heavy. Wrench it open straight. | t'is woondrous heauie; / Wrench it open straight: |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.58.2 | Wrench it open. Soft! | Wrench it open soft; |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.23 | And open this to Pericles. I do shame | and open this to Pericles, I do shame |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.164 | Or being open, put into his hands | Or being open, put into his hands |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.20 | The open ear of youth doth always listen; | The open eare of youth doth alwayes listen. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.93 | Mine ear is open and my heart prepared. | Mine eare is open, and my heart prepar'd: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.93 | Is dangerous treason. He is come to open | Is dangerous Treason: He is come to ope |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.42 | Open the door, secure foolhardy King. | Open the doore, secure foole-hardy King: |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.44 | Open the door, or I will break it open. | Open the doore, or I will breake it open. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.76 | Speak with me, pity me, open the door! | Speake with me, pitty me, open the dore, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.124 | Well are you welcome to the open air. | Well are you welcome to this open Ayre, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.56 | Open their congealed mouths and bleed afresh! | Open their congeal'd mouthes, and bleed afresh. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.65 | Or earth gape open wide and eat him quick, | Or Earth gape open wide, and eate him quicke, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.179 | He lays his breast open. She offers at it with his sword | He layes his brest open, she offers at withhis sword. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.30 | That, his apparent open guilt omitted – | That his apparant open Guilt omitted, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.15 | Laid open all your victories in Scotland, | Layd open all your Victories in Scotland, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.75 | Let me have open means to come to them, | Let me haue open meanes to come to them, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.214 | Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold. | Nor open her lap to Sainct-seducing Gold: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.38 | An open-arse and thou a poppering pear! | An open, or thou a Poprin Peare, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.47 | Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open, | Thus I enforce thy rotten Iawes to open, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.49 | Romeo begins to open the tomb | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.73 | Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet. | Open the Tombe, lay me with Iuliet. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.193 | With open outcry toward our monument. | With open outcry toward out Monument. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.200 | With instruments upon them fit to open | With Instruments vpon them fit to open |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.209 | The door is open, sir, there lies your way, | The dore is open sir, there lies your way, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.129 | Fated to th' purpose, did Antonio open | Fated to th' purpose, did Anthonio open |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.218 | With eyes wide open; standing, speaking, moving, | With eyes wide open: standing, speaking, mouing: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.81 | Come on your ways. Open your mouth. Here | Come on your wayes: open your mouth: here |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.82 | is that which will give language to you, cat. Open your | is that which will giue language to you Cat; open your |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.85 | who's your friend. Open your chaps again. | who's your friend; open your chaps againe. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.142 | The clouds methought would open, and show riches | The clouds methought would open, and shew riches |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.266 | Fell from their boughs, and left me open, bare, | Fell from their boughes, and left me open, bare, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.449 | Break open shops – nothing can you steal | Breake open shoppes, nothing can you steale |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.56 | Having often of your open bounty tasted, | Hauing often of your open Bounty tasted, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.55 | Descend, and open your uncharged ports. | Defend and open your vncharged Ports, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.65 | Open the gates and let me in. | Open the Gates, and let me in. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.93.1 | They open the tomb | They open the Tombe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.160 | Be not obdurate, open thy deaf ears. | Be not obdurate, open thy deafe eares. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.32 | Which is it, girl, of these? Open them, boy. | Which is it girle of these? Open them boy, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.54 | Pour'st in the open ulcer of my heart | Powr'st in the open Vlcer of my heart, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.19 | What's all the doors open here? | What's all the doores open here? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.100 | His heart and hand both open and both free; | His heart and hand both open, and both free: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.25 | A juggling trick – to be secretly open. | A iugling tricke, to be secretly open. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.2 | not open my lips so wide as a bristle may enter, in way of | not open my lippes so wide as a brissle may enter, in way of |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.142 | upon 'em. Thy fates open their hands, let thy blood and | vppon em. Thy fates open theyr hands, let thy blood and |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.155 | open. I will be proud, I will read politic authors, I will | open, I will bee proud, I will reade politicke Authours, I will |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.38.2 | Do not then walk too open. | Do not then walke too open. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.20 | By my troth, thou hast an open hand! These wise | By my troth thou hast an open hand: these Wise- |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.286 | Open it, and read it. | Open't, and read it. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.126 | Come, come, open the matter in brief; what | Come, come, open the matter in briefe; what |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.128 | Open your purse, that the money and the matter | Open your purse, that the money, and the matter |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.318.1 | The windows are too open. | The windowes are too open. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.1 | Yet I may bind those wounds up, that must open | Yet I may binde those wounds up, that must open |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.103 | Ere I could make thee open thy white hand | Ere I could make thee open thy white Hand: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.53.1 | So easily open? | So easily open? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.204 | A just and open trial. While she lives | A iust and open Triall. While she liues, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.18 | open, thou, Hermione, contrary to the faith and allegiance | open, thou (Hermione) contrary to theFaith and Allegeance |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.104 | Here to this place, i'th' open air, before | Here, to this place, i'th' open ayre, before |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.113 | Take up, take up, boy; open it. So, let's see. It was told | take vp, take vp (Boy:) open't: so, let's see, it was told |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.435 | These rural latches to his entrance open, | These rurall Latches, to his entrance open, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.667 | an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand is necessary | an open eare, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.733 | there; whereupon I command thee to open thy affair. | there: whereupon I command thee to open thy Affaire. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.61 | an ear open: he was torn to pieces with a bear. This | an eare open; he was torne to pieces with a Beare: This |