| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.166 | Hath told the thievish minutes how they pass, | Hath told the theeuish minutes, how they passe: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.202 | travel; it might pass. Yet the scarfs and the bannerets | trauell, it might passe: yet the scarffes and the bannerets |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.29 | known truth to pass a thousand nothings with, should | known truth to passe a thousand nothings with, should |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.53 | Gives him a worthy pass. Here comes my clog. | Giues him a worthy passe. Heere comes my clog. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.20 | As letting her pass so. Had I spoke with her, | As letting her passe so: had I spoke with her, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.325 | Let him fear this; for it will come to pass | Let him feare this; for it will come to passe, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.37 | We shall appear before him. – On, there. Pass along. | We shall appeare before him. On there, passe along. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.27 | Shall pass on thy approof. Most noble Antony, | Shall passe on thy approofe: most Noble Anthony, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.121 | Of what hath come to pass; for when she saw – | Of what hath come to passe: for when she saw |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.111 | The like do you; so shall we pass along | The like doe you, so shall we passe along, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.47 | If it do come to pass | If it do come to passe, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.17 | That o'er the green corn field did pass, | That o're the greene corne feild did passe, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.17 | I should kick, being kicked, and, being at that pass, | I should kicke being kickt, and being at that passe, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.129 | Kneel to the Duke before he pass the abbey. | Kneele to the Duke before he passe the Abbey. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.137.1 | That I may pass this doing. | that I may passe this doing. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.24.2 | Pass no further. | Passe no further. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.53 | For which the people stir. If you will pass | For which the People stirre: if you will passe |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.5 | You may not pass, you must return. Our general | You may not passe, you must returne: our Generall |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.23 | I must have leave to pass. | I must haue leaue to passe. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.26 | should not pass here; no, though it were as virtuous to | should not passe heere: no, though it were as vertuous to |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.32 | must say you cannot pass. Therefore, go back. | must say you cannot passe. Therefore go backe. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.11 | Merely through fear, that the strait pass was dammed | Meerely through feare, that the strait passe was damm'd |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.77 | That it might please you to give quiet pass | That it might please you to giue quiet passe |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.417 | ‘ It came to pass, as most like it was.’ | It came to passe, as most like it was: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.137 | A sword unbated, and, in a pass of practice, | A Sword vnbaited, and in a passe of practice, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.61 | Between the pass and fell incensed points | Betweene the passe, and fell incensed points |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.292 | I pray you, pass with your best violence. | I pray you passe with your best violence, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.97 | And pass them current too. God's me! My horse! | And passe them currant too. Gods me, my horse. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.97.1 | And bid it pass? | And bid it passe? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.5.1 | Trumpets sound, and the King and his train pass over | |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.7 | It must be thought on. If it pass against us, | It must be thought on: if it passe against vs, |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.39 | To give you gentle pass; for, if we may, | To giue you gentle Passe: for if we may, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.158 | If we may pass, we will; if we be hindered, | If we may passe, we will: if we be hindred, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.82 | Pass our accept and peremptory answer. | Passe our accept and peremptorie Answer. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.336 | But your request shall make me let it pass. | But your request shall make me let it passe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.60 | O, stay! (aside) I have no power to let her pass; | Oh stay: I haue no power to let her passe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.73 | What ransom must I pay before I pass? | What ransome must I pay before I passe? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.26 | For till thou speak, thou shalt not pass from hence. | for till thou speake, / Thou shalt not passe from hence. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.84 | Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, | Let neuer Day nor Night vnhallowed passe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.18 | No, stir not for your lives; let her pass by. | No, stirre not for your liues, let her passe by. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.25 | Disturb him not; let him pass peaceably. | Disturbe him not, let him passe peaceably. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.120 | As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not; | As for these silken-coated slaues I passe not, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.17 | Shake he his weapon at us and pass by. | Shake he his weapon at vs, and passe by. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.65 | May pass into the presence of a king, | May passe into the presence of a King: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.194 | In every borough as we pass along; | In euery Burrough as we passe along, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.188 | Did I let pass th' abuse done to my niece? | Did I let passe th' abuse done to my Neece? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.195 | My noble Queen, let former grudges pass, | My Noble Queene, let former grudges passe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.11 | The play may pass, if they be still, and willing, | The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.63 | Live where their prayers did, and it's come to pass | Liue where their prayers did: and it's come to passe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.33.1 | Pass away frowning. | Passe away frowning. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.64.3 | They pass directly before the Cardinal, and | They passe directly before the Cardinall and |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.130 | They vex me past my patience. Pray you, pass on. | They vexe me past my patience, pray you passe on; |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.3 | The Lady Anne pass from her coronation? | The Lady Anne, passe from her Corronation. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.59 | You are always my good friend. If your will pass, | You are alwayes my good Friend, if your will passe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.73.1 | When they pass back from the christening. | When they passe backe from the Christening? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.84 | To let the troop pass fairly, or I'll find | To let the Troope passe fairely; or Ile finde |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.1.9 | and ladies. The troop pass once about the | and Ladies. The Troope passe once about the |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.61 | A most unspotted lily shall she pass | A most vnspotted Lilly shall she passe |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.42 | To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome: | To see great Pompey passe the streets of Rome: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.24 | He is a dreamer. Let us leave him. Pass. | He is a Dreamer, let vs leaue him: Passe. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.178 | As they pass by, pluck Casca by the sleeve, | As they passe by, / Plucke Caska by the Sleeue, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iii.10 | Here will I stand till Caesar pass along, | Heere will I stand, till Casar passe along, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.26 | To see him pass on to the Capitol. | To see him passe on to the Capitoll. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.68 | That they pass by me as the idle wind, | That they passe by me, as the idle winde, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.52 | And unrestrained make havoc as they pass, | And vnrestrained make hauock as they passe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.3 | And had direction how to pass the sea? | And had direction how to passe the sea. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.13 | Now, if I knew but safely how to pass, | Now if I knew but safely how to passe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.13 | But, letting pass their intricate objections, | But letting passe these intricate obiections, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.65 | My Lord of Normandy, I have your pass | My Lord of Normandie, I haue your passe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.69 | And it is current: thou shalt freely pass. | And it is currant, thou shalt freely passe. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.79 | I do beseech you, let him pass in quiet. | I doo beseech you let him passe in quiet, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.99 | For all your knights to pass his father's land, | For all your knights to passe his fathers land, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.88 | I pray thee, Philippe, let displeasure pass. | I praie thee Phillip let displeasure passe: |
| King John | KJ II.i.258 | But if you fondly pass our proffered offer, | But if you fondly passe our proffer'd offer, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.60 | What, has his daughters brought him to this pass? | Ha's his Daughters brought him to this passe? |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.24 | Though well we may not pass upon his life | Though well we may not passe vpon his life |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.19 | Shall pass between us; ere long you are like to hear, | Shall passe betweene vs: ere long you are like to heare |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.47 | Thus might he pass indeed. Yet he revives – | Thus might he passe indeed: yet he reuiues. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.94 | Pass. | Passe. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.238 | pass. And 'choud ha' bin zwaggered out of my life, | passe: and 'chud ha'bin zwaggerd out of my life, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.311 | Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass. He hates him | Vex not his ghost, O let him passe, he hates him, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.49 | Your oath is passed, to pass away from these. | Your oath is past, to passe away from these. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.92 | inward between us, let it pass – I do beseech thee, | inward betweene vs, let it passe. I doe beseech thee |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.96 | pass; for I must tell thee, it will please his grace, by the | passe, for I must tell thee it will please his Grace (by the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.99 | with my mustachio – but, sweet heart, let that pass. By | with my mustachio: but sweet heart, let that passe. By |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.103 | but let that pass. The very all of all is – but, sweet | but let that passe; the very all of all is: but sweet |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.122 | limb or joint, shall pass Pompey the Great; the page, | limme or ioynt) shall passe Pompey the great, the Page |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.84 | Enter Pompey. A Gaoler and Prisoner pass over the stage | Enter Clowne. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.38 | When evil deeds have their permissive pass | When euill deedes haue their permissiue passe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.23 | That thieves do pass on thieves? 'Tis very pregnant, | That theeues do passe on theeues? 'Tis very pregnant, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.231 | a bay. If you live to see this come to pass, say Pompey | a Bay: if you liue to see this come to passe, say Pompey |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.vi.12 | He shall not pass you. Twice have the trumpets sounded. | He shall not passe you: / Twice haue the Trumpets sounded. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.53 | God made him and therefore let him pass for a | God made him, and therefore let him passe for a |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.89 | A thing not in his power to bring to pass, | A thing not in his power to bring to passe, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.154 | Be advised, sir, and pass good humours. I will say | Be auis'd sir, and passe good humours: I will say |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.47 | The anchor is deep. Will that humour pass? | The Anchor is deepe: will that humor passe? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.14 | but has his fault. But let that pass. – Peter Simple you | but has his fault: but let that passe. Peter Simple, you |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.181 | another into the register of your own, that I may pass | another into the Register of your owne, that I may passe |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.23 | pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, | passe thy puncto, thy stock, thy reuerse, thy distance, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.164 | pass under the profession of fortune-telling. She works | passe vnder the profession of Fortune-telling. She workes |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.33 | When in that moment – so it came to pass – | When in that moment (so it came to passe) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.77.2 | How came these things to pass? | How came these things to passe? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.213 | themselves, they may pass for excellent men. Here come | themselues, they may passe for excellent men. Here com |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.240.1 | Which patience could not pass. | Which patience could not passe. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.239 | Come guard the door without: let him not pass, | Come guard the doore without, let him not passe, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.35 | Has broken a staff or so. So let it pass. | ha's broken a Staffe, / Or so; so let it passe. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.25 | Have no delight to pass away the time, | Haue no delight to passe away the time, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.38 | My lord, stand back, and let the coffin pass. | My Lord stand backe, and let the Coffin passe. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.263 | That I may see my shadow as I pass. | That I may see my Shadow as I passe. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.284 | Nor no one here; for curses never pass | Nor no one heere: for Curses neuer passe |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.136 | My lord, will't please you pass along? | My Lord, wilt please you passe along? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.39 | I will frown as I pass by, and let them take it as | I wil frown as I passe by, & let thẽ take it as |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.59 | I'll tell thee as we pass. But this I pray, | Ile tell thee as we passe, but this I pray, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.149 | For then thou canst not pass to Mantua, | For then thou canst not passe to Mantua, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.125 | Tush, Gremio. Though it pass your patience | Tush Gremio: though it passe your patience |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.128 | Her father's liking, which to bring to pass, | Her fathers liking, which to bring to passe |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.38 | Ere three days pass, which hath as long loved me | Ere three dayes passe, which hath as long lou'd me, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.118 | To pass assurance of a dower in marriage | To passe assurance of a dowre in marriage |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.45 | And pass my daughter a sufficient dower, | And passe my daughter a sufficient dower, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.57 | We'll pass the business privately and well. | Weele passe the businesse priuately and well: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.123 | Till I be brought to such a silly pass! | Till I be brought to such a sillie passe. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.244 | pass of pate. There's another garment for't. | passe of pate: there's another garment for't. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.40.1 | Enter certain senators, and pass over the stage | Enter certaine Senators. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.12 | All that pass by. It cannot hold. No reason | All that passe by. It cannot hold, no reason |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.55 | Let me pass quietly. | Let me passe quietly: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.193 | These words become your lips as they pass through them. | These words become your lippes as they passe thorow them. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.60 | Shall pass his quarter, or offend the stream | Shall passe his quarter, or offend the streame |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.73 | Pass by and curse thy fill, but pass, and stay not here thy gait. | Passe by, and curse thy fill, but passe and stay not here thy gate. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.293.1 | My lord, you pass not here. | My Lord you passe not heere. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.12.1 | Andronicus lieth down, and the judges and others pass | Andronicus lyeth downe, and the Iudges passe |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.132 | Pass the remainder of our hateful days? | Passe the remainder of our hatefull dayes? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.190 | And that you'll say ere half an hour pass. | And that you'l say ere halfe an houre passe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.179 | we stand up here, and see them as they pass toward | we stand vp here and see them, as they passe toward |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.184 | names as they pass by, but mark Troilus above the rest. | names, as they passe by, but marke Troylus aboue the rest. Enter Aneas. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.240 | Common soldiers pass across the stage | Enter common Souldiers. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.140 | Were I alone to pass the difficulties, | Were I alone to passe the difficulties, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.39 | Please it our general to pass strangely by him, | Please it our Generall to passe strangely by him, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.51 | A form of strangeness as we pass along – | A forme of strangenesse as we passe along, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.71 | They pass by strangely. They were used to bend, | They passe by strangely: they were vs'd to bend |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.31 | fools; and I that am sure I lack thee may pass for a wise | fooles: and I that am sure I lacke thee, may passe for a wise |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.75 | no fox, but he will not pass his word for twopence that | no Fox, but he wil not passe his word for two pence that |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.41 | Nay, an thou pass upon me, I'll no more with | Nay, and thou passe vpon me, Ile no more with |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.176 | for it comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a | for t comes to passe oft, that a terrible oath, with a |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.268 | such a firago. I had a pass with him, rapier, scabbard | such a firago: I had a passe with him, rapier, scabberd, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.24 | And, for the ways are dangerous to pass, | And for the waies are dangerous to passe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.169 | Please you, I'll tell you as we pass along, | Please you, Ile tell you, as we passe along, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.57 | I know not what I shall incur to pass it, | I know not what I shall incurre, to passe it, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.72.1 | As this world goes, to pass for honest. | (As this world goes) to passe for honest: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.9 | To plant and o'erwhelm custom. Let me pass | To plant, and ore-whelme Custome. Let me passe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.20 | Should pass this way, as you did. O, the Fates! | Should passe this way, as you did: Oh the Fates, |