| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.190 | But if I help, what do you promise me? | But if I helpe, what doe you promise me. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.173 | And tell her she is thine: to whom I promise | And tell her she is thine: to whom I promise |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.26 | at his examination. If he do not for the promise of his | at his examination, if he do not for the promise of his |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.27 | From Antony win Cleopatra. Promise, | From Anthony winne Cleopatra, promise |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.204.1 | Your pleasure and my promise. | Your pleasure, and my promise. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.130 | Or I, I promise thee. | Or I, I promise thee. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.232 | But justly as you have exceeded all promise, | But iustly as you haue exceeded all promise, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.38 | promise. | promise. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.39 | Break an hour's promise in love? He that will | Breake an houres promise in loue? hee that will |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.176 | if you break one jot of your promise, or come one minute | if you breake one iot of your promise, or come one minute |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.181 | beware my censure, and keep your promise. | beware my censure, and keep your promise. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.100 | He left a promise to return again | He left a promise to returne againe |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.155 | His broken promise, and to give this napkin, | His broken promise, and to giue this napkin |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.49 | Your breach of promise to the Porpentine. | Your breach of promise to the Porpentine, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.236.1 | It is your former promise. | It is your former promise. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.192 | Either his gracious promise, which you might, | Eyther his gracious Promise, which you might |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.67.2 | Nay, temperately! Your promise. | Nay temperately: your promise. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.86 | Is this the promise that you made your mother? | Is this the promise that you made your mother. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.202 | I crossed the seas on purpose and on promise | I crost the Seas on purpose, and on promise |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.339 | That promise noble service: and they come | That promise Noble Seruice: and they come |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.38 | Nor hear I from my mistress, who did promise | Nor heare I from my Mistris, who did promise |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.137 | As good as promise. | As good, as promise. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.119 | Even in their promise, as it is a-making, | Euen in their promise, as it is a making; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.153 | This in the name of God I promise here, | This, in the Name of Heauen, I promise here: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.53 | Knows at what time to promise, when to pay. | Knowes at what time to promise, when to pay. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.28 | Eating the air and promise of supply, | Eating the ayre, on promise of Supply, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.9 | play, to pray your patience for it, and to promise you a | Play, to pray your Patience for it, and to promise you a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.15 | debtors do, promise you infinitely. And so I kneel down | Debtors do) promise you infinitely. and so kneele downe |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.136 | Between the promise of his greener days | Betweene the promise of his greener dayes, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.211 | promise. Do but now promise, Kate, you will endeavour | promise: doe but now promise Kate, you will endeauour |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.174 | My Lord of York, I promise you, the King | My Lord of Yorke, I promise you the King |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.133 | With promise of high pay and great rewards; | With promise of high pay, and great Rewards: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.52 | And, if we thrive, promise them such rewards | And if we thriue, promise them such rewards |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.51 | With promise of his sister, and what else, | With promise of his Sister, and what else, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.4 | The offer of this time, I cannot promise | The offer of this time, I cannot promise, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.56 | To speak and strike? O Rome, I make thee promise, | To speake, and strike? O Rome, I make thee promise, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.140 | Of any promise that hath passed from him. | Of any promise that hath past from him. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.24 | Make gallant show and promise of their mettle; | Make gallant shew, and promise of their Mettle: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.305 | That fair performance cannot follow promise? | That faire performance cannot follow promise, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.372 | To keep in presence of his majesty, | To keepe in promise of his maiestie. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.36 | And not to break a promise with his foe? | And not to breake a promise with his foe? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.80 | Since he doth promise we shall drive him hence | Since he doth promise we shall driue him hence, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.81 | What canst thou promise that I cannot break? | What canst thou promise that I cannot breake? |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.14 | We claim the promise that your highness made: | We claime the promise that your highnes made, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.19 | My promise? Well, I do confess as much; | My promise, wel I do confesse as much; |
| King John | KJ IV.i.96 | Is this your promise? Go to, hold your tongue. | Is this your promise? Go too, hold your toong. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.142 | I promise you, the effects he writes of succeed | I promise you, the effects he writes of, succeede |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.43 | Lays blame upon his promise. Please't your highness | Layes blame vpon his promise. Pleas't your Highnesse |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.60 | That keep the word of promise to our ear | That keepe the word of promise to our eare, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.75 | promise-keeping. | promise keeping. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.264 | give him promise of satisfaction. I will presently to | giue him promise of satisfaction: I will presently to |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.33 | There have I made my promise, | There haue I made my promise, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iii.20 | If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife, | If thou keepe promise I shall end this strife, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.6 | The second, silver, which this promise carries, | The second siluer, which this promise carries, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.34 | Promise me life and I'll confess the truth. | Promise me life, and ile confesse the truth. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.105 | Which rather threaten'st than dost promise aught, | Which rather threatnest then dost promise ought, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.205 | With oaths of love, at last, if promise last, | With oathes of loue, at last, if promise last, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.206 | I got a promise of this fair one here | I got a promise of this faire one heere |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.2 | are to be laid upon the children. Therefore, I promise | are to be laid vpon the children, therefore I promise |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.203 | Have you received no promise of satisfaction | Haue you receiu'd no promise of satisfaction |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.112 | By gar, with all my heart. He promise to bring me | By gar, with all my heart: he promise to bring me |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.65 | Not by my consent, I promise you. The gentleman | Not by my consent I promise you. The Gentleman |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.39 | promise. | promise. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.34 | Made promise to the doctor. Now thus it rests: | Made promise to the Doctor: Now, thus it rests, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.179 | Keep promise, love. Look – here comes Helena. | Keepe promise loue: looke here comes Helena. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.26 | I fear it, I promise you. | I feare it, I promise you. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.189 | promise you, your kindred hath made my eyes water | promise you, your kindred hath made my eyes water |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.170 | I fear my Thisbe's promise is forgot. | I feare my Thisbies promise is forgot. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.14 | the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a | the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.43 | look, I promise thee. | looke I promise thee. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.48 | I cannot speak of this. Come now, your promise. | I cannot speake of this: / Come, now your promise. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.49 | What promise, chuck? | What promise, Chucke? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.130 | flattery, not out of my promise. | flattery, not out of my promise. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.50 | Remember, as thou readest, thy promise passed. | Remember as thou read'st, thy promise past: |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.2 | I promise you, I scarcely know myself. | Cit. I promise you, I scarsely know my selfe: |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.197 | I'll claim that promise at your grace's hand. | Ile clayme that promise at your Graces hand. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.87 | My lord, I claim the gift, my due by promise, | My Lord, I clayme the gift, my due by promise, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.101 | My lord, your promise for the earldom! | |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.194 | And promise them success and victory! | And promise them Successe and Victory: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.233 | I promise you my heart is very jocund | I promise you my Heart is very iocond, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.6 | I promise you, but for your company, | I promise you, but for your company, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.61 | And yet I'll promise thee she shall be rich, | And yet Ile promise thee she shall be rich, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.259 | And will not promise her to any man | And will not promise her to any man, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.143 | For fear, I promise you, if I look pale. | For feare I promise you, if I looke pale. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.278 | Call you me daughter? Now I promise you | Call you me daughter? now I promise you |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.378 | By your firm promise. Gremio is out-vied. | By your firme promise, Gremio is out-vied. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.52 | I must believe my master, else, I promise you, | I must beleeue my master, else I promise you, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.249 | Without or grudge or grumblings. Thou did promise | Without or grudge, or grumblings; thou did promise |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.41 | Some vanity of mine art. It is my promise, | Some vanity of mine Art: it is my promise, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.315 | And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales, | And promise you calme Seas, auspicious gales, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.152 | My hand to thee; mine honour on my promise. | My hand to thee, / Mine Honour on my promise. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.110 | I promise you, my lord, you moved me much. | I promise you my Lord you mou'd me much. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.73 | Promise me friendship, but perform none. | Promise me Friendship, but performe none. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.74 | If thou wilt promise, the gods plague thee, for | If thou wilt not promise, the Gods plague thee, for |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.19 | will promise him an excellent piece. | will promise him / An excellent Peece. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.26 | out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable. | out of vse. / To Promise, is most Courtly and fashionable; |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.118 | It is our part and promise to th' Athenians | It is our part and promise to th'Athenians |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.472 | My word and promise to the Emperor | My word and promise to the Emperour, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.196 | And mine, I promise you. Were it not for shame, | And mine I promise you, were it not for shame, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.15 | Out of those many registered in promise, | Out of those many registred in promise, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.144 | Cries ‘ This is he ’ – could promise to himself | Cries, This is he; could'st promise to himselfe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.87 | spend his mouth, and promise, like Brabbler the | spend his mouth & promise, like Brabler the |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.124 | break promise with him and make a fool of him. | breake promise with him, and make a foole of him. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.258 | Nothing of that wonderful promise, to read him | Nothing of that wonderfull promise to read him |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.353 | And to his image, which methought did promise | And to his image, which me thought did promise |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.101 | Cesario, you do not keep promise with me. | Cesario, you do not keepe promise with me. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.84 | I claim the promise for her heavenly picture. | I claime the promise for her heauenly Picture: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.93.1 | The promise of his wrath. | The promise of his wrath. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.13 | is past. But have you a full promise of her? When | Is past; But have you a full promise of her? When |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.100.2 | Pray hold your promise; | Pray hold your promise; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.44 | That gave her promise faithfully she would | That gave her promise faithfully, she would |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.35 | of the greatest promise that ever came into my note. | of the greatest Promise, that euer came into my Note. |