| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.63 | sorry for our pains. | sorrie for our paines. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.62 | I am heartily sorry that he'll be glad of | I am heartily sorrie that hee'l bee gladde of |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.59.2 | I am full sorry | I am full sorry, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.14 | I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose – | I am sorry to giue breathing to my purpose. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.103 | For my part, I am sorry it is turned to a drinking. | For my part, I am sorry it is turn'd to a Drinking. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.135 | Thou wast not made his daughter; and be thou sorry | Thou was't not made his daughter, and be thou sorrie |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.85 | Why, I am sorry for thee, gentle Silvius. | Why I am sorry for thee gentle Siluius. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.1 | I am sorry, sir, that I have hindered you; | I am sorry Sir that I haue hindred you, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.43 | I am sorry now that I did draw on him. | I am sorry now that I did draw on him. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.121 | The place of death and sorry execution | The place of depth, and sorrie execution, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.103 | That cures us both. I am much sorry, sir, | That cures vs both. I am much sorry (Sir) |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.62.2 | I am sorry, Cymbeline, | I am sorry Cymbeline, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.3 | And am right sorry that I must report ye | And am right sorry, that I must report ye |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.93.2 | I am sorry for't: not seeming | I am sorry for't: not seeming |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.11 | Then free for ever. Is't enough I am sorry? | Then free for euer. Is't enough I am sorry? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.163 | drink: sorry that you have paid too much, and sorry | drinke: sorrie that you haue payed too much, and sorry |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.270.2 | I am sorry for't, my lord. | I am sorry for't, my Lord. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.134 | I'm sorry they offend you, heartily. | I'm sorry they offend you heartily: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.106 | That does afflict our natures. I am sorry. | That does afflict our Natures. I am sorrie, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.111 | I am sorry that with better heed and judgement | I am sorrie that with better speed and iudgement |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.75 | But I am very sorry, good Horatio, | but I am very sorry good Horatio, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.105 | I am sorry I should force you to believe | I am sorry, I should force you to beleeue |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.30 | I would be sorry, my lord, but it should be | I would bee sorry (my Lord) but it should bee |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.56 | Sorry am I his numbers are so few, | Sorry am I his numbers are so few, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.70 | For I am sorry that with reverence | For I am sorry, that with reuerence |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.74 | A sorry breakfast for my Lord Protector. | A sorry Breakfast for my Lord Protector. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.188 | Sorry I am to hear what I have heard. | Sorry I am to heare what I haue heard. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.88 | I am sorry for't. The man is a proper man, of mine | I am sorry for't: The man is a proper man of mine |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.92 | I am so sorry for my trespass made | I am so sorry for my Trespas made, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.193.2 | I am sorry | I am sorry |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.204.2 | I am sorry | I am sorry, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.109 | I am sorry that the Duke of Buckingham | I am sorry, that the Duke of Buckingham |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.9.1 | I am sorry for't. | I am sorry fort. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.26 | Yea, subject to your countenance, glad or sorry | Yea, subiect to your Countenance: Glad, or sorry, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.51 | I am sorry my integrity should breed – | I am sorry my integrity should breed, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.96 | And am right sorry to repeat what follows. | And am right sorrie to repeat what followes. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.8 | My good lord Archbishop, I'm very sorry | My good Lord Archbishop, I'm very sorry |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.64 | I may do that I shall be sorry for. | I may do that I shall be sorry for. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.65 | You have done that you should be sorry for. | You haue done that you should be sorry for. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.195 | Sorry I am to see my liege so sad. | Sorry I am to see my liege so sad, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.246 | I am sorry then you have so lost a father | I am sorry then you haue so lost a Father, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.150 | I am sorry for thee, friend. 'Tis the Duke's pleasure, | I am sorry for thee friend, 'tis the Duke pleasure, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.73 | That's sorry yet for thee. | That's sorry yet for thee. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.257 | May be my friends. He's dead. I am only sorry | May be my Friends: hee's dead; I am onely sorry |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.714 | I am sorry, madam, for the news I bring | I am sorrie Madam, for the newes I bring |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.20 | This is a sorry sight. | This is a sorry sight. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.21 | A foolish thought, to say a sorry sight. | A foolish thought, to say a sorry sight. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.188 | as for the enjoying of thy life, who I would be sorry | as for the enioying of thy life, who I would be sorry |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.467 | I am sorry one so learned and so wise | I am sorry, one so learned, and so wise |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.471 | I am sorry that such sorrow I procure, | I am sorrie, that such sorrow I procure, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iii.1 | I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so. | I am sorry thou wilt leaue my Father so, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.3 | I am sorry for thee. Thou art come to answer | I am sorry for thee, thou art come to answere |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.402 | I am sorry that your leisure serves you not. | I am sorry that your leysure serues you not: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.113 | In good sadness, sir, I am sorry that for my sake | In good sadnesse Sir, I am sorry, that for my sake |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.166 | hath the victory. I am sorry for her, as I have just cause, | hath the victory, I am sorry for her, as I haue iust cause, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.196 | will make. Well I am sorry for your niece. Shall we go | will make: well, I am sorry for your niece, shall we goe |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.86 | I am sorry you must hear. Upon mine honour, | I am sorry you must heare: vpon mine honor, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.97 | I am sorry for thy much misgovernment. | I am sorry for thy much misgouernment. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.269 | deny nothing. I am sorry for my cousin. | deny nothing, I am sorry for my cousin. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.103 | My heart is sorry for your daughter's death, | My heart is sorry for your daughters death: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.73.2 | We are very sorry for't. | We are verie sorry for't. |
| Othello | Oth III.i.40 | Good morrow, good Lieutenant; I am sorry | Goodmorrow (good Lieutenant) I am sorrie |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.286 | I am very sorry that you are not well. | I am very sorry that you are not well. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.341 | I am sorry to hear this. | I am sorry to heare this? |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.51 | I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me; | I haue a salt and sorry Rhewme offends me: |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.284 | I am sorry that I am deceived in him. | I am sorry that I am deceiu'd in him. |
| Othello | Oth V.i.81 | I am sorry to find you thus: I have been to seek you. | I am sorry to finde you thus; / I haue beene to seeke you. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.286 | I am not sorry neither; I'd have thee live, | I am not sorry neither, Il'd haue thee liue: |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.87 | Sorry I am my noble cousin should | Sorry I am, my Noble Cousin should |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.53 | I'faith, I am sorry that thou art not well. | Ifaith: I am sorrie that thou art so well. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.86 | Sorry am I that our good will effects | Sorrie am I that our good will effects |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.112 | Give me thy hand. I am sorry I beat thee; | Giue me thy hand, I am sorry I beate thee: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.16 | Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown; | Recanting goodnesse, sorry ere 'tis showne: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.211 | Do what they would, are sorry – you are honourable – | Do what they would, are sorrie: you are Honourable, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.14 | business, but he would not hear my excuse. I am sorry, | businesse, but he would not heare my excuse. I am sorrie, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.372 | I am sorry I shall lose a stone by thee. | I am sorry I shall lose a stone by thee. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.137 | What we are sorry for ourselves in thee. | What we are sorry for our selues in thee: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.123 | Art thou not sorry for these heinous deeds? | Art thou not sorry for these hainous deedes? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.106 | Achilles bids me say he is much sorry | Achilles bids me say he is much sorry: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.38 | shines everywhere. I would be sorry, sir, but the fool | shines euery where. I would be sorry sir, but the Foole |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.206 | I am sorry, madam, I have hurt your kinsman. | I am sorry Madam I haue hurt your kinsman: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.69 | I am sorry I must never trust thee more, | I am sorry I must neuer trust thee more, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.187 | You should be so transported, as much sorry | You should be so transported, as much sorry |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.78.2 | I would be sorry else. | I would be sorry else, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.129 | But one hour since, I was as dearly sorry | But one houre since, I was as dearely sorry, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.131 | As for him sorry. O you heavenly charmers, | As for him sorry. O you heavenly Charmers, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.133 | We laugh; for what we have are sorry; still | We laugh, for what we have, are sorry still, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.123 | I never wished to see you sorry: now | I neuer wish'd to see you sorry, now |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.216.2 | I am sorry for't. | I am sorry for't; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.418 | I am sorry that by hanging thee I can | I am sorry, that by hanging thee, I can |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.460 | I am but sorry, not afeard; delayed, | I am but sorry, not affear'd: delaid, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.210 | Will come on very slowly. I am sorry, | Will come-on very slowly. I am sorry |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.211 | Most sorry, you have broken from his liking, | (Most sorry) you haue broken from his liking, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.212 | Where you were tied in duty; and as sorry | Where you were ty'd in dutie: and as sorry, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.74 | I am sorry, sir, I have thus far stirred you; but | I am sorry (Sir) I haue thus farre stir'd you: but |