| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.66 | But never taxed for speech. What heaven more will, | But neuer tax'd for speech. What heauen more wil, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.51 | As in your royal speech. | As in your royall speech. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.52 | Yes, I do know him well, and common speech | Yes, I do know him well, and common speech |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.57.1 | Some private speech with you. | Some priuate speech with you. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.133 | Vanquished thereto by the fair grace and speech | Vanquish'd thereto by the faire grace and speech |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.41 | This orient pearl. His speech sticks in my heart. | This Orient Pearle. His speech stickes in my heart. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.3.1 | To soft and gentle speech. | To soft and gentle speech. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.12.2 | Your speech is passion; | Your speech is passion: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.117 | The manner of his speech; for't cannot be | The manner of his speech: for't cannot be, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.148 | My speech and what is done, tell him he has | My speech, and what is done, tell him he has |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.82 | His folly to the mettle of my speech? | His folly to the mettle of my speech, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.15 | First he did praise my beauty, then my speech. |
First, he did praise my beautie, then my speech. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.160 | No,'tis his kind of speech – he did not mock us. | No, 'tis his kind of speech, he did not mock vs. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.62 | This was my speech, and I will speak't again – | this was my speech, / And I will speak't againe. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.96.1 | Only fair speech. | Onely faire speech. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.97 | Strikes life into my speech, and shows much more | Strikes life into my speech, and shewes much more |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.142 | my speech of insultment ended on his dead body, | my speech of insulment ended on his dead bodie, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.313 | For mine own part unfold a dangerous speech, | For mine owne part, vnfold a dangerous speech, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.113 | And hath given countenance to his speech, my lord, | And hath giuen countenance to his speech, / My Lord, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.429 | at anything we see. We'll have a speech straight. Come, | at any thing we see: wee'l haue a Speech straight. Come |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.431 | speech. | speech. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.432 | What speech, my good lord? | What speech, my Lord? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.433 | I heard thee speak me a speech once, but it was | I heard thee speak me a speech once, but it was |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.444 | than fine. One speech in't I chiefly loved. 'Twas | One cheefe Speech in it, I cheefely lou'd, 'twas |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.538 | need study a speech of some dozen or sixteen lines, | need study a speech of some dosen or sixteene lines, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.560 | And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, | And cleaue the generall eare with horrid speech: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.50 | (aside) How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience! | How smart a lash that speech doth giue my Conscience? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.1 | Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced | Speake the Speech I pray you, as I pronounc'd |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.91 | Do not itself unkennel in one speech, | Do not it selfe vnkennell in one speech, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.33 | The speech, of vantage. Fare you well, my liege. | The speech of vantage. Fare you well my Liege, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.ii.23 | I am glad of it. A knavish speech sleeps in a | I am glad of it: a knauish speech sleepes in a |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.7 | That carry but half sense. Her speech is nothing. | That carry but halfe sense: Her speech is nothing, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.190 | I have a speech o' fire that fain would blaze, | I haue a speech of fire, that faine would blaze, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.290 | Strengthen your patience in our last night's speech. | Strengthen you patience in our last nights speech, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.382 | And here is my speech. Stand aside, nobility. | And heere is my speech: stand aside Nobilitie. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.28 | To seem like him. So that in speech, in gait, | To seeme like him. So that in Speech, in Gate, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.32 | The substance of my speech. If that rebellion | The substance of my Speech. If that Rebellion |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.48 | Out of the speech of peace that bears such grace | Out of the Speech of Peace, that beares such grace, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.140 | The moist impediments unto my speech, | The most Impediments vnto my Speech, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.217 | That strength of speech is utterly denied me. | That strength of Speech it vtterly deni'de mee. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.1 | First, my fear; then, my curtsy; last, my speech. | FIRST, my Feare: then, my Curtsie: last, my Speech. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.3 | and my speech, to beg your pardons. If you look for a | And my speech, to Begge your Pardons. If you looke for a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.4 | good speech now, you undo me, for what I have to say | good speech now, you vndoe me: For what I haue to say, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.64 | You are assembled; and my speech entreats | You are assembled: and my speech entreats, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.15 | What should I say? His deeds exceed all speech; | What should I say? his Deeds exceed all speech: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.120 | Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. | Else ne're could he so long protract his speech. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.82 | Yet livest thou, Salisbury? Though thy speech doth fail, | Yet liu'st thou Salisbury? though thy speech doth fayle, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.6 | As I with sudden and extemporal speech | As I with sudden, and extemporall speech, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.32 | Her sight did ravish, but her grace in speech, | Her sight did rauish, but her grace in Speech, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.192 | I'll have thy head for this thy traitor's speech. | Ile haue thy Head for this thy Traytors speech: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.176 | And the offender granted scope of speech, | And the Offendor graunted scope of speech, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.373 | In face, in gait, in speech, he doth resemble; | In face, in gate, in speech he doth resemble. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.221 | Make thee beg pardon for thy passed speech, | Make thee begge pardon for thy passed speech, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.52 | Let this my sword report what speech forbears. | Let this my sword report what speech forbeares. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.47 | For this one speech Lord Hastings well deserves | For this one speech, Lord Hastings well deserues |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.57 | I'll hear no more; die, prophet, in thy speech! | Ile heare no more: / Dye Prophet in thy speech, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.121 | His hour of speech a minute – he, my lady, | His houre of speech, a minute: He, (my Lady) |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.133 | It would infect his speech – that if the King | It would infect his Speech: That if the King |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.154 | What was the speech among the Londoners | What was the speech among the Londoners, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.245 | You shall not in your funeral speech blame us, | You shall not in your Funerall speech blame vs, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.251.1 | After my speech is ended. | After my speech is ended. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.58 | Do grace to Caesar's corpse, and grace his speech | Do grace to Casars Corpes, and grace his Speech |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.223 | Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech | Action, nor Vtterance, nor the power of Speech, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.14 | Or, by the gods, this speech were else your last. | Or by the Gods, this speech were else your last. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.26 | O Prince, thy sweet bemoaning speech to me | O Prince thy sweet bemoning speech to me. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.60 | A love that makes breath poor and speech unable; | A loue that makes breath poore, and speech vnable, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.94 | How, how, Cordelia! Mend your speech a little | How, how Cordelia? mend your speech a little, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.2 | That can my speech diffuse, my good intent | That can my speech defuse, my good intent |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.114 | Sirrah, I'll teach thee a speech. | Sirha, Ile teach thee a speech. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.64 | And found him pight to do it, with curst speech | And found him pight to doe it, with curst speech |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.21 | A mistress's command. Wear this; (giving a favour) spare speech. | A Mistresses command. Weare this; spare speech, |
| King Lear | KL V.i.38 | If e'er your grace had speech with man so poor, | If ere your Grace had speech with man so poore, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.125 | That if my speech offend a noble heart | That if my speech offend a Noble heart, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.197.2 | This speech of yours hath moved me, | This speech of yours hath mou'd me, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.110 | A better speech was never spoke before. | A better speech was neuer spoke before. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.147 | Nor to their penned speech render we no grace, | Nor to their pen'd speech render we no grace: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.158.1 | Enter blackamoors with music, Mote with a speech, | Enter Black moores with musicke, the Boy with a speech, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.69 | Hear his speech, but say thou naught. | Heare his speech, but say thou nought. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.180 | But not a niggard of your speech. How goes't? | Be not a niggard of your speech: How gos't? |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.18 | witness to confirm my speech. | witnesse to confirme my speech. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.40 | Till famine cling thee. If thy speech be sooth, | Till Famine cling thee: If thy speech be sooth, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.4 | Would seem in me t' affect speech and discourse, | Would seeme in me t' affect speech & discourse, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.40 | Both thanks and use. But I do bend my speech | Both thanks, and vse; but I do bend my speech |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.77 | To have free speech with you, and it concerns me | To haue free speech with you; and it concernes me |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.37 | feeling of thy speech. I will, out of thine own confession, | feeling of thy speech: I will, out of thine owne confession, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.77 | something near to the speech we had to such a purpose. | somthing neere to the speech we had to such a purpose. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.158 | and by have some speech with you. The satisfaction I | and by haue some speech with you: the satisfaction I |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.215 | And five years since there was some speech of marriage | And fiue yeres since there was some speech of marriage |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.7 | But if you fail, without more speech, my lord, | But if thou faile, without more speech my Lord, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.68 | you begin. When you have spoken your speech, enter | you begin; when you haue spoken your speech, enter |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.124 | His speech was like a tangled chain: nothing | His speech was like a tangled chaine: nothing |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.232 | Runs not this speech like iron through your blood? | Runs not this speech like yron through your bloud? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.2 | well at my hands by helping me to the speech of | well at my hands, by helping mee to the speech of |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.81 | Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech | Hath this extent; no more. Rude am I, in my speech, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.103.1 | Alas, she has no speech. | Alas: she ha's no speech. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.8 | Let me have speech with you. (To Desdemona) Come, my dear love, | Let me haue speech with you. Come my deere Loue, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.193 | While I spare speech, which something now offends me, | While I spare speech which something now offends me. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.219 | Montano and myself being in speech, | Montano and my selfe being in speech, |
| Othello | Oth III.i.26 | entreats her a little favour of speech. Wilt thou do this? | entreats her a little fauour of Speech. Wilt thou do this? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.183 | Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well; | Is free of Speech, Sings, Playes, and Dances: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.216 | I am to pray you, not to strain my speech | I am to pray you, not to straine my speech |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.220 | My speech should fall into such vile success | My speech should fall into such vilde successe, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.125 | For my free speech! You must awhile be patient. | For my free speech. You must awhile be patient: |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.282 | That I may save my speech. Do but go after, | That I may saue my speech: do but go after |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.30 | Upon my knees, what doth your speech import? | Vpon my knee, what doth your speech import? |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.14 | What's dumb in show, I'll plain with speech. | What's dumbe in shew, I'le plaine with speach. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.102 | Thy speech had altered it. Hold, here's gold for thee. | thy speeche had altered it, holde, heeres golde for thee, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.113 | The more she gives them speech. Where do you live? | the more she giues them speech, Where doe you liue? |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.30 | First, heaven be the record to my speech! | First, heauen be the record to my speech, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.55 | From giving reins and spurs to my free speech, | From giuing reines and spurres to my free speech, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.123 | Free speech and fearless I to thee allow. | Free speech, and fearelesse, I to thee allow. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.113 | ‘ Pardon ’ should be the first word of thy speech. | Pardon should be the first word of thy speach. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.1 | What, shall this speech be spoke for our excuse? | What shall this speeh be spoke for our excuse? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.240 | But slow in speech, yet sweet as springtime flowers. | But slow in speech: yet sweet as spring-time flowers. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.256 | Where did you study all this goodly speech? | Where did you study all this goodly speech? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.430 | I am the best of them that speak this speech, | I am the best of them that speake this speech, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.498 | Than he appears by speech. This is unwonted | Then he appeares by speech: this is vnwonted |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.182 | Excitements to the field, or speech for truce, | Excitements to the field, or speech for truce, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.357 | Give pardon to my speech: | Giue pardon to my speech: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.36 | Because your speech hath none that tells him so? | Because your speech hath none that tels him so. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.9 | Witness the process of your speech within; | Witnesse the processe of your speech within; |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.20 | Whereto thy speech serves for authority, | Whereto thy speech serues for authoritie |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.165 | never saw her. I would be loath to cast away my speech; | neuer saw her. I would bee loath to cast away my speech: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.174 | may proceed in my speech. | may proceede in my speech. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.183 | speech in your praise, and then show you the heart of | speech in your praise, and then shew you the heart of |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.71 | speech . . . | speech. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.64 | But in conclusion put strange speech upon me. | But in conclusion put strange speech vpon me, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.55 | I was transported with your speech, and suffered | I was transported with your Speech, and suffer'd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.90 | The tenor of thy speech; dear glass of ladies, | The Tenour of the Speech. Deere Glasse of Ladies |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.47 | Another's way of speech, when by mine own | Anothers way of speech, when by mine owne |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.85 | To have some speech with you. Lo, he appears. | To have some speech with you: Loe he appeares. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.70 | Which, on my faith, deserves high speech – and straight | (Which on my faith deserues high speech) and straight |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.216.1 | I'th' boldness of your speech. | I'th boldnesse of your speech. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.24 | And, gasping to begin some speech, her eyes | And (gasping to begin some speech) her eyes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.465 | He will allow no speech – which I do guess | He will allow no speech: (which I do ghesse |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.754 | shall know within this hour, if I may come to th' speech | shall know within this houre, if I may come to th' speech |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.13 | their eyes. There was speech in their dumbness, language | their Eyes. There was speech in their dumbnesse, Language |