| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.8.1 | Ay, dread queen. | I dread Queene. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.127 | I dread, too late. | I dread, too late. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.i.15 | And make them dread it, to the doers' thrift. | And make them dread it, to the dooers thrift. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.50.2 | My dread lord, | Dread my Lord, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.28 | Put your dread pleasures more into command | Put your dread pleasures, more into Command |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.453 | Hath now this dread and black complexion smeared | Hath now this dread and blacke Complexion smear'd |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.78 | But that the dread of something after death, | But that the dread of something after death, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.109 | Th' important acting of your dread command? | Th'important acting of your dread command? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.111 | Rebuke and dread correction wait on us, | Rebuke and dread correction waite on vs, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.97 | The sin upon my head, dread sovereign! | The sinne vpon my head, dread Soueraigne: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.103 | Go, my dread lord, to your great-grandsire's tomb, | Goe my dread Lord, to your great Grandsires Tombe, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.36 | How dread an army hath enrounded him, | How dread an Army hath enrounded him; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.154 | With that dread King that took our state upon Him | With that dread King that tooke our state vpon him, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.243 | Dread lord, the commons send you word by me, | Dread Lord, the Commons send you word by me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.330 | And these dread curses, like the sun 'gainst glass, | And these dread curses like the Sunne 'gainst glasse, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.17 | A messenger from Henry, our dread liege, | A Messenger from Henry, our dread Liege, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.92 | And, having France thy friend, thou shalt not dread | And hauing France thy Friend, thou shalt not dread |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.32 | Be pitiful, dread lord, and grant it then. | Be pittifull, dread Lord, and graunt it then. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.214 | And consequence of dread – that I committed | And consequence of dread, that I committed |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.121.2 | Most dread liege, | Most dread Liege, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.114 | Dread sovereign, how much are we bound to heaven | Dread Soueraigne, / How much are we bound to Heauen, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.148 | My most dread sovereign, may it like your grace | My most dread Soueraigne, may it like your Grace, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.144 | Such as dread nothing but dishonour's blot; | Such as dread nothing but dishonors blot, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.218 | All this is done, my thrice dread sovereign. | All this is done my thrice dread souereigne, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.65 | And ever after dread their force no more | And euer after dread their force no more, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.27 | The sun, dread Lord, that in the western fall | The Sun dread Lord that in the western fall, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.79 | Receive, dread lord, the custom of my fraught, | Receiue dread Lorde the custome of my fraught, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.147 | Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak | Think'st thou that dutie shall haue dread to speake, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.121 | And in the fleshment of this dread exploit | And in the fleshment of this dead exploit, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.57 | From the dread summit of this chalky bourn. | From the dread Somnet of this Chalkie Bourne |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.126 | To fright them hence with that dread penalty. | To fright them hence with that dread penaltie, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.181 | Dread prince of plackets, king of codpieces, | Dread Prince of Placcats, King of Codpeeces. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.143 | Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits. | Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.363.2 | O my dread lord, | Oh, my dread Lord, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.89 | What judgement shall I dread, doing no wrong? | What iudgement shall I dread doing no wrong? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.189 | Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; | Wherein doth sit the dread and feare of Kings: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.353 | Th' immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, | Th'immortall Ioues dread Clamours, counterfet, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.52 | An angry brow, dread lord. | An angrie brow, dread Lord. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.73 | If guilty dread have left thee so much strength | If guilty dread hath left thee so much strength, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.165 | Myself I throw, dread sovereign, at thy foot. | My selfe I throw (dread Soueraigne) at thy foot. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.134 | That laid the sentence of dread banishment | That layd the Sentence of dread Banishment |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.190 | Did York's dread curse prevail so much with heaven | Did Yorkes dread Curse preuaile so much with Heauen, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.40 | That looks not heavily and full of dread. | That lookes not heauily, and full of dread. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.97 | Well, my dread lord – so must I call you now. | Well, my deare Lord, so must I call you now. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.206.1 | Yea, his dread trident shake. | Yea, his dread Trident shake. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.44 | Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder | Set roaring warre: To the dread ratling Thunder |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.82 | Welcome, dread Fury, to my woeful house; | Welcome dread Fury to my woefull house, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.26 | Welcome, my gracious lord; welcome, dread Queen; | Welcome my gracious Lord, / Welcome Dread Queene, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.10 | Yet, dread Priam, | yet dread Priam, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.27 | So great as our dread father in a scale | (So great as our dread Father) in a Scale |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.10.1 | With dread sights it may shun. | With dread sights, it may shun. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.55 | My prisoner? Or my guest? By your dread ‘ verily,’ | My Prisoner? or my Guest? by your dread Verely, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.322 | Believe this crack to be in my dread mistress, | Beleeue this Crack to be in my dread Mistresse |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.17 | To me the difference forges dread; your greatness | To me the difference forges dread (your Greatnesse |