| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.252 | Methinkst thou art a general offence and every man should | mee-think'st thou art a generall offence, and euery man shold |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.14 | Offence of mighty note, but to himself | Offence of mighty note; but to himselfe |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.23 | The nature of his great offence is dead, | The nature of his great offence is dead, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.59 | To the great sender turns a sour offence, | To the great sender, turnes a sowre offence, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.99 | Take no offence that I would not offend you; | Take no offence, that I would not offend you, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.26 | But 'twould offend him, and in his offence | But 'twould offend him. And in his offence, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.45.1 | Provoked by my offence. | Prouok'd by my offence. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.117 | Did make offence, his eye did heal it up. | Did make offence, his eye did heale it vp: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.35 | Was wrought by nature, not by vile offence, | Was wrought by nature, not by vile offence, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.127 | Beheaded publicly for his offence. | Beheaded publikely for his offence. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.173 | To make him worthy whose offence subdues him | To make him worthy, whose offence subdues him, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.28 | And still to nose th' offence. | And still to nose th' offence. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.109 | offence herein too, I durst attempt it against any | offence heerein to, I durst attempt it against any |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.6 | But I beseech your grace, without offence – | But I beseech your Grace, without offence |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.27 | every companion that you give offence to. | euery Companion, that you giue offence too. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.28 | No, I know that: but it is fit I should commit offence | No, I know that: but it is fit I should commit offence |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.36.1 | I am fallen in this offence. | I am falne in this offence. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.335 | Your pleasure was my ne'er-offence, my punishment | Your pleasure was my neere offence, my punishment |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.135.2 | There's no offence, my lord. | There's no offence my Lord. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.137 | And much offence too. Touching this vision here, | And much offence too, touching this Vision heere: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.242 | Have you heard the argument? Is there no offence | Haue you heard the Argument, is there no Offence |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.245 | offence i'th' world. | Offence i'th'world. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.36 | O, my offence is rank. It smells to heaven. | Oh my offence is ranke, it smels to heauen, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.47 | But to confront the visage of offence? | But to confront the visage of Offence? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.56 | May one be pardoned and retain th' offence? | May one be pardon'd, and retaine th'offence? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.7 | But never the offence. To bear all smooth and even, | But neerer the offence: to beare all smooth, and euen, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.218 | And where th' offence is, let the great axe fall. | And where th'offence is, let the great Axe fall. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.214 | I'll so offend, to make offence a skill, | Ile so offend, to make offence a skill, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.40 | For what offence have I this fortnight been | For what offence haue I this fortnight bin |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.7 | To punish this offence in other faults. | To punish this offence in others faults: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.158 | That argues but the shame of your offence; | That argues but the shame of your offence: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.103 | Were thine without offence, and at my death | Were thine, without offence: and at my death |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.55 | as I took you for, I made no offence: therefore, I | as I tooke you for, I made no offence; therefore I |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.49 | Hath the late overthrow wrought this offence? | Hath the late ouerthrow wrought this offence? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.75 | And what offence it is to flout his friends. | And what offence it is to flout his Friends. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.35 | And therefore may be broke without offence. | And therefore may be broke without offence. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.96 | And you, good uncle, banish all offence: | And you (good Vnckle) banish all offence: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.44 | And when I give occasion of offence, | And when I giue occasion of offence, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.13 | That they'll take no offence at our abuse. | That they'le take no offence at our abuse. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.14 | Suppose they take offence without a cause, | Suppose they take offence without a cause: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.12 | No great offence belongs to't, give your friend | No great offence belongs too't, giue your Friend |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.158 | And that which would appear offence in us, | And that which would appeare Offence in vs, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.268 | You have some sick offence within your mind, | You haue some sicke Offence within your minde, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.8 | That every nice offence should bear his comment. | That euery nice offence should beare his Comment. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.199 | Doing himself offence, whilst we, lying still, | Doing himselfe offence, whil'st we lying still, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.427 | A shame for shame, or penance for offence. | A shame for shame, or pennance for offence, |
| King John | KJ I.i.257 | Thou art the issue of my dear offence, | That art the issue of my deere offence |
| King John | KJ II.i.75 | To do offence and scathe in Christendom. | To doe offence and scathe in Christendome: |
| King John | KJ II.i.250 | Save in aspect, hath all offence sealed up; | Saue in aspect, hath all offence seal'd vp: |
| King John | KJ III.iv.180 | Now that their souls are topfull of offence. | Now that their soules are topfull of offence, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.218 | So many folds of favour. Sure her offence | So many folds of fauour: sure her offence |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.116 | and true-hearted Kent banished! His offence, honesty! | & true-harted Kent banish'd; his offence, honesty. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.207 | Might in their working do you that offence | Might in their working do you that offence, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.112 | What was th' offence you gave him? | What was th'offence you gaue him? |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.59 | Made you no more offence but what you speak of? | Made you no more offence, / But what you speake of? |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.191 | All's not offence that indiscretion finds | All's not offence that indiscretion findes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.133 | the snake!’ That is the way to make an offence gracious, | the Snake; that is the way to make an offence gracious, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.88 | But what's his offence? | But what's his offence? |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.120 | Make us pay down for our offence by weight | Make vs pay downe, for our offence, by waight |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.133 | the morality of imprisonment. What's thy offence, | the mortality of imprisonment: what's thy offence, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.27 | You may not so extenuate his offence | You may not so extenuate his offence, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.88 | Who is it that hath died for this offence? | Who is it that hath di'd for this offence? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.102 | Which a dismissed offence would after gall, | Which a dismis'd offence, would after gaule |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.14 | More fit to do another such offence | More fit to doe another such offence, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.26 | So then it seems your most offenceful act | So then it seemes your most offence full act |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.30.1 | Must needs appear offence. | Must needs appear offence: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.85 | And his offence is so, as it appears, | And his offence is so, as it appeares, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.103 | Yes, he would give't thee, from this rank offence, | Yes, he would giu't thee; from this rank offence |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.11 | And you, good brother father. What offence hath | And you good Brother Father; what offence hath |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.107 | Hence hath offence his quick celerity, | Hence hath offence his quicke celeritie, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.179 | You will think you have made no offence if the | You will thinke you haue made no offence, if the |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.531 | Th' offence pardons itself. Dear Isabel, | Th' offence pardons it selfe. Deere Isabell, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.68 | Every offence is not a hate at first. | Euerie offence is not a hate at first. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.11 | As in offence. | as in offence, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.217 | Th' offence is holy that she hath committed, | Th'offence is holy, that she hath committed, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.23 | Worm nor snail, do no offence. | Worme nor Snayle doe no offence. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.79 | offend no man, and it is an offence to stay a man against | offend no man, and it is an offence to stay a man against |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.96 | Without offence to utter them. Thus, pretty lady, | Without offence to vtter them: thus pretty Lady |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.278 | What offence, sweet Beatrice? | What offence sweet Beatrice? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.203 | Hearken after their offence, my lord. | Harken after their offence my Lord. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.204 | Officers, what offence have these men done? | Officers, what offence haue these men done? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.211 | I ask thee what's their offence; sixth and lastly, why | I aske thee what's their offence, sixt and lastlie why |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.218 | is too cunning to be understood; what's your offence? | is too cunning to be vnderstood, what's your offence? |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.46 | He'll be as full of quarrel and offence | He'l be as full of Quarrell, and offence |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.101 | For mine own part – no offence to the General, | For mine owne part, no offence to the Generall, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.205 | And he that is approved in this offence, | And he that is approu'd in this offence, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.216 | Than it should do offence to Michael Cassio. | Then it should do offence to Michaell Cassio. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.377 | I'll love no friend, sith love breeds such offence. | Ile loue no Friend, sith Loue breeds such offence. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.111 | If my offence be of such mortal kind | If my offence, be of such mortall kinde, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.165 | The business of the state does him offence, | The businesse of the State do's him offence. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.28 | And subjects punished that ne'er thought offence; | And subiects punisht that nere thought offence, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.92 | When all for mine – if I may call – offence | When all for mine, if I may call offence, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.68 | He may my proffer take for an offence, | He may my profer take for an offence, |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.5 | Due to this heinous capital offence, | due to this heynous / Capitall offence, |
| Pericles | Per II.v.50 | Never did thought of mine levy offence, | neuer did thought / Of mine leuie offence; |
| Pericles | Per II.v.72 | Why, sir, say if you had, who takes offence | Why sir, say if you had, who takes offence? |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.134 | Make war upon their spotted souls for this. | make warre / Vpon their spotted Soules for this Offence. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.185 | To slay the innocent? What is my offence? | To slay the innocent? What is my offence? |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.45.2 | For what offence? | For what offence? |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.110 | I do suspect I have done some offence | I doe suspect I haue done some offence, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.186.2 | And for that offence | And for that offence, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.228 | And if I be, sir, is it any offence? | And if I be sir, is it any offence? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.149 | Than their offence can weigh down by the dram – | Then their offence can weigh downe by the Dramme, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.181 | For the offence he dies. This is our doom. | For the offence, he dyes. This is our doome: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.71 | And to make a sweet lady sad is a sour offence. | And to make a sweet Lady sad, is a sower offence. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.31 | Th' offence is not of such a bloody nature, | Th offence is not of such a bloody nature, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.224 | from any image of offence done to any man. | from any image of offence done to any man. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.249 | offence to him is. It is something of my negligence, | offence to him is: it is something of my negligence, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.304 | Have done offence, I take the fault on me. | Haue done offence, I take the fault on me: |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.68 | he were, for I am now so far in offence with my niece | he were, for I am now so farre in offence with my Niece, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.24 | For what offence? | For what offence? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.75 | Be a sufficient ransom for offence, | Be a sufficient Ransome for offence, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.44 | To urn their ashes, nor to take th' offence | To urne their ashes, nor to take th' offence |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.34 | My friend, carry your tail without offence | My friend, carry your taile without offence |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.63 | Omit a ward or forfeit an offence | Omit a ward, or forfeit an offence |