| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.99 | wine; but if thou beest not an ass, I am a youth of fourteen; | wine. But if thou be'st not an asse, I am a youth of fourteene: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.326 | That every braggart shall be found an ass. | That euery braggart shall be found an Asse. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.35 | And I, an ass, am onion-eyed. For shame, | And I an Asse, am Onyon-ey'd; for shame, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.306 | That I might hear thee call great Caesar ass | That I might heare thee call great Casar Asse, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.48 | That any man turn ass, | that any man turne Asse: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.209 | If thou art changed to aught, 'tis to an ass. | If thou art chang'd to ought, 'tis to an Asse. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.211 | 'Tis so, I am an ass; else it could never be | 'Tis so, I am an Asse, else it could neuer be, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.15.1 | I think thou art an ass. | I thinke thou art an asse. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.18 | You would keep from my heels, and beware of an ass. | You would keepe from my heeles, and beware of an asse. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.47 | Thou wouldst have changed thy face for a name, or thy name for an ass. | Thou wouldst haue chang'd thy face for a name, or thy name for an asse. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.77 | I am an ass, I am a woman's | I am an asse, I am a womans |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.26 | Thou art sensible in nothing but blows; and so is an ass. | Thou art sensible in nothing but blowes, and so is an Asse. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.27 | I am an ass, indeed. You may | I am an Asse indeede, you may |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.55 | I find the ass in compound with the major part of your | I finde the Asse in compound, with the Maior part of your |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.46 | an ass it is! Then thou dwell'st with daws too? | an Asse it is, then thou dwel'st with Dawes too? |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.35 | of an ass, which is no great hurt. | of an Asse, which is no great hurt. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.52 | Should yield the world this ass! A woman that | Should yeild the world this Asse: A woman, that |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.394 | Then came each actor on his ass – | Then can each Actor on his Asse--- |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.580 | Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave, | Who? What an Asse am I? I sure, this is most braue, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.57 | your dull ass will not mend his pace with beating. And | your dull Asse will not mend his pace with beating; and |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.78 | the pate of a politician, which this ass now o'erreaches; | the Pate of a Polititian which this Asse o're Offices: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.43 | And many suchlike as's of great charge, | And many such like Assis of great charge, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.35 | in such dealing, unless a woman should be made an ass, | in such dealing, vnles a woman should be made an Asse |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.71 | Come, you virtuous ass, you bashful | Come you pernitious Asse, you bashfull |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.68 | By Cheshu, he is an ass, as in the world; I | By Cheshu he is an Asse, as in the World, I |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.76 | If the enemy is an ass, and a fool, and a | If the Enemie is an Asse and a Foole, and a |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.78 | also, look you, be an ass, and a fool, and a prating | also, looke you, be an Asse and a Foole, and a prating |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.4 | in all things. I will tell you ass my friend, Captain | in all things: I will tell you asse my friend, Captaine |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.21 | He shall but bear them as the ass bears gold, | He shall but beare them, as the Asse beares Gold, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.26 | Like to the empty ass, to shake his ears | (Like to the empty Asse) to shake his eares, |
| King John | KJ II.i.144 | As great Alcides' shows upon an ass. | As great Alcides shooes vpon an Asse: |
| King John | KJ II.i.145 | But, ass, I'll take that burden from your back, | But Asse, Ile take that burthen from your backe, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.159 | parts, thou borest thine ass on thy back o'er the dirt | parts, thou boar'st thine Asse on thy backe o're the durt, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.219 | May not an ass know when the cart draws the | May not an Asse know, when the Cart drawes the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.50 | for an ass. | for an Asse. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.52 | Marry, sir, you must send the ass upon the horse, | Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.622 | Therefore, as he is an ass, let him go. | Therefore as he is, an Asse, let him go: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.625 | For the ass to the Jude. Give it him. Jude-as, away! | For the Asse to the Iude: giue it him. Iud-as away. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.26 | For, like an ass, whose back with ingots bows, | For like an Asse, whose backe with Ingots bowes; |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.498 | One all of luxury, an ass, a madman, | One all of Luxurie, an asse, a mad man: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.159 | me drunk, yet I am not altogether an ass. | me drunke, yet I am not altogether an asse. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.285 | himself hath not such a name. Page is an ass, a secure | himselfe hath not such a name. Page is an Asse, a secure |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.286 | ass. He will trust his wife, he will not be jealous. I will | Asse; hee will trust his wife, hee will not be iealous: I will |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.119 | I do begin to perceive that I am made an ass. | I do begin to perceiue that I am made an Asse. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.110 | What do you see? You see an ass head of your | What do you see? You see an Asse-head of your |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.114 | I see their knavery! This is to make an ass of me, | I see their knauery; this is to make an asse of me, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.34 | Titania waked, and straightway loved an ass. | Tytania waked, and straightway lou'd an Asse. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.25 | I am such a tender ass, if my hair do but tickle me, I | I am such a tender asse, if my haire do but tickle me, I |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.76 | Methought I was enamoured of an ass. | Me-thought I was enamoured of an Asse. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.205 | is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream. Methought | is but an Asse, if he goe about to expound this dreame. Me-thought |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.303 | and prove an ass. | and proue an Asse. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.71 | Away! You are an ass, you are an ass. | Away, you are an asse, you are an asse. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.74 | down an ass! But, masters, remember that I am an ass; | downe an asse! but masters, remember that I am an asse: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.76 | an ass. No, thou villain, thou art full of piety, as shall be | an asse: No thou villaine, yu art full of piety as shall be |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.84 | I had been writ down an ass! | I had been writ downe an asse! |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.243 | place shall serve, that I am an ass. | place shall serue, that I am an Asse. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.293 | me ass; I beseech you, let it be remembered in his | mee asse, I beseech you let it be remembred in his |
| Othello | Oth I.i.47 | Wears out his time, much like his master's ass, | Weares out his time, much like his Masters Asse, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.300 | For making him egregiously an ass, | For making him egregiously an Asse, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.93 | And yet I bear a burden like an ass, | And yet I beare a burthen like an Asse, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.158 | O this woodcock, what an ass it is! | Oh this Woodcocke, what an Asse it is. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.9 | Preposterous ass, that never read so far | Preposterous Asse that neuer read so farre, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.231 | My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing, | My horse, my oxe, my asse, my any thing, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.75 | Away, away, mad ass! His name is Lucentio, and | Awaie, awaie mad asse, his name is Lucentio, and |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.296 | And seek for grace. What a thrice double ass | And seeke for grace: what a thrice double Asse |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.276 | I will fly, like a dog, the heels o'th' ass. | I will flye like a dogge, the heeles a'th'Asse. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.50 | And the ass more captain than the lion, | And the Asse, more Captaine then the Lyon? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.333 | peradventure thou wert accused by the ass. If thou wert | peraduenture thou wert accus'd by the Asse: If thou wert |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.334 | the ass, thy dullness would torment thee, and still thou | the Asse, thy dulnesse would torment thee; and still thou |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.351 | How has the ass broke the wall, that thou art out | How ha's the Asse broke the wall, that thou art out |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.25 | (Aside) Now what a thing it is to be an ass! | Now what a thing it is to be an Asse? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.44 | assinico may tutor thee. Thou scurvy-valiant ass, thou | Asinico may tutor thee. Thou scuruy valiant Asse, thou |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.311 | again, that I might water an ass at it! I had rather be a | againe, that I might water an Asse at it: I had rather be a |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.55 | forced with wit, turn him to? To an ass were nothing; | forced with wit, turne him too: to an Asse were nothing; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.56 | he is both ass and ox. To an ox were nothing; he is both | hee is both Asse and Oxe; to an Oxe were nothing, hee is both |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.57 | ox and ass. To be a dog, a mule, a cat, a fitchew, a toad, | Oxe and Asse: to be a Dogge, a Mule, a Cat, a Fitchew, a Toade, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.5 | see them meet, that that same young Trojan ass, that | see them meet; that, that same yong Troian asse, that |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.71 | Why, I think so. I am not such an ass, but | Why I thinke so: I am not such an asse, but |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.17 | Welcome, ass! Now let's have a catch. | Welcome asse, now let's haue a catch. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.141 | but a time-pleaser, an affectioned ass that cons | but a time-pleaser, an affection'd Asse, that cons |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.162 | ass. | Asse. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.163 | Ass, I doubt not. | Asse, I doubt not. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.12 | 'Slight! Will you make an ass o' me? | S'light; will you make an Asse o'me. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.16 | Marry, sir, they praise me – and make an ass of me. | Marry sir, they praise me, and make an asse of me, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.17 | Now my foes tell me plainly, I am an ass; so that by my | now my foes tell me plainly, I am an Asse: so that by my |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.33 | matter? Why weepest thou, man? Away, ass, you'll lose | matter? why weep'st thou man? away asse, you'l loose |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.22 | What an ass art thou! I understand thee not. | What an asse art thou, I vnderstand thee not. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.41 | Why, thou whoreson ass, thou mistakest me. | Why, thou whorson Asse, thou mistak'st me, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.28 | That such an ass should owe them. | That such an Asse should owe them. |