| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.24 | No way excuse his foils when we do bear | No way excuse his foyles, when we do beare |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.286 | To excuse their after wrath. Husband, I come. | To excuse their after wrath. Husband, I come: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.84 | good excuse for me hereafter to leave my wife. | good excuse for me heereafter, to leaue my wife. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.158 | And what wit could wit have to excuse that? | And what wit could wit haue, to excuse that? |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.154 | To tell this story, that you might excuse | To tell this story, that you might excuse |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.179 | How you excuse my brother, Rosalind. | How you excuse my brother, Rosalind. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.1 | Good Signior Angelo, you must excuse us all. | Good signior Angelo you must excuse vs all, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.92 | And doubt not, sir, but she will well excuse | And doubt not sir, but she will well excuse |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.48 | Good Lord! You use this dalliance to excuse | Good Lord, you vse this dalliance to excuse |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.103 | Give me excuse, good madam, I will obey you | Giue me excuse good Madame, I will obey you |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.11 | In that's no changeling, and I must excuse | In that's no Changeling, and I must excuse |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.69 | There was a yielding – this admits no excuse. | There was a yeelding; this admits no excuse. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.65 | And our return, to excuse: but first, how get hence. | And our returne, to excuse: but first, how get hence. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.66 | Why should excuse be born or ere begot? | Why should excuse be borne or ere begot? |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.46 | She prayed me to excuse her keeping close, | She pray'd me to excuse her keeping close, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.32 | Both countenance and excuse. Ho, Guildenstern! | Both countenance, and excuse. / Ho Guildenstern: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.19 | Quit all offences with as clear excuse | Quit all offences with as cleare excuse, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.17 | It hath the excuse of youth and heat of blood, | It hath the excuse of youth, and heate of blood, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.180 | Pleading so wisely in excuse of it! | Pleading so wisely, in excuse of it. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.3 | You must excuse me, Master Robert Shallow. | You must excuse me, M. Robert Shallow. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.4 | I will not excuse you; you shall not be excused; | I will not excuse you: you shall not be excused. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.5 | excuses shall not be admitted; there is no excuse shall | Excuses shall not be admitted: there is no excuse shall |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.25 | Excusez-moi, Alice; écoutez – d'hand, de | Excuse moy Alice escoute, d' Hand, de |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.3 | I humbly pray them to admit th' excuse | I humbly pray them to admit th'excuse |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.253 | Excusez-moi, je vous supplie, mon très-puissant seigneur. | excuse moy. Ie vous supplie mon tres-puissant Seigneur. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.98 | Not what you are, I know it will excuse | Not what you are, I know it will excuse |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.176 | Pray God the Duke of York excuse himself! | Pray God the Duke of Yorke excuse himselfe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.46 | Clarence, excuse me to the King my brother; | Clarence excuse me to the King my Brother: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.57.2 | Excuse me, | Excuse me, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.156 | I do excuse you; yea, upon mine honour, | I doe excuse you; yea, vpon mine Honour, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.149 | To let my tongue excuse all. What was purposed | To let my tongue excuse all. What was purpos'd |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.70 | Excuse it that your bonny horse is lame. | Excuse it that your bonnie horse is lame. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.91 | And my constraint stands the excuse for thee. | and my constraint stands the excuse for thee. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.2 | Copland, except he can excuse his fault, | Copland, except he can excuse his fault, |
| King John | KJ II.i.119 | Excuse it is to beat usurping down. | Excuse it is to beat vsurping downe. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.31 | Doth make the fault the worse by th' excuse, | Doth make the fault the worse by th'excuse: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.176 | Your own good thoughts excuse me, and farewell. | Your owne good thoughts excuse me, and farewell, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.432.1 | Some fair excuse. | some faire excuse. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.727 | In your rich wisdom to excuse or hide | In your rich wisedome to excuse, or hide, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.733 | Excuse me so, coming too short of thanks | Excuse me so, comming so short of thankes, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.119 | I something do excuse the thing I hate | I something do excuse the thing I hate, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.12 | Let me excuse me, and believe me so, | Let me excuse me, and beleeue me so, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.36 | Unless she do it under this excuse, | Vnlesse she doe it vnder this excuse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.64 | To excuse the current of thy cruelty. | To excuse the currant of thy cruelty. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.48 | I must excuse myself, Master Ford. | I must excuse my selfe Mr Ford. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.182 | Mistress Quickly to him, and excuse his throwing into | Mist. Quickly to him, and excuse his throwing into |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.245 | Stay, gentle Helena, hear my excuse, | Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuse, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.347 | excuse. Never excuse; for when the players are all dead, | excuse. Neuer excuse; for when the plaiers are all dead, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.172 | Why seek'st thou then to cover with excuse | Why seek'st thou then to couer with excuse, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.94 | These bloody accidents must excuse my manners | These bloody accidents must excuse my Manners, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.96 | I will not have excuse with saying this: | I will not haue excuse with saying this, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.64 | And thy abundant goodness shall excuse | And thy abundant goodnesse shall excuse |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.82 | Some patient leisure to excuse myself. | Some patient leysure to excuse my selfe. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.84 | No excuse current but to hang thyself. | no excuse currant, / But to hang thy selfe. |
| 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? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.33 | The excuse that thou dost make in this delay | The excuse that thou dost make in this delay, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.34 | Is longer than the tale thou dost excuse. | Is longer then the tale thou dost excuse. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.62 | Doth much excuse the appertaining rage | Doth much excuse the appertaining rage |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.65 | Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries | Boy, this shall not excuse the iniuries |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.123 | I hope this reason stands for my excuse. | I hope this reason stands for my excuse. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.107 | Which at more leisure I will so excuse | Which at more leysure I will so excuse, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.137.1 | Thus to excuse yourself. | Thus to excuse your selfe. |
| 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, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.104 | To keep mine own, excuse it how she can. | To keepe mine owne, excuse it how she can. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.82 | Excuse me. | Excuse me. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.161.1 | What's his excuse? | What's his excuse? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.75 | for him at supper, you will make his excuse. | for him at Supper, you will make his excuse. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.87 | Well, I'll make excuse. | Well, Ile make excuse. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.140 | brother's excuse? | brothers excuse? |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.3 | thy excuse. My lady will hang thee for thy absence. | thy excuse: my Lady will hang thee for thy absence. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.28 | lady. Make your excuse wisely, you were best. | Lady: make your excuse wisely, you were best. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.71 | Excuse it not, for I am peremptory. | Excuse it not: for I am peremptory. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.82 | And with the vantage of mine own excuse | And with the vantage of mine owne excuse |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.8 | Teach me, thy tempted subject, to excuse it! | Teach me (thy tempted subiect) to excuse it. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.168 | Be gone; I will not hear thy vain excuse, | Be gone, I will not heare thy vaine excuse, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.41 | Yes – if there were no other excuse why they | Yes; if there were no other excuse, why they |