| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.8.1 | That else must perish here. | That else must perish heere. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.27.1 | Should my performance perish. | Should my performance perish. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.28.1 | Cleave in the midst and perish. | Cleaue in the midd'st, and perish. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.14.1 | And occupations perish! | And Occupations perish. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.107 | And perish constant fools. Who is't can blame him? | And perish constant Fooles: who is't can blame him? |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.102.2 | Or this, or perish. | Or this, or perish. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.168 | and where they would be safe, they perish. Then if | and where they would bee safe, they perish. Then if |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.72 | Perish the man whose mind is backward now! | Perish the man, whose mind is backward now. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.177 | And as my duty springs, so perish they | And as my dutie springs, so perish they, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.180 | Perish, base prince, ignoble Duke of York! | Perish base Prince, ignoble Duke of Yorke. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.57 | Or else let Talbot perish with this shame. | Or else let Talbot perish with this shame. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.124 | And perish ye with your audacious prate! | And perish ye with your audacious prate, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.100 | Might in thy palace perish Margaret. | Might in thy Pallace, perish Elianor. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.11 | Should perish by the sword! And I myself, | Should perish by the Sword. And I my selfe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.203 | The net has fall'n upon me! I shall perish | The net has falne vpon me, I shall perish |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.153.1 | I'll hang my head, and perish. | Ile hang my head, and perish. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.419 | Thy hopeful service perish too. Good Cromwell, | Thy hopefull seruice perish too. Good Cromwell |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.131 | The Countess Salisbury is like to perish. | The Countes Salsbury is like to perish: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.518 | When great things labouring perish in their birth. | When great things labouring perish in their birth. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.147 | Die, perish. Might but my bending down | Die, perish: Might but my bending downe |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.113 | Is that vile name to perish on my sword! | Is that vile name, to perish on my sword! |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.180 | Ay, let her rot and perish, and be damned | I, let her rot and perish, and be damn'd |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.27 | seas must please; he 'scaped the land to perish at the | seas must please: hee scap'te the Land to perish at the |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.266 | And yet we strike not, but securely perish. | And yet we strike not, but securely perish. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.186 | Or I with grief and extreme age shall perish | Or I with greefe and extreame Age shall perish, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.152 | Tranio, I burn, I pine, I perish, Tranio, | Tranio I burne, I pine, I perish Tranio, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.322 | 'Twill bring you gain, or perish on the seas. | 'Twill bring you gaine, or perish on the seas. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.237.1 | And his great person perish. | And his great person perish. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.16 | To reinforcement, or we perish all. | To re-enforcement, or we perish all. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.146 | Which cannot perish, having thee aboard, | Which cannot perish hauing thee aboarde, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.107 | In us two here shall perish; we shall die – | In us two here shall perish; we shall die |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.115 | Whilst Palamon is with me, let me perish | Whilst Palamon is with me, let me perish |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.146 | Where you should never know it, and so perish | Where you should never know it, and so perish |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.113 | If you be seen you perish instantly | If you be seene you perish instantly |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.163 | As I love most, and in that faith will perish, | As I love most, and in that faith will perish, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.229 | Stand for express will, all the world must perish. | Stand for expresse will, all the world must perish. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.241 | Shall anything that loves me perish for me? | Shall any thing that loves me perish for me? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.44 | Did perish with the infant. 'Tis your counsel | Did perish with the Infant. 'Tis your councell, |