| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.21 | have play for lack of work. Would for the King's sake he | haue play for lacke of worke. Would for the Kings sake hee |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.98 | One that goes with him. I love him for his sake, | One that goes with him: I loue him for his sake, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.40 | friends for my wife's sake. | friends for my wiues sake. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.89 | I'll never do you wrong, for your own sake. | Ile neuer do you wrong for your owne sake: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.230 | I would it were hell-pains for thy sake, and my | I would it were hell paines for thy sake, and my |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.62 | Ay, madam, and for the contents' sake are | I Madam, and for the Contents sake are |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iii.5 | We'll strive to bear it for your worthy sake | Wee'l striue to beare it for your worthy sake, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.55 | If for the sake of merit thou wilt hear me, | If for the sake of Merit thou wilt heare mee, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.166 | you for your own sake to embrace your own safety, and | you for your owne sake to embrace your own safetie, and |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.270 | And pity her for her good father's sake; | And pittie her, for her good Fathers sake; |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.34 | No, faith, hate him not, for my sake. | No faith, hate him not for my sake. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.65 | Ay, Celia, we stayed her for your sake, | I Celia, we staid her for your sake, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.49 | ‘Wear these for my sake.' We that are true lovers run | weare these for my sake: wee that are true Louers, runne |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.73 | And wish, for her sake more than for mine own, | And wish for her sake more then for mine owne, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vi.8 | nearer death than thy powers. (Raising him) For my sake | neerer death, then thy powers. / For my sake |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.248 | And so had I; but yet, for fashion sake, I thank | And so had I: but yet for fashion sake / I thanke |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.122 | And for the sake of them thou sorrowest for, | And for the sake of them thou sorrowest for, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.93 | What mean you, sir? For God's sake hold your hands. | What meane you sir, for God sake hold your hands: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.77 | For God's sake send some other messenger. | For Gods sake send some other messenger. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.24 | Hold, sir, for God's sake; now your jest is earnest. | Hold sir, for Gods sake, now your iest is earnest, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.57.2 | Can you tell for whose sake? | Can you tell for whose sake? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.6 | Then for her wealth's sake use her with more kindness; | Then for her wealths-sake vse her with more kindnesse: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.33 | Hold, hurt him not, for God's sake; he is mad. | Hold, hurt him not for God sake, he is mad, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.36 | Run, master, run! For God's sake take a house. | Runne master run, for Gods sake take a house, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.136 | For my wounds' sake to give their suffrage. Please you | For my Wounds sake, to giue their sufferage: / Please you |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.32 | return for conscience' sake to help to get thee a wife. | returne for Conscience sake, to helpe to get thee a Wife. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.86 | Take this along. I writ it for thy sake | Take this along, I writ it for thy sake, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.52 | I still win of you. For my sake wear this, | I still winne of you. For my sake weare this, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.25 | Though light, take pieces for the figure's sake: | Though light, take Peeces for the figures sake, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.153 | true prince may – for recreation sake – prove a false | true Prince, may (for recreation sake) proue a false |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.160 | And for his sake wear the detested blot | And for his sake, wore the detested blot |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.71 | dreamest not of, the which for sport sake are content to | dream'st not of, the which (for sport sake) are content to |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.73 | should be looked into, for their own credit sake make all | should bee look'd into) for their owne Credit sake, make all |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.386 | For God's sake, lords, convey my tristful Queen, | For Gods sake Lords, conuey my trustfull Queen, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.29 | For God's sake, cousin, stay till all come in. | For Gods sake, Cousin, stay till all come in. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.65 | We were enforced for safety sake to fly | We were infor'd for safety sake, to flye |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.15 | Our duty this way lies: for God's sake, come. | Our duty this way lies, for heauens sake come. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.9 | O, yet, for God's sake, go not to these wars! | Oh yet, for heauens sake, go not to these Warrs; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.173 | For God's sake, be quiet. | I pray be quiet. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.183 | For God's sake, thrust him downstairs; I cannot | Thrust him downe stayres, I cannot |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.60 | Yea, for my sake, even to the eyes of Richard | Yea, for my sake, euen to the eyes of Richard |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.224 | dame's sake stand my friend. She has nobody to do | Dames sake, stand my friend: shee hath no body to doe |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.133 | dance for your sake, Kate, why, you undid me. For the | Dance for your sake, Kate, why you vndid me: for the |
| Henry V | H5 Epil.chorus.13 | Which oft our stage hath shown; and, for their sake, | Which oft our Stage hath showne; and for their sake, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.51 | Therefore, good uncle, for my father's sake, | Therefore good Vnckle, for my Fathers sake, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.53 | And for alliance' sake, declare the cause | And for Alliance sake, declare the cause |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.63 | That will not trust thee but for profit's sake? | That will not trust thee, but for profits sake? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.89 | For God's sake, let him have them; to keep them here, | For Gods sake let him haue him, to keepe them here, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.19 | And for thy sake have I shed many a tear. | And for thy sake haue I shed many a teare: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.29 | Had been a little ratsbane for thy sake. | Had bin a little Rats-bane for thy sake. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.211 | Alas, my lord, I cannot fight; for God's sake, | Alas, my Lord, I cannot fight; for Gods sake |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.148 | sake, Henry the Fifth, in whose time boys went to span-counter | sake Henry the fift, (in whose time, boyes went to Span-counter |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.40 | Thou hast one son; for his sake pity me, | Thou hast one Sonne, for his sake pitty me, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.109 | That is my office, for my father's sake. | That is my Office, for my Fathers sake. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.100 | For God's sake, lords, give signal to the fight. | For Gods sake Lords giue signall to the fight. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.228 | I'll wear the willow garland for his sake. | I weare the Willow Garland for his sake. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.100 | I'll wear the willow garland for his sake.’ | Ile weare the Willow Garland for his sake. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.29 | For God's sake, take away this captive scold. | For Gods sake, take away this Captiue Scold. |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.23 | Therefore, for goodness' sake, and as you are known | Therefore, for Goodnesse sake, and as you are knowne |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.47 | If you speak truth, for their poor mistress' sake. | If you speake truth, for their poore Mistris sake; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.77 | For her sake that I have been – for I feel | For her sake that I haue beene, for I feele |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.110 | Take heed, for heaven's sake take heed, lest at once | Take heed, for heauens sake take heed, least at once |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.159 | For goodness' sake, consider what you do, | For Goodnesse sake, consider what you do, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.397 | For truth's sake, and his conscience, that his bones, | For Truths-sake, and his Conscience; that his bones, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.137 | To love her for her mother's sake, that loved him, | To loue her for her Mothers sake, that lou'd him, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.57 | And, for my sake, stay here with Antony. | And (for my sake) stay heere with Antony: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.66 | For Brutus' sake, I am beholding to you. | For Brutus sake, I am beholding to you. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.67.2 | He says, for Brutus' sake | He sayes, for Brutus sake |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.19 | Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake? | Did not great Iulius bleede for Iustice sake? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.31 | Forsake your loving parents in distress. | For sake your louing parents in distresse. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.3 | Not for his sake, my gracious lord, so much | Not for his sake my gratious Lord so much, |
| King John | KJ II.i.91 | England we love, and for that England's sake | England we loue, and for that Englands sake, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.77 | For heaven sake, Hubert, let me not be bound! | For heauen sake Hubert let me not be bound: |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.41 | Then prithee get thee away. If for my sake | Get thee away: If for my sake |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.238 | The one the other poisoned for my sake | The one the other poison'd for my sake, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.235 | An you give him for my sake but one loving kiss. | And you giue him for my sake, but one louing Kisse. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.32 | When, for fame's sake, for praise, an outward part, | When for Fames sake, for praise an outward part, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.37 | Only for praise' sake, when they strive to be | Onely for praise sake, when they striue to be |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.132 | Did never sonnet for her sake compile, | Did neuer Sonnet for her sake compile; |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.333 | For wisdom's sake, a word that all men love, | For Wisedomes sake, a word that all men loue: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.334 | Or for love's sake, a word that loves all men, | Or for Loues sake, a word that loues all men. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.335 | Or for men's sake, the authors of these women, | Or for Mens sake, the author of these Women: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.336 | Or women's sake, by whom we men are men – | Or Womens sake, by whom we men are Men. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.10 | enough for God's sake, yet could not equivocate to | enough for Gods sake, yet could not equiuocate to |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.230 | on her own lamentation, which she yet wears for his sake, | on her owne lamentation, which she yet weares for his sake: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.18 | in our trade, and are now ‘ for the Lord's sake.’ | in our Trade, and are now for the Lords sake. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.400 | For Mariana's sake, but as he adjudged your brother, | For Mariana's sake: But as he adiudg'd your Brother, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.487 | If he be like your brother, for his sake | If he be like your brother, for his sake |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.488 | Is he pardoned, and, for your lovely sake, | Is he pardon'd, and for your louelie sake |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.185 | To have it of my trust or for my sake. | To haue it of my trust, or for my sake. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.34 | It will be for his gentle daughter's sake; | It will be for his gentle daughters sake; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.39 | Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio, | Slubber not businesse for my sake Bassanio, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.376 | A halter gratis! Nothing else, for God's sake! | A halter gratis, nothing else for Gods sake. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.423 | Give me your gloves, I'll wear them for your sake. | Giue me your gloues, Ile weare them for your sake, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.241 | were young for your sake, Mistress Anne! | were yong for your sake, Mistris Anne. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.40 | Pless you from his mercy sake, all of you! | 'Plesse you from his mercy-sake, all of you. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.113 | In good sadness, sir, I am sorry that for my sake | In good sadnesse Sir, I am sorry, that for my sake |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.136 | And for her sake do I rear up her boy; | And for her sake I doe reare vp her boy, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.137 | And for her sake I will not part with him. | And for her sake I will not part with him. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.35 | Love and languish for his sake. | Loue and languish for his sake. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.49 | Nay, good Lysander, for my sake, my dear, | Nay good Lysander, for my sake my deere |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.109 | And run through fire I will for thy sweet sake! | And run through fire I will for thy sweet sake. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.68 | O, once tell true – tell true, even for my sake. | Oh, once tell true, euen for my sake, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.89 | So would not I, for your own sake; for I have | So would not I for your owne sake, for I haue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.312 | surely! O that I were a man for his sake, or that I had | surelie, O that I were a man for his sake! or that I had |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.313 | any friend would be a man for my sake! But manhood | any friend would be a man for my sake! But manhood |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.299 | sake. Pray you, examine him upon that point. | sake: praie you examine him vpon that point. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.64 | heart! If you spite it for my sake, I will spite it for yours; | heart, if you spight it for my sake, I will spight it for yours, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.193 | I would keep from thee. For your sake, jewel, | I would keepe from thee. For your sake (Iewell) |
| Othello | Oth II.i.173 | lips? Would they were clyster-pipes for your sake! | lippes? Would they were Cluster-pipes for your sake. |
| Othello | Oth III.i.13 | love's sake, to make no more noise with it. | loues sake to make no more noise with it. |
| Othello | Oth V.i.50.1 | Here, here: for heaven's sake help me! | Heere, heere: for heauen sake helpe me. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.140 | And for his sake I wish the having of it, | And for his sake, I wish the hauing of it; |
| Pericles | Per III.i.21 | A little daughter; for the sake of it, | A litle Daughter: for the sake of it, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.76 | Uncle, for God's sake speak comfortable words. | Vncle, for heauens sake speake comfortable words: |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.37 | For God's sake, fairly let her be intreated. | For Heauens sake fairely let her be entreated, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.155 | For God's sake let us sit upon the ground | For Heauens sake let vs sit vpon the ground, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.73 | What ho, my liege, for God's sake let me in! | What hoa (my Liege) for heauens sake let me in. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.50 | Foul devil, for God's sake hence, and trouble us not, | Foule Diuell, / For Gods sake hence, and trouble vs not, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.145 | Would it were mortal poison for thy sake! | Would it were mortall poyson, for thy sake. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.4 | Therefore for God's sake entertain good comfort | Therefore for Gods sake entertaine good comfort, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.68 | For Edward's sake, and see how he requits me! | For Edwards sake, and see how he requits mee. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.214 | Alas! For whose sake did I that ill deed? | Alas! for whose sake did I that ill deede? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.215 | For Edward, for my brother, for his sake. | For Edward, for my Brother, for his sake. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.147 | For God sake let not us two stay at home; | For God sake let not vs two stay at home: |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.165 | He for his father's sake so loves the Prince | He for his fathers sake so loues the Prince, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.282 | Her uncle Rivers; yea, and for her sake, | Her Vnckle Riuers, I (and for her sake) |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.151 | Arm, fight, and conquer, for fair England's sake! | Arme, fight, and conquer, for faire Englands sake. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.105 | Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake. | Saints do not moue, / Though grant for prayers sake. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.90 | For Juliet's sake, for her sake, rise and stand! | For Iuliets sake, for her sake rise and stand: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.136 | For whose dear sake thou wast but lately dead. | For whose deare sake thou wast but lately dead. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.1 | For God's sake, a pot of small ale. | For Gods sake a pot of small Ale. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.238 | But, sirrah, not for my sake but your master's, I advise | But sirra, not for my sake, but your masters, I aduise |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.61 | Y'are welcome, sir, and he for your good sake. | Y'are welcome sir, and he for your good sake. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.70 | I know him well. You are welcome for his sake. | I know him well: you are welcome for his sake. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.147 | All for my master's sake, Lucentio. | All for my Masters sake Lucentio. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.104 | This favour will I do you for his sake – | This fauor wil I do you for his sake, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.34 | Sweet Kate, embrace her for her beauty's sake. | Sweete Kate embrace her for her beauties sake. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.118 | Then pardon him, sweet father, for my sake. | Then pardon him sweete Father for my sake. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.66 | To make me slave to it; and for your sake | To make me slaue to it, and for your sake |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.24 | 'Had sent to me first, but for my mind's sake; | Had sent to me first, but for my mindes sake: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.24 | Wherever we shall meet, for Timon's sake, | Where euer we shall meete, for Timons sake, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.ii.13.1 | In part for his sake moved. | In part for his sake mou'd. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.485 | Marcus, for thy sake, and thy brother's here, | Marcus, / For thy sake and thy brothers heere, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.158 | O, let me teach thee for my father's sake, | Oh let me teach thee for my Fathers sake, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.162 | Even for his sake am I pitiless. | Euen for his sake am I pittilesse: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.181 | And for our father's sake and mother's care, | And for our fathers sake, and mothers care, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.36 | Will hold thee dearly for thy mother's sake.’ | Will hold thee dearely for thy Mothers sake. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.110 | But for your health and your digestion sake, | But for your health, and your digestion sake; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.167 | Things small as nothing, for request's sake only, | Things small as nothing, for requests sake onely |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.49 | Why then, for Venus' sake, give me a kiss – | Why then for Venus sake, giue me a kisse: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.35 | What we took from them, which, for traffic's sake, | What we tooke from them, which for Traffiques sake |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.289 | with you for's oath's sake. Marry, he hath better | with you for's oath sake: marrie hee hath better |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.298 | sake, have one bout with you, he cannot by the duello | sake haue one bowt with you: he cannot by the Duello |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.80 | All his in dedication. For his sake | All his in dedication. For his sake, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.123 | And when it's writ, for my sake read it over; | And when it's writ: for my sake read it ouer, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.ii.5 | Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. | Keepe this remembrance for thy Iulia's sake. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.ii.10 | Wherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake, | Wherein I sigh not (Iulia) for thy sake, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.17 | Thus, for my duty's sake, I rather chose | Thus (for my duties sake) I rather chose |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.63 | And, for your friend's sake, will be glad of you – | And (for your friends sake) will be glad of you; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.23.2 | Ay, Silvia – for your sake. | I, Siluia, for your sake. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.174 | For thy sweet mistress' sake, because thou lovest her. | For thy sweet Mistris sake, because thou lou'st her. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.199 | I'll use thee kindly for thy mistress' sake, | Ile vse thee kindly, for thy Mistris sake |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.47 | For whose dear sake thou didst then rend thy faith | For whose deare sake, thou didst then rend thy faith |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.70 | But count the world a stranger for thy sake. | But count the world a stranger for thy sake: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.150 | I now beseech you, for your daughter's sake, | I now beseech you (for your daughters sake) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.25 | For pity's sake and true gentility's, | For pitties sake and true gentilities, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.26.2 | For your mother's sake, | For your Mothers sake, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.30 | The honour of your bed, and for the sake | The honour of your Bed, and for the sake |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.39 | What man to man may do – for our sake, more, | What man to man may doe for our sake more, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.110 | For honour's sake, and safety, presently | For honours sake, and safely presently |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.251 | For heaven's sake, save their lives and banish 'em. | For heavens sake save their lives, and banish 'em. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.2 | And bleed to death for my sake else; I'll choose, | And bleed to death for my sake else; Ile choose, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.69 | So neither for my sake should fall untimely. | So neither for my sake should fall untimely |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.337 | Even for your son's sake, and thereby for sealing | Euen for your Sonnes sake, and thereby for sealing |