| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.173 | Seared otherwise, ne worse of worst, extended | Seard otherwise, ne worse of worst extended |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.67 | follow worse till the worst of all follow him laughing to | follow worse, till the worst of all follow him laughing to |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.95.2 | Well, what worst? | Well, what worst. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.274 | The worst fault you have is to be in love. | The worst fault you haue, is to be in loue. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.157 | Thou rascal, that art worst in blood to run, | Thou Rascall, that art worst in blood to run, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.334.1 | Or what is worst will follow. | Or what is worst will follow. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.101 | it not from another. Let your general do his worst. For | it not from another: Let your Generall do his worst. For |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.153 | But the worst of me. So, I leave you, sir, | But the worst of me. So I leaue your Sir, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.154.1 | To th' worst of discontent. | To'th'worst of discontent. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.246 | wards, and dungeons, Denmark being one o'th' worst. | Wards, and Dungeons; Denmarke being one o'th'worst. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.38 | Whose worst was that the noble Mortimer – | Whose worst was, That the Noble Mortimer, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.127 | That's the worst tidings that I hear of yet. | That's the worst Tidings that I heare of yet. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.35 | And to prevent the worst, Sir Michael, speed. | And to preuent the worst, Sir Michell speed; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.76 | to beg than to be on the worst side, were it worse than | to begge, then to be on the worst side, were it worse then |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.108 | Past and to come seems best; things present, worst. | "Past, and to Come, seemes best; things Present, worst. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.62 | with mine own ears. The worst that they can say of me | with mine owne eares: the worst that they can say of me |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.161 | Therefore thou best of gold art worst of gold. | Therefore, thou best of Gold, art worst of Gold. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.16 | Of him, the worst of these three gentlemen! | Of him, the worst of these three Gentlemen: |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.5 | Defy us to our worst; for, as I am a soldier, | Defie vs to our worst: for as I am a Souldier, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.229 | my face. Thou hast me, if thou hast me, at the worst; | my Face. Thou hast me, if thou hast me, at the worst; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.66 | Is that the worst this letter doth contain? | Is that the worst this Letter doth containe? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.67 | It is the worst, and all, my lord, he writes. | It is the worst, and all (my Lord) he writes. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.83 | The very train of her worst wearing gown | The very trayne of her worst wearing Gowne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.127 | Yet am I armed against the worst can happen; | Yet am I arm'd against the worst can happen: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.96 | Therefore, Lord Oxford, to prevent the worst, | Therefore, Lord Oxford, to preuent the worst, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.29 | Equal in lustre, were now best, now worst, | Equall in lustre, were now best, now worst |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.83 | Not ours, or not allowed; what worst, as oft | Not ours, or not allow'd; what worst, as oft |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.25 | I would be all, against the worst may happen. | (I would be all) against the worst may happen: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.307 | I dare your worst objections. If I blush, | I dare your worst Obiections: If I blush, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.391.2 | The heaviest, and the worst, | The heauiest, and the worst, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.78 | I cry your honour mercy; you may worst | I cry your Honour mercie; you may worst |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.105 | When thou didst hate him worst, thou lovedst him better | When thou did'st hate him worst, yu loued'st him better |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.96 | Let's reason with the worst that may befall. | Let's reason with the worst that may befall. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.450 | That poison shows worst in a golden cup; | That poyson shewes worst in a golden cup, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.29 | We cannot tell; 'tis good to fear the worst. | We cannot tell, tis good to feare the worst. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.57 | And, in the worst, ends but a mortal man. | and in the worst ends but a mortall man, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.135 | But if you be afeard to hear the worst, | But if you be a-feard to heare the worst, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.136 | Then let the worst unheard fall on your bead. | Then let the worst vn-heard, fall on your head. |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.27 | Return and tell him so. We know the worst. | Returne,and tell him so: we know the worst. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.252 | When others are more wicked. Not being the worst | When others are more wicked, not being the worst |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.2 | Than still contemned and flattered. To be worst, | Then still contemn'd and flatter'd, to be worst: |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.6 | The worst returns to laughter. Welcome, then, | The worst returnes to laughter. Welcome then, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.8 | The wretch that thou hast blown unto the worst | The Wretch that thou hast blowne vnto the worst, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.25 | O gods! Who is't can say ‘ I am at the worst ’? | O Gods! Who is't can say I am at the worst? |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.27 | And worse I may be yet. The worst is not, | And worse I may be yet: the worst is not, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.28 | So long as we can say ‘ This is the worst.’ | So long as we can say this is the worst. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.138 | squiny at me? No, do thy worst, blind Cupid; I'll not | squiny at me? No, doe thy worst blinde Cupid, Ile not |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.4 | Who with best meaning have incurred the worst. | Who with best meaning haue incurr'd the worst: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.207 | Who, having seen me in my worst estate, | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.269 | Ay, the best for the worst. But, sirrah, what say you | I the best, for the worst. But sirra, What say you |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.191 | Nay, to be perjured, which is worst of all; | Nay, to be periurde, which is worst of all: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.192 | And among three to love the worst of all – | And among three, to loue the worst of all, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.102 | Not i'the worst rank of manhood, say't, | Not i'th' worst ranke of Manhood, say't, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.24 | Treason has done his worst. Nor steel, nor poison, | Treason ha's done his worst: nor Steele, nor Poyson, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.134 | By the worst means the worst. For mine own good | By the worst meanes, the worst, for mine owne good, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.24 | Things at the worst will cease or else climb upward | Things at the worst will cease, or else climbe vpward, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.149 | worst thing about him. Good, then; if his face be the | worst thing about him: good then: if his face be the |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.150 | worst thing about him, how could Master Froth do the | worst thing about him, how could Master Froth doe the |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.129 | The pendent world; or to be worse than worst | The pendant world: or to be worse then worst |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.84 | worst he is little better than a beast. An the worst fall | worst, he is little better then a beast: and the worst fall |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.89 | Therefore, for fear of the worst, I pray thee set a | Therefore for feare of the worst, I pray thee set a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.12 | nor no breed-bate. His worst fault is that he is given to | nor no breede-bate: his worst fault is, that he is giuen to |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.63 | The worst that may befall me in this case | The worst that may befall me in this case, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.209 | worst are no worse, if imagination amend them. | worst are no worse, if imagination amend them. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.201 | By seeing the worst which late on hopes depended. | By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.141 | O heavy ignorance! Thou praisest the worst | Oh heauy ignorance: thou praisest the worst |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.131 | As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts | As thou dost ruminate, and giue thy worst of thoughts |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.132.1 | The worst of words. | The worst of words. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.276.1 | That stroke would prove the worst! | That stroke would proue the worst. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.158 | Do thy worst: | Do thy wotst: |
| Pericles | Per II.v.31 | The worst of all her scholars, my good lord. | The worst of all her schollers (my good Lord.) |
| Pericles | Per III.i.40 | It hath done to me the worst. Yet for the love | It hath done to me the worst: yet for the loue |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.21.1 | Do like this worst. | doe like this worst. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.107 | Even in condition of the worst degree, | Euen in Condition of the worst degree, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.94 | The worst is worldly loss thou canst unfold. | The worst is worldly losse, thou canst vnfold: |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.103 | The worst is death, and death will have his day. | The worst is Death, and Death will haue his day. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.139 | Have felt the worst of death's destroying wound, | Haue felt the worst of Deaths destroying hand, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.199 | To lengthen out the worst that must be spoken. | To lengthen out the worst, that must be spoken. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.115 | Worst in this royal presence may I speak, | Worst in this Royall Presence may I speake, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.31 | Come, come, we fear the worst. All shall be well. | Come, come, we feare the worst: all will be well. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.122 | Yea, is the worst well? Very well took, i'faith, | Yea is the worst well, / Very well tooke: Ifaith, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.14 | And then I know after who comes by the worst. | And then I know after who comes by the worst. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.35 | Then had not Grumio come by the worst. | then had not Grumio come by the worst. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.128 | A title for a maid of all titles the worst. | A title for a maide, of all titles the worst. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.105 | And think it not the worst of all your fortunes | And thinke it not the worst of all your fortunes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.60 | The worst is this, that at so slender warning | The worst is this that at so slender warning, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.150 | Faith, for the worst is filthy, and would not | Faith for the worst is filthy, and would not |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.32 | The worst that man can breathe, | The worst that man can breath, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.117 | 'Tis honour with worst lands to be at odds; | 'Tis Honour with most Lands to be at ods, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.39 | When man's worst sin is he does too much good. | When mans worst sinne is, He do's too much Good. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.248 | Worse than the worst, content. | Worse then the worst, Content. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.276 | If thou hadst not been born the worst of men, | If thou hadst not bene borne the worst of men, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.176 | And let him take't at worst. For their knives care not, | And let him tak't at worst: For their Kniues care not, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.17 | To th' bottom of the worst. Let Helen go: | To'th'bottome of the worst. Let Helen go, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.71 | to fear the worst oft cures the worst. | to feare the worst, oft cures the worse. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.94 | to Cressid as what envy can say worst shall be a mock | to Cressid, as what enuie can say worst, shall be a mocke |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.98 | Wert thou the devil, and wor'st it on thy horn, | Wert thou the diuell, and wor'st it on thy horne, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.72 | 'Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst! | 'Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.18 | The worst is death; I will not leave the kingdom. | The worst is death; I will not leave the Kingdome, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.71 | Thou worest that day the three kings fell, but lighter. | Thou wor'st that day the 3. Kings fell, but lighter. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.10 | Have at the worst can come, then! Now, what say ye? | Have at the worst can come, then; Now what say ye? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.61.1 | A man, the worst about you. | A man, the worst about you. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.177 | To taste of thy most worst? Thy tyranny, | To taste of thy most worst. Thy Tyranny |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.335 | hath danced before the King; and not the worst of the | hath danc'd before the King: and not the worst of the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.632 | on his side be the worst, yet hold thee, there's some | (on his side) be the worst, yet hold thee, there's some |