| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.185 | The state of your affection, for your passions | The state of your affection, for your passions |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.12 | May not fly forth of Egypt. Hast thou affections? | May not flye forth of Egypt. Hast thou Affections? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.17 | Yet have I fierce affections, and think | Yet haue I fierce Affections, and thinke |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.128 | Antony will use his affection where it is. He married but | Anthony will vse his affection where it is. Hee married but |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.67 | My sword, made weak by my affection, would | My Sword, made weake by my affection, would |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.7 | The itch of his affection should not then | The itch of his Affection should not then |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.19 | I will render thee again in affection, by mine | I will render thee againe in affection: by mine |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.21 | Come, come, wrestle with thy affections. | Come, come, wrastle with thy affections. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.192 | cannot be sounded: my affection hath an unknown | cannot bee sounded: my affection hath an vnknowne |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.195 | affection in, it runs out. | affection in, in runs out. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.94 | Do their gay vestments his affections bait? | Doe their gay vestments his affections baite? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.51 | Strayed his affection in unlawful love, | Stray'd his affection in vnlawfull loue, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.102 | Unto the appetite and affection common | Vnto the appetite; and affection common |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.175 | Deserves your hate; and your affections are | Deserues your Hate: and your Affections are |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.230 | By your own true affections, and that your minds, | by your owne true affections, and that / Your Minds |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.24 | The grandchild to her blood. But out, affection! | The Grandchilde to her blood. But out affection, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.13 | The pangs of barred affections, though the king | The pangs of barr'd Affections, though the King |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.138 | And will continue fast to your affection, | And will continue fast to your Affection, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.34 | And keep you in the rear of your affection, | And keepe within the reare of your Affection; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.100 | Of his affection to me. | Of his affection to me. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.101 | Affection? Pooh! You speak like a green girl, | Affection, puh. You speake like a greene Girle, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.163 | Love? His affections do not that way tend; | Loue? His affections do not that way tend, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.19 | Who, dipping all his faults in their affection, | Who dipping all his Faults in their affection, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.30 | At thy affections, which do hold a wing | At thy affections, which doe hold a Wing |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.29 | In diet, in affections of delight, | In Diet, in Affections of delight, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.22 | Thou hast a better place in his affection | Thou hast a better place in his Affection, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.65 | O, with what wings shall his affections fly | Oh, with what Wings shall his Affections flye |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.173 | Did with the least affection of a welcome | Did, with the least Affection of a Welcome, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.124 | For in his tomb lie my affections; | (For in his Tombe, lye my Affections) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.16 | It shows my earnestness of affection – | It shewes my earnestnesse in affection. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.104 | affections are higher mounted than ours, yet when they | affections are higher mounted then ours, yet when they |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.24 | it, nor your affections, and your appetites, and your | it, nor your affections, and your appetites and your |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.47 | Bear her this jewel, pledge of my affection. | Beare her this Iewell, pledge of my affection. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.129 | Have I with all my full affections | Haue I, with all my full Affections |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.35 | My King is tangled in affection to | My King is tangled in affection, to |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.20 | I have not known when his affections swayed | I haue not knowne, when his Affections sway'd |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.203 | Do stand but in a forced affection; | Do stand but in a forc'd affection: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.134 | Her beauty hath no match but my affection; | Her bewtie hath no match but my affection, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.183 | That never base affections enter there. | That neuer base affections enter there, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.51 | As well can master our affections | Aswell can master our affections, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.41 | And great affections wrestling in thy bosom | And great affections wrastlingin thy bosome |
| King Lear | KL I.i.220 | That monsters it; or your fore-vouched affection | That monsters it: Or your fore-voucht affection |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.87 | life for him that he hath writ this to feel my affection to | my life for him, that he hath writ this to feele my affection to |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.58 | with that ceremonious affection as you were wont. | with that Ceremonious affection as you were wont, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.268 | Your – wife, so I would say – affectionate servant, | Your (Wife, so I would say) affectionate Seruant. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.9 | That war against your own affections | That warre against your owne affections, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.59 | affection would deliver me from the reprobate thought | affection, would deliuer mee from the reprobate thought |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.288 | Have at you then, affection's men-at-arms! | Haue at you then affections men at armes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.4 | without scurrility, witty without affection, audacious | without scurrillity, witty without affection, audacious |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.83 | affection to congratulate the Princess at her pavilion in | affection, to congratulate the Princesse at her Pauilion, in |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.407 | Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affection, | Three-pil'd Hyperboles, spruce affection; |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.77 | In my most ill-composed affection such | In my most ill-composd Affection, such |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.48.1 | By vain though apt affection. | By vaine, though apt affection. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.10 | That, in the working of your own affections, | That in the working of your owne affections, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.168 | Or, by the affection that now guides me most, | Or by the affection that now guides me most, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.37 | Thou hast neither heat, affection, limb, nor beauty | Thou hast neither heate, affection, limbe, nor beautie |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.111 | Yes. Has he affections in him | Yes. Has he affections in him, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.241 | of her first affection. His unjust unkindness, that | of her first affection: his vniust vnkindenesse (that |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.16 | The better part of my affections would | The better part of my affections, would |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.32 | your affection towards any of these princely suitors that | your affection towards any of these Princely suters that |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.36 | level at my affection. | leuell at my affection. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.22.1 | For my affection. | For my affection. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.48 | And with affection wondrous sensible | And with affection wondrous sencible |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.54 | Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? | Iew hands, organs, dementions, sences, affections, passions, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.50 | Cannot contain their urine; for affection, | Cannot containe their Vrine for affection. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.87 | And his affections dark as Erebus. | And his affections darke as Erobus, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.211 | But can you affection the 'oman? Let us command | But can you affection the 'o-man, let vs command |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.230 | affection that I should win what you would enjoy? | affection that I should win what you would enioy? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.10 | Who mutually hath answered my affection, | Who, mutually, hath answer'd my affection, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.197 | O that my prayers could such affection move! | O that my prayers could such affection mooue. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.230 | And tender me forsooth affection, | And tender me (forsooth) affection, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.153 | I heard him swear his affection. | I heard him sweare his affection, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.339 | and the Lady Beatrice into a mountain of affection, | and the Lady Beatrice into a mountaine of affection, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.6 | and whatsoever comes athwart his affection ranges | and whatsoeuer comes athwart his affection, ranges |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.102 | think of it; but that she loves him with an enraged affection, | thinke of it, but that she loues him with an inraged affection, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.117 | against all assaults of affection. | against all assaults of affection. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.125 | Hath she made her affection known to | Hath shee made her affection known to |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.218 | affections have their full bent. Love me? Why it must | affections haue the full bent: loue me? why it must |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.222 | sign of affection. I did never think to marry. I must not | signe of affection: I did neuer thinke to marry, I must not |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.42 | To wish him wrestle with affection, | To wish him wrastle with affection, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.55 | Nor take no shape nor project of affection, | Nor take no shape nor proiect of affection, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.90 | Containing her affection unto Benedick. | Containing her affection vnto Benedicke. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.36 | Preferment goes by letter and affection, | Preferment goes by Letter, and affection, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.112 | Subdue and poison this young maid's affections? | Subdue, and poyson this yong Maides affections? |
| Othello | Oth II.i.234 | and most hidden loose affection. Why, none; why, none | and most hidden loose Affection? Why none, why none: |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.97 | I think it is. And doth affection breed it? | I thinke it is: and doth Affection breed it? |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.99 | It is so too. And have not we affections, | It is so too. And haue not we Affections? |
| Pericles | Per II.v.78 | Bestow your love and your affections | Bestow your loue and your affections, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.126 | I, measuring his affections by my own, | I measuring his affections by my owne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.147 | But he, his own affections' counsellor, | But he his owne affections counseller, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.2 | And young affection gapes to be his heir. | And yong affection gapes to be his Heire, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.12 | Had she affections and warm youthful blood, | Had she affections and warme youthfull blood, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.177 | Affection makes him false. He speaks not true. | Affection makes him false, he speakes not true: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.157 | Affection is not rated from the heart. | Affection is not rated from the heart: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.72 | Affection's edge in me, were she as rough | Affections edge in me. Were she is as rough |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.74 | C fa ut, that loves with all affection – | Cfavt, that loues with all affection: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.23 | Of your entire affection to Bianca, | Of your entire affection to Bianca, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.42 | Or both dissemble deeply their affections. | Or both dissemble deepely their affections: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.449 | And your affection not gone forth, I'll make you | And your affection not gone forth, Ile make you |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.482.2 | My affections | My affections |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.75 | Of two most rare affections. Heavens rain grace | Of two most rare affections: heauens raine grace |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.18 | That if you now beheld them your affections | That if you now beheld them, your affections |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.217 | friend's affection with mine own. I'll tell you true, I'll | Friends affection with mine owne: Ile tell you true, Ile |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.178 | Of nature be corrupted through affection, | Of Nature be corrupted through affection, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.66 | himself most affectionately to you – | himselfe most affectionately to you. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.6 | If I could temporize with my affection, | If I could temporise with my affection, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.37 | Hath killed the flock of all affections else | Hath kill'd the flocke of all affections else |
| 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.iv.37 | Or thy affection cannot hold the bent. | Or thy affection cannot hold the bent: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.3 | Were't not affection chains thy tender days | Wer't not affection chaines thy tender dayes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.80 | I would you were set, so your affection would | I would you were set, so your affection would |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.85 | Thy force and thy affection; soldieress, | Thy force, and thy affection: Soldiresse |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.229 | Thou being but mortal makest affections bend | Thou being but mortall makest affections bend |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.9 | Those best affections that the heavens infuse | Those best affections, that the heavens infuse |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.72 | But was her pattern; her affections – pretty, | But was her patterne, her affections (pretty |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.243 | Am not I liable to those affections, | Am not I liable to those affections, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.266 | What 'twere to filch affection from another! | What tw'er to filch affection from another: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.51 | With all the justice of affection | With all the justice of affection |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.269 | The honour of affection and die for her, | The honour of affection, and dye for her, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.23 | and there rooted betwixt them then such an affection, | and there rooted betwixt them then such an affection, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.138 | Affection, thy intention stabs the centre. | Affection? thy Intention stabs the Center. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.376.1 | This shows a sound affection. | This shewes a sound affection. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.478.1 | Am heir to my affection. | Am heyre to my affection. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.219 | Than I do now. With thought of such affections | Then I doe now: with thought of such Affections, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.36 | of the mother; the affection of nobleness which | of the Mother: the Affection of Noblenesse, which |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.100 | of answer. Thither with all greediness of affection are | of answer. Thither (with all greedinesse of affection) are |