| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.63 | And palter in the shifts of lowness, who | And palter in the shifts of lownes, who |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.130 | A haltered neck which does the hangman thank | A halter'd necke, which do's the Hangman thanke, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.7 | How now, sir. Is your merry humour altered? | How now sir, is your merrie humor alter'd? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.58 | The people are abused. Set on. This paltering | The People are abus'd: set on, this paltring |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.22 | Thy tears are salter than a younger man's | Thy teares are salter then a yonger mans, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.151 | Here's a strange alteration! | Heere's a strange alteration? |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.9 | Is't possible that so short a time can alter the | Is't possible, that so short a time can alter the |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.48 | The trumpets, sackbuts, psalteries, and fifes, | The Trumpets, Sack-buts, Psalteries, and Fifes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.365 | Hath altered that good picture? What's thy interest | Hath alter'd that good Picture? What's thy interest |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.1.2 | Westmorland, Sir Walter Blunt, with others | Westmerland, with others. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.63 | Sir Walter Blunt, new lighted from his horse, | Sir Walter Blunt, new lighted from his Horse, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.69 | Balked in their own blood, did Sir Walter see | Balk'd in their owne blood did Sir Walter see |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.1.2 | Sir Walter Blunt, with others | Sir Walter Blunt, and others. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.318 | No, if rightly taken, halter. | No, if rightly taken, Halter. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.484 | as soon be strangled with a halter as another. | as soone be strangled with a Halter, as another. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.112.1 | I'll not have it altered. | Ile not haue it alter'd. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.30.2 | Enter Sir Walter Blunt | Enter Sir Walter Blunt. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.32 | Welcome, Sir Walter Blunt: and would to God | Welcome, Sir Walter Blunt: / And would to God |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.107 | Not so, Sir Walter. We'll withdraw awhile. | Not so, Sir Walter. / Wee'le with-draw a while: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.1.2 | of Lancaster, Sir Walter Blunt, Falstaff | of Lancaster, Earle of Westmerland, Sir Walter Blunt, and Falstaffe. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.2.1 | Then enter Douglas, and Sir Walter Blunt, disguised | Then enter Dowglas, and Sir Walter Blunt. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.32 | Soft! Who are you? Sir Walter Blunt – there's honour | Soft who are you? Sir Walter Blunt, there's Honour |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.59 | such grinning honour as Sir Walter hath. Give me life, | such grinning honour as Sir Walter hath: Giue mee life, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.52 | And changes fill the cup of alteration | And Changes fill the Cuppe of Alteration |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.14 | He altered much upon hearing it. | Hee alter'd much, vpon the hearing it. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.87 | Augment, or alter, as your wisdoms best | Augment, or alter, as your Wisdomes best |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.54 | Pretend some alteration in good will? | Pretend some alteration in good will? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.5 | The strangeness of his altered countenance? | The strangenesse of his alter'd Countenance? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.1.2 | Lieutenant, a Master, a Master's Mate, Walter | Lieutenant, Suffolke, and others. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.14 | The other, Walter Whitmore, is thy share. | The other Walter Whitmore is thy share. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.31 | And so am I; my name is Walter Whitmore. | And so am I: my name is Walter Whitmore. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.38 | Gaultier or Walter, which it is I care not. | Gualtier or Walter, which it is I care not, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.116 | Walter! | Water: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.144 | Enter Walter Whitmore with the body of Suffolk | Enter Walter with the body. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.145 | Exit | Exit Walter. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.10.1 | Enter multitudes, with halters about their necks | Enter Multitudes with Halters about their Neckes. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.11 | And humbly thus with halters on their necks, | And humbly thus with halters on their neckes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.32.2 | Ay, but the case is altered: | I, but the case is alter'd, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.189 | That he would please to alter the King's course | That he would please to alter the Kings course, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.55.4 | Lovell, Sir Nicholas Vaux, Sir Walter Sands, and | Louell, Sir Nicholas Vaux, Sir Walter Sands, and |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.98 | But 'tis so lately altered that the old name | But 'tis so lately alter'd, that the old name |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.96 | How much her grace is altered on the sudden? | How much her Grace is alter'd on the sodaine? |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.112 | The times and titles now are altered strangely | The Times and Titles now are alter'd strangely |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.126 | And will not palter? And what other oath | And will not palter? And what other Oath, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.16 | But changing and alteration of the state. | But changing and alteration of the state, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.94 | Began to falter, straight I would recover | Began to faulter, straight I would recouer: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.76 | With each a halter hanged about his neck, | With each a halter hangd about his necke, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.8 | Enter six Citizens in their shirts, barefoot, with halters about their necks | Enter sixe Citizens in their Shirts, bare foote, with halters about their necks. |
| King John | KJ III.i.311 | Thou virtuous Dauphin, alter not the doom | thou vertuous Daulphin, / Alter not the doome |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.317 | If my cap would buy a halter – | If my Cap would buy a Halter, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.52 | laid knives under his pillow and halters in his pew, set | laid Kniues vnder his Pillow, and Halters in his Pue, set |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.7 | Methinks thy voice is altered, and thou speak'st | Me thinkes thy voyce is alter'd, and thou speak'st |
| King Lear | KL V.i.3 | To change the course. (To Regan) He's full of alteration | To change the course, he's full of alteration, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.70 | To alter favour ever is to fear. | To alter fauor, euer is to feare: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.59 | That palter with us in a double sense, | That palter with vs in a double sence, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.198 | Provost, my brother Angelo will not be altered. Claudio | Prouost, my Brother Angelo will not be alter'd, Claudio |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.98 | present? Give him a halter! I am famished in his service; | present, giue him a halter, I am famisht in his seruice. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.216 | Can alter a decree established. | Can alter a decree established: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.239 | To alter me. I stay here on my bond. | To alter me: I stay heere on my bond. |
| 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 Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.48 | knights will hack, and so thou shouldst not alter the | Knights will hacke, and so thou shouldst not alter the |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.107 | The seasons alter; hoary-headed frosts | The seasons alter; hoared headed frosts |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.67 | Thy love ne'er alter till thy sweet life end. | Thy loue nere alter, till thy sweet life end. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.34 | am, and seek not to alter me. | am, and seeke not to alter me. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.231 | but doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in | but doth not the appetite alter? a man loues the meat in |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.121 | Were he in favour as in humour altered. | Were he in Fauour, as in Humour alter'd. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.135 | A halter pardon him and hell gnaw his bones! | A halter pardon him: / And hell gnaw his bones. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.102.1 | Should yawn at alteration. | Did yawne at Alteration. |
| Pericles | Per III.i.75 | Alter thy course for Tyre. When canst thou reach it? | Alter thy course for Tyre: When canst thou reach it? |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.102 | Thy speech had altered it. Hold, here's gold for thee. | thy speeche had altered it, holde, heeres golde for thee, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.26 | Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. | Shall falter vnder foule Rebellious Armes. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.214 | To alter this; for counsel is but vain. | To alter this, for counsaile is but vaine. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.78 | Our scene is altered from a serious thing, | Our Scene is alter'd from a serious thing, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.v.12 | Sir Walter Herbert, a renowned soldier, | Sir Walter Herbert, a renowned Souldier, |
| Richard III | R3 V.ii.1.2 | Walter Herbert, and others, with drum and colours | and others, with drum and colours. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.28 | And you, Sir Walter Herbert – stay with me. | And your Sir Walter Herbert stay with me: |
| Richard III | R3 V.v.13 | John Duke of Norfolk, Walter Lord Ferrers, | Iohn Duke of Norfolke, Walter Lord Ferris, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.79 | Call forth Nathaniel, Joseph, Nicholas, Philip, Walter, | Call forth Nathaniel, Ioseph, Nicholas, Phillip, Walter, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.121 | And Walter's dagger was not come from sheathing. | And Walters dagger was not come from sheathing: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.464 | What an alteration of honour | What an alteration of Honor |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.47 | A halter, soldiers. Hang him on this tree, | A halter Souldiers, hang him on this Tree, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.230 | A whoreson dog, that shall palter thus with us! | A horson dog, that shal palter thus with vs, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.49 | Foh, foh, adieu; you palter. | Fo, fo, adew, you palter. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.19 | you, sir, altered that, for some hour before you took me | you sir, alter'd that, for some houre before you tooke me |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.100 | altered! ‘ No man must know ’! If this should be thee, | alter'd: No man must know, If this should be thee |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.152 | touch Fortune's fingers. Farewell. She that would alter | touch Fortunes fingers Farewell, Shee that would alter |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.126 | Ay, Proteus, but that life is altered now; | I Protheus, but that life is alter'd now, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.47 | Yet sometime 'tis not so, but alters to | Yet sometime tis not so, but alters to |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.33 | malice or matter to alter it. You have an unspeakable | Malice or Matter, to alter it. You haue an vnspeakable |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.383 | A party in this alteration, finding | A partie in this alteration, finding |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.384.1 | Myself thus altered with't. | My selfe thus alter'd with't. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.396 | With age and altering rheums? Can he speak? Hear? | With Age, and altring Rheumes? Can he speake? heare? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.461 | But nothing altered: what I was I am; | But nothing altred: What I was, I am: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.522 | May suffer alteration, on mine honour, | May suffer alteration. On mine honor, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.572.1 | Affliction alters. | Affliction alters. |