| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.66 | But never taxed for speech. What heaven more will, | But neuer tax'd for speech. What heauen more wil, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.170.2 | Tax of impudence, | Taxe of impudence, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.206 | With all the spots o'th' world taxed and debauched, | With all the spots a'th world, taxt and debosh'd, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.115 | A gallant curtle-axe upon my thigh, | A gallant curtelax vpon my thigh, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.71 | That can therein tax any private party? | That can therein taxe any priuate party: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.337 | he hath generally taxed their whole sex withal. | hee hath generally tax'd their whole sex withal. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.5 | Falls not the axe upon the humbled neck | Falls not the axe vpon the humbled neck, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.92 | The seas waxed calm, and we discovered | The seas waxt calme, and we discouered |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.97 | Man-entered thus, he waxed like a sea, | Man-entred thus, he waxed like a Sea, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.389 | As these poor pickaxes can dig: and when | As these poore Pickaxes can digge: and when |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.63 | He smote the sledded pole-axe on the ice. | He smot the sledded Pollax on the Ice. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.12 | In thews and bulk, but as this temple waxes | In thewes and Bulke: but as his Temple waxes, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.18 | Makes us traduced and taxed of other nations. | |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.87 | He waxes desperate with imagination. | He waxes desperate with imagination. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.85 | To flaming youth let virtue be as wax | To flaming youth, let Vertue be as waxe, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.196 | All flaxen was his poll. | All Flaxen was his Pole: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.218 | And where th' offence is, let the great axe fall. | And where th'offence is, let the great Axe fall. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.92 | A pickaxe and a spade, a spade, | A Pickhaxe and a Spade, a Spade, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.24 | No, not to stay the grinding of the axe, | No not to stay the grinding of the Axe, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.234 | Not worshipped with a waxen epitaph. | Not worshipt with a waxen Epitaph. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.19 | To give each naked curtle-axe a stain | To giue each naked Curtleax a stayne, |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.80 | Old I do wax, and from my weary limbs | Old I do waxe, and from my wearie limbes |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.9 | Wax dim, as drawing to their exigent; | Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.49 | Nor stir at nothing till the axe of death | Nor stirre at nothing, till the Axe of Death |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.116 | Because I would not tax the needy commons, | Because I would not taxe the needie Commons, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.76 | What! Art thou like the adder waxen deaf? | What? Art thou like the Adder waxen deafe? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.189 | And sees fast by a butcher with an axe, | And sees fast-by, a Butcher with an Axe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.77 | say 'tis the bee's wax, for I did but seal once to a thing, | say, 'tis the Bees waxe: for I did but seale once to a thing, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.19 | I seek not to wax great by others' waning, | I seeke not to waxe great by others warning, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.54 | And many strokes, though with a little axe, | And many stroakes, though with a little Axe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.165 | We set the axe to thy usurping root; | We set the Axe to thy vsurping Roote: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.181 | Or hew my way out with a bloody axe. | Or hew my way out with a bloody Axe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.11 | Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, | Thus yeelds the Cedar to the Axes edge, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.55.2 | before him, the axe with the edge towards him, | before him, the Axe with the edge towards him, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.61 | Even as the axe falls, if I be not faithful! | Euen as the Axe falls, if I be not faithfull. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.264.1 | Absolved him with an axe. | Absolu'd him with an Axe. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.145 | In at his window; set this up with wax | In at his Window; set this vp with Waxe |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.441 | Deep are the blows made with a mighty axe; | Deepe are the blowes made with a mightie Axe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.216 | Be numb, my joints, wax feeble, both mine arms, | Be numbe my ioynts, waxe feeble both mine armes, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.92 | Like the continual labouring woodman's axe | Like the continuall laboring Wood-mans Axe, |
| King John | KJ V.iv.24 | Which bleeds away, even as a form of wax | Which bleeds away, euen as a forme of waxe |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.340 | You are much more a-taxed for want of wisdom | Your are much more at task for want of wisedome, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.16 | I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; | I taxe not you, you Elements with vnkindnesse. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.259 | Leave, gentle wax; and manners blame us not; | Leaue gentle waxe, and manners: blame vs not |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.62 | Break the neck of the wax, and every one give ear. | Breake the necke of the Waxe, and euery one giue eare. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.574 | pole-axe sitting on a close-stool, will be given to Ajax. | Pollax sitting on a close stoole, will be giuen to Aiax. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.79 | When it doth tax itself, as these black masks | When it doth taxe it selfe: As these blacke Masques |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.49 | You, sirrah, provide your block and your axe | You sirrah, prouide your blocke and your Axe |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.35 | Is the axe upon the block, sirrah? | Is the Axe vpon the blocke, sirrah? |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.308 | To th' Duke himself, to tax him with injustice? | To th' Duke himselfe, to taxe him with Iniustice? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.125 | No, not the hangman's axe, bear half the keenness | No, not the hangmans Axe beare halfe the keennesse |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.49 | With rounds of waxen tapers on their heads, | With rounds of waxen Tapers on their heads, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.49 | To whom you are but as a form in wax | To whom you are but as a forme in waxe |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.56 | And waxen in their mirth, and neeze, and swear | And waxen in their mirth, and neeze, and sweare, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.164 | And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs | And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighes, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.42 | Faith, niece, you tax Signor Benedick too much; | 'Faith Neece, you taxe Signior Benedicke too much, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.42 | O, good my lord, tax not so bad a voice | O good my Lord, taxe not so bad a voyce, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.58 | I have ground the axe myself. Do you but strike the blow. | I haue ground the Axe my selfe, / Doe but you strike the blowe. |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.21 | By envy's hand, and murder's bloody axe. | By Enuies hand, and Murders bloody Axe. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.75 | That it may enter Mowbray's waxen coat | That it may enter Mowbrayes waxen Coate, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.246 | The commons hath he pilled with grievous taxes, | The Commons hath he pil'd with greeuous taxes |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.77 | As all the world – why, he's a man of wax. | as all the world. Why hee's a man of waxe. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.126 | Ah, sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late. | Ah sirrah, by my faie it waxes late, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.22 | Thou cuttest my head off with a golden axe | Thou cut'st my head off with a golden Axe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.126 | Thy noble shape is but a form of wax, | Thy Noble shape, is but a forme of waxe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.11 | Ay, but the days are waxed shorter with him. | I, but the dayes are waxt shorter with him: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.209 | Come hither ere my tree hath felt the axe, | Come hither ere my Tree hath felt the Axe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.45 | A stone is soft as wax, tribunes, more hard than stones. | A stone is as soft waxe, / Tribunes more hard then stones: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.168 | And reared aloft the bloody battle-axe, | And rear'd aloft the bloody Battleaxe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.184.1 | Then I'll go fetch an axe. | Then Ile goe fetch an Axe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.184.2 | But I will use the axe. | But I will vse the Axe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.197 | They tax our policy, and call it cowardice, | They taxe our policy, and call it Cowardice, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.30 | In women's waxen hearts to set their forms. | In womens waxen hearts to set their formes: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.199 | Which, like a waxen image 'gainst a fire, | Which like a waxen Image 'gainst a fire |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.228 | As if but now they waxed pale for woe. | As if but now they waxed pale for woe: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.115 | He wears a well-steeled axe, the staff of gold; | He weares a well-steeld Axe, the staffe of gold, |