| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.143 | idle, made of self-love which is the most inhibited sin in | ydle, made of selfe-loue, which is the most inhibited sinne in |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.80 | Though I am mad, I will not bite him. Call! | Though I am mad, I will not byte him: Call? |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.8 | Which when it bites and blows upon my body | Which when it bites and blowes vpon my body |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.186 | That dost not bite so nigh | that dost not bight so nigh |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.8 | O knowledge ill-inhabited, worse than Jove | O knowledge ill inhabited, worse then Ioue |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.164 | There's none but witches do inhabit here, | There's none but Witches do inhabite heere, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.11 | And Lapland sorcerers inhabit here. | And lapland Sorcerers inhabite here. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.49 | I think he'll hear me. Yet to bite his lip | I thinke hee'l heare me. Yet to bite his lip, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.47 | Faith yes, to be put to the arbitrement of swords, | Faith yes, to be put to the arbiterment of Swords, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.1 | The air bites shrewdly. It is very cold. | The Ayre bites shrewdly: is it very cold? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.136 | My father, in his habit as he lived! | My Father in his habite, as he liued, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.187 | time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of yeasty | time, and outward habite of encounter, a kinde of yesty |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.41 | That frosts will bite them. When we mean to build, | That Frosts will bite them. When we meane to build, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.28 | well, Davy, for they are arrant knaves, and will backbite. | well Dauy, for they are arrant Knaues, and will backe-bite. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.74 | Than cherishing th' exhibiters against us; | Then cherishing th'exhibiters against vs: |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.39 | or I will peat his pate four days. Bite, I pray you, it is | or I will peate his pate foure dayes: bite I pray you, it is |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.41 | Must I bite? | Must I bite. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.153 | We do exhibit to your majesty. | We doe exhibite to your Maiestie. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.228 | So York must sit and fret and bite his tongue, | So Yorke must sit, and fret, and bite his tongue, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.152 | Run back and bite, because he was withheld; | Run backe and bite, because he was with-held, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.47 | And bite thy tongue, that slanders him with cowardice | And bite thy tongue, that slanders him with Cowardice, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.54 | To signify thou camest to bite the world; | To signifie, thou cam'st to bite the world: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.77 | That I should snarl and bite and play the dog. | That I should snarle, and bite, and play the dogge: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.29 | But he would bite none. Just as I do now, | But he would bite none, iust as I doe now, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.64.2 | habited like shepherds, ushered by the Lord Chamberlain. | habited like Shepheards, vsher'd by the Lord Chamberlaine. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.1.3 | the habit of doctors; after them, the Archbishop of | the habite of Doctors; after them, the Bishop of |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.113 | Is in his brain; he bites his lip, and starts, | Is in his braine: He bites his lip, and starts, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.45 | Dare bite the best. I do beseech your lordships | Dare bite the best. I doe beseech your, Lordships, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.1.7 | richly habited in a mantle, etc., train borne by a Lady; | richly habited in a Mantle, &c. Traine borne by a Lady: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.44 | Franticly rends and bites the woven toil; | Frantiquely wrends and byts the wouen toyle, |
| King John | KJ II.i.220 | Had been dishabited, and wide havoc made | Had bin dishabited, and wide hauocke made |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.107 | That I have seen inhabit in those cheeks? | That I haue seene inhabite in those cheekes? |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.72 | Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain, | Like Rats oft bite the holy cords a twaine, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.17 | The foul fiend bites my back. | |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.66 | Tooth that poisons if it bite, | Tooth that poysons if it bite: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.101 | That bites the first-born infants of the spring. | That bites the first borne infants of the Spring. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.535 | These four will change habits and present the other five. | these foure will change habites, and present the other fiue. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.112 | That thus can make him bite the law by th' nose, | That thus can make him bite the Law by th' nose, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.56 | bad habit of frowning than the Count Palatine; he is | bad habite of frowning then the Count Palentine, he is |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.177 | If I do not put on a sober habit, | If I doe not put on a sober habite, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.123 | sword and it shall bite upon my necessity. He loves your | sword: and it shall bite vpon my necessitie: he loues your |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.32 | If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I | if I had my mouth, I would bite: if I had my liberty, I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.111 | this fish will bite. | this fish will bite. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.71 | will not bite one another when they meet. | will not bite one another when they meete. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.225 | Shall come apparelled in more precious habit, | Shall come apparel'd in more precious habite: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.312 | wished, God prohibit it! Come, neighbour. | wisht, God prohibite it: come neighbour. |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.79 | Of arts inhibited, and out of warrant. | Of Arts inhibited, and out of warrant; |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.292 | For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite | |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.303 | Than when he bites, but lanceth not the sore. | Then when it bites, but lanceth not the sore. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.143 | Shall here inhabit, and this land be called | Shall here inhabite, and this Land be call'd |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.289 | Look when he fawns he bites; and when he bites | Looke when he fawnes, he bites; and when he bites, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.41 | Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them; | Nay, as they dare. I wil bite my Thumb at them, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.43 | Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? | Do you bite your Thumbe at vs sir? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.44 | I do bite my thumb, sir. | I do bite my Thumbe, sir. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.45 | Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? | Do you bite your Thumb at vs, sir? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.49 | No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir. But | No sir, I do not bite my Thumbe at you sir: but |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.50 | I bite my thumb, sir. | I bite my Thumbe sir. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.76 | I will bite thee by the ear for that jest. | I will bite thee by the eare for that iest. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.77 | Nay, good goose, bite not. | Nay, good Goose bite not. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.242 | Nor bite the lip, as angry wenches will, | Nor bite the lip, as angry wenches will, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.138 | It blots thy beauty as frosts do bite the meads, | It blots thy beautie, as frosts doe bite the Meads, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.10 | And after bite me; then like hedgehogs, which | And after bite me: then like Hedg-hogs, which |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.33 | Lo, lo, again! Bite him to death, I prithee. | Loe, loe againe: bite him to death I prethee. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.108 | Now 'gins to bite the spirits. I do beseech you, | Now gins to bite the spirits: I doe beseech you |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.139.1 | Enter certain Reapers, properly habited. They join | Enter certaine Reapers (properly habited:) they ioyne |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.38 | Whereof the ewe not bites; and you whose pastime | Whereof the Ewe not bites: and you, whose pastime |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.114 | It is her habit only that is honest, | It is her habite onely, that is honest, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.57 | Or is it Dian, habited like her, | Or is it Dian habited like her, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.131 | Or shall we bite our tongues, and in dumb-shows | Or shall we bite our tongues, and in dumbe shewes |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.84 | Alas, sir, I know not Jubiter. I never drank with | Alas sir I know not Iupiter: / I neuer dranke with |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.33 | No marvel though you bite so sharp at reasons, | No maruel though you bite so sharp at reasons, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.254 | bites his lip with a politic regard, as who should say | bites his lip with a politique regard, as who should say, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.174 | My sword should bite it; not the dreadful spout, | My Sword should bite it: Not the dreadfull spout, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.19 | will not bite another, and wherefore should one bastard? | will not bite another, and wherefore should one Bastard? |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.5 | rascally sheep-biter come by some notable | Rascally sheepe-biter, come by some notable |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.163 | habits of her liking. I thank my stars, I am happy! I | habites of her liking. I thanke my starres, I am happy: I |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.74 | tongue, in the habit of some sir of note, and so forth. I | tongue, in the habite of some Sir of note, and so foorth. I |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.348.1 | Inhabits our frail blood – | Inhabites our fraile blood. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.52 | inhabit a bird. | inhabite a bird. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.384 | But when in other habits you are seen – | But when in other habites you are seene, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.334 | Well, the best is, she hath no teeth to bite. | Well: the best is, she hath no teeth to bite. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.99 | But dead-cold winter must inhabit here still. | But dead-cold winter must inhabite here still. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.150 | Of vestal office; I am bride-habited, | Of vestall office, I am bride habited, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.1 | Enter Doctor, Gaoler, and Wooer in habit of Palamon | Enter Doctor, Iaylor and Wooer, in habite of Palamon. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.157 | Lest it should bite its master and so prove, | Least it should bite it's Master, and so proue |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.543 | She shall be habited as it becomes | She shall be habited, as it becomes |