| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.24 | heritage, and I think I shall never have the blessing of | heritage, and I thinke I shall neuer haue the blessing of |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.26 | blessings. | blessings. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.249 | And pray God's blessing into thy attempt. | And praie Gods blessing into thy attempt: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.90 | Blessing upon your vows, and in your bed | Blessing vpon your vowes, and in your bed |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.3 | as thou sayest, charged my brother on his blessing to | as thou saist, charged my brother on his blessing to |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.85 | Because it is a blessing that he | Because it is a blessing that hee |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.162 | You heavenly blessings, on her! This fool's speed | You Heauenly blessings on her: This Fooles speede |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.266.2 | Your blessing, sir. | Your blessing, Sir. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.53 | A double blessing is a double grace. | A double blessing is a double grace; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.57 | And you are stayed for. There – my blessing with thee. | And you are staid for there: my blessing with you; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.81 | Farewell. My blessing season this in thee! | Farewell: my Blessing season this in thee. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.184 | Let her not walk i'th' sun. Conception is a blessing. | Let her not walke i'th'Sunne: Conception is a blessing, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.173 | I'll blessing beg of you. For this same lord, | Ile blessing begge of you. For this same Lord, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.34 | | [Q1 replaces this scene with the following] Enter Horatio and the Queene. HOR. Madame, your sonne is safe arriv'de in Denmarke, This letter I euen now receiv'd of him, Whereas he writes how he escap't the danger, And subtle treason that the king had plotted, Being crossed by the contention of the windes, He found the Packet sent to the king of England, Wherein he saw himselfe betray'd to death, As at his next conuersion with your grace, He will relate the circumstance at full. QUEENE. Then I perceiue there's treason in his lookes That seem'd to sugar o're his villanie: But I will soothe and please him for a time, For murderous mindes are alwayes jealous, But know not you Horatio where he is? HOR. Yes Madame, and he hath appoynted me To meete him on the east side of the Cittie To morrow morning. QUEENE. O faile not, good Horatio, and withall, commend me A mothers care to him, bid him a while Be wary of his presence, lest that he Faile in that he goes about. HOR. Madam, neuer make doubt of that: I thinke by this the news be come to court: He is arriv'de, obserue the king, and you shall Quickely finde, Hamlet being here, Things fell not to his minde. QUEENE. But what became of Gilderstone and Rossencraft? HOR. He being set ashore, they went for England, And in the Packet there writ down that doome To be perform'd on them poynted for him: And by great chance he had his fathers Seale, So all was done without discouerie. QUEENE. Thankes be to heauen for blessing of the prince, Horatio once againe I take my leaue, With thowsand mothers blessings to my sonne. HORAT. Madam adue. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.92 | Didst thou beat heaven with blessing Bolingbroke, | Did'st thou beate heauen with blessing Bullingbrooke, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.298 | God's blessing of your good heart, and so she | 'Blessing on your good heart, and so shee |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.36 | Upon my blessing I command thee go. | Vpon my Blessing I command thee goe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.25 | Kneel down and take my blessing, good my girl. | Kneele downe and take my blessing, good my Gyrle. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.22 | A world of earthly blessings to my soul, | A world of earthly blessings to my soule, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.90 | Shall cry for blessings on him. May he live | Shall cry for blessings on him. May he liue |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.51 | If the King please. His curses and his blessings | If the King please: his Curses and his blessings |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.30 | Which, to say sooth, are blessings; and which gifts, | Which, to say sooth, are Blessings; and which guifts |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.57 | You bear a gentle mind, and heavenly blessings | You beare a gentle minde, & heau'nly blessings |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.51 | Will fall some blessing to this land, which shall | Will fall some blessing to this Land, which shall |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.398 | When he has run his course and sleeps in blessings, | When he ha's run his course, and sleepes in Blessings, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.133 | The dews of heaven fall thick in blessings on her! – | The dewes of Heauen fall thicke in Blessings on her, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.10 | With this kiss take my blessing: God protect thee! | With this Kisse, take my Blessing: God protect thee, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.19 | Upon this land a thousand thousand blessings, | Vpon this Land a thousand thousand Blessings, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.455 | So leave I with my blessing in thy bosom, | So leaue I with my blessing in thy bosome, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.122 | My father on his blessing hath commanded – | My father on his blessing hath commanded. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.211 | Whenas he breathed his blessings on his sons. | When as he breathed his blessings on his sonnes, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.71.1 | My blessing go with thee. | My blessing goe with thee. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.103 | third a blessing against his will. If thou follow him, thou | third a blessing against his will, if thou follow him, thou |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.12 | daughters' blessing. Here's a night pities neither wise | Daughters blessing, heere's a night pitties neither Wisemen, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.10 | When thou dost ask me blessing I'll kneel down | When thou dost aske me blessing, Ile kneele downe |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.193 | I asked his blessing, and from first to last | I ask'd his blessing, and from first to last |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.189 | God's blessing on your beard! | Gods blessing a your beard. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.32 | I had most need of blessing, and ‘ Amen ’ | I had most need of Blessing, and Amen |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.47 | His message ere he come, that a swift blessing | His Message ere he come, that a swift blessing |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.26 | Blessing upon you! | Blessing vpon you. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.158 | And sundry blessings hang about his throne | And sundry Blessings hang about his Throne, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.87 | And thrift is blessing if men steal it not. | And thrift is blessing if men steale it not. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.72 | son. (He kneels) Give me your blessing. Truth will come | son, giue me your blessing, truth will come |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.78 | but give me your blessing. I am Launcelot, your boy | but giue mee your blessing: I am Lancelet your boy |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.113 | I feel too much thy blessing, make it less | I feele too much thy blessing, make it lesse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.70 | For having such a blessing in his lady, | For hauing such a blessing in his Lady, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.104 | Blessing on your heart for't! | Blessing on your heart for't. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.13 | Blessing of his heart! | 'Blessing of his heart. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.6 | And when I have heard it, what blessing brings | And when I haue heard it, what blessing bringeth |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.25 | blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and | blessing, I am at him vpon my knees euery morning and |
| Pericles | Per V.i.214 | Now blessing on thee! Rise; thou art my child. | Now blessing on thee, rise th'art my child. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.74 | And with thy blessings steel my lance's point | And with thy blessings steele my Lances point, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.64 | Yet blessing on his heart that gives it me; | Yet blessing on his heart that giues it me; |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.69 | Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses. | Which renders good for bad, Blessings for Curses. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.106 | I crave your blessing. | I craue your Blessing. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.110 | That is the butt-end of a mother's blessing; | That is the butt-end of a Mothers blessing; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.37 | And steal immortal blessing from her lips, | And steale immortall blessing from her lips, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.141 | A pack of blessings light upon thy back. | A packe or blessing light vpon thy backe, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.106 | Honour, riches, marriage blessing, | Honor, riches, marriage, blessing, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.109 | Juno sings her blessings on you. | Iuno sings her blessings on you. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.117 | Ceres' blessing so is on you. | Ceres blessing so is on you. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.179.2 | Now all the blessings | Now all the blessings |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.187 | That I account them blessings. For by these | That I account them blessings. For by these |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.23 | my father: ‘ Father, your blessing.’ Now should not the | my Father; Father, your blessing: now should not the |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.296 | And thereof comes the proverb: ‘ Blessing of | And thereof comes the prouerbe: (Blessing of |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.15 | Blessing their sense. | Blessing their sence. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.112 | I see two comforts rising, two mere blessings, | I see two comforts rysing, two meere blessings, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.130 | Woo us to wander from. What worthy blessing | Wooe us to wander from. What worthy blessing |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.66.1 | Here 'tis; commends it to your blessing. | Heere 'tis. Commends it to your blessing. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.189 | In more than this deed does require! And blessing | In more then this deed do's require; and Blessing |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.106 | Tell me what blessings I have here alive | Tell me what blessings I haue here aliue, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.44 | I kneel and then implore her blessing. Lady, | I kneele, and then implore her Blessing. Lady, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.120 | And pray your mother's blessing. Turn, good lady: | And pray your Mothers blessing: turne good Lady, |