| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.41 | carries virtuous qualities, there commendations go with | carries vertuous qualities, there commendations go with |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.45 | Your commendations, madam, get from her tears. | Your commendations Madam get from her teares. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.60 | Commend me to my kinsmen and my son. | Commend me to my kinsmen, and my sonne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.62 | Not much commendation to them? | Not much commendation to them. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.78 | of commendations to the King. | of commendations to the King. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.80 | if they were more than they can commend. | if they were more then they can commend. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.i.31 | Commend the paper to his gracious hand, | Commend the paper to his gracious hand, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.12 | To this great fairy I'll commend thy acts, | To this great Faiery, Ile commend thy acts, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.23 | Commend unto his lips thy favouring hand. – | Commend vnto his Lippes thy fauouring hand, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.252 | High commendation, true applause, and love, | High commendation, true applause, and loue; |
| As You Like It | AYL II.ii.12 | Your daughter and her cousin much commend | Your daughter and her Cosen much commend |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.92 | Orlando doth commend him to you both, | Orlando doth commend him to you both, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.181 | commend my counterfeiting to him. Will you go? | commend my counterfeiting to him: will you goe? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.32 | Sir, I commend you to your own content. | Sir, I commend you to your owne content. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.33 | He that commends me to mine own content | He that commends me to mine owne content, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.34 | Commends me to the thing I cannot get. | Commends me to the thing I cannot get: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.149 | We recommend to you, Tribunes of the People, | We recommend to you Tribunes of the People |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.246 | To be set high in place, we did commend | To be set high in place, we did commend |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.135 | Commend me to my wife. I'll return consul, | Commend me to my Wife, Ile returne Consull, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.147 | Let me commend thee first to those that shall | Let me commend thee first, to those that shall |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.51 | And power, unto itself most commendable, | And power vnto it selfe most commendable, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.30 | whom I commend to you as a noble friend of mine. | whom I commend to you, as a Noble Friend of mine. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.125 | commend me to the court where your lady is, with | commend me to the Court where your Lady is, with |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.151 | provided I have your commendation for my more | prouided, I haue your commendation, for my more |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.8 | To your protection I commend me, gods, | To your protection I commend me, Gods, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.21 | power of his testiness, shall turn all into my commendations. | power of his testinesse, shall turne all into my commendations. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.39 | Farewell; and let your haste commend your duty. | Farewell, and let your hast commend your duty. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.87 | 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, | 'Tis sweet and commendable / In your Nature Hamlet, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.183 | With all my love I do commend me to you, | With all my loue I doe commend me to you; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.178 | I commend my duty to your lordship. | I commend my duty to your Lordship. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.180 | He does well to commend it himself. There are no | hee does well to commend it himselfe, there are no |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.191 | My lord, his majesty commended him to you by | |
| 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 1 | 1H4 II.iii.22 | my Lord of York commends the plot, and the general | my Lord of Yorke commends the plot, and the generall |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.183 | Beguiling them of commendation. | Beguiling them of commendation. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.228 | are too impatient to bear crosses. Fare you well. Commend | are too impatient to beare crosses. Fare you well. Commend |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.119 | I commend me to thee, I commend thee, | I commend me to thee, I commend thee, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.59 | My captain, sir, commends him to you, my | My Captaine (Sir) commends him to you: my |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.70 | very commendable. ‘ Accommodated:’ it comes of | very commendable. Accommodated, it comes of |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.146 | I commend you well. Francis Feeble! | I commend you well. Francis Feeble. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.25 | Commend me to the princes in our camp; | Commend me to the Princes in our Campe; |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.3 | The Duke of York commends him to your majesty. | The D. of York commends him to your Maiesty |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.23 | Commend my service to my sovereign.’ | Commend my seruice to my Soueraigne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.57 | And, commendable proved, let's die in pride. | And commendable prou'd, let's dye in pride. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.176 | No princely commendations to my king? | No Princely commendations to my King? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.177 | Such commendations as becomes a maid, | Such commendations as becomes a Maide, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.54 | York, I commend this kind submission; | Yorke, I commend this kinde submission, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.42 | And said ‘ Commend me to my valiant brother.’ | And said, Commend me to my valiant Brother. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.86 | Shall mark my grave. Commend me to his grace, | shall make my Graue. / Commend mee to his Grace: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.61 | Commends his good opinion of you, and | Commends his good opinion of you, to you; and |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.118 | Sends you his princely commendations, | Sends you his Princely Commendations, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.131 | In which I have commended to his goodness | In which I haue commended to his goodnesse |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.17 | And durst commend a secret to your ear | And durst commend a secret to your eare |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.122 | You were ever good at sudden commendations, | You were euer good at sodaine Commendations, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.146 | And buy men's voices to commend our deeds. | And buy mens voyces, to commend our deeds: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.271 | I charm you, by my once commended beauty, | I charme you, by my once commended Beauty, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.44 | Run, Lucius, and commend me to my lord; | Run Lucius, and commend me to my Lord, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.302 | Go, and commend me to my brother Cassius. | Go, and commend me to my Brother Cassius: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.19 | Commend us, as the man in Christendom | Commend vs as the man in Christendome, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.37 | The Queen, my lord, commends her to your grace, | The Queene my Lord comes heere to your Grace, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.105 | Commends this book, full fraught with prayers, | Commends this booke full fraught with prayers, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.56 | Commend these waters to those baby eyes | Commend these waters to those baby-eyes |
| King John | KJ V.iv.40 | Commend me to one Hubert, with your King. | Commend me to one Hubert, with your King; |
| King Lear | KL II.i.113 | So much commend itself, you shall be ours. | So much commend it selfe, you shall be ours, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.107 | To go out of my dialect which you discommend so | To go out of my dialect, which you discommend so |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.27 | I did commend your highness' letters to them, | I did commend your Highnesse Letters to them, |
| King Lear | KL III.i.19 | Commend a dear thing to you. There is division – | Commend a deere thing to you. There is diuision |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.185 | Signeour Arm-, Arm-, commends you. There's | Signeor Arme, Arme commends you: Ther's |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.228 | commend the black oppressing humour to the most wholesome | commend the blacke oppressing humour to the most wholesome |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.114 | Lady, I will commend you to my mine own | Lady, I will commend you to my owne |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.116 | Pray you, do my commendations; I would be | Pray you doe my commendations, / I would be |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.164 | And to her white hand see thou do commend | And to her white hand see thou do commend |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.112 | Well-learned is that tongue that well can thee commend, | Well learned is that tongue, that well can thee cõmend. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.56 | And in his commendations I am fed; | And in his commendations, I am fed: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.2 | Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself | nimbly and sweetly recommends it selfe |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.11 | Commends the ingredience of our poisoned chalice | Commends th' Ingredience of our poyson'd Challice |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.38 | And so I do commend you to their backs. | And so I doe commend you to their backs. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.39 | O well done! I commend your pains; | O well done: I commend your paines, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.88 | Commend me to my brother. Soon at night | Commend me to my brother: soone at night |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.66 | Pompey. Commend me to the prison, Pompey. You will | Pompey: Commend me to the prison Pompey, you will |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.111 | Thanks, i'faith, for silence is only commendable | Thankes ifaith, for silence is onely commendable |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.90 | To wit, besides commends and courteous breath, | To wit (besides commends and curteous breath) |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.232.1 | Commends him to you. | Commends him to you. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.42 | discourse grow commendable in none only but parrots. | discourse grow commendable in none onely but Parrats: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.143 | This letter from Bellario doth commend | This Letter from Bellario doth commend |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.158 | enough commend, comes with him, at my importunity, to fill | enough commend, comes with him at my importunity, to fill |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.163 | shall better publish his commendation. | shall better publish his commendation. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.270 | Commend me to your honourable wife, | Commend me to your honourable Wife, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.152 | seest her before me, commend me – | seest her before me, commend me. --- |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.136 | priest o'th' town commended him for a true man. | Priest o'th'Towne commended him for a true man. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.89 | Ten and eleven. Woman, commend me to her. | Ten, and eleuen. Woman, commend me to her, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.93 | hath her hearty commendations to you too; and, let me | hath her heartie commendations to you to: and let mee |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.127 | Fare thee well; commend me to them both. | Farethee-well, commend mee to them both: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.237 | commend themselves. I could drive her then from the | commend themselues, I could driue her then from the |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.181 | I pray you commend me to Mistress Squash, | I pray you commend mee to mistresse Squash, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.163 | a great praise; only this commendation I can afford her, | a great praise, onely this commendation I can affoord her, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.255 | commend me to him and tell him I will not fail | commend me to him, and tell him I will not faile |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.125 | libertines delight in him, and the commendation is not | Libertines delight in him, and the commendation is not |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.71 | Sure, sure, such carping is not commendable. | Sure, sure, such carping is not commendable. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.73 | As Beatrice is, cannot be commendable; | As Beatrice is, cannot be commendable, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.41 | With his free duty recommends you thus, | With his free dutie, recommends you thus, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.126 | Commend me to my kind lord – O, farewell! | Commend me to my kinde Lord: oh farewell. |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.37 | Commended to our master, not to us. | commended to our maister not to vs, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.9 | My commendations great, whose merit's less. | My Commendations great, whose merit's lesse. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.48 | Can any way speak in his just commend, | Can any way speake in his iust commend: |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.6 | Since every worth in show commends itself. | Since euery worth in shew commends it selfe: |
| Pericles | Per II.v.21 | Well, I do commend her choice, | Well, I do commend her choyce, |
| Pericles | Per II.v.29 | It is your grace's pleasure to commend, | It is your Graces pleasure to commend, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.46 | I do commend to your content. | I doe commend to your content, |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.62 | Commend me to thy brother, Edmund York. | Commend me to my brother Edmund Yorke. |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.71 | Therefore commend me. Let him not come there | Therefore commend me, let him not come there, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.147 | My liege, old Gaunt commends him to your majesty. | My Liege, olde Gaunt commends him to your Maiestie. |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.38 | Tell her I send to her my kind commends. | Tell her I send to her my kind commends; |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.116 | His glittering arms he will commend to rust, | His glittering Armes he will commend to'Rust, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.126 | Speak to his gentle hearing kind commends. | Speake to his gentle hearing kind commends. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.181 | Commend me to Lord William. Tell him, Catesby, | Commend me to Lord William: tell him Catesby, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.8 | First, he commends him to your noble self. | First, he commends him to your Noble selfe. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.v.6 | So, get thee gone; commend me to thy lord. | So get thee gone: commend me to thy Lord. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.116 | To Thee I do commend my watchful soul | To thee I do commend my watchfull soule, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.168 | Nurse, commend me to thy lady and mistress. I | Nurse commend me to thy Lady and Mistresse, I |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.189 | Farewell. Commend me to thy mistress. | Farewell, commend me to thy Mistresse. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.208 | Commend me to thy lady. | Commend me to thy Lady. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.155 | Go before, Nurse. Commend me to thy lady, | Goe before Nurse, commend me to thy Lady, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.9 | Madam, good night. Commend me to your daughter. | Madam goodnight, commend me to your Daughter. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.175 | Then I'll commend her volubility, | Then Ile commend her volubility, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.102 | More quaint, more pleasing, nor more commendable. | More queint, more pleasing, nor more commendable: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.164 | Away, I say, commend me to thy master. | Away I say, commend me to thy master. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.109 | Commend me to him. I will send his ransom; | Commend me to him, I will send his ransome, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.170 | A mere satiety of commendations. | A meere saciety of Commendations, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.18 | ‘ Commend me to your master ’ and the cap | Commend me to your Master, and the Cap |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.195 | – you to Sempronius. Commend me to their loves. And | you to Sempronius; commend me to their loues; and |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.28 | well. Commend me to thy honourable virtuous lord, my | commend me to thy Honourable vertuous Lord, my |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.53 | had done't now. Commend me bountifully to his good | had done't now. Commend me bountifully to his good |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.192 | Commend me to my loving countrymen – | Commend me to my louing Countreymen. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.195.2 | Commend me to them, | Commend me to them, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.106 | Helen's golden tongue had commended Troilus for a | Hellens golden tongue had commended Troylus for a |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.243 | But what the repining enemy commends, | But what the repining enemy commends, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.65 | Go to, sweet queen, go to – commends | Go too sweete Queene, goe to. / Commends |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.143 | Commend me to your niece. | Commend me to your Neece. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.104 | The bearer knows not, but commends itself | The bearer knowes not, but commends it selfe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.79 | We'll not commend what we intend to sell. | Weele not commend, what we intend to sell. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.180 | She's well, but bade me not commend her to you. | Shee's well, but bad me not commend her to you. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.3 | Fellow, commend my service to her beauty; | Fellow, commend my seruice to her beauty; |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.148 | Remember who commended thy yellow stockings and wished | Remember who commended thy yellow stockings, and wish'd |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.159 | excites to this, that my lady loves me. She did commend | excites to this, that my Lady loues me. She did commend |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.35 | world can more prevail in man's commendation with | world, can more preuaile in mans commendation with |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.47 | ‘ Remember who commended thy yellow | Remember who commended thy yellow |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.89 | Which I had recommended to his use | Which I had recommended to his vse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.17 | Commend thy grievance to my holy prayers, | Commend thy grieuance to my holy prayers, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.144 | And so, sir, I'll commend you to my master. | And so Sir, I'le commend you to my Master. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.42 | And to commend their service to his will. | And to commend their seruice to his will. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.53 | Of commendations sent from Valentine, | Of commendations sent from Valentine; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.77 | With commendation from great potentates, | With Commendation from great Potentates, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.121 | Your friends are well, and have them much commended. | Your frends are wel, & haue thẽ much cõmended. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.102 | Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces; | Flatter, and praise, commend, extoll their graces: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.3 | Under the colour of commending him, | Vnder the colour of commending him, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.9 | When to her beauty I commend my vows, | When to her beauty I commend my vowes, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.39 | That all our swains commend her? | That all our Swaines commend her? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.167.1 | Commends us to a famishing hope. | Commends us to a famishing hope. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.103.2 | I commend thee. | I commend thee. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.4 | In hallowed clouds commend their swelling incense | In hallowed clouds commend their swelling Incense |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.75 | Commend we our proceeding, and implore | Commend we our proceeding, and implore |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.31 | Commend me to her, and to piece her portion | Commend me to her, and to peece her portion |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.35.2 | Commend us to her. | Commend us to her. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.36 | Commend my best obedience to the Queen. | Commend my best obedience to the Queene, |
| 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.181 | That thou commend it strangely to some place | That thou commend it strangely to some place, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.167 | Of all incertainties himself commended, | Of all Incertainties, himselfe commended, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.374 | Commend them and condemn them to her service | Commend them, and condemne them to her seruice, |