| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.98.1 | I crave your highness' pardon. | I craue your Highnesse pardon. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.58 | I crave our composition may be written, | I craue our composion may be written |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.17 | Submits her to thy might, and of thee craves | Submits her to thy might, and of thee craues |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.26 | I crave your pardon. Soon at five o'clock, | I craue your pardon, soone at fiue a clocke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.113 | Than crave the hire which first we do deserve. | Then craue the higher, which first we do deserue. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.65 | My nobler friends, I crave their pardons. For | My Nobler friends, I craue their pardons: / For |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.281 | I may be heard, I would crave a word or two, | I may be heard, I would craue a word or two, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.33 | The violent fit o'th' time craves it as physic | The violent fit a'th' time craues it as Physicke |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.8 | When most struck home, being gentle wounded craves | When most strooke home, being gentle wounded, craues |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.79 | That cravens my weak hand. Come, here's my heart – | That crauens my weake hand: Come, heere's my heart: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.362 | They crave to be demanded. Who is this | They craue to be demanded: who is this |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.3 | Craves the conveyance of a promised march | Claimes the conueyance of a promis'd March |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.40 | Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.68 | Till time and vantage crave my company. | Till Time and Vantage craue my company. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.92 | Craved audience, and the hour, I think, is come | Crau'd audience; and the howre I thinke is come, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.66 | Do crave admittance to your majesty. | Doe craue admittance to your Maiestie. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.130 | He is a craven and a villain else, an't please | Hee is a Crauen and a Villaine else, and't please |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.159 | The Earl of Salisbury craveth supply | The Earle of Salisbury craueth supply, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.32 | Which I, disdaining, scorned, and craved death | Which I disdaining, scorn'd, and craued death, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.46 | When ladies crave to be encountered with. | When Ladyes craue to be encountred with. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.12 | By message craved, so is Lord Talbot come. | By Message crau'd, so is Lord Talbot come. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.28 | Stay, my Lord Talbot; for my lady craves | Stay my Lord Talbot, for my Lady craues, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.76 | Nor other satisfaction do I crave | Nor other satisfaction doe I craue, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.87 | Or durst not for his craven heart say thus. | Or durst not for his crauen heart say thus. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.37 | Who craves a parley with the Burgundy? | Who craues a Parley with the Burgonie? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.41 | But I'll unto his majesty and crave | But Ile vnto his Maiestie, and craue, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.15 | To tear the Garter from thy craven's leg, | To teare the Garter from thy Crauens legge, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.84 | And wherefore crave you combat, or with whom? | And wherefore craue you Combate? Or with whom? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.100 | I crave the benefit of law of arms. | I craue the benefit of Law of Armes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.105 | And then I need not crave his courtesy. | And then I need not craue his curtesie. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.130 | We'll crave a parley to confer with him. | Wee'l craue a parley, to conferre with him. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.288 | A breach that craves a quick expedient stop! | A Breach that craues a quick expedient stoppe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.v.4 | them. The Lord Mayor craves aid of your honour | them: / The L. Maior craues ayd of your Honor |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.207 | And craves your company for speedy counsel. | And craues your company, for speedy counsell. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.30 | Is thither gone to crave the French King's sister | I: thither gone, to craue the French Kings Sister |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.32 | Am come to crave thy just and lawful aid; | Am come to craue thy iust and lawfull ayde: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.53 | And then to crave a league of amity; | And then to craue a League of Amitie: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.8 | I then crave pardon of your majesty. | I then craue pardon of your Maiestie. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.71 | Crave leave to view these ladies, and entreat | Craue leaue to view these Ladies, and entreat |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.15 | And that craves wary walking. Crown him! – that! | And that craues warie walking: Crowne him that, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.42 | My liege, I crave the lady, and no more. | My liege I craue the Ladie and no more, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.140 | To that which craves unended admiration? | To that which craues vnended admiration. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.205 | To greet our friends there and to crave their aid. | To greete our friends there, and to craue their aide, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.45 | He shall be welcome; that's the thing we crave. | He shall be welcome thats the thing we craue. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.25 | Awake thy craven powers, and tell on | Awake thycrauen powers, and tell on |
| King John | KJ II.i.234 | Crave harbourage within your city walls. | Craues harbourage within your Citie walIes. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.194 | I crave no more than hath your highness offered, | I craue no more then hath your Highnesse offer'd, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.127.1 | Which craves the instant use. | Which craues the instant vse. |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.82 | This letter, madam, craves a speedy answer. | This Leter Madam, craues a speedy answer: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.110 | you withal, to the end to crave your assistance. | you withall, to the end to craue your assistance. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.62 | Craves composition; | Craues composition: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.20 | In an imperial charge. But I shall crave your pardon: | In an Imperiall charge. But I shall craue your pardon: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.14.2 | I crave your honour's pardon. | I craue your Honours pardon: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.22 | now. I shall crave your forbearance a little. May be I | now. I shall craue your forbearance a little, may be I |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.156 | you understand this in a manifested effect, I crave but | you vnderstand this in a manifested effect, I craue but |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iv.8 | his entering, that if any crave redress of injustice, they | his entring, that if any craue redresse of iniustice, they |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.423 | I crave no other, nor no better man. | I craue no other, nor no better man. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.424 | Never crave him. We are definitive. | Neuer craue him, we are definitiue. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.473 | That I crave death more willingly than mercy. | That I craue death more willingly then mercy, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.203 | My deeds upon my head! I crave the law, | My deeds vpon my head, I craue the Law, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.88 | Though twenty thousand worthier come to crave her. | Though twenty thousand worthier come to craue her. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.234 | I crave fit disposition for my wife, | I craue fit disposition for my Wife, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.81 | And what he craves. | and what he craues? |
| Pericles | Per II.i.11 | Here to have death in peace is all he'll crave. | Heere to haue death in peace, is all hee'le craue. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.87 | I did but crave. | I did but craue. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.88 | But crave? Then I'll turn craver | But craue? Then Ile turne Crauer |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.47 | And gives them what he will, not what they crave. | And giues them what he will, not what they craue. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.5 | Who craves to come aboard. What is your will? | who craues to come aboord, what is your will? |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.53 | And craves to kiss your hand, and take his leave. | And craues to kisse your hand, and take his leaue. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.44 | For his designs crave haste, his haste good hope. | For his designes craue hast, his hast good hope, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.106 | I crave your blessing. | I craue your Blessing. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.111 | Madam, your mother craves a word with you. | Madam your Mother craues a word with you. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.193 | His help to crave and my dear hap to tell. | His helpe to craue, and my deare hap to tell. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.5 | What sorrow craves acquaintance at my hand | What sorrow craues acquaintance at my hand, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.69 | Which craves as desperate an execution | Which craues as desperate an execution, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.179 | If she deny to wed, I'll crave the day | If she denie to wed, Ile craue the day |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.225 | No cock of mine, you crow too like a craven. | No Cocke of mine, you crow too like a crauen |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.151 | And craves no other tribute at thy hands | And craues no other tribute at thy hands, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.116 | I fear a madness held me. This must crave – | I feare a madnesse held me: this must craue |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.61 | Immortal gods, I crave no pelf, | Immortall Gods, I craue no pelfe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.233 | Touches his friend, which craves to be remembered | Touches his Friend, which craues to be remembred |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.159 | He craves a parley at your father's house, | He craues a parly at your Fathers house |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.174 | Of any true decision. Nature craves | Of any true decision. Nature craues |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.5 | distemper yours; therefore I shall crave of you your | distemper yours; therefore I shall craue of you your |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.59 | And to do that well craves a kind of wit. | And to do that well, craues a kinde of wit: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.191 | That craves a present medicine, I should pluck | That craves a present medcine, I should plucke |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.145 | Crave our acquaintance. I might sicken, cousin, | Crave our acquaintance, I might sicken Cosen, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.86 | good thing. Desire to eat with her, carve her, drink to | good thing, desire / To eate with her, crave her, drinke to |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.64 | Which craved that very time. It is much better | Which crav'd that very time: it is much better |