| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.142 | scarf, and the practice in the chape of his dagger. | scarfe, and the practise in the chape of his dagger. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.39 | She draws a dagger | |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.79 | My dagger in my mouth. Say what thou art: | My Dagger in my mouth. Say what thou art: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.403 | I will speak daggers to her, but use none. | I will speake Daggers to her, but vse none: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.96 | These words like daggers enter in mine ears. | These words like Daggers enter in mine eares. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.143 | Rapier and dagger. | Rapier and dagger. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.219.4 | foils, daggers, and gauntlets | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.132 | kingdom with a dagger of lath, and drive all thy subjects | Kingdome with a dagger of Lath, and driue all thy Subiects |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.298 | Why, he hacked it with his dagger, and said he | Why, he hackt it with his Dagger, and said, hee |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.372 | this dagger my sceptre, and this cushion my crown. | this Dagger my Scepter, and this Cushion my Crowne. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.374 | golden sceptre for a leaden dagger, and thy precious rich | Golden Scepter for a Leaden Dagger, and thy precious rich |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.308 | And now is this Vice's dagger become a squire, | And now is this Vices Dagger become a Squire, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.107 | Thou hidest a thousand daggers in thy thoughts, | Thou hid'st a thousand Daggers in thy thoughts, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.56 | Do not you wear your dagger in your cap | Doe not you weare your Dagger in your Cappe |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.70 | everyone may pare his nails with a wooden dagger; and | euerie one may payre his nayles with a woodden dagger, and |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.78 | any sword, weapon, or dagger henceforward, upon pain | any Sword, Weapon, or Dagger hence-forward, vpon paine |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.27 | My breast can better brook thy dagger's point | My brest can better brooke thy Daggers point, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.204 | He stretched him, and, with one hand on his dagger, | He stretch'd him, and with one hand on his dagger, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.89 | I know where I will wear this dagger then: | I know where I will weare this Dagger then; |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.46 | same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country | same Dagger for my selfe, when it shall please my Country |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.153 | Whose daggers have stabbed Caesar; I do fear it. | Whose Daggers haue stabb'd Casar: I do feare it. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.175 | Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger through; | Looke, in this place ran Cassius Dagger through: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.99 | My spirit from mine eyes! There is my dagger, | My Spirit from mine eyes. There is my Dagger, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.106.2 | Sheathe your dagger. | Sheath your Dagger: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.39 | Villains! You did not so, when your vile daggers | Villains: you did not so, when your vile daggers |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.76 | Of his own chamber, and used their very daggers, | Of his owne Chamber, and vs'd their very Daggers, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.33 | Is this a dagger which I see before me, | Is this a Dagger, which I see before me, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.38 | A dagger of the mind, a false creation, | A Dagger of the Minde, a false Creation, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.11 | Confounds us. – Hark! – I laid their daggers ready; | Confounds vs: hearke: I lay'd their Daggers ready, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.13 | Enter Macbeth, carrying two bloodstained daggers | Enter Macbeth. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.48 | Why did you bring these daggers from the place? | Why did you bring these Daggers from the place? |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.53 | Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead | Giue me the Daggers: the sleeping, and the dead, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.100 | So were their daggers, which unwiped, we found | So were their Daggers, which vnwip'd, we found |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.112 | Steeped in the colours of their trade, their daggers | Steep'd in the Colours of their Trade; their Daggers |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.137 | There's daggers in men's smiles. The nea'er in blood, | there's Daggers in mens smiles; / The neere in blood, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.61 | This is the air-drawn dagger which you said | This is the Ayre-drawne-Dagger which you said |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.14 | dagger man, and young Drop-heir that killed lusty | dagger man, and yong Drop-heire that kild lustie |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.100 | Thou stick'st a dagger in me. I shall never see | Thou stick'st a dagger in me, I shall neuer see |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.65 | And wear my dagger with the braver grace, | And weare my dagger with the brauer grace, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.264 | shin th' other day with playing at sword and dagger with | shin th'other day, with playing at Sword and Dagger with |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.148 | His dagger drew, and died. For all the rest, | His dagger drew, and died. For all the rest, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.107 | Hath no man's dagger here a point for me? | Hath no mans dagger here a point for me? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.211 | Was stabbed with bloody daggers. God, I pray Him, | Was stab'd with bloody Daggers: God, I pray him, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.110 | I pray you, uncle, give me this dagger. | I pray you, Vnckle, giue me this Dagger. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.111 | My dagger, little cousin? With all my heart. | My Dagger, little Cousin? with all my heart. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.108.4 | dagger away | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.116 | Then will I lay the serving-creature's dagger on | Then will I lay the seruing Creatures Dagger on |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.120 | Pray you put up your dagger, and | Pray you put vp your Dagger, / And |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.123 | with an iron wit, and put up my iron dagger. Answer me | with an yron wit, / And put vp my yron Dagger. / Answere me |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.169 | Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger! | Yea noise? Then ile be briefe. O happy Dagger. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.170 | She snatches Romeo's dagger | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.203 | This dagger hath mista'en, for, lo, his house | This Dagger hath mistaine, for loe his house |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.121 | And Walter's dagger was not come from sheathing. | And Walters dagger was not come from sheathing: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.117 | Ay, with my dagger in their bosoms, grandsire. | I with my dagger in their bosomes Grandsire: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.70 | And bids thee christen it with thy dagger's point. | And bids thee christen it with thy daggers point. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.26 | He beats Sir Andrew with the handle of his dagger | |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.27 | Hold, sir, or I'll throw your dagger o'er the | Hold sir, or Ile throw your dagger ore the |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.126 | Who with dagger of lath, in his rage and his wrath, | Who with dagger of lath, in his rage and his wrath, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.156 | In my green velvet coat; my dagger muzzled, | In my greene Veluet Coat; my Dagger muzzel'd, |