| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.10 | where there is such abundance. | where there is such abundance. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.33 | But one to dance with. By heaven, I'll steal away! | But one to dance with: by heauen, Ile steale away. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.74 | Quicken a rock, and make you dance canary | Quicken a rocke, and make you dance Canari |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.102 | Shall we dance now the Egyptian bacchanals | shall we daunce now the Egyptian Backenals, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.36 | His sword e'en like a dancer, while I struck | His sword e'ne like a dancer, while I strooke |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.20 | to particularise their abundance. Our sufferance is a | to particularize their abundance, our sufferance is a |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.16 | two have not in abundance? | two haue not in abundance? |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.119 | Thou noble thing, more dances my rapt heart | Thou Noble thing, more dances my rapt heart, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.99 | Make our eyes flow with joy, hearts dance with comforts, | Make our eies flow with ioy, harts dance with comforts, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.50.1 | Make the sun dance. Hark you! | Make the Sunne dance. Hearke you. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.53 | By watching, weeping, tendance, kissing, to | By watching, weeping, tendance, kissing, to |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.391 | And all the other by-dependances, | And all the other by-dependances |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.59 | hath abundance of charge too, God knows what. They | hath abundance of charge too (God knowes what) they |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.44 | sleep in security, for he hath the horn of abundance, and | sleep in Security, for he hath the horne of Abundance: and |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.108 | That have abundance and enjoy it not. | That haue aboundance, and enioy it not.) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.125 | Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, | Haue you a Ruffian that will sweare? drinke? dance? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.19 | but light payment, to dance out of your debt. But a | but light payment, to Dance out of your debt: But a |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.25 | Were busied with a Whitsun morris-dance; | Were busied with a Whitson Morris-dance: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.133 | dance for your sake, Kate, why, you undid me. For the | Dance for your sake, Kate, why you vndid me: for the |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.169 | Last time I danced attendance on his will | Last time I danc't attendance on his will, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.165 | Attracts the same for aidance 'gainst the enemy; | Attracts the same for aydance 'gainst the enemy, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.129 | And sooner dance upon a bloody pole | And sooner dance vpon a bloody pole, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.91 | Stamp, rave, and fret, that I may sing and dance. | Stampe, raue, and fret, that I may sing and dance. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.1.4 | right side. Wolsey's Secretary in attendance | right side. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.77 | Music. Dance | Musicke, Dance. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.149.1 | Must give my tendance to. | Must giue my tendance to. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.6 | congie unto her, then dance; and, at certain changes, | Conge vnto her, then Dance: and at certaine Changes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.30 | To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasures, | To dance attendance on their Lordships pleasures, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.63 | 'em in Limbo Patrum, and there they are like to dance | 'em in Limbo Patrum, and there they are like to dance |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.77 | Could force attendance in the ears of hell, | Could force attendance in the eares of hel: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.38 | Thus from the heart's abundance speaks the tongue: | Thus from the harts aboundant speakes the tongue, |
| King John | KJ II.i.148 | With this abundance of superfluous breath? | With this abundance of superfluous breath? |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.238 | Why might not you, my lord, receive attendance | Why might not you my Lord, receiue attendance |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.30 | nightingale. Hoppedance cries in Tom's belly for two | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.114.2 | Berowne and Rosaline converse apart | [Q1] BEROWNE Did not I dance with you in Brabant once? KATHER. Did not I dance with you in Brabant once? BEROWNE I know you did. KATH. How needles was it then to aske the question? BEROWNE You must not be so quicke. KATH. Tis long of you that spur me with such questions. BEROWNE Your wit's too hot, it speedes too fast, twill tire. KATH. Not till it leaue the rider in the mire. BEROWNE What time a day? KATH. The houre that fooles should aske. BEROWNE Now faire befall your maske. KATH. Faire fall the face it couers. BEROWNE And send you manie louers. KATH. Amen, so you be none. BEROWNE Nay then will I be gone. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.355 | For revels, dances, masques, and merry hours | For Reuels, Dances, Maskes, and merry houres, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.146 | I'll make one in a dance, or so; or I will play on | Ile make one in a dance, or so: or I will play on |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.147 | the tabor to the Worthies, and let them dance the | the taber to the Worthies, & let them dance the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.122 | Their purpose is to parley, court, and dance, | Their purpose is to parlee, to court, and dance, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.145 | But shall we dance if they desire to't? | But shall we dance, if they desire vs too't? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.212 | Not yet? No dance! Thus change I like the moon. | Not yet no dance: thus change I like the Moone. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.213 | Will you not dance? How come you thus estranged? | Will you not dance? How come you thus estranged? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.219 | We'll not be nice. Take hands. We will not dance. | Wee'll not be nice, take hands, we will not dance. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.228 | If you deny to dance, let's hold more chat. | If you denie to dance, let's hold more chat. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.400 | And I will wish thee never more to dance, | And I will wish thee neuer more to dance, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.131 | Music. The Witches dance; and vanish | Musicke. The Witches Dance, and vanish |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.4 | were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are; | were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.78 | A gentle riddance. Draw the curtains, go. | A gentle riddance: draw the curtaines, go: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.61 | he dances, he has eyes of youth, he writes verses, he | he dances, he has eies of youth: he writes verses, hee |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.82 | him; I'll make him dance. – Will you go, gentles? | him, Ile make him dance. Will you go, Gentles? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.75 | Our dance of custom round about the oak | Our Dance of Custome, round about the Oke |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.86 | To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, | To dance our ringlets to the whistling Winde, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.140 | If you will patiently dance in our round | If you will patiently dance in our Round, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.254 | Lulled in these flowers with dances and delight. | Lul'd in these flowers, with dances and delight: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.86 | They dance | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.88 | Dance in Duke Theseus' house triumphantly, | Dance in Duke Theseus house triumphantly, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.32 | Come now, what masques, what dances shall we have | Come now, what maskes, what dances shall we haue, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.344 | epilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance between two of | Epilogue, or to heare a Bergomask dance, betweene two of |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.352 | A dance. Exeunt Bottom and his fellows | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.386 | Sing, and dance it trippingly. | sing and dance it trippinglie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.391 | Song and dance | The Song. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.12 | this night in a dance; and if he found her accordant, he | this night in a dance, and if hee found her accordant, hee |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.63 | tell him there is measure in everything and so dance | tell him there is measure in euery thing, & so dance |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.95 | God match me with a good dancer! | God match me with a good dauncer. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.98 | dance is done! Answer, clerk. | daunce is done: answer Clarke. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.136 | Music for the dance | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.140 | Exeunt all dancing, except Don John, Borachio, and Claudio | Exeunt. Musicke for the dance. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.217 | gentleman that danced with her told her she is much | Gentleman that daunst with her, told her shee is much |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.310 | there was a star danced, and under that was I born. | there was a starre daunst, and vnder that was I borne: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.40 | burden. Do you sing it, and I'll dance it. | burden,) do you sing it and Ile dance it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.116 | dance ere we are married, that we may lighten our own | dance ere we are married, that we may lighten our own |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.126 | Dance, and then exeunt | Dance. |
| Othello | Oth II.ii.4 | himself into triumph: some to dance, some to make | himselfe into Triumph. Some to daunce, some to make |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.183 | Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well; | Is free of Speech, Sings, Playes, and Dances: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.86 | Hell only danceth at so harsh a chime. | Hell onely daunceth at so harsh a chime: |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.36 | Although they gave their creatures in abundance, | Although thy gaue their creatures in abundance, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.95 | Will well become a soldiers' dance. | Will well become a Souldiers daunce: |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.99.1 | They dance | They daunce. |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.106 | They dance | They daunce. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.182 | Proclaim that I can sing, weave, sew, and dance, | proclaime that I can sing, weaue, sow, & dance, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.V.3 | She sings like one immortal, and she dances | Shee sings like one immortall, and shee daunces |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.291 | Than a delightful measure or a dance; | |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.12 | Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap – | Rich men looke sad, and Ruffians dance and leape, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.6 | Madam, we'll dance. | Madame, wee'le Dance. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.55 | Welcome, my lord. I dance attendance here; | Welcome, my Lord, I dance attendance here, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.13 | Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance. | Nay gentle Romeo, we must haue you dance. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.20 | Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty, | Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.27.1 | Music plays, and they dance | Musicke plaies: and the dance. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.132 | What's he that follows here, that would not dance? | What's he that follows here that would not dance? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.143.1 | Of one I danced withal. | Of one I dan'st withall. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.48 | you dance. Zounds, consort! | you daunce. Come consort. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.67 | As wealth is burden of my wooing dance – | (As wealth is burthen of my woing dance) |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.33 | I must dance barefoot on her wedding-day, | I must dance bare-foot on her wedding day, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.112 | What, no attendance? No regard? No duty? | What? no attendance? no regard? no dutie? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.166 | Of it own kind all foison, all abundance, | Of it owne kinde, all foyzon, all abundance |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.19.3 | banquet; and dance about it with gentle actions of salutations; | Banket; and dance about it with gentle actions of salutations, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.84.2 | shapes again, and dance with mocks and mows, carrying | shapes againe, and daunce (with mockes and mowes) and |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.139.2 | with the Nymphs in a graceful dance, towards the end | with the Nimphes, in a gracefull dance, towards the end |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.59 | Subdues and properties to his love and tendance | Subdues and properties to his loue and tendance |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.83 | Follow his strides, his lobbies fill with tendance, | Follow his strides, his Lobbies fill with tendance, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.165 | And you shall find I like it. Wait attendance | And you shall finde I like it; Waite attendance |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.130 | They dance? They are madwomen. | They daunce? They are madwomen, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.140 | I should fear those that dance before me now | I should feare, those that dance before me now, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.143.3 | Amazon, and all dance, men with women, a lofty | Amazon, and all Dance, men with women, a loftie |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.161 | Many a time he danced thee on his knee, | Many a time he danc'd thee on his knee: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.119 | A good riddance. | A good riddance. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.193 | For 'tis a cause that hath no mean dependence | For 'tis a cause that hath no meane dependance, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.11 | On your attendance, my lord, here. | On your attendance my Lord heere. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.55 | But shall we make the welkin dance indeed? Shall we | But shall we make the Welkin dance indeed? Shall wee |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.119 | Since you to non-regardance cast my faith, | Since you to non-regardance cast my faith, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.81 | Forsake unsounded deeps to dance on sands. | Forsake vnsounded deepes, to dance on Sands. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.38 | And Rycas, and three better lads ne'er danced | And Rycas, and 3. better lads nev'r dancd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.45 | And she must see the Duke, and she must dance too. | and she must see the Duke, and she must daunce too. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.47 | (He dances) | |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.110.2 | Sir, your attendance | Sir your attendance |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.75 | If we can get her dance, we are made again; | if wee can get her daunce, wee are made againe: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.82 | Your teeth will bleed extremely. Shall we dance, ho? | Your teeth will bleede extreamely, shall we dance ho? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.107 | That 'fore thy dignity will dance a morris. | That fore thy dignitie will dance a Morris. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.132 | Cum multis aliis that make a dance; | Cum multis aliijs that make a dance, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.137.1 | Schoolmaster knocks; enter the dancers. Music is | Musicke Dance. Knocke for Schoole. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.137.2 | played; they dance | Enter The Dance. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.148.2 | 'Twas an excellent dance, | Twas an excellent dance, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.158 | Ye have danced rarely, wenches. | ye have danc'd rarely wenches. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.75 | And all we'll dance an antic 'fore the Duke, | And all wee'l daunce an Antique fore the Duke, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.85 | Stale gravity to dance; the polled bachelor, | Stale gravitie to daunce, the pould Bachelour |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.45.1 | You never saw him dance? | You never saw him dance? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.46 | He dances very finely, very comely, | He daunces very finely, very comely, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.49 | He'll dance the morris twenty mile an hour, | Hee'l dance the Morris twenty mile an houre, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.110 | I have tremor cordis on me: my heart dances, | I haue Tremor Cordis on me: my heart daunces, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.58 | Would sing her song and dance her turn; now here, | Would sing her song, and dance her turne: now heere |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.140 | To sing them too; when you do dance, I wish you | To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.153 | To put you to't. But come, our dance, I pray. | To put you to't. But come, our dance I pray, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.168.1 | Music. A dance of Shepherds and Shepherdesses | Heere a Daunce of Shepheards and Shephearddesses. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.169 | Which dances with your daughter? | Which dances with your daughter? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.178.2 | She dances featly. | She dances featly. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.184 | door, you would never dance again after a tabor and | doore, you would neuer dance againe after a Tabor and |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.325 | Saltiers, and they have a dance which the wenches say | Saltiers, and they haue a Dance, which the Wenches say |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.335 | hath danced before the King; and not the worst of the | hath danc'd before the King: and not the worst of the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.340.1 | He lets in the herdsmen, who perform their satyrs' | Heere a Dance of twelue Satyres. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.340.2 | dance and depart | |