| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.290 | To the dark house and the detested wife. | To the darke house, and the detected wife. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.129 | For with the dark, poor thief, I'll steal away. | For with the darke (poore theefe) Ile steale away. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.94 | Till then I'll keep him dark and safely locked. | Till then Ile keepe him darke and safely lockt. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.10 | but you shall let it dwell darkly with you. | but you shall let it dwell darkly with you. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.40 | The Black Prince, sir, alias the prince of darkness, | The blacke prince sir, alias the prince of darkenesse, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.11 | Evils enow to darken all his goodness. | euils enow to darken all his goodnesse: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.24 | Than gain which darkens him. | Then gaine, which darkens him. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.181 | And send to darkness all that stop me. Come, | And send to darkenesse all that stop me. Come, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.10 | Burn the great sphere thou mov'st in; darkling stand | Burne the great Sphere thou mou'st in, darkling stand |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.194.1 | And we are for the dark. | And we are for the darke. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.384 | deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do; | deserues as wel a darke house, and a whip, as madmen do: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.39 | Than without candle may go dark to bed – | Then without Candle may goe darke to bed: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.99 | Dark-working sorcerers that change the mind, | Darke working Sorcerers that change the minde: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.54 | And to thy state of darkness hie thee straight. | And to thy state of darknesse hie thee straight, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.92 | They must be bound and laid in some dark room. | They must be bound and laide in some darke roome. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.248 | And in a dark and dankish vault at home | And in a darke and dankish vault at home |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.153 | Death, that dark spirit, in's nervy arm doth lie, | Death, that darke Spirit, in's neruie Arme doth lye, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.251.1 | Shall darken him for ever. | Shall darken him for euer. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.5 | And you are darkened in this action, sir, | And you are darkned in this action Sir, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.37 | The rain and wind beat dark December? How | The Raine and winde beate darke December? How |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.146 | Dark, as your fortune is, and but disguise | Darke, as your Fortune is, and but disguise |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.25 | To darkness fleet souls that fly backwards; stand, | To darknesse fleete soules that flye backwards; stand, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.13 | My sea-gown scarfed about me, in the dark | My sea-gowne scarft about me in the darke, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.250 | Your skill shall, like a star i'th' darkest night, | Your Skill shall like a Starre i'th'darkest night, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.167 | sons of darkness. | sonnes of darknesse. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.219 | let drive at me, for it was so dark, Hal, that thou couldst | let driue at me; for it was so darke, Hal, that thou could'st |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.228 | Kendal green when it was so dark thou couldst not see | Kendall Greene, when it was so darke, thou could'st not see |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.37 | utter darkness. When thou rannest up Gad's Hill in the | vtter Darkenesse. When thou ran'st vp Gads-Hill in the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.160 | And darkness be the burier of the dead! | And darknesse be the burier of the dead. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.2 | When creeping murmur and the poring dark | When creeping Murmure and the poring Darke |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.7 | Constrained to watch in darkness, rain, and cold. | Constrain'd to watch in darknesse, raine, and cold. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.89 | But darkness and the gloomy shade of death | But darknesse, and the gloomy shade of death |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.15 | Deep night, dark night, the silent of the night, | Deepe Night, darke Night, the silent of the Night, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.38 | Descend to darkness and the burning lake! | Discend to Darknesse, and the burning Lake: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.65 | Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair! | Giues Light in Darknesse, Comfort in Despaire. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.40 | No, dark shall be my light, and night my day; | No: Darke shall be my Light, and Night my Day. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.328 | All the foul terrors in dark-seated hell – | All the foule terrors in darke seated hell--- |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.7 | Breathe foul contagious darkness in the air. | Breath foule contagious darknesse in the ayre: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.62 | Dark cloudy death o'ershades his beams of life, | Darke cloudy death ore-shades his beames of life, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.226 | By darkening my clear sun. My lord, farewell. | By Darkning my cleere Sunne. My Lords farewell. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.44 | When heaven shall call her from this cloud of darkness – | (When Heauen shal call her from this clowd of darknes) |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.80 | Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough | Where wilt thou finde a Cauerne darke enough, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.278.1 | Even from darkness. | Euen from darknesse. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.145 | Who, being set in dark, seems therefore light? | Who being set in darke seemes therefore light, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.178 | The prisoner of immured dark constraint, | The prisoner of emured darke constraint, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.451 | Dark night seems darker by the lightning flash; | Darke night seemes darker by the lightning flash, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.156 | And darkness did as well enclose the quick | And darkenes did aswel inclose the quicke, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.8 | Leaving no hope to us but sullen dark | Leauing no hope to vs but sullen darke, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.1 | A sudden darkness hath defaced the sky, | A sodaine darknes hath defast the skie, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.18 | Dark, deadly, silent, and uncomfortable. | Darke, deadly, silent, and vncomfortable. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.43 | To darkness, consummation, dust, and worms. | To darkenes consummation, dust and Wormes. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.152 | So intricate the dark confusion was, | So intricate the darke confusion was, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.232 | When I spake darkly what I purposed, | When I spake darkely, what I purposed: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.36 | Meantime we shall express our darker purpose. | Meane time we shal expresse our darker purpose. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.213 | So out went the candle and we were left darkling. | so out went the Candle,and we were left darkling. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.248.2 | Darkness and devils! | Darknesse, and Diuels. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.37 | Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out, | Here stood he in the dark, his sharpe Sword out, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.118 | Thus out of season, threading dark-eyed night – | Thus out of season, thredding darke ey'd night, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.44 | Gallow the very wanderers of the dark | Gallow the very wanderers of the darke |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.84 | my mistress' heart and did the act of darkness with her, | my Mistris heart, and did the acte of darkenesse with her. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.136 | The prince of darkness is a gentleman; Modo he's | The Prince of Darkenesse is a Gentleman. Modo he's |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.176 | Child Roland to the dark tower came; | Rowland to the darke Tower came, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.7 | in the lake of darkness. Pray, innocent, and beware the | in the Lake of Darknesse: pray Innocent, and beware the |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.84 | All dark and comfortless. Where's my son Edmund? | All datke and comfortlesse? / Where's my Sonne Edmund? |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.128 | There's hell, there's darkness, there is the sulphurous | There's hell, there's darkenes,there is the sulphurous |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.170 | The dark and vicious place where thee he got | The darke and vitious place where thee he got, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.288 | Nor no man else. All's cheerless, dark, and deadly. | Nor no man else: / All's cheerlesse, darke, and deadly, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.45 | And make a dark night too of half the day – | And make a darke night too of halfe the day: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.78 | So, ere you find where light in darkness lies, | So ere you finde where light in darkenesse lies, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.79 | Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes. | Your light growes darke by losing of your eyes. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.267 | Dark needs no candles now, for dark is light. | Dark needs no Candles now, for dark is light. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.19 | What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? | What's your darke meaning mouse, of this light word? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.20 | A light condition in a beauty dark. | A light condition in a beauty darke. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.23 | Therefore, I'll darkly end the argument. | Therefore Ile darkely end the argument. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.24 | Look what you do, you do it still i'th' dark. | Look what you doe, you doe it stil i'th darke. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.627 | A light for Monsieur Judas! It grows dark; he may stumble. | A light for monsieur Iudas, it growes darke, he may stumble. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.123 | The instruments of darkness tell us truths; | The Instruments of Darknesse tell vs Truths, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.51 | Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark | Nor Heauen peepe through the Blanket of the darke, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.7 | And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp; | And yet darke Night strangles the trauailing Lampe: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.9 | That darkness does the face of earth entomb | That Darknesse does the face of Earth intombe, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.27.1 | For a dark hour or twain. | For a darke houre, or twaine. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.137 | Of that dark hour. Resolve yourselves apart; | Of that darke houre: resolue your selues apart, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.25 | Root of hemlock digged i'the dark, | Roote of Hemlocke, digg'd i'th' darke: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.87 | I will encounter darkness as a bride, | I will encounter darknesse as a bride, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.140 | darkened in your malice. | darkned in your malice. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.167 | dark deeds darkly answered. He would never bring | darke deeds darkelie answered, hee would neuer bring |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.42 | No, none, but only a repair i'th' dark, | No: none but onely a repaire ith' darke, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.156 | Duke of dark corners had been at home, he had lived. | Duke of darke corners had bene at home, he had liued. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.277 | I will go darkly to work with her. | I will goe darkely to worke with her. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.87 | And his affections dark as Erebus. | And his affections darke as Erobus, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.304 | But were the day come, I should wish it dark, | But were the day come, I should wish it darke, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.ii.11 | The night is dark. Light and spirits will become it | The night is darke, Light and Spirits will become it |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.148 | The jaws of darkness do devour it up. | The iawes of darkness do deuoure it vp: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.92 | O, wilt thou darkling leave me? Do not so! | O wilt thou darkling leaue me? do not so. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.177 | Dark night that from the eye his function takes | Dark night, that from the eye his function takes, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.417 | That fallen am I in dark uneven way, | That fallen am I in darke vneuen way, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.376 | Following darkness like a dream, | Following darkenesse like a dreame, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.151 | dark night, which did deceive them, but chiefly by my | darke night which did deceiue them, but chiefely, by my |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.64 | as well i'th' dark. | as well i'th'darke. |
| Othello | Oth V.i.63 | Kill men i'th' dark? Where be these bloody thieves? | Kill men i'th'darke? / Where be these bloody Theeues? |
| Othello | Oth V.i.112 | Cassio hath here been set on in the dark | Cassio hath heere bin set on in the darke |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.44 | The which hath fire in darkness, none in light; | The which hath Fire in darknesse, none in light: |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.28 | May the two latter darken and expend, | may the two latter darken and expend; |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.35 | And not as given. This so darks | And not as giuen, this so darkes |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.27 | If she'd do the deeds of darkness, thou | If shee'd doe the deedes of darknes thou |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.169 | To dark dishonour's use thou shalt not have. | To darke dishonours vse, thou shalt not haue. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.96 | Wilt thou conceal this dark conspiracy? | Wilt thou conceale this darke Conspiracy? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.268 | Hath in eternal darkness folded up. | Hath in eternall darknesse folded vp. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.326 | Clarence, whom I indeed have laid in darkness, | Clarence, who I indeede haue cast in darknesse, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.51 | Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?’ | Can this darke Monarchy affoord false Clarence? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.172 | How darkly and how deadly dost thou speak! | How darkly, and how deadly dost thou speake? |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.128 | Of dark forgetfulness and deep oblivion. | Of darke Forgetfulnesse, and deepe Obliuion. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.81 | All comfort that the dark night can afford | All comfort that the darke night can affoord, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.87 | And flaky darkness breaks within the east. | And flakie darkenesse breakes within the East. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.25 | Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light. | Earth-treading starres, that make darke heauen light, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.32 | Blind is his love and best befits the dark. | Blind is his Loue, and best befits the darke. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.106 | Which the dark night hath so discovered. | Which the darke night hath so discouered. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.188 | The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night, | The gray ey'd morne smiles on the frowning night. Checkring the Easterne Cloudes with streaks of light: And fleckled darknesse like a drunkard reeles. From forth daies path. and Titans burning wheeles: Now ere the Sun aduance his burning eye. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.190 | And darkness fleckled like a drunkard reels | And darknesse fleckel'd like a drunkard reeles, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.1 | Now, ere the sun advance his burning eye | The gray ey'd morne smiles on the frowning night, / Checkring the Easterne Cloudes with streaks of light: / And fleckled darknesse like a drunkard reeles, / From forth daies path, and Titans burning wheeles: / Now ere the Sun aduance his burning eye, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.74 | Must climb a bird's nest soon when it is dark. | Must climde a birds nest Soone when it is darke: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.36 | More light and light: more dark and dark our woes. | More light & light, more darke & darke our woes. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.105 | Thee here in dark to be his paramour? | Thee here in darke to be his Paramour? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.169 | And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, | And as the Sunne breakes through the darkest clouds, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.50 | In the dark backward and abysm of time? | In the dark-backward and Abisme of Time? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.130 | The gates of Milan; and, i'th' dead of darkness, | The gates of Millaine, and ith' dead of darkenesse |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.6 | Nor lead me, like a firebrand, in the dark | Nor lead me like a fire-brand, in the darke |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.66 | Melting the darkness, so their rising senses | (Melting the darkenesse) so their rising sences |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.275 | Must know and own. This thing of darkness I | Must know, and owne, this Thing of darkenesse, I |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.224 | In this detested, dark, blood-drinking pit. | In this detested, darke, blood-drinking pit. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.225 | If it be dark, how dost thou know 'tis he? | If it be darke, how doost thou know 'tis he? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.43 | An her hair were not somewhat darker than | And her haire were not somewhat darker then |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.47 | daylight! An 'twere dark, you'd close sooner. (To | day light? and 'twere darke you'ld close sooner: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.7 | Even with the vail and dark'ning of the sun | Euen with the vaile and darking of the Sunne. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.3 | By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly | By your patience, no: my starres shine darkely |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.134 | Come, we'll have him in a dark room and | Come, wee'l haue him in a darke room & |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.30 | me here in hideous darkness – | mee heere in hideous darknesse. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.34 | house is dark? | house is darke? |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.41 | house is dark. | house is darke. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.42 | Madman, thou errest. I say there is no darkness but | Madman thou errest: I say there is no darknesse but |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.45 | I say this house is as dark as ignorance, | I say this house is as darke as Ignorance, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.46 | though ignorance were as dark as hell. And I say there | thogh Ignorance were as darke as hell; and I say there |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.56 | Fare thee well; remain thou still in darkness. Thou | Fare thee well: remaine thou still in darkenesse, thou |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.92 | darkness, send ministers to me – asses! – and do all they | darkenesse, send Ministers to me, Asses, and doe all they |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.151 | To keep in darkness what occasion now | To keepe in darkenesse, what occasion now |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.301 | know it. Though you have put me into darkness and given | know it: Though you haue put mee into darkenesse, and giuen |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.340 | Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest, | Kept in a darke house, visited by the Priest, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.1.1 | To thee no star be dark. | To thee no starre be darke. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.v.2 | Vapours, sighs, darken the day; | Vapours, sighes, darken the day; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.4 | And darkness lord o'th' world. Hark; 'tis a wolf! | And darkenes Lord o'th world, Harke tis a woolfe: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.22 | The one the other; darkness, which ever was | The one the other: darkenes which ever was |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.53 | And sadness merry. Those darker humours that | And sadnes, merry; those darker humours that |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.41 | With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not | With these forc'd thoughts, I prethee darken not |