| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.60 | This is a dreadful sentence. | This is a dreadfull sentence. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.8.1 | Ay, dread queen. | I dread Queene. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.127 | I dread, too late. | I dread, too late. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.330 | To see performed the dreaded act which thou | To see perform'd the dreaded Act which thou |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.98 | Of dreaded justice, but on the ministers | Of dreaded Iustice, but on the Ministers |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.56.1 | Of what is to be dreaded. | Of what is to be dreaded. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.271 | Nor th' all-dreaded thunder-stone. | Nor th'all-dreaded Thunderstone. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.i.15 | And make them dread it, to the doers' thrift. | And make them dread it, to the dooers thrift. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.253 | Of no esteem. I, dreading that her purpose | Of no esteeme. I dreading, that her purpose |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.25 | Touching this dreaded sight twice seen of us. | Touching this dreaded sight, twice seene of vs, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.50.2 | My dread lord, | Dread my Lord, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.207 | In dreadful secrecy impart they did, | In dreadfull secrecie impart they did, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.70 | Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff | Or to the dreadfull Sonnet of the Cliffe, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.28 | Put your dread pleasures more into command | Put your dread pleasures, more into Command |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.269 | I am most dreadfully attended. But in the beaten way | I am most dreadfully attended; but in the beaten way |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.453 | Hath now this dread and black complexion smeared | Hath now this dread and blacke Complexion smear'd |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.484 | As hush as death; anon the dreadful thunder | As hush as death: Anon the dreadfull Thunder |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.78 | But that the dread of something after death, | But that the dread of something after death, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.109 | Th' important acting of your dread command? | Th'important acting of your dread command? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.111 | Rebuke and dread correction wait on us, | Rebuke and dread correction waite on vs, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.78.1 | Need not be dreaded. | Need not be dreaded. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.94 | See your most dreadful laws so loosely slighted, | See your most dreadfull Lawes, so loosely slighted; |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.97 | The sin upon my head, dread sovereign! | The sinne vpon my head, dread Soueraigne: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.103 | Go, my dread lord, to your great-grandsire's tomb, | Goe my dread Lord, to your great Grandsires Tombe, |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.13 | Of this most dreadful preparation, | Of this most dreadfull preparation, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.14 | Give dreadful note of preparation. | Giue dreadfull note of preparation. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.36 | How dread an army hath enrounded him, | How dread an Army hath enrounded him; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.29 | Unto the French the dreadful Judgement Day | Vnto the French,the dreadfull Iudgement-Day |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.30 | So dreadful will not be as was his sight. | So dreadfull will not be, as was his sight. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.110 | The tenth of August last this dreadful lord, | The tenth of August last, this dreadfull Lord, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.7 | Great is the rumour of this dreadful knight, | Great is the rumour of this dreadfull Knight, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.91 | Or turn our stern upon a dreadful rock. | Or turne our Sterne vpon a dreadfull Rocke: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.93 | But left that dreadful office unto thee; | But left that hatefull office vnto thee. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.154 | With that dread King that took our state upon Him | With that dread King that tooke our state vpon him, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.158 | A dreadful oath, sworn with a solemn tongue! | A dreadfull Oath, sworne with a solemn tongue: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.243 | Dread lord, the commons send you word by me, | Dread Lord, the Commons send you word by me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.330 | And these dread curses, like the sun 'gainst glass, | And these dread curses like the Sunne 'gainst glasse, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.92 | Whose dreadful swords were never drawn in vain, | Whose dreadfull swords were neuer drawne in vaine, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.17 | A messenger from Henry, our dread liege, | A Messenger from Henry, our dread Liege, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.27 | A dreadful lay! Address thee instantly! | A dreadfull lay, addresse thee instantly. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.187 | In dreadful war mayst thou be overcome, | In dreadfull Warre may'st thou be ouercome, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.44 | Some dreadful story hanging on thy tongue? | Some dreadfull story hanging on thy Tongue? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.138 | As venom toads or lizards' dreadful stings. | As venome Toades, or Lizards dreadfull stings. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.92 | And, having France thy friend, thou shalt not dread | And hauing France thy Friend, thou shalt not dread |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.32 | Be pitiful, dread lord, and grant it then. | Be pittifull, dread Lord, and graunt it then. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.259 | But dreadful war shall answer his demand. | But dreadfull Warre shall answer his demand. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.214 | And consequence of dread – that I committed | And consequence of dread, that I committed |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.121.2 | Most dread liege, | Most dread Liege, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.114 | Dread sovereign, how much are we bound to heaven | Dread Soueraigne, / How much are we bound to Heauen, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.148 | My most dread sovereign, may it like your grace | My most dread Soueraigne, may it like your Grace, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.56 | Such dreadful heralds to astonish us. | Such dreadfull Heraulds, to astonish vs. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.73 | Most like this dreadful night, | Most like this dreadfull Night, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.63 | Between the acting of a dreadful thing | Betweene the acting of a dreadfull thing, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.266 | And dreadful objects so familiar, | And dreadfull Obiects so familiar, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.144 | Such as dread nothing but dishonour's blot; | Such as dread nothing but dishonors blot, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.218 | All this is done, my thrice dread sovereign. | All this is done my thrice dread souereigne, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.62 | Three ways these dreadful ministers of wrath | Three waies these dredfull ministers of wrath, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.65 | And ever after dread their force no more | And euer after dread their force no more, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.71 | For that shall be the hapless dreadful day. | For that shalbe the haples dreadfull day, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.27 | The sun, dread Lord, that in the western fall | The Sun dread Lord that in the western fall, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.79 | Receive, dread lord, the custom of my fraught, | Receiue dread Lorde the custome of my fraught, |
| King John | KJ II.i.286 | In dreadful trial of our kingdom's king. | In dreadfull triall of our kingdomes King. |
| King John | KJ III.i.164 | Dreading the curse that money may buy out, | Dreading the curse that money may buy out, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.78 | Like heralds 'twixt two dreadful battles set. | Like Heralds 'twixt two dreadfull battailes set: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.125 | Withhold thy speed, dreadful occasion! | With-hold thy speed, dreadfull Occasion: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.173 | With dreadful pomp of stout invasion. | With dreadfull pompe of stout inuasion. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.255 | The dreadful motion of a murderous thought; | The dreadfull motion of a murderous thought, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.147 | Think'st thou that duty shall have dread to speak | Think'st thou that dutie shall haue dread to speake, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.121 | And in the fleshment of this dread exploit | And in the fleshment of this dead exploit, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.50 | That keep this dreadful pudder o'er our heads | That keepe this dreadfull pudder o're our heads, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.59 | These dreadful summoners grace. I am a man | These dreadfull Summoners grace. I am a man, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.15 | Hangs one that gathers sampire – dreadful trade! | Hangs one that gathers Sampire: dreadfull Trade: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.57 | From the dread summit of this chalky bourn. | From the dread Somnet of this Chalkie Bourne |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.33 | To stand against the deep dread-bolted thunder, | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.126 | To fright them hence with that dread penalty. | To fright them hence with that dread penaltie, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.181 | Dread prince of plackets, king of codpieces, | Dread Prince of Placcats, King of Codpeeces. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.200 | Of his almighty dreadful little might. | Of his almighty dreadfull little might. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.115 | Thy eye Jove's lightning bears, thy voice his dreadful thunder, | Thy eye Ioues lightning beares, thy voyce his dreadfull thunder. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.3 | Hours dreadful and things strange; but this sore night | Houres dreadfull, and things strange: but this sore Night |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.44.1 | A deed of dreadful note. | a deed of dreadfull note. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.143 | Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits. | Time, thou anticipat'st my dread exploits: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.33 | And it in you more dreadful would have seemed | And it in you more dreadfull would haue seem'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.34.2 | I do fear, too dreadful. | I doe feare: too dreadfull: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.139 | A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully | A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.363.2 | O my dread lord, | Oh, my dread Lord, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.270 | And not one vessel scape the dreadful touch | And not one vessell scape the dreadfull touch |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.89 | What judgement shall I dread, doing no wrong? | What iudgement shall I dread doing no wrong? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.189 | Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; | Wherein doth sit the dread and feare of Kings: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.32 | In a most hideous and dreadful manner. | In a most hideous and dreadfull manner. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.29 | dreadful thing; for there is not a more fearful wildfowl | dreadfull thing. For there is not a more fearefull wilde foule |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.270 | What dreadful dole is here? | What dreadful dole is heere? |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.169 | Silence that dreadful bell: it frights the isle | Silence that dreadfull Bell, it frights the Isle, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.353 | Th' immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, | Th'immortall Ioues dread Clamours, counterfet, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.12 | That have their first conception by misdread, | That haue their first conception by misdread, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.52 | An angry brow, dread lord. | An angrie brow, dread Lord. |
| Pericles | Per III.i.5 | Thy deafening, dreadful thunders, gently quench | Thy deafning dreadfull thunders, gently quench |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.73 | If guilty dread have left thee so much strength | If guilty dread hath left thee so much strength, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.165 | Myself I throw, dread sovereign, at thy foot. | My selfe I throw (dread Soueraigne) at thy foot. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.135 | With harsh-resounding trumpets' dreadful bray, | With harsh resounding Trumpets dreadfull bray, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.134 | That laid the sentence of dread banishment | That layd the Sentence of dread Banishment |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.8 | Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. | Our dreadfull Marches, to delightfull Measures. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.46 | Avaunt, thou dreadful minister of hell! | Auant thou dreadfull minister of Hell; |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.190 | Did York's dread curse prevail so much with heaven | Did Yorkes dread Curse preuaile so much with Heauen, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.22 | What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears! | What dreadfull noise of water in mine eares, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.212 | How canst thou urge God's dreadful law to us | How canst thou vrge Gods dreadfull Law to vs, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.40 | That looks not heavily and full of dread. | That lookes not heauily, and full of dread. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.97 | Well, my dread lord – so must I call you now. | Well, my deare Lord, so must I call you now. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.67 | Then, dreadful trumpet, sound the General Doom! | Then dreadfull Trumpet sound the generall doome, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.202 | O'th' dreadful thunderclaps, more momentary | O'th dreadfull Thunder-claps more momentarie |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.206.1 | Yea, his dread trident shake. | Yea, his dread Trident shake. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.100 | That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounced | (That deepe and dreadfull Organ-Pipe) pronounc'd |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.44 | Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder | Set roaring warre: To the dread ratling Thunder |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.91 | To hover on the dreadful shore of Styx? | To houer on the dreadfull shore of Stix? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.128 | The woods are ruthless, dreadful, deaf, and dull. | The Woods are ruthlesse, dreadfull, deafe, and dull: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.50 | Which dreads not yet their lives' destruction. | Which dreads not yet their liues destruction. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.141 | But I have done a thousand dreadful things | Tut, I haue done a thousand dreadfull things |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.39 | And in their ears tell them my dreadful name, | And in their eares tell them my dreadfull name, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.82 | Welcome, dread Fury, to my woeful house; | Welcome dread Fury to my woefull house, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.26 | Welcome, my gracious lord; welcome, dread Queen; | Welcome my gracious Lord, / Welcome Dread Queene, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.10 | Yet, dread Priam, | yet dread Priam, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.27 | So great as our dread father in a scale | (So great as our dread Father) in a Scale |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.126 | For, by the dreadful Pluto, if thou dost not, | For by the dreadfull Pluto, if thou do'st not, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.4 | Thou dreadful Ajax, that the appalled air | Thou dreadfull Aiax, that the appauled aire |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.174 | My sword should bite it; not the dreadful spout, | My Sword should bite it: Not the dreadfull spout, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.14 | Sore hurt and bruised; the dreadful Sagittary | Sore hurt and bruised; the dreadfull Sagittary |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.78 | Most dreaded Amazonian, that hast slain | Most dreaded Amazonian, that ha'st slaine |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.39 | I'th' least of these was dreadful; and they have | I'th least of these was dreadfull, and they have |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.83 | Methought I heard a dreadful clap of thunder | Me thought I heard a dreadfull clap of Thunder |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.10.1 | With dread sights it may shun. | With dread sights, it may shun. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.55 | My prisoner? Or my guest? By your dread ‘ verily,’ | My Prisoner? or my Guest? by your dread Verely, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.322 | Believe this crack to be in my dread mistress, | Beleeue this Crack to be in my dread Mistresse |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.79.2 | He dreads his wife. | He dreads his Wife. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.17 | To me the difference forges dread; your greatness | To me the difference forges dread (your Greatnesse |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.153 | At least ungentle, of the dreadful Neptune | (At least vngentle) of the dreadfull Neptune, |