| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.45.1 | And pleasure drown the brim. | And pleasure drowne the brim. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.51 | Or to drown my clothes and say I was stripped. | Or to drowne my cloathes, and say I was stript. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.67 | drown our gain in tears! The great dignity that his | drowne our gaine in teares, the great dignitie that his |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.113 | In thy fats our cares be drowned; | In thy Fattes our Cares be drown'd, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.45 | And drown consideration. | And drowne consideration. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.279 | He is drowned in the brook; look but in and | He is drown'd in the brooke, looke but in, and |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.94 | Hellespont and being taken with the cramp was drowned, | Hellespont, and being taken with the crampe, was droun'd, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.46 | To drown me in thy sister's flood of tears. | To drowne me in thy sister floud of teares: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.52 | Let love, being light, be drowned if she sink. | Let Loue, being light, be drowned if she sinke. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.559 | That I have? He would drown the stage with tears | That I haue? He would drowne the Stage with teares, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.164 | So fast they follow. Your sister's drowned, Laertes. | So fast they'l follow: your Sister's drown'd Laertes. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.165 | Drowned! O, where? | Drown'd! O where? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.183.2 | Alas, then she is drowned? | Alas then, is she drown'd? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.184 | Drowned, drowned. | Drown'd, drown'd. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.191.1 | But that this folly drowns it. | But that this folly doubts it. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.6 | How can that be, unless she drowned | How can that be, vnlesse she drowned |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.10 | For here lies the point: if I drown myself wittingly, it | for heere lies the point; If I drowne my selfe wittingly, it |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.12 | act, to do, and to perform. Argal, she drowned herself | Act to doe and to performe; argall she drown'd her selfe |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.17 | and drown himself, it is, will he nill he, he goes, mark | and drowne himsele; it is will he nill he, he goes; marke |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.18 | you that. But if the water come to him and drown him, | you that? But if the water come to him & drowne him; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.19 | he drowns not himself. Argal, he that is not guilty of | hee drownes not himselfe. Argall, hee that is not guilty of |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.28 | drown or hang themselves more than their even-Christian. | drowne or hang themselues, more then their euen Christian. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.203 | And pluck up drowned honour by the locks, | And plucke vp drowned Honor by the Lockes: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.74 | Lie drowned and soaked in mercenary blood; | Lye drown'd and soak'd in mercenary blood: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.12 | Or piteous they will look, like drowned mice. | Or pitteous they will looke, like drowned Mice. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.198 | Ay, Margaret; my heart is drowned with grief, | I Margaret: my heart is drown'd with griefe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.94 | The pretty vaulting sea refused to drown me, | The pretty vaulting Sea refus'd to drowne me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.95 | Knowing that thou wouldst have me drowned on shore | Knowing that thou wouldst haue me drown'd on shore |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.104 | Ten days ago I drowned these news in tears; | Ten dayes ago, I drown'd these newes in teares. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.186 | I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; | Ile drowne more Saylers then the Mermaid shall, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.14 | And stops my tongue, while heart is drowned in cares. | And stops my tongue, while heart is drown'd in cares. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.23 | Lest with my sighs or tears I blast or drown | Least with my sighes or teares, I blast or drowne |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.20 | And yet, for all his wings, the fool was drowned. | And yet for all his wings, the Foole was drown'd. |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.130 | To hang thee on; or wouldst thou drown thyself, | To hang thee on. Or wouldst thou drowne thy selfe, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.3 | Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! | Till you haue drench'd our Steeples, drown the Cockes. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.911 | And coughing drowns the parson's saw, | And coffing drownes the Parsons saw: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.25 | That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur | That teares shall drowne the winde. I haue no Spurre |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.30 | To dew the sovereign flower and drown the weeds. | To dew the Soueraigne Flower, and drowne the Weeds: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.46 | tune, matter, and method? Is't not drowned i'th' last | Tune, Matter, and Method? Is't not drown'd i'th last |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.152 | scape drowning thrice, and to be in peril of my life with | scape drowning thrice, and to be in perill of my life with |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iii.13 | These foolish drops do something drown my manly | these foolish drops doe somewhat drowne my manly |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.9 | little remorse as they would have drowned a blind | little remorse, as they would haue drown'de a blinde |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.13 | drowned but that the shore was shelvy and shallow – a | drown'd, but that the shore was sheluy and shallow: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.96 | The fold stands empty in the drowned field, | The fold stands empty in the drowned field, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.302 | I will incontinently drown myself. | I will incontinently drowne my selfe. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.311 | how to love himself. Ere I would say I would drown | how to loue himselfe. Ere I would say, I would drowne |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.332 | the will. Come, be a man. Drown thyself? Drown cats | the will. Come, be a man: drowne thy selfe? Drown Cats, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.349 | delicate way than drowning. Make all the money thou | delicate way then drowning. Make all the Money thou |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.353 | her – therefore make money. A pox of drowning thyself! | her: therefore make Money: a pox of drowning thy selfe, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.355 | in compassing thy joy than to be drowned and go | in Compassing thy ioy, then to be drown'd, and go |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.373 | No more of drowning, do you hear? | |
| Othello | Oth II.i.18 | Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned: | Be not enshelter'd, and embay'd, they are drown'd, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.196 | News, friends; our wars are done; the Turks are drowned. | Newes (Friends) our Warres are done: / The Turkes are drown'd. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.195 | And drown me with their sweetness. O, come hither, | and drowne me with their sweetnesse: Oh come hither, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.206 | My drowned queen's name, as in the rest you said | my / Drownd Queenes name, as in the rest you sayd, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.36 | Supposed dead and drowned. | supposed dead and drownd. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.107 | Which makes the silver rivers drown their shores | Which make the Siluer Riuers drowne their Shores, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.21 | O Lord! Methought what pain it was to drown! | O Lord, me thought what paine it was to drowne, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.273 | I'll drown you in the malmsey-butt within. | Ile drowne you in the Malmesey-But within. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.61 | To overgo thy woes and drown thy cries! | To ouer-go thy woes, and drowne thy cries. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.70 | May send forth plenteous tears to drown the world. | May send forth plenteous teares to drowne the World. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.99 | Drown desperate sorrow in dead Edward's grave | Drowne desperate sorrow in dead Edwards graue, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.154 | Thus will I drown your exclamations. | Thus will I drowne your exclamations. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.252 | Thou drown the sad remembrance of those wrongs | Thou drowne the sad remembrance of those wrongs, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.89 | And these, who often drowned, could never die, | And these who often drown'd could neuer die, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.29 | he hath no drowning-mark upon him: his complexion | he hath no drowning marke vpon him, his complexion |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.39 | drown? Have you a mind to sink? | drowne, haue you a minde to sinke? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.44 | We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art. | we are lesse afraid to be drownde, then thou art. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.45 | I'll warrant him for drowning, though the ship | I'le warrant him for drowning, though the Ship |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.55 | This wide-chopped rascal – would thou mightst lie drowning | This wide-chopt-rascall, would thou mightst lye drowning |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.406 | The ditty does remember my drowned father. | The Ditty do's remember my drown'd father, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.241 | 'Tis as impossible that he's undrowned | 'Tis as impossible that hee's vndrown'd, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.243.1 | That he's undrowned. | That hee's vndrown'd. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.248.1 | That Ferdinand is drowned? | That Ferdinand is drown'd. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.58 | I have not 'scaped drowning to be afeard now of your | I haue not scap'd drowning, to be afeard now of your |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.87 | he is drowned, and these are devils. O, defend me! | hee is dround; and these are diuels; O defend me. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.107 | But art thou not drowned, Stephano? I hope now thou | but art thou not dround Stephano: I hope now thou |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.108 | art not drowned. Is the storm overblown? I hid me | art not dround: Is the Storme ouer-blowne? I hid mee |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.172 | being drowned, we will inherit here. Here, bear my | being dround, wee will inherit here: Here; beare my |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.11 | My man-monster hath drowned his tongue | My man-Monster hath drown'd his tongue |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.12 | in sack. For my part, the sea cannot drown me. I swam, | in sacke: for my part the Sea cannot drowne mee, I swam |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.9 | No longer for my flatterer. He is drowned | No longer for my Flatterer: he is droun'd |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.60 | And even with suchlike valour men hang and drown | And euen with such like valour, men hang, and drowne |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.93 | Young Ferdinand, whom they suppose is drowned, | Yong Ferdinand (whom they suppose is droun'd) |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.230 | The dropsy drown this fool! What do you mean | The dropsie drowne this foole, what doe you meane |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.57 | I'll drown my book. | Ile drowne my booke. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.218 | This fellow could not drown. Now, blasphemy, | This fellow could not drowne: Now blasphemy, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.70 | That often drowns him and takes his valour prisoner. | That often drownes him, and takes his valour prisoner. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.28 | And drown themselves in riot. Itches, blains, | And drowne themselues in Riot. Itches, Blaines, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.90 | Are drowned and lost in his calamities. | Are drown'd and lost in his Calamities. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.100 | Hang them or stab them, drown them in a draught, | Hang them, or stab them, drowne them in a draught, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.54 | One hour's storm will drown the fragrant meads; | One houres storme will drowne the fragrant meades, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.141 | For thou, poor man, hast drowned it with thine own. | For thou poore man hast drown'd it with thine owne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.228 | Become a deluge, overflowed and drowned. | Become a deluge: ouerflow'd and drown'd: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.20 | Drown the lamenting fool in sea-salt tears. | Drowne the lamenting foole, in Sea salt teares. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.89 | But floods of tears will drown my oratory | But floods of teares will drowne my Oratorie, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.106 | Who drowned their enmity in my true tears | Who drown'd their enmity in my true teares, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.50 | When I do tell thee, there my hopes lie drowned, | When I doe tell thee, there my hopes lye drown'd: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.5 | Perchance he is not drowned. What think you, sailors? | Perchance he is not drown'd: What thinke you saylors? |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.126 | Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman. One | Like a drown'd man, a foole, and a madde man: One |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.128 | him, and a third drowns him. | him, and a third drownes him. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.131 | drowned. Go, look after him. | drown'd: go looke after him. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.20 | from the breach of the sea was my sister drowned. | from the breach of the sea, was my sister drown'd. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.27 | drowned already, sir, with salt water, though I seem to | drown'd already sir with salt water, though I seeme to |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.28 | drown her remembrance again with more. | drowne her remembrance againe with more. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.238 | And say, ‘ Thrice welcome, drowned Viola.’ | And say, thrice welcome drowned Viola. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.96 | The mean is drowned with your unruly bass. | The meane is dround with you vnruly base. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.79 | And drenched me in the sea, where I am drowned. | And drench'd me in the sea, where I am drown'd. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.3 | puppy; one that I saved from drowning, when three or | puppy: one that I sau'd from drowning, when three or |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.11 | Where we should turn or drown; if labour through, | Where we should turne or drowne; if labour through, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.30 | Lest I should drown, or stab, or hang myself. | Least I should drowne, or stab, or hang my selfe. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.34 | drown themselves, thither they go – Jupiter bless us! – | Drowne themselves, thither they goe, Iupiter blesse / Vs, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.112 | Worse than tears drown. Beseech you all, my lords, | Worse then Teares drowne: 'beseech you all (my Lords) |