| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.2 | height of your breeding. | height of your breeding. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.118 | Of colour, weight, and heat, poured all together, | Of colour, waight, and heat, pour'd all together, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.69 | prayer, though thou deny me a matter of more weight; | Prayer, though thou denie me a matter of more waight: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.25 | So great weight in his lightness. If he filled | So great waight in his lightnesse. If he fill'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.21 | O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony! | Oh happy horse to beare the weight of Anthony! |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.184 | Eight wild boars roasted whole at a breakfast, | Eight Wilde-Boares rosted whole at a breakfast: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.19 | By th' height, the lowness, or the mean if dearth | By'th'height, the lownesse, or the meane: If dearth |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.36 | The weight we must convey with's will permit, | The waight we must conuay with's, will permit: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.20 | Leaving the fight in height, flies after her. | Leauing the Fight in heighth, flyes after her: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.34 | That makes the weight. Had I great Juno's power, | That makes the waight. Had I great Iuno's power, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.102 | As answering to the weight. Would I might never | As answering to the waight, would I might neuer |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.7 | Herein I see thou lovest me not with the full weight | Heerein I see thou lou'st mee not with the full waight |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.246 | What passion hangs these weights upon my tongue? | What passion hangs these waights vpõ my toong? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.92 | I'll rhyme you so eight years together, | Ile rime you so, eight yeares together; |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.43 | By so much the more shall I tomorrow be at the height | by so much the more shall I to morrow be at the height |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.125 | Here's eight that must take hands, | Here's eight that must take hands, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.109 | With lesser weight but not with lesser woe, | With lesser waight, but not with lesser woe, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.126 | At eighteen years became inquisitive | At eighteene yeeres became inquisitiue |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.36 | But were we burdened with like weight of pain, | But were we burdned with like waight of paine, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.200 | Even in the strength and height of injury. | Euen in the strength and height of iniurie: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.1.1 | Enter seven or eight Citizens | Enter seuen or eight Citizens. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.17 | mother now than an eight-year-old horse. The tartness | Mother now, then an eight yeare old horse. The tartnesse |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.22 | Mine honour for his truth; who being so heightened, | Mine Honor for his truth: who being so heighten'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.55 | And leave eighteen. Alas, poor princess, | And leaue eighteene. Alas poore Princesse, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.89 | From whose so many weights of baseness cannot | From whose so many waights of basenesse, cannot |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.17 | How much the quantity, the weight as much, | How much the quantity, the waight as much, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.21 | From our achievements, though performed at height, | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.158 | By heaven, thy madness shall be paid with weight | By Heauen, thy madnesse shall be payed by waight, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.164 | hold the laying in, 'a will last you some eight year or | hold the laying in) he will last you some eight yeare, or |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.23 | the veriest varlet that ever chewed with a tooth. Eight | the veriest Varlet that euer chewed with a Tooth. Eight |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.62 | Some eight or ten. | Some eight or ten. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.24 | life than ‘ Eight shillings and sixpence,’ and ‘ You are | life, then Eight shillings and six pence, and, You are |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.161 | miracle. I am eight times thrust through the doublet, | miracle. I am eight times thrust through the Doublet, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.307 | O villain, thou stolest a cup of sack eighteen | O Villaine, thou stolest a Cup of Sacke eighteene |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.151 | Yea, even the slightest worship of his time, | Yea, euen the sleightest worship of his time, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.70 | Now as I am a true woman, holland of eight | Now as I am a true Woman, Holland of eight |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.103 | A trifle, some eightpenny matter. | A Trifle, some eight-penny matter. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.35 | more weight than mine own bowels. I have led my | more weight then mine owne Bowelles. I haue led my |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.122 | Lend to this weight such lightness with their fear | Lend to this weight, such lightnesse with their Feare, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.63 | As with the tide swelled up unto his height, | As with the Tyde, swell'd vp vnto his height, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.248 | Prince himself is such another – the weight of a hair | Prince himselfe is such another: the weight of an hayre |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.56 | Were they at wars. It is but eight years since | Were they at Warres. It is but eight yeeres since, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.34 | Did he suspire, that light and weightless down | Did hee suspire, that light and weightlesse dowlne |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.41 | your worship truly, sir, this eight years, and if I cannot | your Worshippe truely sir, these eight yeares: and if I cannot |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.5 | Before we hear him, of some things of weight | Before we heare him, of some things of weight, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.64 | Eight hundred five. Besides, their writers say, | Eight hundred fiue. Besides, their Writers say, |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.90 | You'll pay me the eight shillings I won of you at | You'l pay me the eight shillings I won of you at |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.101 | I shall have my eight shillings I won of you at betting? | |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.35 | According to the weight and worthiness. | According to the weight and worthinesse. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.117 | Scorn and defiance, slight regard, contempt, | Scorne and defiance, sleight regard, contempt, |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.17 | To his full height! On, on, you noblest English, | To his full height. On, on, you Noblish English, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.126 | have digested; which in weight to re-answer, his pettiness | haue digested; which in weight to re-answer, his pettinesse |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.84 | Eight thousand and four hundred; of the which, | Eight thousand and foure hundred: of the which, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.62 | Did look no better to that weighty charge. | Did looke no better to that weightie Charge. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.111 | Or flourish to the height of my degree. | Or flourish to the height of my Degree. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.42 | For eighteen months concluded by consent. | For eighteene moneths concluded by consent. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.65 | I'the parts of France, till term of eighteen months | I'th parts of France, till terme of eighteene Moneths |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.168 | This weighty business will not brook delay; | This weighty businesse will not brooke delay, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.86 | With thy confederates in this weighty cause. | With thy Confederates in this weightie cause. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.289 | What counsel give you in this weighty cause? | What counsaile giue you in this weightie cause? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.20 | With sleight and manhood stole to Rhesus' tents, | With sleight and manhood stole to Rhesus Tents, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.51 | I mean, in bearing weight of government, | I meane, in bearing weight of Gouernment, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.36 | Thou art no Atlas for so great a weight; | Thou art no Atlas for so great a weight: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.24 | And heave it shall some weight or break my back. | And heaue it shall some waight, or breake my backe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.2 | That bear a weighty and a serious brow, | That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.214 | He's traitor to th' height! | Hee's Traytor to th'height. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.116 | Henry the Eighth, life, honour, name, and all | Henry the Eight, Life, Honour, Name and all |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.144 | This secret is so weighty, 'twill require | This Secret is so weighty, 'twill require |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.138 | There ye shall meet about this weighty business. | There ye shall meete about this waighty busines. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.58 | How you stand minded in the weighty difference | How you stand minded in the waighty difference |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.71 | In such a point of weight, so near mine honour, | In such a poynt of weight, so neere mine Honour, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.234.1 | Authority so weighty. | Authority so weighty. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.407 | There was the weight that pulled me down. O Cromwell, | There was the waight that pull'd me downe. / O Cromwell, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.26 | About the hour of eight, which he himself | About the houre of eight, which he himselfe |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.18 | Much weightier than this work. The Queen's in labour, | Much waightier then this worke. The Queens in Labor |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.66 | Lay all the weight ye can upon my patience, | Lay all the weight ye can vpon my patience, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.213 | By the eighth hour; is that the uttermost? | By the eight houre, is that the vttermost? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.114.2 | Caesar, 'tis strucken eight. | Casar, 'tis strucken eight. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.215 | We, at the height, are ready to decline. | We at the height, are readie to decline. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.159 | And ure thy shoulders to an armour's weight. | And vre thy shoulders to an Armors weight. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.304 | And peise their deeds with weight of heavy lead, | And peise their deedes with weight of heauie leade, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.118 | Myself and Derby will to Calais straight, | Myselfe and Derby will to Calice streight; |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.61 | What else, my son? He's scarce eight thousand strong, | What else my son, hees scarse eight thousand strong |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.26 | Straight trees of gold, the pendants, leaves; | Streight trees of gold, the pendant leaues, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.30 | Behind us too the hill doth bear his height, | Behinde vs two the hill doth beare his height, |
| King John | KJ III.i.297 | But in despair die under their black weight. | But in despaire, dye vnder their blacke weight. |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.46 | The height, the crest, or crest unto the crest, | The heighth, the Crest: or Crest vnto the Crest |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.39 | back forty-eight. | backe forty eight. |
| King Lear | KL I.v.35 | Because they are not eight? | Because they are not eight. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.58 | Look up a-height. The shrill-gorged lark so far | Looke vp a height, the shrill-gorg'd Larke so farre |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.321 | The weight of this sad time we must obey; | The waight of this sad time we must obey, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.7 | Matchless Navarre; the plea of no less weight | Matchlesse Nauarre, the plea of no lesse weight |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.125.1 | For sundry weighty reasons. | For sundry weightie Reasons. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.26 | And that distilled by magic sleights | And that distill'd by Magicke slights, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.110.1 | A show of eight kings, and Banquo; the last king with | A shew of eight Kings, and Banquo last, with |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.118 | And yet the eighth appears, who bears a glass | And yet the eighth appeares, who beares a glasse, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.120 | Make us pay down for our offence by weight | Make vs pay downe, for our offence, by waight |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.61 | 'Tis now dead midnight, and by eight tomorrow | 'Tis now dead midnight, and by eight to morrow |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.238 | And punish them to your height of pleasure. | And punish them to your height of pleasure. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.89 | And you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight, | And you shall see 'tis purchast by the weight, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.41 | A weight of carrion flesh than to receive | A weight of carrion flesh, then to receiue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.72 | And bid the main flood bate his usual height, | And bid the maine flood baite his vsuall height, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.186 | tomorrow eight o'clock, to have amends. | to morrow eight a clocke to haue amends. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.43 | come to her between eight and nine. I must carry her | come to her, betweene eight and nine: I must carry her |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.50 | Eight and nine, sir. | Eight and nine Sir. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.107 | It was a miracle to 'scape suffocation. And in the height | it was a miracle to scape suffocation. And in the height |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.119 | from her another embassy of meeting. 'Twixt eight | from her another ambassie of meeting: 'twixt eight |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.121 | 'Tis past eight already, sir. | 'Tis past eight already Sir. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.22 | be written in eight and six. | be written in eight and sixe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.23 | No, make it two more: let it be written in eight | No, make it two more, let it be written in eight |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.24 | and eight. | and eight. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.291 | Between our statures. She hath urged her height, | Betweene our statures, she hath vrg'd her height, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.293 | Her height, forsooth, she hath prevailed with him. | Her height (forsooth) she hath preuail'd with him. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.65 | signor, walk aside with me; I have studied eight or nine | signior, walke aside with mee, I haue studied eight or nine |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.83 | there be any matter of weight chances, call up me. Keep | there be anie matter of weight chances, call vp me, keepe |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.24 | 'Twill be heavier soon, by the weight of a man. | 'Twill be heauier soone, by the waight of a man. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.297 | Is he not approved in the height a villain that | Is a not approued in the height a villaine, that |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.264 | I would bend under any heavy weight | I would bend vnder anie heauie waight, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.82 | It shall be full of poise and difficult weight, | It shall be full of poize, and difficult waight, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.170 | Eightscore-eight hours? And lovers' absent hours | Eight score eight houres? And Louers absent howres |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.171 | More tedious than the dial eightscore times! | More tedious then the Diall, eight score times? |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.6 | Even in the height and pride of all his glory, | euen in the height and pride / Of all his glory, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.54 | hair, complexion, height, her age, with warrant of her | haire, complexion, height, her age, with warrant of her |
| Pericles | Per V.i.259.1 | I have another suit. | I haue another sleight. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.88 | That Mowbray hath received eight thousand nobles | That Mowbray hath receiu'd eight thousandNobles, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.95 | That all the treasons for these eighteen years | That all the Treasons for these eighteene yeeres |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.189 | Or with pale beggar-fear impeach my height | Or with pale beggar-feare impeach my hight |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.59 | Not with the empty hollowness, but weight. | Not with the emptie hollownes, but weight: |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.215 | Go, Bushy, to the Earl of Wiltshire straight, | Go Bushie to the Earle of Wiltshire streight, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.286 | With eight tall ships, three thousand men of war, | With eight tall ships, three thousand men of warre |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.31 | Stoop with oppression of their prodigal weight. | Stoupe with oppression of their prodigall weight: |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.203 | I give this heavy weight from off my head, | I giue this heauie Weight from off my Head, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.148 | With lies well steeled with weighty arguments; | With Lyes well steel'd with weighty Arguments, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.31 | And still, as you are weary of this weight, | And still as you are weary of this waight, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.41 | I fear our happiness is at the highest. | I feare our happinesse is at the height. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.82 | By Him that raised me to this careful height | By him that rais'd me to this carefull height, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.119 | In weightier things you'll say a beggar nay. | In weightier things you'le say a Begger nay. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.120 | It is too heavy for your grace to wear. | It is too weightie for your Grace to weare. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.19 | Untouched, or slightly handled in discourse; | Vntoucht, or sleightly handled in discourse. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.187 | Seduced the pitch and height of his degree | Seduc'd the pitch, and height of his degree, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.95 | Eighty odd years of sorrow have I seen, | Eightie odde yeeres of sorrow haue I seene, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.244 | Unto the dignity and height of fortune, | Vnto the dignity and height of Fortune, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.177 | And Richard falls in height of all his pride! | And Richard fall in height of all his pride. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.78 | shall use me hereafter, dry-beat the rest of the eight. | shall vse me hereafter dry beate the rest of the eight. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.245 | Sufficeth, my reasons are both good and weighty. | Sufficeth my reasons are both good and waighty. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.205 | And yet as heavy as my weight should be. | And yet as heauie as my waight should be. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.26 | Made me acquainted with a weighty cause | Made me acquainted with a waighty cause |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.88 | On height of our displeasure. Friend or brother, | On height of our displeasure: Friend, or Brother, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.102 | Attend our weightier judgement. | Attend our waightier Iudgement. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.74 | Lo, as the bark that hath discharged his freight | Loe as the Barke that hath discharg'd his fraught, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.125 | But to your wishes' height advance you both. | But to your wishes height aduance you both. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.70 | My grief was at the height before thou cam'st, | My griefe was at the height before thou cam'st, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.34 | Captives, to be advanced to this height? | Captiues, to be aduanced to this height? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.3 | Whose height commands as subject all the vale, | Whose height commands as subiect all the vaile, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.203 | Of their observant toil the enemies' weight – | Of their obseruant toyle, the Enemies waight, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.164 | Might be affronted with the match and weight | Might be affronted with the match and waight |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.72 | Of her contaminated carrion weight | Of her contaminated carrion weight, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.3 | Patroclus, let us feast him to the height. | Patroclus, / let vs Feast him to the hight. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.171 | So much by weight hate I her Diomed. | So much by weight, hate I her Diomed, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.196 | were set at eight i'the morning. | were set at eight i'th morning. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.161 | Therefore I know she is about my height. | Therefore I know she is about my height, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.60 | That draw i'th' sequent trace. These poor slight sores | That draw i'th sequent trace: these poore sleight sores, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.117 | Upon this mighty ‘ Morr,’ of mickle weight; | Vpon this mighty Morr---of mickle waight |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.86.1 | Is not this piece too strait? | Is not this peece too streight? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.130 | Under the weight of arms; stout-hearted, still, | Vnder the waight of Armes; stout harted, still, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.108 | Of eighty winters – this I told them – who | Of eightie winters, this I told them, who |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.29.2 | She's eighteen. | She's eighteene. |