| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.8 | hath shot out in our latter times. | hath shot out in our latter times. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.27 | A good traveller is something at the latter | A good Trauailer is something at the latter |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.100.1 | I hear him as he flattered. | I heare him as he flatter'd. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.14 | He loses hearts. Lepidus flatters both, | He looses hearts: Lepidus flatters both, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.15 | Of both is flattered; but he neither loves, | Of both is flatter'd: but he neither loues, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.156 | To flatter Caesar, would you mingle eyes | To flatter Casar, would you mingle eyes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.39 | My latter part of life. | My latter part of life. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.10 | ‘This is no flattery; these are counsellors | This is no flattery: these are counsellors |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.54 | 'Tis not her glass but you that flatters her, | 'Tis not her glasse, but you that flatters her, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.170 | thought no less. That flattering tongue of yours won | thought no lesse: that flattering tongue of yours wonne |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.43 | my purgation. I have trod a measure, I have flattered a | my purgation, I haue trod a measure, I haue flattred a |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.79 | My wife, more careful for the latter-born, | My wife, more carefull for the latter borne, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.28 | When the sweet breath of flattery conquers strife. | When the sweet breath of flatterie conquers strife. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.165 | He that will give good words to thee will flatter | He that will giue good words to thee, wil flatter |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.43 | I'th' field prove flatterers, let courts and cities be | I'th' field proue flatterers, let Courts and Cities be |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.8 | that have flattered the people, who ne'er loved them; and | that haue flatter'd the people, who ne're loued them; and |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.21 | the people is as bad as that which he dislikes – to flatter | the People, is as bad, as that which he dislikes, to flatter |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.76 | Your multiplying spawn how can he flatter – | Your multiplying Spawne, how can he flatter? |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.94 | that I have not been common in my love. I will, sir, flatter | that I haue not bin common in my Loue, I will sir flatter |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.45 | Time-pleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. | Time-pleasers, flatterers, foes to Noblenesse. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.67 | Regard me as I do not flatter, and | regard me, as I doe not flatter, / And |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.255 | He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, | He would not flatter Neptune for his Trident, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.92.1 | Than flatter him in a bower. | Then flatter him in a Bower. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.137.1 | I'th' way of flattery further. | I'th way of Flattery further. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.23 | He watered his new plants with dews of flattery, | He watered his new Plants with dewes of Flattery, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.116 | Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles. | Flatter'd your Volcians in Corioles. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.27 | (aside) Here comes a flattering rascal, upon him | Heere comes a flattering Rascall, vpon him |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.175 | The woman's: flattering, hers; deceiving, hers; | The womans: Flattering, hers; Deceiuing, hers: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.64 | Mine ears that heard her flattery, nor my heart | Mine eares that heare her flattery, nor my heart, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.66.2 | Nay, do not think I flatter. | Nay, do not thinke I flatter: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.69 | To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flattered? | To feed & cloath thee. Why shold the poor be flatter'd? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.146 | Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, | Lay not a flattering Vnction to your soule, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.156 | Farewell, the latter spring! Farewell, | Farwell the latter Spring. Farewell |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.2 | In this fine age were not thought flattery, | In this fine Age, were not thought flatterie, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.6 | By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy | By heauen I cannot flatter: I defie |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.78 | To the latter end of a fray, and the beginning of a feast | to the latter end of a Fray, and the beginning of a Feast, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.92 | To grace this latter age with noble deeds. | To grace this latter Age with Noble deeds. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.29 | Flattering himself in project of a power | Flatt'ring himselfe with Proiect of a power, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.263 | Thou dost give me flattering busses. | Thou do'st giue me flatt'ring Busses. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.111 | I will cap that proverb with ‘ There is flattery | I will cap that Prouerbe with, There is flatterie |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.133 | together at the latter day, and cry all, ‘ We died at such | together at the latter day, and cry all, Wee dyed at such |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.244 | But poisoned flattery? O, be sick, great greatness, | But poyson'd flatterie? O, be sick, great Greatnesse, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.221 | begins to flatter me that thou dost, notwithstanding the | begins to flatter me, that thou doo'st; notwithstanding the |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.284 | heart of flattery about me, I cannot so conjure up the | Heart of Flatterie about me, I cannot so coniure vp the |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.309 | latter end, and she must be blind too. | latter end, and she must be blinde to. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.51 | Didst thou at first, to flatter us withal, | Didst thou at first, to flatter vs withall, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.31 | Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, | Let him that is no Coward, nor no Flatterer, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.35 | Of base insinuating flattery, | Of base insinuating flatterie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.38 | And in his bosom spend my latter gasp. | And in his Bosome spend my latter gaspe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.142 | That Suffolk doth not flatter, face, or feign. | That Suffolke doth not flatter, face,or faine. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.25 | So should I give consent to flatter sin. | So should I giue consent to flatter sinne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.161 | I fear me, lords, for all this flattering gloss, | I feare me Lords, for all this flattering glosse, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.164 | First, for I cannot flatter thee in pride; | First, for I cannot flatter thee in Pride: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.28 | By flattery hath he won the commons' hearts, | By flatterie hath he wonne the Commons hearts: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.143 | Flattering me with impossibilities. | Flattering me with impossibilities: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.43 | And in devotion spend my latter days, | And in deuotion spend my latter dayes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.84 | To flatter Henry and forsake thy brother! | To flatter Henry, and forsake thy Brother? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.3 | 'Tis sin to flatter; ‘ good ’ was little better. | Tis sinne to flatter, Good was little better: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.144 | Or felt the flatteries that grow upon it! | Or felt the Flatteries that grow vpon it: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.124 | To hear such flattery now, and in my presence | To heare such flattery now, and in my presence |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.16 | Let none think flattery, for they'll find 'em truth. | Let none thinke Flattery; for they'l finde 'em Truth. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.206 | Lions with toils, and men with flatterers, | Lyons with Toyles, and men with Flatterers. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.207 | But when I tell him he hates flatterers, | But, when I tell him, he hates Flatterers, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.208 | He says he does, being then most flattered. | He sayes, he does; being then most flattered. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.52 | I kiss thy hand, but not in flattery, Caesar, | I kisse thy hand, but not in flattery Casar: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.193 | Either a coward, or a flatterer. | Either a Coward, or a Flatterer. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.90 | A flatterer's would not, though they do appear | A Flatterers would not, though they do appeare |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.44 | Struck Caesar on the neck. O you flatterers! | Strooke Casar on the necke. O you Flatterers. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.45 | Flatterers? Now, Brutus, thank yourself: | Flatterers? Now Brutus thanke your selfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.142 | Flatter our earth and suddenly be done. | Flatter our earth, and sodenly be done: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.88 | For flattery fear thou not to be convicted; | For flattery feare thou not to be conuicted, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.116 | Like to a flattering glass, doth make more fair | Like to a flattering glas doth make more faire, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.117 | The yellow amber. – ‘ Like a flattering glass ’ | The yelow Amber like a flattering glas, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.302 | But O, thou world, great nurse of flattery, | But O thou world great nurse of flatterie, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.311 | Age is a cynic, not a flatterer. | Age is a cyncke, not a flatterer, |
| King John | KJ II.i.503 | Drawn in the flattering table of her eye. | Drawne in the flattering table of her eie. |
| King John | KJ II.i.504 | Drawn in the flattering table of her eye! | Drawne in the flattering table of her eie, |
| King John | KJ II.i.516 | Further I will not flatter you, my lord, | Further I will not flatter you, my Lord, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.148 | When power to flattery bows? To plainness honour's bound | When power to flattery bowes? / To plainnesse honour's bound, |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.21 | With checks, as flatteries, when they are seen abused. | |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.96 | Quite from his nature. He cannot flatter, he! | Quite from his Nature. He cannot flatter he, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.108 | much. I know, sir, I am no flatterer. He that beguiled | much; I know Sir, I am no flatterer, he that beguild |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.116 | When he, compact, and flattering his displeasure, | When he compact, and flattering his displeasure |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.2 | Than still contemned and flattered. To be worst, | Then still contemn'd and flatter'd, to be worst: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.96 | Ha! Gonerill with a white beard! They flattered me | Ha! Gonerill with a white beard? They flatter'd me |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.284 | Ay, marry, there; some flattery for this evil! | I marie there, some flattery for this euill. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.624 | For the latter end of his name. | For the latter end of his name. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.809 | To flatter up these powers of mine with rest, | To flatter vp these powers of mine with rest, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.33 | Must lave our honours in these flattering streams, | must laue / Our Honors in these flattering streames, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.31 | By this great clatter one of greatest note | By this great clatter, one of greatest note |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.151 | Or bring your latter hazard back again | Or bring your latter hazard backe againe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.13 | I am not bid for love, they flatter me, | I am not bid for loue, they flatttr me, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.8 | soon at night, in faith, at the latter end of a sea-coal | soone at night, (in faith) at the latter end of a Sea-cole- |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.7 | O, you are a flattering boy. Now I see | O you are a flattering boy, now I see |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.214 | I will sing it in the latter end of a play before the Duke. | I will sing it in the latter end of a play, before the Duke. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.28 | this, though I cannot be said to be a flattering honest | this (though I cannot be said to be a flattering honest |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.130 | flattery, not out of my promise. | flattery, not out of my promise. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.11 | If you, born in these latter times | If you, borne in those latter times, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.38 | They do abuse the king that flatter him, | They doe abuse the King that flatter him, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.39 | For flattery is the bellows blows up sin; | For flatterie is the bellowes blowes vp sinne, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.40 | The thing which is flattered, but a spark, | The thing the which is flattered, but a sparke, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.45 | He flatters you, makes war upon your life. | He flatters you, makes warre vpon your life. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.59 | Rise, prithee rise. Sit down. Thou art no flatterer; | Rise, prethee rise, sit downe, thou art no flatterer, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.28 | May the two latter darken and expend, | may the two latter darken and expend; |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.45 | So well as soft and tender flattery. | So well as soft and tender flatterie: |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.25 | We thank you both. Yet one but flatters us, | We thanke you both, yet one but flatters vs, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.17 | No, it is stopped with other, flattering sounds, | No, it is stopt with other flatt'ring sounds |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.87 | I mock my name, great King, to flatter thee. | I mocke my name (great King) to flatter thee. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.88 | Should dying men flatter with those that live? | Should dying men flatter those that liue? |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.89 | No, no. Men living flatter those that die. | No, no, men liuing flatter those that dye. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.90 | Thou now a-dying sayst thou flatterest me. | Thou now a dying, sayst thou flatter'st me. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.100 | A thousand flatterers sit within thy crown, | A thousand flatterers sit within thy Crowne, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.242 | By flatterers; and what they will inform | By Flatterers, and what they will informe |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.69 | With cozening hope. He is a flatterer, | With couzening hope; he is a Flatterer, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.85 | Now shall he try his friends that flattered him. | Now shall he try his friends that flattered him. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.216 | That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue. | That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.165 | To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my knee. | To insinuate, flatter, bowe, and bend my Knee. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.278 | And made no deeper wounds? O, flattering glass, | And made no deeper Wounds? Oh flatt'ring Glasse, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.305 | For when I was a king, my flatterers | For when I was a King, my flatterers |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.307 | I have a king here to my flatterer. | I haue a King here to my flatterer: |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.23 | Thoughts tending to content flatter themselves | Thoughts tending to Content, flatter themselues, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.223 | But since you teach me how to flatter you, | But since you teach me how to flatter you, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.47 | Because I cannot flatter and look fair, | Because I cannot flatter, and looke faire, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.268 | O, if thine eye be not a flatterer, | O, if thine eye be not a Flatterer, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.85 | The flattering index of a direful pageant, | The flattering Index of a direfull Pageant; |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.95 | Where be the bending peers that flattered thee? | Where be the bending Peeres that flattered thee? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.246 | Flatter my sorrows with report of it. | Flatter my sorrow with report of it: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.193 | Fool, of thyself speak well. Fool, do not flatter. | Foole, of thy Selfe speake well: Foole, do not flatter. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.141 | Too flattering-sweet to be substantial. | Too flattering sweet to be substantiall. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.1 | If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep, | If I may trust the flattering truth of sleepe, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.42 | Even as a flattering dream or worthless fancy. | Euen as a flatt'ring dreame, or worthles fancie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.31 | That I have fondly flattered her withal. | That I haue fondly flatter'd them withall. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.160 | The latter end of his | The latter end of his |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.9 | No longer for my flatterer. He is drowned | No longer for my Flatterer: he is droun'd |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.60 | All sorts of hearts; yea, from the glass-faced flatterer | All sorts of hearts; yea, from the glasse-fac'd Flatterer |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.229 | for thy labour. He that loves to be flattered is worthy | for thy labour. He that loues to be flattered, is worthy |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.230 | o'th' flatterer. Heavens, that I were a lord! | o'th flatterer. Heauens, that I were a Lord. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.38 | should ne'er flatter thee. O you gods! What a number of | should nere flatter thee. Oh you Gods! What a number of |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.79 | Would all those flatterers were thine | Would all those Flatterers were thine |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.134 | And spend our flatteries to drink those men | And spend our Flatteries, to drinke those men, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.254 | To counsel deaf, but not to flattery. | To Counsell deafe, but not to Flatterie. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.67 | Is every flatterer's spirit. Who can call him his friend | Is euery Flatterers sport: who can call him his Friend |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.91 | Who, stuck and spangled with your flatteries, | Who stucke and spangled you with Flatteries, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.15 | And say, ‘ This man's a flatterer ’? If one be, | And fay, this mans a Flatterer. If one be, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.207 | Thy flatterers yet wear silk, drink wine, lie soft, | Thy Flatterers yet weare Silke, drinke Wine, lye soft, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.211 | Be thou a flatterer now, and seek to thrive | Be thou a Flatterer now, and seeke to thriue |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.232 | Answer mere nature – bid them flatter thee. | Answer meere Nature: bid them flatter thee. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.235.3 | Thou flatterest misery. | Thou flatter'st misery. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.236 | I flatter not, but say thou art a caitiff. | I flatter not, but say thou art a Caytiffe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.271 | They never flattered thee. What hast thou given? | They neuer flatter'd thee. What hast thou giuen? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.277 | Thou hadst been a knave and flatterer. | Thou hadst bene a Knaue and Flatterer. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.321 | compare to thy flatterers? | compare to thy Flatterers? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.34 | flatteries that follow youth and opulency. | Flatteries / That follow youth and opulencie. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.74 | These well express in thee thy latter spirits. | These well expresse in thee thy latter spirits: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.215 | Andronicus, I do not flatter thee, | Andronicus, I do not flatter thee |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.252 | Now farewell flatt'ry; die Andronicus. | Now farwell flatterie, die Andronicus, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.72 | Flattering myself, as if it were the Moor | Flattering myselfes, as if it were the Moore, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.293 | Desire him not to flatter with his lord, | Desire him not to flatter with his Lord, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.299 | Mine eye too great a flatterer for my mind. | Mine eye too great a flatterer for my minde: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.145.2 | I will not flatter her. | I will not flatter her. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.146 | O, flatter me; for love delights in praises. | O flatter me: for Loue delights in praises. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.102 | Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces; | Flatter, and praise, commend, extoll their graces: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.94 | To be seduced by thy flattery | To be seduced by thy flattery, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.12 | Think not I flatter, for I swear I do not – | Thinke not I flatter (for I sweare I doe not) |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.184 | And yet the painter flattered her a little, | And yet the Painter flatter'd her a little, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.185 | Unless I flatter with myself too much. | Vnlesse I flatter with my selfe too much. |