| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.32 | Pawn their experience to their present pleasure | Pawne their experience to their present pleasure, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.3.1 | The pauses that he makes. | the pawses that he makes. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.390 | These ducats pawn I for my father here. | These Duckets pawne I for my father heere. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.76 | Your multiplying spawn how can he flatter – | Your multiplying Spawne, how can he flatter? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.15 | Your person most; that he would pawn his fortunes | Your person most: That he would pawne his fortunes |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.21 | A good construction. I raised him, and I pawned | A good construction. I rais'd him, and I pawn'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.105 | I dare thereupon pawn the moiety of my estate, to | I dare thereupon pawne the moytie of my Estate, to |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.194 | And pawn mine honour for their safety, since | And pawne mine Honor for their safety, since |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.68 | Must give us pause. There's the respect | Must giue vs pawse. There's the respect |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.146 | horses, against the which he has impawned, as I take it, | Horses, against the which he impon'd as I take it, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.160 | against the Danish. Why is this all impawned, as you | against the Danish; why is this impon'd as you |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.108 | Go to the King, and let there be impawned | Goe to the King, and let there be impawn'd |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.140 | fain to pawn both my plate and the tapestry of my | faine to pawne both my Plate, and the Tapistry of my |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.153 | i'faith, I am loath to pawn my plate, so God save me, | I loath to pawne my Plate, in good earnest |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.157 | Well, you shall have it, though I pawn my | Well, you shall haue it although I pawne my |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.7 | Alas, sweet wife, my honour is at pawn, | Alas (sweet Wife) my Honor is at pawne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.112.2 | I pawned thee none. | I pawn'd thee none: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.9 | And pause us till these rebels now afoot | And pawse vs, till these Rebels, now a-foot, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.21 | Therefore take heed how you impawn our person, | Therefore take heed how you impawne our Person, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.145 | A night is but small breath and little pause | A Night is but small breathe, and little pawse, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.4 | Where is John Talbot? Pause, and take thy breath; | Where is Iohn Talbot? pawse, and take thy breath, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.113 | They'll pawn their swords for my enfranchisement. | They'l pawne their swords of my infranchisement. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.153 | Who, being suffered with the bear's fell paw, | Who being suffer'd with the Beares fell paw, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.13 | That trembles under his devouring paws; | That trembles vnder his deuouring Pawes: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.30 | I'll never pause again, never stand still, | Ile neuer pawse againe, neuer stand still, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.10 | It were no less; but yet I'll make a pause. | It were no lesse, but yet Ile make a pawse. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.116 | Thereon I pawn my credit and mine honour. | Thereon I pawne my Credit, and mine Honor. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.9 | Hath pawned an open hand in sign of love; | Hath pawn'd an open Hand, in signe of Loue; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.39 | Hath pawned the Sicils and Jerusalem, | Hath pawn'd the Sicils and Ierusalem, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.108 | And I must pause till it come back to me. | And I must pawse, till it come backe to me. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.206 | Can pawn itself to buy thy remedy. | Can pawne it selfe to buy thy remedy. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.388 | To pawn thine honour rather than thy life. | To pawne thine honor rather then thy life; |
| King John | KJ III.i.98 | Have I not pawned to you my majesty? | Haue I not pawn'd to you my Maiesty? |
| King John | KJ III.i.259 | A chafed lion by the mortal paw, | A cased Lion by the mortall paw, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.141 | To lie like pawns locked up in chests and trunks, | To lye like pawnes, lock'd vp in chests and truncks, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.155 | My life I never held but as a pawn | My life I neuer held but as pawne |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.86 | pieces the heart of his obedience. I dare pawn down my | peeces, the heart of his obedience. I dare pawne downe |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.108 | Outrun the pauser reason. Here lay Duncan, | Out-run the pawser, Reason. Here lay Duncan, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.102 | Some report a sea-maid spawned him. Some that | Some report, a Sea-maid spawn'd him. Some, that |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.77 | Pawned with the other, for the poor rude world | Paund with the other, for the poore rude world |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.90 | hath pawned his horses to mine host of the Garter. | hath pawn'd his horses to mine Host of the Garter. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.6 | should lay my countenance to pawn. I have grated upon | should lay my countenance to pawne: I haue grated vpon |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.101 | Come, lay their swords to pawn. Follow me, lads of | Come, lay their swords to pawne: Follow me, Lad of |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.83.2 | Being done, there is no pause. | Being done, there is no pawse. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.74 | As to take up mine honour's pawn, then stoop. | As to take vp mine Honors pawne, then stoope. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.293 | Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown, | Redeeme from broaking pawne the blemish'd Crowne, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.167 | It may be I will go with you, but yet I'll pause; | It may be I will go with you: but yet Ile pawse, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.55.2 | There is my honour's pawn. | |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.70 | In proof whereof, there is my honour's pawn. | In proofe whereof, there is mine Honors pawne, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.29 | The lion dying thrusteth forth his paw | The Lyon dying, thrusteth forth his Paw, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.24 | Give me some little breath, some pause, dear lord, | Giue me some litle breath, some pawse, deare Lord, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.88 | For which your honour and your faith is pawned, | For which your Honor and your Faith is pawn'd, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.370 | Thy Garter, blemished, pawned his knightly virtue; | Thy Garter blemish'd, pawn'd his Knightly Vertue; |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.151 | Pawn me to this your honour, she is his. | Pawne me to this your Honour, she is his. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.82 | Security, I'll pawn my victories, all | Security, / Ile pawne my Victories, all |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.152 | To have his princely paws pared all away. | To haue his Princely pawes par'd all away. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.301 | I'll pawn this truth with my three drops of blood. | Ile pawne this truth with my three drops of blood. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.47 | Here is her oath for love, her honour's pawn. | Here is her oath for loue, her honors paune; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.89 | Upon some other pawn for fealty. | Vpon some other pawne for fealty. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.436 | Shall bear along impawned, away tonight! | Shall beare along impawnd, away to Night, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.165 | I'll pawn the little blood which I have left | Ile pawne the little blood which I haue left, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.802 | more, and leave this young man in pawn till I bring it | more, and leaue this young man in pawne, till I bring it |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.817 | remain, as he says, your pawn till it be brought you. | remaine (as he sayes) your pawne till it be brought you. |