| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.202 | Thy will by my performance shall be served. | Thy will by my performance shall be seru'd: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.179 | And be performed tonight. The solemn feast | And be perform'd to night: the solemne Feast |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.56 | service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer, | seruice is sildome attributed to the true and exact performer, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.24.1 | Perform't, or else we damn thee.' | Perform't, or else we damne thee. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.27.1 | Should my performance perish. | Should my performance perish. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.23 | Or take his life there. This if she perform, | Or take his life there. This if shee performe, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.86.2 | One that but performs | One that but performes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.203 | Make your best use of this. I have performed | Make your best vse of this. I haue perform'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.330 | To see performed the dreaded act which thou | To see perform'd the dreaded Act which thou |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.108 | perform it. | performe it. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.135 | appointed for the wrestling, and they are ready to perform | appointed for the wrastling, and they are ready to performe |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.265 | Shall be the general's fault, though he perform | Shall be the Generals fault, though he performe |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.43 | A little of that worthy work performed | A little of that worthy Worke, perform'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.109 | To have my praise for this, perform a part | To haue my praise for this, performe a part |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.113 | what villainy soe'er I bid thee do, to perform it, | what villainy soere I bid thee do to performe it, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.18 | I dare be bound he's true, and shall perform | I dare be bound hee's true, and shall performe |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.30 | For three performers are the file when all | For three performers are the File, when all |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.76 | to Cymbeline performed: | to Cymbeline perform'd: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.122 | Let us with care perform his great behest. | Let vs with care performe his great behest. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.21 | From our achievements, though performed at height, | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.150 | And that our drift look through our bad performance, | And that our drift looke through our bad performance, |
| 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.ii.387 | But let this same be presently performed, | But let this same be presently perform'd, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.34 | | [Q1 replaces this scene with the following] Enter Horatio and the Queene. HOR. Madame, your sonne is safe arriv'de in Denmarke, This letter I euen now receiv'd of him, Whereas he writes how he escap't the danger, And subtle treason that the king had plotted, Being crossed by the contention of the windes, He found the Packet sent to the king of England, Wherein he saw himselfe betray'd to death, As at his next conuersion with your grace, He will relate the circumstance at full. QUEENE. Then I perceiue there's treason in his lookes That seem'd to sugar o're his villanie: But I will soothe and please him for a time, For murderous mindes are alwayes jealous, But know not you Horatio where he is? HOR. Yes Madame, and he hath appoynted me To meete him on the east side of the Cittie To morrow morning. QUEENE. O faile not, good Horatio, and withall, commend me A mothers care to him, bid him a while Be wary of his presence, lest that he Faile in that he goes about. HOR. Madam, neuer make doubt of that: I thinke by this the news be come to court: He is arriv'de, obserue the king, and you shall Quickely finde, Hamlet being here, Things fell not to his minde. QUEENE. But what became of Gilderstone and Rossencraft? HOR. He being set ashore, they went for England, And in the Packet there writ down that doome To be perform'd on them poynted for him: And by great chance he had his fathers Seale, So all was done without discouerie. QUEENE. Thankes be to heauen for blessing of the prince, Horatio once againe I take my leaue, With thowsand mothers blessings to my sonne. HORAT. Madam adue. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.154 | The which if He be pleased I shall perform, | The which, if I performe, and doe suruiue, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.65 | Swore him assistance, and performed it too. | Swore him assistance, and perform'd it too. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.256 | outlive performance? | out-liue performance? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.115 | I will perform with a most Christian care. | I will performe, with a most Christian care. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.74 | To see performed the tenor of my word. | To see perform'd the tenure of our word. |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.35 | And eke out our performance with your mind. | And eech out our performance with your mind. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.vi.3 | Thus Joan la Pucelle hath performed her word. | Thus Ioane de Puzel hath perform'd her word. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.9 | I have performed my task and was espoused; | I haue perform'd my Taske, and was espous'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.72 | To see her coronation be performed. | To see her Coronation be perform'd. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.2 | performance of your promises. | performance of your promises. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.67 | And that's not suddenly to be performed | And that's not suddenly to be perform'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.321 | A charge, Lord York, that I will see performed. | A charge, Lord Yorke, that I will see perform'd. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.201 | This oath I willingly take and will perform. | This Oath I willingly take, and will performe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.99 | And what God will, that let your king perform; | And what God will, that let your King performe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.54 | That's soon performed, because I am a subject. | That's soone perform'd, because I am a Subiect. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.35 | The noble spirits to arms, they did perform | The Noble Spirits to Armes, they did performe |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.161 | As able to perform't, his mind and place | As able to perform't) his minde, and place |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.208 | His father by as much as a performance | His Father, by as much as a performance |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.90 | Laid nobly on her: which performed, the choir, | Laid Nobly on her: which perform'd, the Quire |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.42 | But his performance as he is now, nothing. | But his performance, as he is now, Nothing: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.10 | When Caesar says, ‘ Do this,’ it is performed. | When Casar sayes, Do this; it is perform'd. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.135 | To think that or our cause or our performance | To thinke, that or our Cause, or our Performance |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.305 | That fair performance cannot follow promise? | That faire performance cannot follow promise, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.41 | And will unfeignedly perform the same. | And will vnfaynedly performe the same. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.33 | Not to perform the covenant of my word | Not to performe the couenant of my word, |
| King John | KJ III.i.266 | First made to heaven, first be to heaven performed, | First made to heauen, first be to heauen perform'd, |
| King John | KJ III.i.269 | And may not be performed by thyself. | And may not be performed by thy selfe, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.49 | Or ‘ What good love may I perform for you?’. | Or what good loue may I performe for you? |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.40 | Tigers not daughters, what have you performed? | |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.69 | What cannot you and I perform upon | What cannot you and I performe vpon |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.28 | the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore | the desire, but it takes away the performance. Therefore |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.126.1 | Perform what you command us. | Performe what you command vs. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.76 | Ay, and since too, murders have been performed | I, and since too, Murthers haue bene perform'd |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.129 | While you perform your antic round, | While you performe your Antique round: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.12 | actual performances, what, at any time, have you heard | actuall performances, what (at any time) haue you heard |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.112 | We will perform in measure, time, and place. | We will performe in measure, time, and place: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.270 | And perform an old contracting. | And performe an olde contracting. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.121 | duly performed, with a thought that more depends on it | duely performed with a thought that more depends on it, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.87 | casket, you should refuse to perform your father's will | Casket, you should refuse to performe your Fathers will, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.22 | That will ask some tears in the true performing | That will aske some teares in the true performing |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.103 | For now our observation is performed. | For now our obseruation is perform'd; |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.21 | If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it | If I do vow a friendship, Ile performe it |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.183 | and performances are no kin together. | and / Performances are no kin together. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.16 | Which, to preserve mine honour, I'll perform. | Which to preserue mine honour, I'le performe. |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.99 | So, this was well asked, 'twas so well performed. | So, this was well askt, t'was so well perform'd. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.54 | Shall for itself itself perform. | Shall for it selfe, it selfe performe: |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.59 | Performance shall follow. | Performance shall follow. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.39.1 | Performed to your sole daughter. | performd to your sole daughter. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.246 | Or perform my bidding, or thou livest in woe; | or performe my bidding, or thou liuest in woe: |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.1 | Hail, Dian! To perform thy just command | Haile Dian, to performe thy iust commaund, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.137 | Will the hateful commons perform for us – | Will the hatefull Commons performe for vs, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.4 | Who wrought it with the King, and who performed | Who wrought it with the King, and who perform'd |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.110 | I will perform it to enfranchise you. | I will performe it to infranchise you. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.19 | And I would have it suddenly performed. | And I would haue it suddenly perform'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.146 | Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite, | Where and what time thou wilt performe the right, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.5 | Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, | Spred thy close Curtaine Loue-performing night, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.85 | Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. | Was aptly fitted, and naturally perform'd. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.140 | Which once performed, let all the world say no, | Which once perform'd, let all the world say no, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.194 | Performed to point the tempest that I bade thee? | Performd to point, the Tempest that I bad thee. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.238 | Exactly is performed, but there's more work. | Exactly is perform'd; but there's more worke: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.244.1 | Which is not yet performed me. | Which is not yet perform'd me. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.256 | And, by that destiny, to perform an act | (And by that destiny) to performe an act |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.95 | For yet ere supper-time must I perform | For yet ere supper time, must I performe |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.85 | Performed, my Ariel: a grace it had, devouring. | Perform'd (my Ariell) a grace it had deuouring: |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.36 | Did worthily perform, and I must use you | Did worthily performe: and I must vse you |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.73 | Promise me friendship, but perform none. | Promise me Friendship, but performe none. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.75 | Thou art a man. If thou dost not perform, | thou / art a man: if thou do'st performe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.23 | o'th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance | o'th'Time; / It opens the eyes of Expectation. / Performance, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.27 | Performance is a kind of will or testament which argues | Performance, is a kinde of Will or Testament / Which argues |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.145 | See, lord and father, how we have performed | See Lord and Father, how we haue perform'd |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.59 | And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform. | And with thy weapon nothing dar'st performe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.79 | Performers of this heinous, bloody deed? | Performers of this hainous bloody deed? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.66 | Ruthful to hear, yet piteously performed; | Ruthfull to heare, yet pittiously preform'd, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.44 | For me, most wretched, to perform the like. | For me (most wretched) to performe the like: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.187 | Would I perform if I might have my will. | Would I performe if I might haue my will: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.197 | Than the performance of our heaving spleens, | Then the performance of our heauing spleenes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.52 | of your performance. – Nell, he is full of harmony. | of your performance. Nel, he is full of harmony. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.82 | They say, all lovers swear more performance | They say all Louers sweare more performance |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.84 | never perform; vowing more than the perfection of | neuer performe: vowing more then the perfection of |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.88 | hound; but when he performs, astronomers foretell it, | Hound; but when he performes, Astronomers foretell it, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.39 | endeavour be so desired, and the performance so | indeuour be so desir'd, and the performance so |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.59 | Content; the sports once ended, we'll perform. | Content; the sports once ended, wee'l performe. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.261 | Against the non-performance, 'twas a fear | Against the non-performance, 'twas a feare |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.115.1 | The King's will be performed! | The Kings will be perform'd. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.196 | Be left her to perform. Come, follow us: | Be left her to performe. Come follow vs, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.168.1 | Thou wilt perform my bidding. | Thou wilt performe my bidding. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.169 | Mark and perform it, see'st thou? For the fail | Marke, and performe it: seest thou? for the faile |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.56.1 | Than to perform it first. | Then to performe it first. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.340.1 | He lets in the herdsmen, who perform their satyrs' | Heere a Dance of twelue Satyres. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.816 | this old man does, when the business is performed; and | this old man do's, when the Businesse is performed, and |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.1 | Sir, you have done enough, and have performed | Sir, you haue done enough, and haue perform'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.129 | By us performed before. Most dearly welcome, | By vs perform'd before. Most dearely welcome, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.94 | piece many years in doing and now newly performed by | Peece many yeeres in doing, and now newly perform'd, by |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.154 | Performed in this wide gap of time since first | Perform'd in this wide gap of Time, since first |