| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.89 | Th' ambition in my love thus plagues itself: | Th' ambition in my loue thus plagues it selfe: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.91 | Must die for love. 'Twas pretty, though a plague, | Must die for loue. 'Twas prettie, though a plague |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.115 | A plague upon him! Muffled! He can say | A plague vpon him, muffeld; he can say |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.289 | I'll no more drumming. A plague of all | Ile no more drumming, a plague of all |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.31 | You shames of Rome! You herd of – Boils and plagues | You Shames of Rome: you Heard of Byles and Plagues |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.43 | The common file – a plague! Tribunes for them! – | The common file, (a plague-Tribunes for them) |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.49 | ‘ I pray, sir ’ – Plague upon't! I cannot bring | I pray Sir? / Plague vpon't, I cannot bring |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.11 | O, y'are well met. Th' hoarded plague o'th' gods | Oh y'are well met: / Th'hoorded plague a'th' Gods |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.166 | Thou art not honest, and the gods will plague thee | Thou art not honest, and the Gods will plague thee |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.111 | That all the plagues of hell should at one time | That all the plagues of Hell should at one time |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.186 | The very devils cannot plague them better. | The very Diuels cannot plague them better. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.135 | If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for | If thou doest Marry, Ile giue thee this Plague for |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.13 | My virtue or my plague, be it either which – | My Vertue or my Plague, be it either which, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.45 | quips and thy quiddities? What a plague have I to do | quips and thy quiddities? What a plague haue I to doe |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.240 | A plague upon it, it is in Gloucestershire. | A plague vpon't, it is in Gloustershire: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.28 | are quite starved. What, Ostler! A plague on thee, hast | are quite starued. What Ostler? A plague on thee, hast |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.20 | A plague upon you both! Bardolph! Peto! I'll starve ere | a Plague vpon you both. Bardolph, Peto: Ile starue ere |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.26 | well enough. A plague upon it when thieves cannot be | well enough. A plague vpon't, when Theeues cannot be |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.28 | Whew! A plague upon you all. Give me my horse you | Whew: a plague light vpon you all. Giue my Horse you |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.36 | plague mean ye to colt me thus? | plague meane ye to colt me thus? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.111 | A plague of all cowards, I say, and a vengeance | A plague of all Cowards I say, and a Vengeance |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.114 | them and foot them too. A plague of all cowards! Give | them too. A plague of all cowards. Giue |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.129 | psalms – or anything. A plague of all cowards, I say still. | all manner of songs. A plague of all Cowards, I say still. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.145 | you that backing of your friends? A plague upon such | you that backing of your friends? a plague vpon such |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.150 | All is one for that. (He drinks) A plague of all | All's one for that. He drinkes. A plague of all |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.165 | not do. A plague of all cowards! Let them speak. If they | not doe. A plague of all Cowards: let them speake; if they |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.324 | crept into any alderman's thumb-ring. A plague of | crept into any Aldermans Thumbe-Ring: a plague of |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.332 | plague call you him? | plague call you him? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.483 | another man, a plague on my bringing up! I hope I shall | another man, a plague on my bringing vp: I hope I shall |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.4 | And uncle Worcester. A plague upon it! | And Vnckle Worcester; a plague vpon it, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.103 | The smell whereof shall breed a plague in France. | The smell whereof shall breed a Plague in France. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.9 | A plague upon that villain Somerset, | A plague vpon that Villaine Somerset, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.154 | Or we will plague thee with incessant wars. | Or we will plague thee with incessant Warres. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.309 | A plague upon them! Wherefore should I curse them? | A plague vpon them: wherefore should I cursse them? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.97 | To plague thee for thy foul misleading me. | To plague thee, for thy foule mis-leading me. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.27 | By heaven, brat, I'll plague ye for that word. | By Heauen, Brat, Ile plague ye for that word. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.28 | Ay, thou wast born to be a plague to men. | I, thou wast borne to be a plague to men. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.259 | Weighed not a hair of his. Plague of your policy! | Weigh'd not a haire of his. Plague of your policie, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.54 | Pray to the gods to intermit the plague | Pray to the Gods to intermit the plague |
| King John | KJ II.i.184 | That he is not only plagued for her sin, | That he is not onely plagued for her sin, |
| King John | KJ II.i.185 | But God hath made her sin and her the plague | But God hath made her sinne and her, the plague |
| King John | KJ II.i.186 | On this removed issue, plagued for her | On this remoued issue, plagued for her, |
| King John | KJ II.i.187 | And with her plague; her sin his injury, | And with her plague her sinne: his iniury |
| King John | KJ II.i.190 | And all for her. A plague upon her! | And all for her, a plague vpon her. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.60 | The different plague of each calamity. | The different plague of each calamitie. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.3 | Stand in the plague of custom and permit | Stand in the plague of custome, and permit |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.79 | A plague upon your epileptic visage! | A plague vpon your Epilepticke visage, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.90.2 | Vengeance, plague, death, confusion! | Vengeance, Plague, Death, Confusion: |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.219 | A plague-sore, an embossed carbuncle, | A plague sore, or imbossed Carbuncle |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.64 | Now all the plagues that in the pendulous air | Now all the plagues that in the pendulous ayre |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.46 | 'Tis the time's plague when madmen lead the blind. | 'Tis the times plague, / When Madmen leade the blinde: |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.63 | Here, take this purse, thou whom the heavens' plagues | Here take this purse, yu whom the heau'ns plagues |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.169 | Make instruments to plague us: | Make instruments to plague vs: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.267 | A plague upon you, murderers, traitors all! | A plague vpon you Murderors, Traitors all, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.198 | To pray for her! Go to, it is a plague | To pray for her, go to: it is a plague |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.361 | Light wenches may prove plagues to men forsworn; | Light Wenches may proue plagues to men forsworne, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.394 | Thus pour the stars down plagues for perjury. | Thus poure the stars down plagues for periury. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.421 | They have the plague, and caught it of your eyes. | They haue the plague, and caught it of your eyes: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.10 | To plague the inventor. This even-handed justice | To plague th' Inuenter, this euen-handed Iustice |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.106 | I am very glad of it. I'll plague him; I'll torture | I am very glad of it, ile plague him, ile torture |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.83 | heard the night-raven, come what plague could have | heard the night-rauen, come what plague could haue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.121 | O plague right well prevented! So will you say | O plague right well preuented! so will you say, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.72 | Plague him with flies: though that his joy be joy, | Plague him with Flies: though that his Ioy be Ioy, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.145 | As I confess it is my nature's plague | (As I confesse it is my Natures plague |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.270 | For others' uses. Yet 'tis the plague of great ones; | For others vses. Yet 'tis the plague to Great-ones, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.273 | Even then this forked plague is fated to us | Euen then, this forked plague is Fated to vs, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.96 | That dotes on Cassio – as 'tis the strumpet's plague | That dotes on Cassio, (as 'tis the Strumpets plague |
| Pericles | Per II.i.25 | They say they're half fish, half flesh. A plague on them, | They say they're halfe fish, halfe flesh: / A plague on them, |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.34 | And plague injustice with the pains of hell. | And plague Iniustice with the paines of Hell. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.3 | If any plague hang over us, 'tis he. | If any plague hang ouer vs, 'tis he, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.58 | A plague upon you all! His royal grace – | A plague vpon you all. His Royall Grace |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.180 | And God, not we, hath plagued thy bloody deed. | And God, not we, hath plagu'd thy bloody deed. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.216 | If heaven have any grievous plague in store | If Heauen haue any grieuous plague in store, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.75 | Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, | which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.18 | Unplagued with corns will walk a bout with you. | Vnplagu'd with Cornes, will walke about with you: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.91 | A plague a' both houses! I am sped. | A plague a both the Houses, I am sped: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.99 | I warrant, for this world. A plague a' both your | I warrant, for this world: a plague a both your |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.106 | Or I shall faint. A plague a'both your houses! | Or I shall faint: a plague a both your houses. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.36 | A plague upon this howling! They are louder than the | A plague --- vpon this howling: they are lowder then the |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.364 | Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you | Is, I know how to curse: the red-plague rid you |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.159 | A plague upon the tyrant that I serve! | A plague vpon the Tyrant that I serue; |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.192 | So his mind cankers. I will plague them all | So his minde cankers: I will plague them all, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.53 | A plague upon him, dog! | A plague vpon him dogge. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.21 | And yet confusion live. Plagues, incident to men, | And yet Confusion liue: Plagues incident to men, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.74 | If thou wilt promise, the gods plague thee, for | If thou wilt not promise, the Gods plague thee, for |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.109 | Be as a planetary plague, when Jove | Be as a Plannetary plague, when Ioue |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.163 | Derive some pain from you. Plague all, | Deriue some paine from you. Plague all, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.198 | More man? Plague, plague! | More man? Plague, plague. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.354 | plague of company light upon thee! I will fear to catch | plague of Company light vpon thee: / I will feare to catch |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.362 | A plague on thee! Thou art too bad to curse. | A plague on thee, / Thou art too bad to curse. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.51 | Be crowned with plagues, that thee alone obey. | Be crown'd with Plagues, that thee alone obay. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.135 | I thank them, and would send them back the plague, | I thanke them, / And would send them backe the plague, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.187 | Be Alcibiades your plague, you his, | Be Alcibiades your plague; you his, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.219 | What is amiss, plague and infection mend! | What is amisse, Plague and Infection mend. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.71 | Seek not my name. A plague consume you wicked caitiffs left! | Seek not my name: A Plague consume you, wicked Caitifs left: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.96 | But Pandarus – O gods, how do you plague me! | But Pandarus: O Gods! How do you plague me? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.96 | What plagues and what portents, what mutiny, | What Plagues, and what portents, what mutiny? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.12 | The plague of Greece upon thee, thou | The plague of Greece vpon thee thou |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.263 | very land-fish, languageless, a monster. A plague of | very land-fish, languagelesse, a monster: a plague of |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.76 | plague upon Antenor! I would they had broke's neck! | a plague vpon Anthenor; I would they had brok's necke. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.86 | gentleman! – A plague upon Antenor! | Gentleman: a plague vpon Anthenor. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.36 | O plague and madness! | O plague and madnesse! |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.107 | Ay, come – O Jove! – do come: I shall be plagued. | I, come: O Ioue! doe, come: I shall be plagu'd. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.32 | a plague break thy neck – for frighting me! What's | a plague breake thy necke---for frighting me: what's |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.8 | I say, at once let your brief plagues be mercy, | I say at once, let your briefe plagues be mercy, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.1 | What a plague means my niece to take the death | What a plague meanes my Neece to take the death |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.115 | 'Tis a gentleman here – a plague o' these | 'Tis a Gentleman heere. A plague o'these |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.284 | Even so quickly may one catch the plague? | Euen so quickly may one catch the plague? |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.276 | Plague on't! An I thought he had been | Plague on't, and I thought he had beene |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.31 | Which heaven and fortune still rewards with plagues. | Which heauen and fortune still rewards with plagues. |