| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.44 | Let us assay our plot, which, if it speed, | Let vs assay our plot, which if it speed, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.315 | Who cannot be crushed with a plot? | Who cannot be crush'd with a plot? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.49 | Under this plot; she dies for't. Eros, ho! | Vnder this plot: She dyes for't. Eros hoa? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.38 | It is a purposed thing, and grows by plot, | It is a purpos'd thing, and growes by Plot, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.41.2 | Call't not a plot. | Call't not a Plot: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.102 | Yet, were there but this single plot to lose, | Yet were there but this single Plot, to loose |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.19 | Whose passions and whose plots have broke their sleep | Whose Passions, and whose Plots haue broke their sleep |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.58 | A mother hourly coining plots, a wooer | A Mother hourely coyning plots: A Wooer, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.398 | Find out the prettiest daisied plot we can, | Finde out the prettiest Dazied-Plot we can, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.62 | Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.9 | When our deep plots do pall, and that should learn us | When our deare plots do paule, and that should teach vs, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.389.1 | On plots and errors happen. | On plots, and errors happen. |
| 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 I.iii.268 | Is ruminated, plotted, and set down, | Is ruminated, plotted, and set downe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.273 | Why, it cannot choose but be a noble plot; | Why, it cannot choose but be a Noble plot, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.53 | layest the plot how. | lay'st the plot, how. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.14 | whole plot too light, for the counterpoise of so great an | whole Plot too light, for the counterpoize of so great an |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.18 | this! By the Lord, our plot is a good plot, as ever was | this? I protest, our plot is as good a plot as euer was |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.19 | laid, our friends true and constant. A good plot, good | laid; our Friend true and constant: A good Plotte, good |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.20 | friends, and full of expectation. An excellent plot, very | Friends, and full of expectation: An excellent plot, very |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.22 | my Lord of York commends the plot, and the general | my Lord of Yorke commends the plot, and the generall |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.42 | We first survey the plot, then draw the model, | We first suruey the Plot, then draw the Modell, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.51 | The plot of situation and the model, | The plot of Situation, and the Modell; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.24 | That plotted thus our glory's overthrow? | That plotted thus our Glories ouerthrow? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.4 | The plot is laid; if all things fall out right, | The Plot is layd, if all things fall out right, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.89 | On any plot of ground in Christendom. | On any Plot of Ground in Christendome. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.3 | Too rashly plotted. All our general force | Too rashly plotted. All our generall force, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.55 | A pretty plot, well-chosen to build upon! | A pretty Plot, well chosen to build vpon. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.60 | And in this private plot be we the first | And in this priuate Plot be we the first, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.147 | I know their complot is to have my life; | I know, their Complot is to haue my Life: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.153 | Will not conclude their plotted tragedy. | Will not conclude their plotted Tragedie. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.220 | These are the limbs o'th' plot: no more, I hope. | These are the limbs o'th'Plot: no more I hope. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.60 | To second all his plot. I do assure you | To second all his plot. I do assure you, |
| King John | KJ II.i.40 | To cull the plots of best advantages. | To cull the plots of best aduantages: |
| King John | KJ III.iv.146 | John lays you plots; the times conspire with you – | Iohn layes you plots: the times conspire with you, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.72 | To thy suggestion, plot, and damned practice; | To thy suggestion, plot, and damned practise: |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.87 | I have o'erheard a plot of death upon him. | I haue ore-heard a plot of death vpon him: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.271 | A plot upon her virtuous husband's life, | A plot vpon her vertuous Husbands life, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.v.2 | The provost knows our purpose and our plot. | The Prouost knowes our purpose and our plot, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.133 | To unburden all my plots and purposes | To vnburthen all my plots and purposes, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.290 | than my wife with herself. Then she plots, then she | then my wife with her selfe. Then she plots, then shee |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.34 | in the wind. And Falstaff's boy with her! Good plots! | in the winde; and Falstaffes boy with her: good plots, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.178 | I will lay a plot to try that, and we will | I will lay a plot to try that, and wee will |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.12 | But let our plot go forward. Let our wives | But let our plot go forward: Let our wiues |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.44 | What shall be done with him? What is your plot? | What shall be done with him? What is your plot? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.32 | Straight marry her. To this her mother's plot | Strait marry her: to this her Mothers plot |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.3 | for our rehearsal. This green plot shall be our stage, this | for our rehearsall. This greene plot shall be our stage, this |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.96 | Complotted and contrived in this land | Complotted, and contriued in this Land, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.100 | That he did plot the Duke of Gloucester's death, | That he did plot the Duke of Glousters death, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.189 | To plot, contrive, or complot any ill | To plot, contriue, or complot any ill, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.50 | This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, | This blessed plot, this earth, this Realme, this England, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.10 | In that dead time when Gloucester's death was plotted | In that dead time, when Glousters death was plotted, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.323 | You holy clergymen, is there no plot | You holy Clergie-men, is there no Plot |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.333 | A plot shall show us all a merry day. | a Plot / Shall shew vs all a merry day. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.18 | Thoughts tending to ambition, they do plot | Thoughts tending to Ambition, they do plot |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.32 | Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, | Plots haue I laide, Inductions dangerous, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.192 | Lord Hastings will not yield to our complots? | Lord Hastings will not yeeld to our Complots? |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.200 | We may digest our complots in some form. | Wee may digest our complots in some forme. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.60 | That do conspire my death with devilish plots | That doe conspire my death with diuellish Plots |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.37 | This day had plotted, in the Council House, | This day had plotted, in the Councell-House, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.185 | Ay, marry, am I, sir – and now 'tis plotted. | I marry am I sir, and now 'tis plotted. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.110 | the plot, Trinculo? | the plot Trinculo? |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.73 | Here on this grass-plot, in this very place, | Here on this grasse-plot, in this very place |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.88 | Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot | Doe now attend the Queene? since they did plot |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.141 | Against my life. The minute of their plot | Against my life: the minute of their plot |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.273 | For he's a bastard one – had plotted with them | (For he's a bastard one) had plotted with them |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.78 | I tell you, lords, you do but plot your deaths | I tell you Lords, you doe but plot your deaths, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.115 | And many unfrequented plots there are, | And many vnfrequented plots there are, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.47 | And give the King this fatal-plotted scroll. | And giue the King this fatall plotted Scrowle, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.77 | And wandered hither to an obscure plot, | And wandred hither to an obscure plot, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.265 | The complot of this timeless tragedy, | The complot of this timelesse Tragedie, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.134 | Plot some device of further misery | Plot some deuise of further miseries |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.68 | This sandy plot is plain; guide, if thou canst, | This sandie plot is plaine, guide if thou canst |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.65 | Complots of mischief, treason, villainies, | Complots of Mischiefe, Treason, Villanies |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.129 | Ravish a maid or plot the way to do it, | Rauish a Maid, or plot the way to do it, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.6 | To ruminate strange plots of dire revenge; | To ruminate strange plots of dire Reuenge, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.147 | To lay a complot to betray thy foes. | To lay a complot to betray thy Foes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.121 | Chief architect and plotter of these woes. | Chiefe Architect and plotter of these woes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.181 | Achievements, plots, orders, preventions, | Atchieuments, plots, orders, preuentions, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.75 | Nay, patience, or we break the sinews of our plot. | Nay patience, or we breake the sinewes of our plot? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.181 | Plotted and 'greed on for my happiness. | Plotted, and 'greed on for my happinesse. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.43 | As thou hast lent me wit to plot this drift! | As thou hast lent me wit, to plot this drift. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.12 | Myself am one made privy to the plot. | My selfe am one made priuy to the plot. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.47 | There is a plot against my life, my crown. | There is a Plot against my Life, my Crowne; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.6 | And level of my brain, plot-proof; but she | And leuell of my braine: plot-proofe: but shee, |