| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.67 | That thee may furnish and my prayers pluck down, | That thee may furnish, and my prayers plucke downe, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.86 | may draw his heart out ere 'a pluck one. | may draw his heart out ere a plucke one. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.29 | To pluck his indignation on thy head | To plucke his indignation on thy head, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.128 | The hand could pluck her back that shoved her on. | The hand could plucke her backe, that shou'd her on. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.42.1 | Mine ear must pluck it thence. | Mine eare must plucke it thence. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.37 | Can from the lap of Egypt's widow pluck | Can from the lap of Egypts Widdow, plucke |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.3 | An argument that he is plucked, when hither | An argument that he is pluckt, when hither |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.37.2 | Off, pluck off! | Off, plucke off, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.187 | We must have your doublet and hose plucked | we must haue your doublet and hose pluckt |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.83 | If a crow help us in, sirrah, we'll pluck a crow together. | If a crow help vs in sirra, wee'll plucke a crow together. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.102 | But with these nails I'll pluck out these false eyes | But with these nailes, Ile plucke out these false eyes, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.7 | comeliness plucked all gaze his way, when for a day of | comelinesse pluck'd all gaze his way; when for a day of |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.31 | See him pluck Aufidius down by th' hair; | See him plucke Auffidius downe by th' haire: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.31 | were a malice that, giving itself the lie, would pluck | were a Mallice, that giuing it selfe the Lye, would plucke |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.191 | And tried his inclination; from him plucked | And try'd his Inclination: from him pluckt |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.155 | That's sure of death without it – at once pluck out | That's sure of death without it: at once plucke out |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.307 | Pursue him to his house and pluck him thence, | Pursue him to his house, and plucke him thence, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.96 | To pluck away their power, as now at last | To plucke away their power: as now at last, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.21 | people and to pluck from them their tribunes for ever. | people, and to plucke from them their Tribunes for euer. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.104.2 | May be she plucked it off | May be, she pluck'd it off |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.289 | Pluck a hard sentence: prithee, valiant youth, | Plucke a hard sentence: Prythee valiant youth |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.570 | Plucks off my beard and blows it in my face? | Pluckes off my Beard, and blowes it in my face? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.373 | to know my stops. You would pluck out the heart of my | to know my stops: you would pluck out the heart of my |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.47 | As from the body of contraction plucks | As from the body of Contraction pluckes |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.73 | Did not together pluck such envy from him | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.260.1 | Pluck them asunder. | Pluck them asunder. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.200 | To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, | To plucke bright Honor from the pale-fac'd Moone, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.203 | And pluck up drowned honour by the locks, | And plucke vp drowned Honor by the Lockes: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.11 | nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. | Nettle, Danger; we plucke this Flower, Safety. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.52 | That I did pluck allegiance from men's hearts, | That I did plucke Allegeance from mens hearts, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.69 | anything good. Go pluck him by the elbow; I must | any thing good. Go plucke him by the Elbow, I must |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.49 | Which is almost to pluck a kingdom down | (Which is (almost) to plucke a Kingdome downe, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.206 | That, plucking to unfix an enemy, | That plucking to vnfixe an Enemie, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.118 | Pluck down my officers, break my decrees; | Plucke downe my Officers, breake my Decrees; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.131 | For the fifth Harry from curbed licence plucks | For the Fift Harry, from curb'd License pluckes |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.86 | To pluck down justice from your awful bench? | To plucke downe Iustice from your awefull Bench? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.42 | Beholding him, plucks comfort from his looks. | Beholding him, plucks comfort from his Lookes. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.285 | Pluck their hearts from them. Not today, O Lord, | Pluck their hearts from them. Not to day, O Lord, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.117 | They'll be in fresher robes, or they will pluck | They'le be in fresher Robes, or they will pluck |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.151 | were down together, I plucked this glove from his | were downe together, I pluckt this Gloue from his |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.117 | Instead whereof, sharp stakes plucked out of hedges | In stead whereof, sharpe Stakes pluckt out of Hedges |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.30 | From off this briar pluck a white rose with me. | From off this Bryer pluck a white Rose with me. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.33 | Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me. | Pluck a red Rose from off this Thorne with me. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.36 | I pluck this white rose with Plantagenet. | I pluck this white Rose with Plantagenet. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.37 | I pluck this red rose with young Somerset, | I pluck this red Rose, with young Somerset, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.39 | Stay, lords and gentlemen, and pluck no more | Stay Lords and Gentlemen, and pluck no more |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.47 | I pluck this pale and maiden blossom here, | I pluck this pale and Maiden Blossome here, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.49 | Prick not your finger as you pluck it off, | Prick not your finger as you pluck it off, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.58 | In sign whereof I pluck a white rose too. | In signe whereof, I pluck a white Rose too. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.129 | That you on my behalf would pluck a flower. | That you on my behalfe would pluck a Flower. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.16 | He plucks it off | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.159 | Whose overweening arm I have plucked back, | Whose ouer-weening Arme I haue pluckt back, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.2 | And pluck the crown from feeble Henry's head. | And plucke the Crowne from feeble Henries head. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.59 | What! Shall we suffer this? Let's pluck him down. | What, shall we suffer this? lets pluck him down, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.152 | Can pluck the diadem from faint Henry's head, | Can plucke the Diadem from faint Henries head, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.37 | Thou setter-up and plucker-down of kings, | Thou setter vp, and plucker downe of Kings: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.195 | Tut, were it farther off, I'll pluck it down. | Tut, were it farther off, Ile plucke it downe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.26 | Confess who set thee up and plucked thee down, | Confesse who set thee vp, and pluckt thee downe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.40 | Then you are weakly made. Pluck off a little; | Then you are weakly made; plucke off a little, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.72 | These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing | These growing Feathers, pluckt from Casars wing, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.178 | As they pass by, pluck Casca by the sleeve, | As they passe by, / Plucke Caska by the Sleeue, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.263 | plucked me ope his doublet, and offered them his throat | pluckt me ope his Doublet, and offer'd them his Throat |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.73 | No, sir, their hats are plucked about their ears, | No, Sir, their Hats are pluckt about their Eares, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.39 | Plucking the entrails of an offering forth, | Plucking the intrailes of an Offering forth, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.178 | And as he plucked his cursed steel away, | And as he pluck'd his cursed Steele away: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.199 | Antony plucks off the mantle | |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.259 | Pluck down benches. | Plucke downe Benches. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.260 | Pluck down forms, windows, | Plucke downe Formes, Windowes, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.34 | pluck but his name out of his heart, and turn him going. | plucke but his name out of his heart, and turne him going. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.34 | Pluck out your eyes and see not this day's shame! | Plucke out your eies, and see not this daies shame, |
| King John | KJ II.i.138 | Whose valour plucks dead lions by the beard. | Whose valour plucks dead Lyons by the beard; |
| King John | KJ III.i.57 | And with her golden hand hath plucked on France | And with her golden hand hath pluckt on France |
| King John | KJ III.iv.156 | But they will pluck away his natural cause | But they will plucke away his naturall cause, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.5 | And that high royalty was ne'er plucked off, | And that high Royalty was nere pluck'd off: |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.299 | Beweep this cause again, I'll pluck ye out | Beweepe this cause againe, Ile plucke ye out, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.5 | Pluck out his eyes! | Plucke out his eyes. |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.35.1 | Regan plucks his beard | |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.36 | To pluck me by the beard. | To plucke me by the Beard. |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.56 | Pluck out his poor old eyes; nor thy fierce sister | Plucke out his poore old eyes: nor thy fierce Sister, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.78.1 | Hath plucked him after. | Hath pluckt him after. |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.85 | May all the building in my fancy pluck | May all the building in my fancie plucke |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.50 | To pluck the common bosom on his side | To plucke the common bosome on his side, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.110 | Ne'er to pluck thee from thy thorn, | Nere to plucke thee from thy throne: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.112 | Youth so apt to pluck a sweet! | Youth so apt to plucke a sweet. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.57 | Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums | Haue pluckt my Nipple from his Bonelesse Gummes, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.59 | What hands are here! Ha – they pluck out mine eyes! | What Hands are here? hah: they pluck out mine Eyes. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.119 | Into his power, and modest wisdom plucks me | Into his power: and modest Wisedome pluckes me |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.41 | Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, | Plucke from the Memory a rooted Sorrow, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.96 | plucked down. | pluck'd downe. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.29 | And liberty plucks justice by the nose; | And libertie, plucks Iustice by the nose; |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.63 | plucked down in the suburbs, and now she professes a | pluckt downe in the Suborbs: and now shee professes a |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.147.1 | To pluck on others. | To plucke on others. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.185 | I meant, to pluck all fears out of you. Look you, sir, | I meant, to plucke all feares out of you. Looke you Sir, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.118 | O, I will to him and pluck out his eyes! | Oh, I wil to him, and plucke out his eies. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.336 | O thou damnable fellow, did not I pluck thee by | Oh thou damnable fellow: did I not plucke thee by |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.18 | Plucking the grass to know where sits the wind, | Plucking the grasse to know where sits the winde, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.29 | Pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear, | Plucke the yong sucking Cubs from the she Beare, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.30 | And pluck commiseration of his state | And plucke commiseration of his state |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.173 | Nor pluck it from his finger for the wealth | Nor plucke it from his finger, for the wealth |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.37 | pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the | plucke the borrowed vaile of modestie from the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.140 | Pluck me out all the linen. | pluck me out all the linnen. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.i.23 | Brook. Since I plucked geese, played truant and whipped | Broome:) since I pluckt Geese, plaide Trewant, and whipt |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.152 | To pluck this crawling serpent from my breast! | To plucke this crawling serpent from my brest. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.167 | And pluck the wings from painted butterflies | And plucke the wings from painted Butterflies, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.243 | Benedick bear it, pluck off the bull's horns and set them | Benedicke beare it, plucke off the bulles hornes, and set them |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.196 | But, soft you, let me be; pluck up, my heart, | But soft you, let me be, plucke vp my heart, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.126 | It plucks out brains and all. But my muse labours, | it pluckes out Braines and all. But my Muse labours, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.420 | As if he plucked up kisses by the roots, | As if he pluckt vp kisses by the rootes, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.141 | (aside) Now he tells how she plucked him to | Now he tells how she pluckt him to |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.13 | That can thy light relume. When I have plucked thy rose, | That can thy Light re-Lume. / When I haue pluck'd thy Rose, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.38 | plucked yet, I can assure you. | pluckt yet I can assure you. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.211 | Plucked four away. (To Bolingbroke) Six frozen winters spent, | Pluck'd foure away: Six frozen Winters spent, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.228 | And pluck nights from me, but not lend a morrow. | And plucke nights from me, but not lend a morrow: |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.205 | You pluck a thousand dangers on your head, | You plucke a thousand dangers on your head, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.120 | Plucked from my arms perforce, and given away | Pluckt from my armes perforce, and giuen away |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.166 | Which I have sworn to weed and pluck away. | Which I haue sworne to weed, and plucke away. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.19 | And when they from thy bosom pluck a flower | And when they from thy Bosome pluck a Flower, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.45 | The cloak of night being plucked from off their backs – | (The Cloake of Night being pluckt from off their backs) |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.52 | Are plucked up, root and all, by Bolingbroke – | Are pull'd vp, Root and all, by Bullingbrooke: |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.108 | From plume-plucked Richard, who with willing soul | From plume-pluckt Richard, who with willing Soule |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.194 | Your cares set up do not pluck my cares down. | Your Cares set vp, do not pluck my Cares downe. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.65 | To pluck him headlong from the usurped throne. | To pluck him headlong from the vsurped Throne. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.72 | He plucks it out of his bosom, and reads it | Snatches it |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.92 | And wilt thou pluck my fair son from mine age? | And wilt thou plucke my faire Sonne from mine Age, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.17 | And from the commonest creature pluck a glove, | And from the common'st creature plucke a Gloue |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.55 | And from the cross-row plucks the letter G, | And from the Crosse-row pluckes the letter G: |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.121 | Sinfully plucked, and not a man of you | Sinfully pluckt, and not a man of you |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.58 | And plucked two crutches from my feeble hands, | And pluckt two Crutches from my feeble hands, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.36 | And from her jealous arms pluck him perforce. | And from her iealous Armes pluck him perforce. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.63 | So far in blood that sin will pluck on sin. | So farre in blood, that sinne will pluck on sinne, |
| Richard III | R3 V.v.6 | Have I plucked off, to grace thy brows withal. | Haue I pluck'd off, to grace thy Browes withall. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.180 | And with a silken thread plucks it back again, | And with a silken thred plucks it backe againe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.79 | Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the ears? | Will you pluck your Sword out of his Pilcher by the eares? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.52 | And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud, | And plucke the mangled Tybalt from his shrow'd? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.211 | My remedy is then to pluck it out. | My remedy is then to plucke it out. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.70 | pluck him off me, how he swore, how she prayed that | plucke him off me: how he swore, how she prai'd, that |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.133 | Out, you rogue! You pluck my foot awry. | Out you rogue, you plucke my foote awrie, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.134 | Take that, and mend the plucking off the other. | Take that, and mend the plucking of the other. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.38 | Pluck up thy spirits, look cheerfully upon me. | Plucke vp thy spirits, looke cheerfully vpon me. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.24 | And pluck my magic garment from me. – So, | And plucke my Magick garment from me: So, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.157 | I'll show thee the best springs. I'll pluck thee berries. | I'le shew thee the best Springs: I'le plucke thee / Berries: |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.47 | Have I made shake, and by the spurs plucked up | Haue I made shake, and by the spurs pluckt vp |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.127 | I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you, | I heere could plucke his Highnesse frowne vpon you |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.5 | Pluck the grave wrinkled Senate from the bench, | Plucke the graue wrinkled Senate from the Bench, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.14 | Pluck the lined crutch from thy old limping sire, | Plucke the lyn'd Crutch from thy old limping Sire, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.33 | Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads. | Plucke stout mens pillowes from below their heads. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.26 | But hope to pluck a dainty doe to ground. | But hope to plucke a dainty Doe to ground. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.239 | I may be plucked into the swallowing womb | I may be pluckt into the swallowing wombe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.241 | I have no strength to pluck thee to the brink – | I haue no strength to plucke thee to the brinke. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.178 | Are meet for plucking up, and therefore mine. | Are meete for plucking vp, and therefore mine. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.110 | To pluck proud Lucius from the warlike Goths. | To plucke proud Lucius from the warlike Gothes. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.165 | ‘ The forked one,’ quoth he; ‘ pluck't out, and give it | The forked one quoth he, pluckt out and giue it |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.386 | Ajax employed plucks down Achilles' plumes. | Aiax imploy'd, pluckes downe Achilles Plumes. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.13 | From Cupid's shoulder pluck his painted wings, | From Cupids shoulder plucke his painted wings, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.86 | Do one pluck down another, and together | Doth one plucke downe another, and together |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.364 | May rather pluck on laughter than revenge, | May rather plucke on laughter then reuenge, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.265 | not pluck that from me; nor who 'tis I love; and yet 'tis | not plucke that from me: nor who 'tis I loue: and yet 'tis |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.98 | Then a dove's motion when the head's plucked off; | Then a Doves motion, when the head's pluckt off: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.191 | That craves a present medicine, I should pluck | That craves a present medcine, I should plucke |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.66 | No more arraignment; the flower that I would pluck | No more arraignement, the flowre that I would plncke |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.7 | Could never pluck upon me. Palamon, | Could never plucke upon me. Palamon; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.53 | The teeming Ceres' foison, who dost pluck | The teeming Ceres foyzon, who dost plucke |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.168 | Must grow alone, unplucked. | Must grow alone unpluck'd. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.45 | fear, the angle that plucks our son thither. Thou shalt | feare) the Angle that pluckes our sonne thither. Thou shalt |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.51 | O, help me, help me! Pluck but off these | Oh helpe me, helpe mee: plucke but off these |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.462 | More straining on for plucking back, not following | More straining on, for plucking backe; not following |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.647 | And pluck it o'er your brows, muffle your face, | And pluck it ore your Browes, muffle your face, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.732 | that will either push on or pluck back thy business | that will eyther push-on, or pluck-back, thy Businesse |