| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.15 | but it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of | but it is a melancholy of mine owne, compounded of |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.21 | I buy a thousand pound a year, I buy a rope. | I buy a thousand pound a yeare, I buy a rope. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.17 | Rather than they shall pound us up. Our gates, | Rather then they shall pound vs vp our Gates, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.55 | I find the ass in compound with the major part of your | I finde the Asse in compound, with the Maior part of your |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.312 | Tie leaden pounds to's heels. Proceed by process, | Tye Leaden pounds too's heeles. Proceed by Processe, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.84.1 | We have compounded on. | We haue compounded on. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.8 | Commanded of me these most poisonous compounds, | Commanded of me these most poysonous Compounds, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.19 | Of these thy compounds on such creatures as | Of these thy Compounds, on such Creatures as |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.152 | As in a Romish stew, and to expound | As in a Romish Stew, and to expound |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.3 | pound on't: and then a whoreson jackanapes | pound on't: and then a whorson Iacke-an-Apes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.9 | Yearly three thousand pounds; which – by thee – lately | Yeerely three thousand pounds; which (by thee) lately |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.74 | The best she hath, and she of all compounded | The best she hath, and she of all compounded |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.254 | Was of more danger, did compound for her | Was of more danger, did compound for her |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.296 | thousand pound. Didst perceive? | thousand pound. Did'st perceiue? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.50 | Yea, this solidity and compound mass, | Yea this solidity and compound masse, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.ii.6 | Compounded it with dust, whereto 'tis kin. | Compounded it with dust, whereto 'tis Kinne. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.59 | I will give thee for it a thousand pound – | I will giue thee for it a thousand pound: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.119 | compound. | compound. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.142 | call thee coward, but I would give a thousand pound I | call the Coward: but I would giue a thousand pound I |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.154 | have taken a thousand pound this day morning. | haue ta'ne a thousand pound this Morning. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.73 | four-and-twenty pound. | foure and twentie pounds. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.101 | of forty pound apiece, and a seal-ring of my | of fortie pound apeece, and a Seale-Ring of my |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.132 | you owed him a thousand pound. | You ought him a thousand pound. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.133 | Sirrah, do I owe you a thousand pound? | Sirrah, do I owe you a thousand pound? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.134 | A thousand pound, Hal? A million, thy love is | A thousand pound Hal? A Million. Thy loue is |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.14 | soldiers three hundred and odd pounds. I press me | Souldiers, three hundred and odde Pounds. I presse me |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.7 | brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able | braine of this foolish compounded Clay-man, is not able |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.225 | Will your lordship lend me a thousand pound | Will your Lordship lend mee a thousand pound, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.146 | tapestries. Let it be ten pound if thou canst. | Tapistries. Let it be tenne pound (if thou canst.) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.289 | Thou whoreson mad compound of majesty, | Thou whorson mad Compound of Maiestie: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.50 | be worth ten pounds. | be worth tenne pounds. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.238 | three pound to free Mouldy and Bullcalf. | three pound, to free Mouldie and Bull-calfe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.116 | Only compound me with forgotten dust. | Onely compound me with forgotten dust. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.12 | liveries, I would have bestowed the thousand pound I | Liueries, I would haue bestowed the thousand pound I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.76 | Master Shallow, I owe you a thousand pound. | Master Shallow, I owe you a thousand pound. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.19 | A thousand pounds by th' year. Thus runs the bill. | A thousand pounds by th' yeere. Thus runs the Bill. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.160 | But taken and impounded as a stray | But taken and impounded as a Stray, |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.94 | As manhood shall compound. Push home! | As manhood shal compound: push home. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.80 | If for thy ransom thou wilt now compound, | If for thy Ransome thou wilt now compound, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.58 | Expound unto me, boy. | Expound vnto me boy. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.33 | For, hearing this, I must perforce compound | For hearing this, I must perforce compound |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.205 | Saint George, compound a boy, half French, half | Saint George, compound a Boy, halfe French halfe |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.81 | As by your grace shall be propounded him. | As by your Grace shall be propounded him. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.56 | I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife. | I pray my Lords let me compound this strife. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.115 | No, many a pound of mine own proper store, | No: many a Pound of mine owne proper store, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.13 | I'll give a thousand pound to look upon him. | Ile giue a thousand pound to looke vpon him. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.20 | pound, the last subsidy. | pound, the last Subsidie. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.12.1 | Such a compounded one? | Such a compounded one? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.64 | A thousand pound a year, annual support, | A Thousand pound a yeare, Annuall support, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.85 | For any suit of pounds; and you – O fate! – | For any suit of pounds: and you, (oh fate) |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.95 | A thousand pounds a year for pure respect! | A thousand pounds a yeare, for pure respect? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.91 | And this way have you well expounded it. | And this way haue you well expounded it. |
| King John | KJ I.i.69 | At least from fair five hundred pound a year. | At least from faire fiue hundred pound a yeere: |
| King John | KJ I.i.94 | A half-faced groat, five hundred pound a year! | A halfe-fac'd groat, fiue hundred pound a yeere? |
| King John | KJ I.i.152 | Your face hath got five hundred pound a year, | Your face hath got fiue hundred pound a yeere, |
| King John | KJ II.i.281 | Till you compound whose right is worthiest, | Till you compound whose right is worthiest, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.128 | star. My father compounded with my mother under the | Starre, My father compounded with my mother vnder the |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.14 | proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, | proud, shallow, beggerly, three-suited-hundred pound, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.118 | sir; a man of fourscore pound a year, whose father died | sir, a man of foure-score pound a yeare; whose father died |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.185 | Are you of fourscore pounds a year? | Are you of fourescore pounds a yeere? |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.21 | in your execution. If you think it meet, compound with | in your execution: if you thinke it meet, compound with |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.6 | pounds, of which he made five marks | and seuenteene pounds, of which hee made fiue Markes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.146 | Be nominated for an equal pound | Be nominated for an equall pound |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.162 | A pound of man's flesh taken from a man | A pound of mans flesh taken from a man, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iii.33 | That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh | That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.23 | Which is a pound of this poor merchant's flesh, | Which is a pound of this poore Merchants flesh, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.99 | The pound of flesh which I demand of him | The pound of flesh which I demand of him |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.229 | A pound of flesh, to be by him cut off | A pound of flesh, to be by him cut off |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.296 | A pound of that same merchant's flesh is thine, | A pound of that same marchants flesh is thine, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.304 | The words expressly are ‘a pound of flesh'. | The words expresly are a pound of flesh: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.305 | Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh, | Then take thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.323 | But just a pound of flesh. If thou tak'st more | But iust a pound of flesh: if thou tak'st more |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.324 | Or less than a just pound, be it but so much | Or lesse then a iust pound, be it so much |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.47 | will desire. And seven hundred pounds of moneys, and | will desire, and seuen hundred pounds of Moneyes, and |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.55 | pound? | pound? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.59 | Seven hundred pounds, and possibilities, is goot | Seuen hundred pounds, and possibilities, is goot |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.8 | I sit at ten pounds a week. | I sit at ten pounds a weeke. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.115 | as his peril. I had rather than a thousand pound he were | as his perill. I had rather then a thousand pound he were |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.33 | Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year! | Lookes handsome in three hundred pounds a yeere? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.48 | He will make you a hundred and fifty pounds | He will make you a hundred and fiftie pounds |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.84 | rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended | rankest compound of villanous smell, that euer offended |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.5 | A hundred pound in gold more than your loss. | A hundred pound in gold, more then your losse. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.113 | cudgel, and twenty pounds of money, which must be | cudgell, and twenty pounds of money, which must be |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.205 | is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream. Methought | is but an Asse, if he goe about to expound this dreame. Me-thought |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.83 | pound ere 'a be cured. | pound ere he be cur'd. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.23 | Yea, an't 'twere a thousand pound more than | Yea, and 'twere a thousand times more than |
| Pericles | Per I.i.58 | Which read and not expounded, 'tis decreed, | Which read and not expounded, tis decreed, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.91 | Either expound now or receive your sentence. | Either expound now, or receiue your sentence. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.91 | Bid her send me presently a thousand pound – | Bid her send me presently a thousand pound, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.76 | I would to God all strifes were well compounded. | I would to God all strifes were well compounded. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.82 | Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell. | Then these poore compounds that thou maiest not sell. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.19 | I would not lose the dog for twenty pound. | I would not loose the dogge for twentie pound. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.27 | Rise, Grumio, rise. We will compound this quarrel. | Rise Grumio rise, we will compound this quarrell. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.334 | Content you, gentlemen, I will compound this strife. | Content you gentlemen, I wil cõpound this strife |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.77 | to expound the meaning or moral of his signs and tokens. | to expound the meaning or morrall of his signes and tokens. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.18 | What if a man bring him a hundred pound or | What if a man bring him a hundred pound or |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.20 | Keep your hundred pounds to yourself. He shall | Keepe your hundred pounds to your selfe, hee shall |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.35 | To have his pomp and all what state compounds | To haue his pompe, and all what state compounds, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.274 | To some she-beggar and compounded thee | To some shee-Begger, and compounded thee |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.117 | three pound lift as much as his brother Hector. | three pound lift as much as his brother Hector. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.175 | your help! I had rather than forty pound I were at home. | your helpe, I had rather then forty pound I were at home. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.103 | Nay, in that you are astray; 'twere best pound | Nay, in that you are astray: 'twere best pound |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.105 | Nay, sir, less than a pound shall serve me for | Nay Sir, lesse then a pound shall serue me for |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.107 | You mistake; I mean the pound – a pinfold. | You mistake; I meane the pound, a Pinfold. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.108 | From a pound to a pin? Fold it over and over, | From a pound to a pin? fold it ouer and ouer, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.16 | The gain o'th' martialist, who did propound | The gaine o'th Martialist, who did propound |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.83 | an addition of some other compounded odours, which | an addition of / Som other compounded odours, which |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.32 | yields pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn, | yeeldes pound and odde shilling: fifteene hundred shorne, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.36 | am I to buy for our sheep-shearing feast? Three pound | am I to buy for our Sheepe-shearing-Feast? Three pound |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.37 | of sugar, five pound of currants, rice – what will this | of Sugar, fiue pound of Currence, Rice: What will this |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.46 | two of ginger, but that I may beg; four pound of prunes, | two of Ginger, but that I may begge: Foure pound of Prewyns, |