| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.21 | as your French crown for your taffety punk, as Tib's | as your French Crowne for your taffety punke, as Tibs |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.39 | On pain of punishment, the world to weet | One paine of punishment, the world to weete |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.100 | To punish me for what you make me do | To punnish me for what you make me do |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.13 | The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me, | The poysonous dampe of night dispunge vpon me, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.137 | Which comes to punish us, and we punish it, | Which comes to punish vs, and we punish it |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.171 | I beseech you, punish me not with your hard | I beseech you, punish mee not with your harde |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.385 | and the reason why they are not so punished and cured | and the reason why they are not so punish'd and cured, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.47 | The pleasing punishment that women bear, | The pleasing punishment that women beare) |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.84 | all the yarn she spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill | all the yearne she spun in Vlisses absence, did but fill |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.81 | As if you were a god to punish, not | as if you were a God, / To punish; Not |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.6.1 | In puny battle slay me. | In puny Battell slay me. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.53 | Before you punish him, where he heard this, | Before you punish him, where he heard this, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.21 | To one whom they had punished. | To one whom they had punish'd. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.116 | deserve more; a punishment too. | deserue more; a punishment too. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.7 | She's punished for her truth; and undergoes, | She's punish'd for her Truth; and vndergoes |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.11 | A punishment or trial? Yes; no wonder, | A punishment, or Triall? Yes; no wonder, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.349 | From the spongy south to this part of the west, | From the spungy South, to this part of the West, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.335 | Your pleasure was my ne'er-offence, my punishment | Your pleasure was my neere offence, my punishment |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.344 | Having received the punishment before | Hauing receyu'd the punishment before |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.175 | To punish me with this, and this with me, | To punish me with this, and this with me, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.ii.12 | Besides, to be demanded of a sponge, what replication | Besides, to be demanded of a Spundge, what replication |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.ii.14 | Take you me for a sponge, my lord? | Take you me for a Spundge, my Lord? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.ii.20 | it is but squeezing you and, sponge, you shall be dry | it is but squeezing you, and Spundge you shall be dry |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.223 | How I am punished with a sore distraction. | how I am punisht / With sore distraction? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.29 | my puny drawer to what end he gave me the sugar. And | my puny Drawer, to what end hee gaue me the Sugar, and |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.11 | To punish my mistreadings. Tell me else, | To punish my Mistreadings. Tell me else, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.7 | To punish this offence in other faults. | To punish this offence in others faults: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.124 | To punish you by the heels | To punish you by the heeles, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.45 | Let him be punished, sovereign, lest example | Let him be punish'd Soueraigne, least example |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.48 | So may your highness, and yet punish too. | So may your Highnesse, and yet punish too. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.60 | Would have him punished. And now to our French causes: | Wold haue him punish'd. And now to our French causes, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.163 | punishment, though they can outstrip men they have no | punishment; though they can out-strip men, they haue no |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.165 | vengeance; so that here men are punished for before-breach | Vengeance: so that here men are punisht, for before breach |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.36 | Did flesh his puny sword in Frenchmen's blood! | Did flesh his punie-sword in Frenchmens blood. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.7 | To watch the coming of my punished duchess; | To watch the comming of my punisht Duchesse: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.130 | I never gave them condign punishment; | I neuer gaue them condigne punishment. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.29 | Argo, their thread of life is spun. | Argo, their thred of life is spun. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.22 | May not be punished with my thwarting stars, | May not be punisht with my thwarting starres, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.75 | Or God will punish me. I do believe, | Or God will punish me. I do beleeue |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.183 | The foulness is the punishment. I presume | The fowlenesse is the punishment. I presume, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.17 | What torturing death or punishment you please, | What tortering death or punishment you please, |
| King John | KJ II.i.189 | All punished in the person of this child, | All punish'd in the person of this childe, |
| King John | KJ III.i.11 | Thou shalt be punished for thus frighting me, | Thou shalt be punish'd for thus frighting me, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.143 | Are punished with. The King must take it ill | The King his Master, needs must take it ill |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.16 | For lifting food to't? But I will punish home. | For lifting food too't? But I will punish home; |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.71 | Judicious punishment! 'Twas this flesh begot | Iudicious punishment, 'twas this flesh begot |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.128 | whipped from tithing to tithing and stock-punished and | whipt from Tything to Tything, and stockt, punish'd, and |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.54 | Fools do those villains pity who are punished | |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.93 | And quit the house on purpose that their punishment | And quit the house on purpose, that their punishment |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.257 | receive the meed of punishment, by thy sweet grace's officer, | receiuethe meed of punishment by thy sweet Graces Officer |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.144 | Thou shalt be heavily punished. | Thou shalt be heauily punished. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.61 | Vows for thee broke deserve not punishment. | Vowes for thee broke deserue not punishment. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.43 | That no compunctious visitings of nature | That no compunctious visitings of Nature |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.71 | His spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt | His spungie Officers? who shall beare the guilt |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.39 | And not the punishment. Therefore, indeed, my father, | And not the punishment: therefore indeede (my father) |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.28 | He should receive his punishment in thanks. | He should receiue his punishment, in thankes: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.31 | Must either punish me, not being believed, | Must either punish me, not being beleeu'd, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.179 | My lord, she may be a punk. For many of them are | My Lord, she may be a Puncke: for many of them, are |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.238 | And punish them to your height of pleasure. | And punish them to your height of pleasure. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.519 | Marrying a punk, my lord, is pressing to death, | Marrying a punke my Lord, is pressing to death, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.93 | married to a sponge. | married to a spunge. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.74 | And twenty of these puny lies I'll tell, | And twentie of these punie lies Ile tell, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.131 | This punk is one of Cupid's carriers. | This Puncke is one of Cupids Carriers, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.23 | pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, | passe thy puncto, thy stock, thy reuerse, thy distance, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.184 | another punishment? | another punishment? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.22 | Methinks his flesh is punished; he shall have no desires. | Me-thinkes his flesh is punish'd, hee shall haue no desires. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.70 | What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here | What hempen home-spuns haue we swaggering here, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.4 | Nay, that were a punishment too good for | Nay, that were a punishment too good for |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.294 | punishment. And also, the watch heard them talk of one | punishment, and also the watch heard them talke of one |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.126 | thee brave punishments for him. Strike up, pipers. | thee braue punishments for him: strike vp Pipers. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.266 | in his mood – a punishment more in policy than in | in his moode, (a punishment more in policie, then in |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.242 | But ever puny whipster gets my sword. | But euery Punie whipster gets my Sword. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.28 | And subjects punished that ne'er thought offence; | And subiects punisht that nere thought offence, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.33 | And punish that before that he would punish. | And punish that before that he would punish. |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.16 | To punish, although not done, but meant. | To punish, although not done, but meant. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.86 | Arm, arm, my name! A puny subject strikes | Arme, arme my Name: a punie subiect strikes |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.34 | Doth cherish you and yours, God punish me | Doth cherish you, and yours, God punish me |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.107 | And yet his punishment was bitter death. | And yet his punishment was bitter death. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.126 | By thee was punched full of deadly holes. | By thee was punched full of holes; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.26 | punto reverso! the hay! | Punto reuerso, the Hay. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.295 | Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished. | Haue lost a brace of Kinsmen: All are punish'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.308 | Some shall be pardoned, and some punished: | Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.1 | If I have too austerely punished you, | If I haue too austerely punish'd you, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.65 | Which spongy April at thy hest betrims, | Which spungie Aprill, at thy hest betrims; |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.144 | As punishment for his most wicked life. | As punishment for his most wicked life. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.37 | He would pun thee into shivers with his fist, | He would pun thee into shiuers with his fist, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.12 | More spongy to suck in the sense of fear, | More spungie, to sucke in the sense of Feare, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.136 | Punish my life, for tainting of my love! | Punish my life, for tainting of my loue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.128 | Whose high imperious thoughts have punished me | Whose high emperious thoughts haue punish'd me |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.4 | O, 'twas a studied punishment, a death | Oh twas a studdied punishment, a death |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.44 | a very grievous punishment, as one would think, for | a very greevous punishment, as one would thinke, for |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.7 | It is enough my hearing shall be punished | It is enough my hearing shall be punishd, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.59.1 | Than you to punish. | Then you to punish. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.223 | Let me be punished, that have minded you | Let me be punish'd, that haue minded you |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.21 | very naming punishes me with the remembrance of that | very naming, punnishes me with the remembrance of that |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.690 | flesh and blood is not to be punished by him. Show | flesh and blood is not to be punish'd by him. Shew |