| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.117 | I met the ravin lion when he roared | I met the rauine Lyon when he roar'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.55 | He cried almost to roaring; and he wept | He cried almost to roaring: And he wept, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.127 | Upon the hill of Basan to outroar | Vpon the hill of Basan, to out-roare |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.71 | flag against all patience, and, in roaring for a chamber-pot, | Flagge against all Patience, and in roaring for a Chamber-pot, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.52 | Some certain of your brethren roared and ran | Some certaine of your Brethren roar'd, and ranne |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.126 | They'll roar him in again. Tullus Aufidius, | They'l roare him in againe. Tullus Auffidius, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.98 | He whined and roared away your victory, | He whin'd and roar'd away your Victory, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.21 | With rocks unscaleable and roaring waters, | With Oakes vnskaleable, and roaring Waters, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.111 | Of roaring terrors: for the defect of judgement | Of roaring terrors: For defect of iudgement |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.295 | If it could so roar to me. I cut off's head, | If it could so roare to me. I cut off's head, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.78.1 | And hears it roar beneath. | |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.53 | That roars so loud and thunders in the index? | that roares so lowd, & thunders in the Index. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.188 | were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one now to | were wont to set the Table on a Rore? No one now to |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.123 | And if the devil come and roar for them | And if the diuell come and roare for them |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.190 | As to o'erwalk a current roaring loud | As to o're-walke a Current, roaring loud |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.109 | How the fat rogue roared! | How the Rogue roar'd. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.254 | nimbly, with as quick dexterity, and roared for mercy, | nimbly, with as quicke dexteritie, and roared for mercy, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.255 | and still run and roared, as ever I heard bull-calf. What | and still ranne and roar'd, as euer I heard Bull-Calfe. What |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.145 | roaring of the lion's whelp. | roaring of the Lyons Whelpe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.163 | King Cerberus, and let the welkin roar! | King Cerberus, and let the Welkin roare: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.173 | till he roar again. | till he roare againe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.175 | What, dost thou roar before thou art pricked? | What? do'st thou roare before th'art prickt. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.40 | There roared the sea, and trumpet-clangour sounds. | There roar'd the Sea: and Trumpet Clangour sounds. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.69 | more valour than this roaring devil i'th' old play, that | more valour, then this roaring diuell i'th olde play, that |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.40 | And makes him roar these accusations forth. | And makes him rore these Accusations forth. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.74.2 | An uproar, I dare warrant, | An Vprore, I dare warrant, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.79 | Have battered me like roaring cannon-shot | Haue batt'red me like roaring Cannon-shot, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.19 | But great men tremble when the lion roars; | But great men tremble when the Lyon rores, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.12 | And made the forest tremble when they roared. | And made the Forrest tremble when they roar'd. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.36 | Daring th' event to th' teeth, are all in uproar, | Daring th'euent too th'teeth, are all in vprore, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.28 | Commotions, uproars, with a general taint | Commotions, vprores, with a generall Taint |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.7 | Is this a place to roar in? Fetch me a dozen crab-tree | Is this a place to roare in? Fetch me a dozen Crab-tree |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.107 | The torrent roared, and we did buffet it | The Torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.74 | That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars | That Thunders, Lightens, opens Graues, and roares, |
| King John | KJ II.i.24 | Whose foot spurns back the ocean's roaring tides | Whose foot spurnes backe the Oceans roaring tides, |
| King John | KJ II.i.294 | O, tremble, for you hear the lion roar! | O tremble: for you heare the Lyon rore. |
| King John | KJ II.i.459 | Talks as familiarly of roaring lions | Talkes as familiarly of roaring Lyons, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.1 | So, by a roaring tempest on the flood, | So by a roaring Tempest on the flood, |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.14 | Of Bedlam beggars, who, with roaring voices, | Of Bedlam beggers, who with roaring voices, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.47 | Such groans of roaring wind and rain I never | Such groanes of roaring Winde, and Raine, I neuer |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.10 | But if thy flight lay toward the roaring sea | But if they flight lay toward the roaring Sea, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.89 | Thus dost thou hear the Nemean lion roar | Thus dost thou heare the Nemean Lion roare, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.78 | As we shall make our griefs and clamour roar | As we shall make our Griefes and Clamor rore, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.99 | Uproar the universal peace, confound | Vprore the vniuersall peace, confound |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.34 | Enrobe the roaring waters with my silks, | Enrobe the roring waters with my silkes, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.30 | Yea, mock the lion when he roars for prey, | Yea, mocke the Lion when he rores for pray |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.65 | roaring. | roaring. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.66 | Let me play the lion too. I will roar that I will | Let mee play the Lyon too, I will roare that I will |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.67 | do any man's heart good to hear me. I will roar that I | doe any mans heart good to heare me. I will roare, that I |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.68 | will make the Duke say ‘ Let him roar again; let him | will make the Duke say, Let him roare againe, let him |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.69 | roar again!’ | roare againe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.77 | that I will roar you as gently as any sucking dove. I will | that I will roare you as gently as any sucking Doue; I will |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.78 | roar you an 'twere any nightingale. | roare and 'twere any Nightingale. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.104 | And neigh, and bark, and grunt and roar and burn | And neigh, and barke, and grunt, and rore, and burne, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.218 | When Lion rough in wildest rage doth roar. | When Lion rough in wildest rage doth roare. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.257 | Lion roars. Flute as Thisbe runs off | The Lion roares, Thisby runs off. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.257 | Well roared, Lion! | Well roar'd Lion. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.361 | Now the hungry lion roars | Now the hungry Lyons rores, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.197.2 | Nay, lay thee down and roar, | Nay; lay thee downe, and roare: |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.10 | The powers above us. Could I rage and roar | the powers aboue vs; / Could I rage and rore |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.75 | Earth gapes, hell burns, fiends roar, saints pray, | Earth gapes, Hell burnes, Fiends roare, Saints pray, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.44 | This torture should be roared in dismal hell. | This torture should be roar'd in dismall hell, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.80 | Where serpents are. Chain me with roaring bears, | Where Serpents are: chaine me with roaring Beares |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.39 | Than empty tigers or the roaring sea. | Then emptie Tygers, or the roaring Sea. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.198 | Have I not in my time heard lions roar? | Haue I not in my time heard Lions rore? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.17 | roarers for the name of king? To cabin! Silence! | roarers for the name of King? to Cabine; silence: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.2 | Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them. | Put the wild waters in this Rore; alay them: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.149 | To cry to th' sea that roared to us, to sigh | To cry to th' Sea, that roard to vs; to sigh |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.204 | Of sulphurous roaring the most mighty Neptune | Of sulphurous roaring, the most mighty Neptune |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.370 | Fill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar, | Fill all thy bones with Aches, make thee rore, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.320 | To make an earthquake! Sure it was the roar | To make an earthquake: sure it was the roare |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.193.1 | Even to roaring. | Euen to roaring: |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.262.2 | Hark, they roar! | Harke, they rore. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.44 | Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder | Set roaring warre: To the dread ratling Thunder |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.233 | Of roaring, shrieking, howling, jingling chains, | Of roring, shreeking, howling, gingling chaines, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.66.1 | He kills Saturninus. Uproar on stage. Enter Goths to | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.67 | By uproars severed, as a flight of fowl | By vprores seuer'd like a flight of Fowle, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.160 | Which, from the tongue of roaring Typhon dropped, | Which from the tongue of roaring Typhon dropt, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.83 | Hark how Troy roars, how Hecuba cries out, | Harke how Troy roares; how Hecuba cries out; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.37 | Roaring for Troilus, who hath done today | Roaring for Troylus; who hath done to day. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.38 | Torrents whose roaring tyranny and power | Torrents whose roring tyranny and power |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.1 | Let all the dukes and all the devils roar; | Let all the Dukes, and all the divells rore, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.96 | but first, how the poor souls roared, and the sea mocked | but first, how the poore soules roared, and the sea mock'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.97 | them; and how the poor gentleman roared, and the bear | them: and how the poore Gentleman roared, and the Beare |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.98 | mocked him, both roaring louder than the sea or weather. | mock'd him, both roaring lowder then the sea, or weather. |