| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.127 | It is the show and seal of nature's truth, | It is the show, and seale of natures truth, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.30 | Are words, and poor conditions but unsealed – | Are words and poore conditions, but vnseal'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.59.1 | And sealed between us. | And seal'd betweene vs, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.3 | The other three are sealing. Octavia weeps | The other three are Sealing. Octauia weepes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.125 | My playfellow, your hand, this kingly seal | My play-fellow, your hand; this Kingly Seale, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.171 | Have knit again, and fleet, threatening most sea-like. | Haue knit againe, and Fleete, threatning most Sea-like. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.49 | Itself with strength. Seal then, and all is done. | It selfe with strength: Seale then and all is done. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.59 | And by him seal up thy mind, | And by him seale vp thy minde, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.9 | Have sealed his rigorous statutes with their bloods, | Haue seal'd his rigorous statutes with their blouds, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.107 | I will not seal your knowledge with showing | I wil not Seale your knowledge with shewing |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.142 | Seal what I end withal! This double worship, | Seale what I end withall. This double worship, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.206 | On like conditions, will have counter-sealed. | On like conditions, will haue Counter-seal'd. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.83 | Together with the seal o'th' Senate, what | Together with the Seale a'th Senat, what |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.57 | Which their own conscience sealed them, laying by | Which their owne Conscience seal'd them: laying by |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.484 | Our peace we'll ratify: seal it with feasts. | Our Peace wee'l ratifie: Seale it with Feasts. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.86 | Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a sealed compact | Did slay this Fortinbras: who by a Seal'd Compact, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.60 | Upon his will I sealed my hard consent. | |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.75 | Sh'hath sealed thee for herself. For thou hast been | Hath seal'd thee for her selfe. For thou hast bene |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.406 | To give them seals never, my soul, consent! | To giue them Seales, neuer my Soule consent. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.62 | Where every god did seem to set his seal | Where euery God did seeme to set his Seale, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.203 | There's letters sealed, and my two schoolfellows, | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.58 | Away! for everything is sealed and done | Away, for euery thing is Seal'd and done |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.1 | Now must your conscience my acquittance seal, | Now must your conscience my acquittance seal, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.17 | My fears forgetting manners, to unseal | (My feares forgetting manners) to vnseale |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.47.2 | How was this sealed? | How was this seal'd? |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.50 | Which was the model of that Danish seal, | Which was the Modell of that Danish Seale: |
| 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 III.i.77 | Which being sealed interchangeably – | Which being sealed enterchangeably, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.258 | By this our book is drawn – we'll but seal, | By this our Booke is drawne: wee'le but seale, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.80 | but I shall have my pocket picked? I have lost a seal-ring | but I shall haue my Pocket pick'd? I haue lost a Seale-Ring |
| 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 IV.iv.1 | Hie, good Sir Michael, bear this sealed brief | Hie, good Sir Michell, beare this sealed Briefe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.19 | Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains | Seale vp the Ship-boyes Eyes, and rock his Braines, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.91 | That you should seal this lawless bloody book | That you should seale this lawlesse bloody Booke |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.92 | Of forged rebellion with a seal divine? | Of forg'd Rebellion, with a Seale diuine? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.128 | thumb, and shortly will I seal with him. Come away. | thombe, and shortly will I seale with him. Come away. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.104 | Thou hast sealed up my expectation. | Thou hast seal'd vp my expectation. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.159 | virgins with the broken seals of perjury; some, making | Virgins with the broken Seales of Periurie; some, making |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.26 | And so espoused to death, with blood he sealed | And so espous'd to death, with blood he seal'd |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.130 | Here had the conquest fully been sealed up | Here had the Conquest fully been seal'd vp, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.29 | Now thou art sealed the son of chivalry? | Now thou art seal'd the Sonne of Chiualrie? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.89 | Seal up your lips and give no words but mum; | Seale vp your Lips, and giue no words but Mum, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.344 | That thou mightst think upon these by the seal, | That thou might'st thinke vpon these by the Seale, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.77 | say 'tis the bee's wax, for I did but seal once to a thing, | say, 'tis the Bees waxe: for I did but seale once to a thing, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.57 | The match is made; she seals it with a curtsy. | The Match is made, shee seales it with a Cursie. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.29 | And thus I seal my truth and bid adieu. | And thus I seale my truth, and bid adieu. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.29 | I seal upon the lips of this sweet babe. | I Seale vpon the lips of this sweet Babe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.164 | Whom after under the confession's seal | Whom after vnder the Commissions Seale, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.105 | That never knew what truth meant. I now seal it, | That neuer knew what Truth meant: I now seale it; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.1.7 | purse, with the great seal, and a cardinal's hat; then | Purse, with the great Seale, and a Cardinals Hat: Then |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.222 | Under your hands and seals. Therefore, go on, | Vnder your hands and Seales; therefore goe on, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.79 | He did unseal them, and the first he viewed | He did vnseale them, and the first he view'd, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.229 | To render up the great seal presently | To render vp the Great Seale presently |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.245 | In time will find their fit rewards. That seal | In time will finde their fit Rewards. That Seale |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.319 | To carry into Flanders the great seal. | To carry into Flanders, the Great Seale. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.347 | About the giving back the great seal to us, | About the giuing backe the Great Seale to vs, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.37 | This paper, thus sealed up; and I am sure | This Paper, thus seal'd vp, and I am sure |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.129 | But here's a parchment with the seal of Caesar; | But heere's a Parchment, with the Seale of Casar, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.241 | Here is the will, and under Caesar's seal. | Heere is the Will, and vnder Casars Seale: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.271 | Made by the mouth of God, sealed with His hand? | Made by the mouth ofGod, seald with his hand, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.74 | And dash the virtue of my seal at arms. | and dash the vertue of my seale at armes, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.111 | Under safe-conduct of the dauphin's seal, | Vndersafe conduct of the Dolphins seale, |
| King John | KJ II.i.20 | As seal to this indenture of my love: | As seale to this indenture of my loue: |
| King John | KJ II.i.250 | Save in aspect, hath all offence sealed up; | Saue in aspect, hath all offence seal'd vp: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.215 | Here is your hand and seal for what I did. | Heere is your hand and Seale for what I did. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.217 | Is to be made, then shall this hand and seal | Is to be made, then shall this hand and Seale |
| King Lear | KL IV.v.22.1 | Let me unseal the letter. | Let me vnseale the Letter. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.171 | To seal th' accuser's lips. Get thee glass eyes, | to seale th'accusers lips. Get thee glasse-eyes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.165.1 | This sealed-up counsel. | This seal'd-vp counsaile. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.9 | That he was fain to seal on Cupid's name. | That he was faine to seale on Cupids name. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.7 | write upon't, read it, afterwards seal it, and again return | write vpon't, read it, afterwards Seale it, and againe re-turne |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.6 | Seals of love, but sealed in vain, sealed in vain. | Seales of loue, but seal'd in vaine, seal'd in vaine. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.186 | here is the hand and seal of the Duke. You know the | heere is the hand and Seale of the Duke: you know the |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.243 | That's sealed in approbation? You, Lord Escalus, | That's seald in approbation? you, Lord Escalus |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.77 | Frenchman became his surety and sealed under for | Frenchman became his suretie, and seald vnder for |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.141 | Go with me to a notary, seal me there | Goe with me to a Notarie, seale me there |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.149 | Content, in faith. I'll seal to such a bond | Content infaith, Ile seale to such a bond, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.151 | You shall not seal to such a bond for me; | You shall not seale to such a bond for me, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.168 | Yes, Shylock, I will seal unto this bond. | Yes Shylocke, I will seale vnto this bond. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.6 | To seal love's bonds new-made than they are wont | To steale loues bonds new made, then they are wont |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.18 | A sealed bag, two sealed bags of ducats, | A sealed bag, two sealed bags of ducats, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.139 | Till thou canst rail the seal from off my bond, | Till thou canst raile the seale from off my bond |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.275 | Than you expect. Unseal this letter soon, | Then you expect: vnseale this letter soone, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.16 | Than stamps in gold or sums in sealed bags. | Then stampes in Gold, or summes in sealed bagges: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.84 | The sealing day betwixt my love and me | The sealing day betwixt my loue and me, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.144 | This princess of pure white, this seal of bliss! | This Princesse of pure white, this seale of blisse. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.164 | Which with experimental seal doth warrant | Which with experimental seale doth warrant |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.228 | they have upon record, which I had rather seal | they haue vpon record, which I had rather seale |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.334 | All seals and symbols of redeemed sin, | All Seales, and Simbols of redeemed sin: |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.12 | His sealed commission, left in trust with me, | his sealed Commission left in trust with mee, |
| Pericles | Per II.v.87 | Nay, come, your hands and lips must seal it too. | nay come, your hands, / And lippes must seale it too: |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.50 | My heart this covenant makes, my hand thus seals it. | My Heart this Couenant makes, my Hand thus seales it. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.25 | There is my gage, the manual seal of death, | There is my Gage, the manuall Seale of death |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.56 | What seal is that that hangs without thy bosom? | What Seale is that that hangs without thy bosom? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.228 | Thou that wast sealed in thy nativity | Thou that wast seal'd in thy Natiuitie |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.10 | And with my hand I seal my true heart's love. | And with my hand I seale my true hearts Loue. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.29 | Now, princely Buckingham, seal thou this league | Now Princely Buckingham, seale yu this league |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.71 | The seal I keep; and so betide to me | The Seale I keepe, and so betide to me, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.56 | And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo's sealed, | And ere this hand bythee to Romeo seal'd: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.11 | Sealed up the doors, and would not let us forth, | Seal'd vp the doores, and would not let vs forth, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.114 | The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss | The doores of breath, seale with a righteous kisse |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.216 | Seal up the mouth of outrage for a while, | Seale vp the mouth of outrage for a while, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.87 | Because she brought stone jugs and no sealed quarts. | Because she brought stone-Iugs, and no seal'd quarts: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.122 | And seal the title with a lovely kiss. | And seale the title with a louely kisse. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.54.1 | Have sealed thy full desire. | Haue seal'd thy full desire. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.69 | The Empress sends it thee, thy stamp, thy seal, | The Empresse sends it thee, thy stampe, thy seale, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.126 | Although my seal be stamped in his face. | Although my seale be stamped in his face. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.195 | Go to, a bargain made; seal it, seal it, I'll be | Go too, a bargaine made: seale it, seale it, Ile be |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.231 | Seals a commission to a blank of danger, | Seales a commission to a blanke of danger, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.121 | To shame the zeal of my petition to thee | To shame the seale of my petition towards, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.92 | impressure her Lucrece, with which she uses to seal. | impressure her Lucrece, with which she vses to seale: |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.159 | Sealed in my function, by my testimony; | Seal'd in my function, by my testimony: |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.331 | Or say 'tis not your seal, nor your invention; | Or say, tis not your seale, not your inuention: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.49 | To seal our happiness with their consents! | To seale our happinesse with their consents. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.ii.7 | And seal the bargain with a holy kiss. | And seale the bargaine with a holy kisse. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.139 | I'll be so bold to break the seal for once. | Ile be so bold to breake the seale for once. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.92 | Ruin to Thebes; who is at hand to seal | Ruine to Thebs, who is at hand to seale |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.39.1 | Thus let me seal my vowed faith. | Thus let me seale my vowd faith: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.87 | To seal his will with – better, o'my conscience, | To seale his will with, better o' my conscience |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.15 | Both sealed with eye and ear. (To Emilia) You must be present; | Both seald with eye, and eare; you must be present, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.337 | Even for your son's sake, and thereby for sealing | Euen for your Sonnes sake, and thereby for sealing |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.19 | Thus by Apollo's great divine sealed up, | (Thus by Apollo's great Diuine seal'd vp) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.126 | This sealed-up oracle, by the hand delivered | This seal'd-vp Oracle, by the Hand deliuer'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.128 | You have not dared to break the holy seal, | You haue not dar'd to breake the holy Seale, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.130 | Break up the seals and read. | Breake vp the Seales, and read. |