| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.44 | He that ears my land spares my team, and gives me | he that eres my Land, spares my teame, and giues mee |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.103 | The rather will I spare my praises towards him; | The rather will I spare my praises towards him, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.43 | O Lord, sir! – Thick, thick; spare not me. | O Lord sir, thicke, thicke, spare not me. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.48 | O Lord, sir! – Spare not me. | O Lord sir, spare not me. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.50 | and ‘ spare not me?’ Indeed your ‘ O Lord, sir!’ is very | and spare not me? Indeed your O Lord sir, is very |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.79 | The General is content to spare thee yet, | The Generall is content to spare thee yet, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.12 | What should not then be spared. He is already | What should not then be spar'd. He is already |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.18 | respect it is not in the court, it is tedious. As it is a spare | respect it is not in the Court, it is tedious. As it is a spare |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.80 | Had fastened him unto a small spare mast | Had fastned him vnto a small spare Mast, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.78 | I would not spare my brother in this case | I would not spare my brother in this case, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.254 | Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods. | Being mou'd, he will not spare to gird the Gods. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.234 | Ay, spare us not. Say we read lectures to you, | I, spare vs not: Say, we read Lectures to you, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.89.1 | And scarce can spare them. | And scarse can spare them. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.94 | I would not speak. I pray you spare me: 'faith | I would not speake. I pray you spare me, 'faith |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.65 | You'll give me leave to spare, when you shall find | You'l giue me leaue to spare, when you shall finde |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.142 | Spare your arithmetic, never count the turns: | Spare your Arethmaticke, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.92.1 | And spare no blood beside. | And spare no blood beside. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.328 | Then spare not the old father. Mighty sir, | Then spare not the old Father. Mighty Sir, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.419 | The power that I have on you, is to spare you: | The powre that I haue on you, is to spare you: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.103 | I could have better spared a better man. | I could haue better spar'd a better man. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.16 | will foin like any devil; he will spare neither man, | will foyne like any diuell, he will spare neither man, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.262 | spare men, and spare me the great ones. Put me a caliver | spare men, and spare me the great ones. Put me a Calyuer |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.131 | Why, so didst thou. Or are they spare in diet, | Why so didst thou. Or are they spare in diet, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.56 | Spare for no faggots; let there be enow. | Spare for no Faggots, let there be enow: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.353 | Like to the glorious sun's transparent beams, | Like to the glorious Sunnes transparant Beames, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.23 | I'll give it, sir; and therefore spare my life. | Ile giue it sir, and therefore spare my life. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.175 | Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon, | Spare none, but such as go in clouted shooen, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.v.6 | Such aid as I can spare you shall command, | Such ayd as I can spare you shall command, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.49 | Spare England, for it is your native coast. | Spare England, for it is your Natiue Coast: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.51 | It shall be stony. York not our old men spares; | It shall be stony. Yorke, not our old men spares: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.78 | When Clifford cannot spare his friends an oath. | When Clifford cannot spare his Friends an oath: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.5.1 | You may then spare that time. | You may then spare that time. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.54 | Beseech you, sir, to spare me, till I may | Beseech you Sir, to spare me, till I may |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.7 | the first two hold a spare garland over her head, at | the first two hold a spare Garland ouer her Head, at |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.166 | Come, come, my lord, you'd spare your | Come, come my Lord, you'd spare your |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.21.1 | I made no spare, sir. | I made no spare Sir. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.23 | To mow 'em down before me; but if I spared any | To mow 'em downe before me: but if I spar'd any |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.200 | So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much, | So soone as that spare Cassius. He reades much, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.34 | Cry out: ‘ Enough, spare England now for pity!’ | Cry out enough, spare England now for pittie, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.101 | So I may keep mine eyes. O, spare mine eyes, | So I may keepe mine eyes. O spare mine eyes, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.97 | With other princes that may best be spared, | With other Princes that may best be spar'd, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.61 | spared at suit of his grey beard – | spar'd at sute of his gray-beard. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.65 | ‘ Spare my grey beard,’ you wagtail! | Spare my gray-beard, you wagtaile? |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.21 | A mistress's command. Wear this; (giving a favour) spare speech. | A Mistresses command. Weare this; spare speech, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.51 | It should none spare that come within his power. | It should none spare that come within his power. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.29 | Through the transparent bosom of the deep | Through the transparent bosome of the deepe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.14.1 | And you shall well be spared. | And you shall well be spar'd. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.83 | Tomorrow? O, that's sudden; spare him, spare him. | To morrow? oh, that's sodaine, / Spare him, spare him: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.33 | Showing we would not spare heaven as we love it, | Showing we would not spare heauen, as we loue it, |
| 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 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.142 | If not, shun me, and I will spare your haunts. | If not, shun me and I will spare your haunts. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.110 | Transparent Helena, nature shows art | Transparent Helena, nature her shewes art, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.20 | you to the Prince your brother; spare not to tell him | you to the Prince your brother, spare not to tell him, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.56 | We will spare for no wit, I warrant you. Here's | Wee will spare for no witte I warrant you: heere's |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.193 | While I spare speech, which something now offends me, | While I spare speech which something now offends me. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.93 | Must feel war's blow, who spares not innocence; | Must feel wars blow, who spares not innocence, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.132 | Till the rough seas, that spares not any man, | Till the rough Seas, that spares not any man, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.124 | O, spare me not, my brother Edward's son, | Oh spare me not, my brothers Edwards sonne, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.113 | Tell him, and spare not. Look what I have said | |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.72 | O, spare my guiltless wife and my poor children! | O spare my guiltlesse Wife, and my poore children. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.90 | Transparent heretics, be burnt for liars! | Transparent Heretiques be burnt for liers. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iv.6.1 | Spare not for cost. | Spare not for cost. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.148 | me thy mete-yard, and spare not me. | me thy meat-yard, and spare not me. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.27 | I prithee, spare. | I pre-thee spare. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.181.2 | He'll spare none. | Hee'l spare none. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.119 | But set them down horrible traitors. Spare not the babe | But set them down horrible Traitors. Spare not the Babe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.139 | Th' immortal gods that hear you. Spare your oaths; | Th'immortall Gods that heare you. Spare your Oathes: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.40 | Spare thy Athenian cradle and those kin | Spare thy Athenian Cradle, and those Kin |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.123 | Thrice-noble Titus, spare my first-born son. | Thrice Noble Titus, spare my first borne sonne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.165 | My youth can better spare my blood than you | My youth can better spare my blood then you, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.183 | Agree between you: I will spare my hand. | Agree betweene you, I will spare my hand. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.108 | Shall I bid him go and spare not? | Shall I bid him go, and spare not? |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.36 | Why, it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes, | Why it hath bay Windowes transparant as baricadoes, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.19.2 | Spare it not; | Spare it not, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.39 | As I am spared. Your person I am friends with, | As I am spard, your person I am friends with, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.47.1 | To make me spare thee? | To make me spare thee? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.49.1 | I will not spare you. | I will not spare you. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.68.2 | Do, and spare not; | Doe, and spare not; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.42 | As I weigh grief, which I would spare; for honour, | As I weigh Griefe (which I would spare:) For Honor, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.90.2 | Sir, spare your threats! | Sir, spare your Threats: |