| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.50 | So in approof lives not his epitaph | So in approofe liues not his Epitaph, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.11 | spake but by a metaphor. | spake but by a Metaphor. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.12 | Indeed, sir, if your metaphor stink I will stop my | Indeed sir, if your Metaphor stinke, I will stop my |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.13 | nose, or against any man's metaphor. Prithee, get thee | nose, or against any mans Metaphor. Prethe get thee |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.28 | stronger than the word of a tapster; they are both the | stronger then the word of a Tapster, they are both the |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.105 | That's covered o'er with Turkish tapestry | That's couer'd o're with Turkish Tapistrie, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.32.1 | And tapers burned to bedward! | And Tapers burnt to Bedward. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.7 | Intends t' appear before the people, hoping | Intends t'appeare before the People, hoping |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.5 | Take not away the taper, leave it burning: | Take not away the Taper, leaue it burning: |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.19 | Perfumes the chamber thus: the flame o'th' taper | Perfumes the Chamber thus: the Flame o'th'Taper |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.69 | With tapestry of silk and silver, the story | With Tapistry of Silke, and Siluer, the Story |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.52 | And hath as oft a sland'rous epitaph | And hath as oft a sland'rous Epitaph, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.147 | That which, t' appear itself, must not yet be | That which t'appeare it selfe, must not yet be, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.523 | After your death you were better have a bad epitaph | After your death, you were better haue a bad Epitaph, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.143 | not thinking on, with the hobby-horse, whose epitaph | not thinking on, with the Hoby-horsse, whose Epitaph |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.142 | Where it draws blood no cataplasm so rare, | Where it drawes blood, no Cataplasme so rare, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.28 | brothers, revolted tapsters, and ostlers trade-fallen, the | Brothers, reuolted Tapsters and Ostlers, Trade-falne, the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.100 | But not remembered in thy epitaph. | But not remembred in thy Epitaph. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.172 | pregnancy is made a tapster, and his quick wit | Pregnancie is made a Tapster, and hath his quicke wit |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.140 | fain to pawn both my plate and the tapestry of my | faine to pawne both my Plate, and the Tapistry of my |
| 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.i.192 | grace, my lord: tap for tap, and so part fair. | grace (my Lord) tap for tap, and so part faire. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.82 | With yet-appearing blood, and the examples | With yet appearing blood; and the examples |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.234 | Not worshipped with a waxen epitaph. | Not worshipt with a waxen Epitaph. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.17.3 | a taper burning in her hand, with Sir John Stanley, | a Taper burning in her hand, with |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.74 | Without the privity o'th' King – t' appoint | (Without the priuity o'th'King) t'appoint |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.74 | I shall not fail t' approve the fair conceit | I shall not faile t'approue the faire conceit |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.7 | Get me a taper in my study, Lucius; | Get me a Tapor in my Study, Lucius: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.35 | The taper burneth in your closet, sir. | The Taper burneth in your Closet, Sir: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.156 | Enter Boy (Lucius) with wine and tapers | Enter Boy with Wine, and Tapers. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.162 | Now sit we close about this taper here, | Now sit we close about this Taper heere, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.273 | How ill this taper burns! Ha! who comes here? | How ill this Taper burnes. Ha! Who comes heere? |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.150 | The ground, undecked with nature's tapestry, | The ground vndect with natures tapestrie, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.147 | But like a fading taper, dim and dead? | But like a fading taper dym and dead. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.53 | Why, then his epitaph is lasting praise. | Why then his Ephitaph, is lasting prayse. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.173 | And in the stead of tapers on his tomb | And in the stead of tapers on his tombe, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.14 | Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light | Vnto the Raine-bow; or with Taper-light |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.54 | Tomorrow or at further space t' appear | To morrow, or at further space, t'appeare |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.41 | tapster. | Tapster. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.51 | epitaph on the death of the deer? And, to humour the | Epytaph on the death of the Deare, and to humour the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.17 | finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such | finer then the staple of his argument. I abhor such |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.267 | Tapers they are, with your sweet breaths puffed out. | Tapers they are, with your sweete breathes puft out. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.27 | Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem | Which Fate and Metaphysicall ayde doth seeme |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.18 | Enter Lady Macbeth with a taper | Enter Lady, with a Taper. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.108 | change your trade. I'll be your tapster still. Courage, | change your Trade: Ile bee your Tapster still; courage, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.111 | What's to do here, Thomas Tapster? | What's to doe heere, Thomas Tapster? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.61 | He, sir? A tapster, sir, parcel-bawd; one that | He Sir: a Tapster Sir: parcell Baud: one that |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.188 | A tapster, a poor widow's tapster. | A Tapster, a poore widdowes Tapster. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.195 | tapsters; they will draw you, Master Froth, and you will | Tapsters; they will draw you Master Froth, and you wil |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.199 | never come into any room in a taphouse but I am drawn | neuer come into any roome in a Tap-house, but I am drawne |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.202 | Come you hither to me, Master Tapster. What's your | Come you hether to me, M. Tapster: what's your name |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.203 | name, Master Tapster? | Mr. Tapster? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.210 | you colour it in being a tapster, are you not? | you colour it in being a Tapster, are you not? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.118 | Than to live still, and write mine epitaph. | Then to liue still, and write mine Epitaph. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.10 | I will entertain Bardolph; he shall draw, he shall tap. | I will entertaine Bardolfe: he shall draw; he shall tap; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.15 | Bardolph, follow him. A tapster is a good trade. | Bardolfe, follow him: a Tapster is a good trade: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.17 | a fresh tapster. Go, adieu. | a fresh Tapster: goe, adew. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.49 | With rounds of waxen tapers on their heads, | With rounds of waxen Tapers on their heads, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.61.1 | And burn him with their tapers. | And burne him with their Tapers. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.37.3 | boys as Fairies. They carry tapers | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.89 | They burn him with their tapers | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.164 | And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs | And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighes, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.133 | in the smirched worm-eaten tapestry, where his codpiece | in the smircht worm eaten tapestrie, where his cod-peece |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.205 | Hang mournful epitaphs and do all rites | Hang mournfull Epitaphes, and do all rites, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.271 | Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb | Hang her an epitaph vpon her toomb, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iii.1.2 | four with tapers, all wearing mourning | foure with Tapers. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iii.3 | (reading from a scroll) | Epitaph. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.142 | Give me a taper; call up all my people! | Giue me a Taper: call vp all my people, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.167 | Past thought! – What said she to you? – Get more tapers. | Past thought:) what said she to you? Get moe Tapers: |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.16 | Waste it for you like taper-light. | Waste it for you, like Taper light. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.100 | Pentapolis, and our king the good Simonides. | Pantapoles, / And our King, the good Symonides. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.34 | Brought hither to Pentapolis, | Brought hither to Penlapolis, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.65 | Bid Nestor bring me spices, ink and paper, | Bid Nestor bring me Spices, Incke, and Taper, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.43 | Is almost finished, and her epitaphs | is almost finished, & her epitaphs |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.32 | The epitaph is for Marina writ | The Epitaph is for Marina writ, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.4 | At Pentapolis the fair Thaisa. | at Pentapolis, the faire Thaisa, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.38 | When we with tears parted Pentapolis, | when wee with teares parted Pentapolis, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.72 | Shall marry her at Pentapolis. And now, | shall marrie her at Pentapolis, and now |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.223 | My inch of taper will be burnt and done, | My inch of Taper, will be burnt, and done, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.127 | Hast thou tapped out and drunkenly caroused. | Thou hast tapt out, and drunkenly carows'd. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.145 | Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; | Let's talke of Graues, of Wormes, and Epitaphs, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.37 | The mathematics and the metaphysics | The Mathematickes, and the Metaphysickes |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.342 | My hangings all of Tyrian tapestry. | My hangings all of tirian tapestry: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.112 | 'Tis a spirit. Sometime 't appears like a lord, sometime | 'Tis a spirit, sometime t'appeares like a Lord, somtime |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.216 | Thou gavest thine ears, like tapsters that bade welcome, | Thou gau'st thine eares (like Tapsters, that bad welcom) |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.381 | Thy grave-stone daily. Make thine epitaph, | Thy graue stone dayly, make thine Epitaph, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.183 | Why, I was writing of my epitaph; | Why I was writing of my Epitaph, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.70.1 | (reading the epitaph) | reades the Epitaph. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.129 | T' appease their groaning shadows that are gone. | T'appease their groaning shadowes that are gone. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.327 | And tapers burn so bright, and everything | And Tapers burne so bright, and euery thing |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.228 | Which like a taper in some monument | Which like a Taper in some Monument, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.88 | Now, by the burning tapers of the sky | Now by the burning Tapers of the skie, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.17 | And Antenorides, with massy staples | And Antenonidus with massie Staples |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.114 | Indeed, a tapster's arithmetic may soon bring | Indeed a Tapsters Arithmetique may soone bring |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.69 | metaphor? | Metaphor? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.164 | And had their epitaphs, the people's curses. | And had their Epitaphes, the peoples Curses, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.129 | Informs the tapster to inflame the reckoning; | Informes the Tapster to inflame the reckning: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.285.1 | And soldiers sing my epitaph. | And Souldiers sing my Epitaph. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.313 | Will you buy any tape, | Will you buy any Tape, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.595 | glass, pomander, brooch, table-book, ballad, knife, tape, | Glasse, Pomander, Browch, Table-booke, Ballad, Knife, Tape, |