| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.146 | That this distempered messenger of wet, | That this distempered messenger of wet? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.8 | The buckles on his breast, reneges all temper, | The Buckles on his brest, reneages all temper, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.121 | Though you can guess what temperance should be, | Though you can guesse what Temperance should be, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.48.2 | O, temperance, lady! | Oh temperance Lady. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.12 | thy love to me were so righteously tempered as mine is | thy loue to me were so righteously temper'd, as mine is |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.82 | Of pale distemperatures and foes to life? | Of pale distemperatures, and foes to life? |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.216 | He cannot temperately transport his honours | He cannot temp'rately transport his Honors, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.218 | And temperately proceed to what you would | And temp'rately proceed to what you would |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.28 | Be reined again to temperance, then he speaks | Be rein'd againe to Temperance, then he speakes |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.67.2 | Nay, temperately! Your promise. | Nay temperately: your promise. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.90 | You keep a constant temper. | You keepe a constant temper. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.4 | But not every man patient after the noble temper | But not euery man patient after the noble temper |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.193 | Will drive away distemper. To some shade, | Will driue away distemper. To some shade, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.250 | To temper poisons for her, still pretending | To temper poysons for her, still pretending |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.55 | The head and source of all your son's distemper. | The head and sourse of all your Sonnes distemper. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.7 | passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that | Passion, you must acquire and beget a Temperance that |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.310 | distempered. | distemper'd. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.344 | Good my lord, what is your cause of distemper? | Good my Lord, what is your cause of distemper? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.124 | Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper | Vpon the heate and flame of thy distemper |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.141 | My pulse as yours doth temperately keep time | My Pulse as yours doth temperately keepe time, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.322 | It is a poison tempered by himself. | It is a poyson temp'red by himselfe: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.1 | My blood hath been too cold and temperate, | My blood hath beene too cold and temperate, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.232 | When you are better tempered to attend. | When you are better temper'd to attend. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.31 | Our grandam earth, having this distemperature, | Our Grandam Earth, hauing this distemperature, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.164 | He holds your temper in a high respect | He holds your temper in a high respect, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.156 | The long-grown wounds of my intemperance. | The long-growne Wounds of my intemperature: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.3.1 | At his distemperature. | At his distemperature |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.93 | A sword whose temper I intend to stain | a Sword, / Whose worthy temper I intend to staine |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.115 | From the best-tempered courage in his troops; | From the best temper'd Courage in his Troopes. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.79 | man of good temper would endure this tempest of | man of good temper would endure this tempest of |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.23 | excellent good temperality. Your pulsidge beats as | excellent good temperalitie: your Pulsidge beates as |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.41 | It is but as a body yet distempered, | It is but as a Body, yet distemper'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.127 | have him already tempering between my finger and my | haue him alreadie tempering betweene my finger and my |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.36 | His temper therefore must be well observed. | His temper therefore must be well obseru'd: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.15 | O that the living Harry had the temper | O, that the liuing Harrie had the temper |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.54 | If little faults, proceeding on distemper, | If little faults proceeding on distemper, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.118 | But he that tempered thee bade thee stand up, | But he that temper'd thee, bad thee stand vp, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.30 | Whiles yet the cool and temperate wind of grace | Whiles yet the coole and temperate Wind of Grace |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.146 | temper, Kate, whose face is not worth sunburning, that | temper, Kate, whose face is not worth Sunne-burning? that |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.222 | poor and untempering effect of my visage. Now beshrew | poore and vntempering effect of my Visage. Now beshrew |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.13 | Between two blades, which bears the better temper; | Between two Blades, which beares the better temper, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.311 | And temper clay with blood of Englishmen; | And temper Clay with blood of Englishmen. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.70 | Sword, hold thy temper; heart, be wrathful still; | Sword, hold thy temper; Heart, be wrathfull still: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.29 | For few men rightly temper with the stars. | For few men rightly temper with the Starres: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.124 | Ask God for temperance; that's th' appliance only | Aske God for Temp'rance, that's th'appliance onely |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.11.2 | Hearts of most hard temper | Hearts of most hard temper |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.165 | I know you have a gentle, noble temper, | I know you haue a Gentle, Noble temper, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.129 | A man of such a feeble temper should | A man of such a feeble temper should |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.175 | Of brothers' temper, do receive you in | Of Brothers temper, do receiue you in, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.114 | When grief and blood ill-tempered vexeth him? | When greefe and blood ill temper'd, vexeth him? |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.115 | When I spoke that, I was ill-tempered too. | When I spoke that, I was ill remper'd too. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.405 | The king's great name will temper thy misdeeds, | The kings great name will temper their misdeeds, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.222 | We temper it with Audley's gravity, | We temper it with Audlys grauitie, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.47 | By the soft temper of a Frenchman's sword. | By the soft temper of a French mans sword: |
| King John | KJ II.i.195 | Peace, lady! Pause, or be more temperate. | Peace Lady, pause, or be more temperate, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.12 | Such temperate order in so fierce a cause, | Such temperate order in so fierce a cause, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.154 | No scope of nature, no distempered day, | No scope of Nature, no distemper'd day, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.21 | Once more today well met, distempered lords! | Once more to day well met, distemper'd Lords, |
| King John | KJ V.i.12 | This inundation of mistempered humour | This inundation of mistempred humor, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.40 | A noble temper dost thou show in this, | A noble temper dost thou shew in this, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.301 | To temper clay. Yea, is't come to this? | To temper Clay. Ha? |
| King Lear | KL I.v.44 | Keep me in temper; I would not be mad! | keepe me in temper, I would not be mad. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.24.1 | I doubt not of his temperance. | I doubt of his Temperance. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.323 | Until his ink were tempered with Love's sighs. | Vntill his Inke were tempred with Loues sighes: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.105 | Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, | Who can be wise, amaz'd, temp'rate, & furious, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.51 | And to that dauntless temper of his mind | And to that dauntlesse temper of his Minde, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.66.2 | Boundless intemperance | Boundlesse intemperance |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.92 | As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, | As Iustice, Verity, Temp'rance, Stablenesse, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.15 | He cannot buckle his distempered cause | He cannot buckle his distemper'd cause |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.185 | Once stir my temper; but this virtuous maid | Once stir my temper: but this vertuous Maid |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.227 | a gentleman of all temperance. But leave we him to his | A Gentleman of all temperance. But leaue wee him to his |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.98 | To his concup'scible intemperate lust, | To his concupiscible intemperate lust |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.470 | And lack of tempered judgement afterward. | And lacke of temper'd iudgement afterward. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.18 | blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree, such a | blood, but a hot temper leapes ore a colde decree, such a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.204 | ha' your distemper in this kind for the wealth of Windsor | ha your distemper in this kind, for ye welth of Windsor |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.71 | and instigated by his distemper, and, forsooth, to | and instigated by his distemper, and (forsooth) to |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.25 | tameness, civility, and patience to this his distemper he | tamenesse, ciuility, and patience to this his distemper he |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.106 | And thorough this distemperature we see | And through this distemperature, we see |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.19 | The poison of that lies in you to temper. Go | The poyson of that lies in you to temper, goe |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.57 | But you are more intemperate in your blood | But you are more intemperate in your blood, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.100 | Being full of supper and distempering draughts, | (Being full of Supper, and distempring draughtes) |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.251 | It is a sword of Spain, the ice-brook's temper. | It was a Sword of Spaine, the Ice brookes temper: |
| Pericles | Per V.i.25 | Upon what ground is his distemperature? | Vpon what ground is his distemperature? |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.29 | To stain the temper of my knightly sword. | To staine the temper of my Knightly sword. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.65 | That tempers him to this extremity. | That tempts him to this harsh Extremity. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.87 | Throw your mistempered weapons to the ground | Throw your mistemper'd Weapons to the ground, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.14 | Tempering extremities with extreme sweet. | Temp'ring extremities with extreame sweete. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.29 | Young son, it argues a distempered head | Young Sonne, it argues a distempered head, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.36 | Thou art uproused with some distemperature. | Thou art vprous'd with some distemprature; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.115 | And in my temper softened valour's steel! | And in my temper softned Valours steele. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.115 | I thought thy disposition better tempered. | I thought thy disposition better temper'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.97 | To bear a poison, I would temper it – | To beare a poyson, I would temper it; |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.287 | She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. | Shee is not hot, but temperate as the morne, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.45 | temperance. | temperance. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.46 | Temperance was a delicate wench. | Temperance was a delicate wench. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.63 | Of whom your swords are tempered, may as well | Of whom your swords are temper'd, may as well |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.132 | Come temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate | Come temperate Nimphes, and helpe to celebrate |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.145 | Saw I him touched with anger so distempered. | Saw I him touch'd with anger, so distemper'd. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.72 | His comfortable temper has forsook him. He's | His comfortable temper has forsooke him, he's |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.109 | And temper him with all the art I have | And temper him with all the Art I haue, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.198 | And with this hateful liquor temper it, | And with this hatefull Liquor temper it, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.147 | But there was more temperate fire under the | But there was more temperate fire vnder the |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.57 | In whom the tempers and the minds of all | In whom the tempers, and the mindes of all |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.170 | To the hot passion of distempered blood | To the hot passion of distemp'red blood, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.251 | As green as Ajax', and your brain so tempered, | As greene as Aiax, and your braine so temper'd, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.1.1 | When was my lord so much ungently tempered, | When was my Lord so much vngently temper'd, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.86 | with a distempered appetite. To be generous, guiltless, | with a distemper'd appetite. To be generous, guitlesse, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.5 | distemper yours; therefore I shall crave of you your | distemper yours; therefore I shall craue of you your |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.64 | Where you may temper her, by your persuasion, | Where you may temper her, by your perswasion, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.10 | In their best-tempered pieces keep enthroned | In their best temperd peices, keepe enthroand |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.66 | If any day it rain; their valiant temper | If any day it rayne: Their valiant temper |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.119 | By no mean cross her; she is then distempered | By no meane crosse her, she is then distemperd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.28 | As if he had lost his mother; a still temper, | As if he had lost his mother; a still temper, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.103 | He shows no such soft temper. His head's yellow, | He shewes no such soft temper, his head's yellow, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.3 | She is continually in a harmless distemper, | She is continually in a harmelesse distemper, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.69 | That intemperate surfeit of her eye hath | That intemprat surfeit of her eye, hath |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.70 | distempered the other senses; they may return and settle | distemperd the / Other sences, they may returne and settle |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.385 | Which puts some of us in distemper, but | Which puts some of vs in distemper, but |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.464 | You know your father's temper. At this time | You know my Fathers temper: at this time |