| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.141 | be a torment to her contempt. He on the ground, | be a torment to hir contempt. He on the ground, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.142 | Which torments me to conceal. By villainy | Which torments me to conceale. By Villany |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.3 | When I to sulphurous and tormenting flames | When I to sulphurous and tormenting Flames |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.176 | Si fortune me tormente sperato me contento . | Si fortune me tormente, sperato me contente. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.99 | Si fortune me tormenta, spero me contenta. | Si fortuna me tormento, spera me contento. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.57 | I grieve to hear what torments you endured; | I grieue to heare what torments you endur'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.329 | Enough, sweet Suffolk; thou tormentest thyself, | Enough sweet Suffolke, thou torment'st thy selfe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.270 | The loss of those three lords torments my heart; | The losse of those three Lords torments my heart: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.31 | Is as a fury to torment my soul; | Is as a furie to torment my Soule: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.179 | Torment myself to catch the English crown; | Torment my selfe, to catch the English Crowne: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.180 | And from that torment I will free myself, | And from that torment I will free my selfe, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.83 | Whatever torment you do put me to. | What euer torment you do put me too. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.280 | And be a thwart disnatured torment to her. | And be a thwart disnatur'd torment to her. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.353 | A world of torments though I should endure, | A world of torments though I should endure, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.37 | O happy torment, when my torturer | O happie torment, when my torturer |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.147 | Till I torment thee for this injury. | Till I torment thee for this iniury. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.128 | torment. | torment. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.158 | and torment the poor lady worse. | and torment the poore Lady worse. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.305 | It is silliness to live, when to live is torment; | It is sillynesse to liue, when to liue is torment: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.303.1 | Torments will ope your lips. | Torments will ope your lips. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.330 | That can torment him much, and hold him long, | That can torment him much, and hold him long, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.136 | These words hereafter thy tormentors be! | These words heereafter, thy tormentors bee. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.269 | Fiend, thou torments me ere I come to hell. | Fiend, thou torments me, ere I come to Hell. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.225 | Unless it be while some tormenting dream | Vnlesse it be while some tormenting Dreame |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.57 | Seize on him, Furies, take him unto torment!’ | Seize on him Furies, take him vnto Torment. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.35 | To chide my fortune, and torment myself? | To chide my Fortune, and torment my Selfe. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.164 | God knows, in torment and in agony. | (God knowes) in torment and in agony. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.56 | Whipped and tormented and – Good-e'en, good fellow. | Whipt and tormented: and Godden good fellow, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.5 | Torments him so that he will sure run mad. | torments him so, that he will sure run mad. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.43 | What devil art thou that dost torment me thus? | What diuell art thou, / That dost torment me thus? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.251.1 | From what a torment I did free thee? | From what a torment I did free thee? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.287 | What torment I did find thee in. Thy groans | What torment I did finde thee in; thy grones |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.289 | Of ever-angry bears. It was a torment | Of euer-angry Beares; it was a torment |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.15 | Here comes a spirit of his, and to torment me | Here comes a Spirit of his, and to torment me |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.55 | Do not torment me! Oh! | Doe not torment me: oh. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.63 | The spirit torments me! O! | The Spirit torments me: oh. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.70 | Do not torment me, prithee. I'll bring my wood | Doe not torment me 'prethee: I'le bring my wood |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.104 | All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement | All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.334 | the ass, thy dullness would torment thee, and still thou | the Asse, thy dulnesse would torment thee; and still thou |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.150 | But to torment you with my bitter tongue. | But to torment you with my bitter tongue. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.42 | To be a torment to mine enemies? | To be a torment to mine Enemies? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.44 | I pray you, stay; by hell and all hell's torments, | I pray you stay? by hell and hell torments, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.ii.12 | Torment me for my love's forgetfulness! | Torment me for my Loues forgetfulnesse: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.170 | And why not death, rather than living torment? | And why not death, rather then liuing torment? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.25 | For that which now torments me to rehearse: | For that which now torments me to rehearse; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.34 | Each errant step beside is torment. Lo, | Each errant step beside is torment. Loe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.173 | What studied torments, tyrant, hast for me? | What studied torments (Tyrant) hast for me? |