| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.125 | is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve | is not politicke, in the Common-wealth of Nature, to preserue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.65 | I am a simple maid, and therein wealthiest | I am a simple Maide, and therein wealthiest |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.143 | Is her own dower; honour and wealth from me. | Is her owne dower: Honour and wealth, from mee. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.79 | I am not worthy of the wealth I owe, | I am not worthie of the wealth I owe, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.132 | And get our jewels and our wealth together, | And get our Iewels and our wealth together, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.49 | Leaving his wealth and ease, | Leauing his wealth and ease, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.40 | With her I lived in joy, our wealth increased | With her I liu'd in ioy, our wealth increast |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.5 | If you did wed my sister for her wealth, | If you did wed my sister for her wealth, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.6 | Then for her wealth's sake use her with more kindness; | Then for her wealths-sake vse her with more kindnesse: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.8 | His word might bear my wealth at any time. | His word might beare my wealth at any time. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.49 | Hath he not lost much wealth by wrack of sea? | Hath he not lost much wealth by wrack of sea, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.149 | Touching the weal o'th' common, you shall find | Touching the Weale a'th Common, you shall finde |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.51 | Meeting two such wealsmen as you are – I cannot call | Meeting two such Weales men as you are (I cannot call |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.180 | I'th' body of the weal; and now, arriving | I'th' Body of the Weale: and now arriuing |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.175 | A foe to th' public weal. Obey, I charge thee, | A Foe to'th' publike Weale. Obey I charge thee, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.14 | But with his friends. The commonwealth doth stand, | but with his / Friends: the Commonwealth doth stand, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.162 | Let's to the Capitol. Would half my wealth | Let's to the Capitoll: would halfe my wealth |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.80 | if there were wealth enough for the purchase, or | if there were wealth enough for the purchases, or |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.14 | That spirit upon whose weal depends and rests | That Spirit, vpon whose spirit depends and rests |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.27 | This is th' imposthume of much wealth and peace, | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.56 | the Weald of Kent hath brought three hundred marks | the wilde of Kent, hath brought three hundred Markes |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.81 | commonwealth, or rather not pray to her, but prey on | Common-wealth; or rather, not to pray to her, but prey on |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.84 | What, the commonwealth their boots? | What, the Commonwealth their Bootes? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.249 | them and were masters of their wealth – mark now how a | them, and were Masters of their Wealth: mark now how a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.46 | To set the exact wealth of all our states | to set the exact wealth of all our states |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.80 | That lie too heavy on the commonwealth, | That lay too heauie on the Common-wealth; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.87 | The commonwealth is sick of their own choice; | The Common-wealth is sicke of their owne Choice, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.93 | My brother general, the commonwealth, | My Brother generall, the Common-wealth, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.76 | Whiles I was busy for the commonwealth, | Whiles I was busie for the Commonwealth, |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.41 | Hear him debate of commonwealth affairs, | Heare him debate of Common-wealth Affaires; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.177 | And sit at chiefest stern of public weal. | And sit at chiefest Sterne of publique Weale. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.66 | The special watchmen of our English weal, | The speciall Watch-men of our English Weale, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.73 | That gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth. | That gnawes the Bowels of the Common-wealth. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.98 | So kind a father of the commonweal, | So kinde a Father of the Common-weale, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.92 | And will be partner of your weal or woe. | And will be partner of your weale or woe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.27 | Tends to God's glory and my country's weal. | Tends to Gods glory, and my Countries weale. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.46 | Beside, his wealth doth warrant a liberal dower, | Beside,his wealth doth warrant a liberal dower, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.50 | To choose for wealth and not for perfect love. | To choose for wealth, and not for perfect Loue. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.152 | And all the wealthy kingdoms of the west, | And all the wealthy Kingdomes of the West, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.187 | Unlike the ruler of a commonweal. | Vnlike the Ruler of a Common-weale. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.122 | The commonwealth hath daily run to wrack, | The Common-wealth hath dayly run to wrack, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.152 | I come to talk of commonwealth affairs. | I come to talke of Common-wealth Affayres. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.42 | What, madam, are you there? The King and commonweal | What Madame, are you there? the King & Commonweale |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.22 | That smoothest it so with King and commonweal! | That smooth'st it so with King and Common-weale. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.186 | How I have loved my king and commonweal; | How I haue lou'd my King, and Common-weale: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.82 | Having neither subject, wealth, nor diadem. | Hauing neyther Subiect, Wealth, nor Diadem: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.5 | the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap | the Common-wealth and turne it, and set a new nap |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.156 | the commonwealth and made it an eunuch; and more | the Commonwealth, and made it an Eunuch: & more |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.58 | To people liberal, valiant, active, wealthy; | The People Liberall, Valiant, Actiue, Wealthy, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.91 | Have I affected wealth or honour? Speak. | Haue I affected wealth, or honor? Speake. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.20 | Or gather wealth I care not with what envy; | Or gather wealth I care not with what enuy: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.123 | Yet not so wealthy as an English yeoman. | Yet not so wealthie as an English Yeoman. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.37 | Would more have strengthened this our commonwealth | Would more haue strength'ned this our Commonwealth |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.44 | I have not been desirous of their wealth, | I haue not been desirous of their wealth, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.29 | Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty; | Affected Eminence, Wealth, Soueraignty; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.107 | What piles of wealth hath he accumulated | What piles of wealth hath he accumulated |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.211 | Of all that world of wealth I have drawn together | Of all that world of Wealth I haue drawne together |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.284 | Of gleaning all the land's wealth into one, | Of gleaning all the Lands wealth into one, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.43 | benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth, as | benefit of his dying, a place in the Cōmonwealth, as |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.41 | And place the true shepherd of our commonwealth? | And place the true shepheard of our comonwealth, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.74 | That are the wealthiest merchants in the town, | That are the welthiest marchaunts in the towne, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.80 | The wealthy tribute of my labouring hands, | The wealthie tribute of my laboring hands, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.130 | That Hubert, for the wealth of all the world, | That Hubert for the wealth of all the world, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.65 | Than whereupon our weal, on you depending, | Then, whereupon our weale on you depending, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.66 | Counts it your weal he have his liberty. | Counts it your weale: he haue his liberty. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.208 | I tell you all her wealth. (To France) For you, great king, | I tell you all her wealth. For you great King, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.206 | Which in the tender of a wholesome weal | Which in the tender of a wholesome weale, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.71 | Horns welked and waved like the enridged sea. | Hornes wealk'd, and waued like the enraged Sea: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.31 | To love, to wealth, to pomp, I pine and die, | To loue, to wealth, to pompe, I pine and die, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.41 | Here comes a member of the commonwealth. | Here comes a member of the common-wealth. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.76 | are a good member of the commonwealth. | are a good member of the common-wealth. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.147 | For all the wealth that ever I did see, | For all the wealth that euer I did see, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.75 | Ere humane statute purged the gentle weal; | Ere humane Statute purg'd the gentle Weale: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.84.1 | Destroying them for wealth. | Destroying them for wealth. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.27 | Meet we the medicine of the sickly weal, | Meet we the Med'cine of the sickly Weale, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.105 | the commonwealth. What shall become of me? | the Commonwealth: what shall become of me? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.42 | in a commonweal that do nothing but use their abuses | in a Common-weale, that doe nothing but vse their abuses |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.98 | By cold gradation and well-balanced form, | By cold gradation, and weale-ballanc'd forme. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.27 | And see my wealthy Andrew docked in sand, | And see my wealthy Andrew docks in sand, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.54 | Tubal, a wealthy Hebrew of my tribe, | Tuball a wealthy Hebrew of my Tribe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.254 | I freely told you all the wealth I had | I freely told you all the wealth I had |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.31 | are no good member of the commonwealth, for in converting | are no good member of the common wealth, for in conuerting |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.34 | commonwealth than you can the getting up of the | Commonwealth, than you can the getting vp of the |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.52 | show the whole wealth of thy wit in an instant? I pray | shew the whole wealth of thy wit in an instant; I pray |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.266 | To let the wretched man outlive his wealth | To let the wretched man out-liue his wealth, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.362 | And yet, thy wealth being forfeit to the state, | And yet thy wealth being forfeit to the state, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.367 | For half thy wealth, it is Antonio's, | For halfe thy wealth, it is Anthonio's, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.15 | Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew, | Did Iessica steale from the wealthy Iewe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.173 | Nor pluck it from his finger for the wealth | Nor plucke it from his finger, for the wealth |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.249 | I once did lend my body for his wealth, | I once did lend my bodie for thy wealth, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.70 | her simply. The wealth I have waits on my consent, and | her simply: the wealth I haue waits on my consent, and |
| 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.iv.6 | I seek to heal it only by his wealth. | I seeke to heale it onely by his wealth. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.13 | Albeit, I will confess, thy father's wealth | Albeit I will confesse, thy Fathers wealth |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.65 | wealth that he hath left, to be known a reasonable creature. | wealth that he hath left, to be knowne a reasonable creature. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.162 | lechery that ever was known in the commonwealth. | lechery, that euer was knowne in the Common-wealth. |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.68 | The wealthy curled darlings of our nation, | The wealthy curled Deareling of our Nation, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.165 | The caterpillars of the commonwealth, | The Caterpillers of the Commonwealth, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.35 | That look too lofty in our commonwealth. | That looke too loftie in our Common-wealth: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.69 | I would not for the wealth of all this town | I would not for the wealth of all the towne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.34 | I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth. | I cannot sum vp some of halfe my wealth. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.51 | Brief sounds determine of my weal or woe. | Briefe, sounds, determine of my weale or wo. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.67 | As wealth is burden of my wooing dance – | (As wealth is burthen of my woing dance) |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.74 | I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; | I come to wiue it wealthily in Padua: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.75 | If wealthily, then happily in Padua. | If wealthily, then happily in Padua. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.85 | With wealth enough, and young and beauteous, | With wealth enough, and yong and beautious, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.37 | I will be married to a wealthy widow | I wil be married to a wealthy Widdow, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.98 | A merchant of incomparable wealth. | A Merchant of incomparable wealth. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.65 | Her dowry wealthy, and of worthy birth, | Her dowrie wealthie, and of worthie birth; |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.150 | I'th' commonwealth I would by contraries | I'th' Commonwealth I would (by contraries) |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.161 | commonwealth forgets the beginning. | Common-wealth forgets the beginning. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.240 | Thus honest fools lay out their wealth on curtsies. | Thus honest Fooles lay out their wealth on Curtsies. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.190 | I am wealthy in my friends. | I am wealthie in my Friends. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.52 | witness; but I would not, for the wealth of Athens, I | witnesse; but I would not for the wealth of Athens I |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.85 | I would have put my wealth into donation, | I would haue put my wealth into Donation, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.3 | And now Ventidius is wealthy too, | And now Ventidgius is wealthy too, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.42 | Who cannot keep his wealth must keep his house. | Who cannot keepe his wealth, must keep his house. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.28 | I know my lord hath spent of Timon's wealth, | I know my Lord hath spent of Timons wealth, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.23 | The latest of my wealth I'll share amongst you. | The latest of my wealth Ile share among'st you. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.31 | Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt, | Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.161 | Smells from the general weal. Make curled-pate ruffians bald, | Smels from the generall weale. Make curld' pate Ruffians bald |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.218 | That thou turn rascal; hadst thou wealth again, | That thou turne Rascall, had'st thou wealth againe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.281 | Were all the wealth I have shut up in thee, | Were all the wealth I haue shut vp in thee, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.349 | me, thou mightst have hit upon it here. The commonwealth | me, thou might'st / Haue hit vpon it heere. / The Commonwealth |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.435 | More than you rob. Take wealth and lives together. | Moe then you Rob: Take wealth, and liues together, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.491 | T' accept my grief, and whilst this poor wealth lasts | T'accept my greefe, and whil'st this poore wealth lasts, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.524 | For this one wish, that you had power and wealth | For this one wish, that you had power and wealth |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.150 | Ay, even such heaps and sums of love and wealth | I euen such heapes and summes of Loue and Wealth, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.117 | O, if to fight for king and commonweal | O! If to fight for King and Common-weale, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.230 | And ripen justice in this commonweal. | And ripen Iustice in this Common-weale: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.250 | King and commander of our commonweal, | King and Commander of our Common-weale, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.316 | To ruffle in the commonwealth of Rome. | To ruffle in the Common-wealth of Rome. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.24 | And see his shipwreck and his commonweal's. | And see his shipwracke, and his Commonweales. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.13 | If I do dream, would all my wealth would wake me; | If I do dreame, would all my wealth would wake me; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.61 | With such a costly loss of wealth and friends. | With such a costly losse of wealth and friends: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.13 | Well of his wealth; but of himself, so so. | Well of his wealth; but of himselfe, so, so. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.344 | than hairs, and more wealth than faults. | then haires, and more wealth then faults. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.355 | And more wealth than faults. | And more wealth then faults. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.11 | Then know that I have little wealth to lose; | Then know that I haue little wealth to loose; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.79 | Curling the wealthy ears, never flew. I'll venture, | (Curling the wealthy eares) never flew: Ile venture, |