| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.15 | I would I knew in what particular action to try | I would I knew in what particular action to try |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.23 | that in this action contrives against his own nobility, in | that in this action contriues against his owne Nobility in |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.19 | A leaner action rend us. What's amiss, | A leaner action rend vs. What's amisse, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.v.8 | him partake in the glory of the action; and, not resting | him partake in the glory of the action, and not resting |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.51 | And with the rest full-manned, from th' head of Actium | And with the rest full mann'd, from th'head of Action |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.68 | Soldier, thou art; but his whole action grows | Souldier thou art: but his whole action growes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.21 | I never saw an action of such shame. | I neuer saw an Action of such shame; |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.35 | And what thou think'st his very action speaks | And what thou think'st his very action speakes |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.10 | By the stern brow and waspish action | By the sterne brow, and waspish action |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.277.1 | Upon this present action. | Vpon this present Action. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.25 | voluptuously surfeit out of action. | voluptuously surfet out of Action. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.66.1 | That best can aid your action. | That best can ayde your action. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.131 | action outdone his former deeds doubly. | action out-done his former deeds doubly. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.241 | In human action and capacity | In humane Action, and Capacitie, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.76 | Action is eloquence, and the eyes of th' ignorant | Action is eloquence, and the eyes of th' ignorant |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.122 | And by my body's action teach my mind | And by my Bodies action, teach my Minde |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.43 | man, I think, that shall set them in present action. So, | man I thinke, that shall set them in present Action. So |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.5 | And you are darkened in this action, sir, | And you are darkned in this action Sir, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.15 | Had borne the action of yourself, or else | haue borne / The action of your selfe, or else |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.2 | Set down our host. My partner in this action, | Set downe our Hoast. My partner in this Action, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.48 | Of our great action. Therefore shall he die, | Of our great Action; therefore shall he dye, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.79 | The charges of the action. We have made peace | The charges of the Action. We haue made peace |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.2 | violence of action hath made you reek as a sacrifice: | Violence of Action hath made you reek as a Sacrifice: |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.43 | my every action to be guided by others' experiences: | my euery action to be guided by others experiences: |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.150 | If you will make't an action, call witness to't. | If you will make't an Action, call witnesse to't. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.102 | Her pretty action did outsell her gift, | Her pretty Action, did out-sell her guift, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.106 | Mine action, and thine own? Our horses' labour? | Mine Action? and thine owne? Our Horses labour? |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.viii.2 | That since the common men are now in action | That since the common men are now in Action |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.3.1 | From action and adventure. | From Action, and Aduenture. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.150 | The action of my life is like it, which | The Action of my life is like it, which Ile keepe |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.60.2 | Look with what courteous action | Looke with what courteous action |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.305 | and moving how express and admirable, in action how | and mouing how expresse and admirable? in Action, how |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.48 | And pious action we do sugar o'er | And pious Action, we do surge o're |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.88 | And lose the name of action. Soft you now, | And loose the name of Action. Soft you now, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.17 | be your tutor. Suit the action to the word, the | be your Tutor. Sute the Action to the Word, the |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.18 | word to the action, with this special observance, that | Word to the Action, with this speciall obseruance: That |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.10 | King dead, makes passionate action. The poisoner, | King dead, andmakes passionate Action. The Poysoner, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.61 | There is no shuffling. There the action lies | There is no shuffling, there the Action lyes |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.129 | Lest with this piteous action you convert | Least with this pitteous action you conuert |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.101 | action of battery? Hum! This fellow might be in's | Action of Battery? hum. This fellow might be in's |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.23 | course of the action. Zounds, an I were now by this | course of the action. By this hand, if I were now by this |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.34 | such a dish of skim milk with so honourable an action! | such a dish of skim'd Milk with so honourable an Action. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.20 | thou wert not with me in this action. But, sweet Ned – | thou wer't not with me in this action: but sweet Ned, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.2 | last action? Do I not bate? Do I not dwindle? Why, my | last action? doe I not bate? doe I not dwindle? Why my |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.177 | The stiff-borne action. What hath then befallen, | The stiffe-borne Action: What hath then befalne? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.195 | The action of their bodies from their souls. | The action of their bodies, from their soules, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.153 | that action. | that Action. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.214 | again. There is not a dangerous action can peep out | againe: There is not a daungerous Action can peepe out |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.37 | Indeed, the instant action, a cause on foot, | Indeed the instant action: a cause on foot, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.1 | Master Fang, have you entered the action? | Mr. Fang, haue you entred the Action? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.149 | the action. Come, thou must not be in this humour with | thy Action: Come, thou must not bee in this humour with |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.371 | when the man of action is called on. Farewell, good | when the man of Action is call'd on. Farewell good |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.170 | That are ensinewed to this action | That are insinewed to this Action, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.190 | Shall to the King taste of this action; | Shall, to the King, taste of this Action: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.88 | The manner how this action hath been borne | The manner how this Action hath beene borne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.214 | With foreign quarrels, that action hence borne out | With Forraigne Quarrels: that Action hence borne out, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.114 | All out of work and cold for action! | All out of worke, and cold for action. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.311 | That this fair action may on foot be brought. | That this faire Action may on foot be brought. |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.6 | Then imitate the action of the tiger; | Then imitate the action of the Tyger: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.25 | Who in unnecessary action swarm | Who in vnnecessarie action swarme |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.8 | I cannot give due action to my words, | I cannot giue due action to my words, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.26 | My soul and body on the action both! | My soule and bodie on the action both. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.55 | The action of good women. There is hope | The action of good women, there is hope |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.77 | In personal action, yet prodigious grown, | In personall action; yet prodigious growne, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.223 | Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech | Action, nor Vtterance, nor the power of Speech, |
| King John | KJ II.i.233 | Forwearied in this action of swift speed, | Fore-wearied in this action of swift speede, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.14 | Of any kindred action like to this? | Of any kindred-action like to this? |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.191 | Whilst he that hears makes fearful action, | Whilst he that heares, makes fearefull action |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.58 | The graceless action of a heavy hand – | The gracelesse action of a heauy hand, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.99 | To underprop this action? Is't not I | To vnder-prop this Action? Is't not I |
| King Lear | KL I.i.228 | No unchaste action or dishonoured step | No vnchaste action or dishonoured step |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.293 | And abstinence engenders maladies. | And abstinence ingenders maladies. / And where that you haue vow'd to studie (Lords) / In that each of you haue forsworne his Booke. / Can you still dreame and pore, and thereon looke. / For when would you my Lord, or you, or you, / Haue found the ground of studies excellence, / Without the beauty of a womans face; / From womens eyes this doctrine I deriue, / They are the Ground, the Bookes, the Achadems, / From whence doth spring the true Promethean fire. / Why, vniuersall plodding poysons vp / The nimble spirits in the arteries, / As motion and long during action tyres / The sinnowy vigour of the trauailer. / Now for not looking on a womans face, / You haue in that forsworne the vse of eyes: / And studie too, the causer of your vow. / For where is any Author in the world, / Teaches such beauty as a womans eye: / Learning is but an adiunct to our selfe, / And where we are, our Learning likewise is. / Then when our selues we see in Ladies eyes, / With our selues. / Doe we not likewise see our learning there? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.99 | Action and accent did they teach him there: | Action and accent did they teach him there. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.28 | It is an accustomed action with her to | It is an accustom'd action with her, to |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.48 | Like a true friar. More reasons for this action | Like a true Frier: Moe reasons for this action |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.52 | In hand and hope of action; but we do learn | In hand, and hope of action: but we doe learne, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.171 | mine action of battery on thee. | mine action of battry on thee. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.173 | your action of slander, too. | your action of slander too. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.39 | In action all of precept, he did show me | In action all of precept, he did show me |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.42 | the action of her familiar style; and the hardest voice | the action of her familier stile, & the hardest voice |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.109 | counterfeiting the action of an old woman, delivered me, | counterfeiting the action of an old woman deliuer'd me, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.5 | action as we will do it before the Duke. | action, as we will do it before the Duke. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.14 | action, Monsieur; and, good Monsieur, have a care the | action, Mounsieur; and good Mounsieur haue a care the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.6 | action? | action? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.276 | When you went onward on this ended action, | When you went onward on this ended action, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.62 | For when my outward action doth demonstrate | For when my outward Action doth demonstrate |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.70.1 | Stood in your action. | Stood in your Action. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.85 | Their dearest action in the tented field; | Their deerest action, in the Tented Field: |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.56 | Am I to put our Cassio in some action | Am I put to our Cassio in some Action |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.136 | It were an honest action to say | It were an honest Action, to say |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.180 | And would in action glorious I had lost | And would, in Action glorious, I had lost |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.368 | Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. | Pleasure, and Action, make the houres seeme short. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.55 | I nill relate, action may | I nill relate, action may |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.8 | do. And they with continual action are even as good as | doe, and they with continuall action, are euen as good as |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.V.23 | Where what is done in action, more if might, | Where what is done in action, more if might |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.66 | That in your outward action shows itself | That in your outward action shewes it selfe |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.18 | And vice sometimes by action dignified. | And vice sometime by action dignified. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.108 | He bear himself with honourable action, | He beare himselfe with honourable action, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.130 | Voice, gait, and action of a gentlewoman. | Voice, gate, and action of a Gentlewoman: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.233 | I'll bring mine action on the proudest he | Ile bring mine action on the proudest he |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.27 | Do I take part. The rarer action is | Doe I take part: the rarer Action is |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.40 | In thy dumb action will I be as perfect | In thy dumb action, will I be as perfect |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.18 | Wanting a hand to give it action? | Wanting a hand to giue it action, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.13 | Sith every action that hath gone before | Sith euery action that hath gone before, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.149 | And with ridiculous and awkward action – | And with ridiculous and aukward action, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.340 | In this willed action; for the success, | In this wilde action. For the successe |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.206 | As smiles upon the forehead of this action | As smiles vpon the fore-head of this action, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.130 | The passage and whole carriage of this action | The passage and whole carriage of this action |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.135 | ‘ Bring action hither; this cannot go to war. | Bring action hither, this cannot goe to warre: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.219 | In time of action. I stand condemned for this; | In time of action: I stand condemn'd for this; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.106 | To tender objects, but he in heat of action | To tender obiects; but he, in heate of action, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.113 | They are in action. | They are in action. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.33 | work with him. I'll have an action of battery against | worke with him: Ile haue an action of Battery against |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.272 | Hath my maid's garments. He, upon some action, | Hath my Maides garments: he vpon some Action |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.41 | What dangerous action, stood it next to death, | What dangerous action, stood it next to death |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.102 | I had as lief trace this good action with you | I had as leife trace this good action with you |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.121 | As I come out. This action I now go on | As I come out; this Action I now goe on, |