| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.315 | If it appear not plain and prove untrue, | If it appeare not plaine, and proue vntrue, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.116.2 | Let him appear. | Let him appeare: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.97 | Thou wouldst appear most ugly. He is married? | Thou would'st appeere most vgly: He is married? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.37 | We shall appear before him. – On, there. Pass along. | We shall appeare before him. On there, passe along. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.46 | Long ere she did appear. The trees by th' way | Long ere she did appeare. The trees by'th'way |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.18 | Appear there for a man. Speak not against it; | Appeare there for a man. Speake not against it, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.1 | Let him appear that's come from Antony. | Let him appeare that's come from Anthony. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.174 | To kiss these lips, I will appear in blood. | To kisse these Lips, I will appeare in Blood, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.5.1 | Appear thus to us? | Appeare thus to vs? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.343 | If they had swallowed poison, 'twould appear | If they had swallow'd poyson, 'twould appeare |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.63 | is not impossible to me, if it appear not inconvenient | is not impossible to me, if it appeare not inconuenient |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.15.2 | Marry, so it doth appear | Marry so it doth appeare |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.55 | wench.’ It is written they appear to men like angels of | wench: It is written, they appeare to men like angels of |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.70 | Appear in your impediment. For the dearth, | Appeare in your impediment. For the Dearth, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.v.20.1 | I will appear and fight. | I will appear and fight. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.22 | That does appear as he were flayed? O gods! | That doe's appeare as he were Flead? O Gods, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.225 | Appear i'th' market-place nor on him put | Appeare i'th' Market place, nor on him put |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.129 | He doth appear. | He doth appeare. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.115 | To beg of Hob and Dick that does appear | To begge of Hob and Dicke, that does appeere |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.31 | will appear well in these wars, his great opposer, Coriolanus, | well appeare well in these Warres, his great Opposer Coriolanus |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.6 | Appear not like a guest. | appeare not like a Guest. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.7 | Intends t' appear before the people, hoping | Intends t'appeare before the People, hoping |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.31 | How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, | How Worthy he is, I will leaue to appeare hereafter, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.158 | remain unseduced, you not making it appear otherwise, | remaine vnseduc'd, you not making it appeare otherwise: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.147 | That which, t' appear itself, must not yet be | That which t'appeare it selfe, must not yet be, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.7.1 | Appear unkinglike. | Appeare vn-Kinglike. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.30.1 | Tush, tush, 'twill not appear. | Tush, tush, 'twill not appeare. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.101 | As it doth well appear unto our state, | (And it doth well appeare vnto our State) |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.373 | show fairly outwards, should more appear like entertainment | shew fairely outward) should more appeare like entertainment |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.99 | appear as I call, let them do so, let them do so. Let me | appeare as I call: let them do so, let them do so: Let mee |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.142 | It shall appear that your demands are just, | It shall appeare, that your demands are iust, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.104 | Appear more wise and modest to the world. | Appeare more wise, and modest to the world. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.54 | Then doth it well appear the Salic law | Then doth it well appeare, the Salike Law |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.88 | King Lewis his satisfaction, all appear | King Lewes his satisfaction, all appeare |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.57 | Appear before us? We'll yet enlarge that man, | Appeare before vs? Wee'l yet inlarge that man, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.58 | Let housewifery appear. Keep close, I thee command. | Let Huswiferie appeare: keepe close, I thee command. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.1.1 | Some citizens of Harfleur appear on the walls. Enter | Enter the King and all his Traine before the Gates. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.21 | earth and water never appear in him, but only in | of Earth and Water neuer appeare in him, but only in |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.82 | Though it appear a little out of fashion, | Though it appeare a little out of fashion, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.21 | To cry ‘ Amen ’ to that, thus we appear. | To cry Amen to that, thus we appeare. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.227 | the better I shall appear. My comfort is, that old age, | the better I shall appeare. My comfort is, that Old Age, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.285 | spirit of love in her that he will appear in his true | Spirit of Loue in her, that hee will appeare in his true |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.290 | he must appear naked and blind. Can you blame | hee must appeare naked, and blinde. Can you blame |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.78 | God's Mother deigned to appear to me, | Gods Mother deigned to appeare to me, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.36 | Of English Henry, shall this night appear | Of English Henry, shall this night appeare |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.125 | As by his smoothed brows it doth appear; | As by his smoothed Browes it doth appeare: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.7 | Appear and aid me in this enterprise! | Appeare, and ayde me in this enterprize. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.146 | As may appear by Edward's good success, | As may appeare by Edwards good successe: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.197 | He shall appear in proof. | He shall appeare in proofe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.30 | It doth appear; for, upon these taxations, | It doth appeare; for, vpon these Taxations, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.196 | Appear in forms more horrid – yet my duty, | Appeare in formes more horrid) yet my Duty, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.242 | Ye appear in everything may bring my ruin! | Ye appeare in euery thing may bring my ruine? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.145 | You do appear before them. If they shall chance, | You do appeare before them. If they shall chance |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.43 | And when you saw his chariot but appear, | And when you saw his Chariot but appeare, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.158 | And that which would appear offence in us, | And that which would appeare Offence in vs, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.148 | Our youths and wildness shall no whit appear, | Our youths, and wildenesse, shall no whit appeare, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.165 | Though now we must appear bloody and cruel, | Though now we must appeare bloody and cruell, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.11 | But that my noble master will appear | But that my Noble Master will appeare |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.1 | That you have wronged me doth appear in this; | That you haue wrong'd me, doth appear in this: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.52 | Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, | Let it appeare so; make your vaunting true, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.90 | A flatterer's would not, though they do appear | A Flatterers would not, though they do appeare |
| King Lear | KL I.i.180 | Fare thee well, King, sith thus thou wilt appear, | Fare thee well King, sith thus thou wilt appeare, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.143 | Will presently appear: | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.18 | Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark, | Appeare like Mice: and yond tall Anchoring Barke, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.165 | Thorough tattered clothes great vices do appear; | Thorough tatter'd cloathes great Vices do appeare: |
| King Lear | KL V.i.49 | And I'll appear again. | And Ile appeare againe. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.54 | Tomorrow or at further space t' appear | To morrow, or at further space, t'appeare |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.92 | If none appear to prove upon thy person | If none appeare to proue vpon thy person, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.112 | appear by the third sound of the trumpet. He is bold in his | appeare by the third sound of the Trumpet: he is bold in his |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.43 | Now, in thy likeness, one more fool appear! | Now in thy likenesse, one more foole appeare. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.47 | If this which he avouches does appear, | If this which he auouches, do's appeare, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.30.1 | Must needs appear offence. | Must needs appear offence: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.78 | Thus wisdom wishes to appear most bright | Thus wisdome wishes to appeare most bright, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.96 | His filth within being cast, he would appear | His filth within being cast, he would appeare |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.137 | and he shall appear to the envious a scholar, a | and hee shall appeare to the enuious, a Scholler, a |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.66 | To make the truth appear where it seems hid, | To make the truth appeare, where it seemes hid, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.508 | Whom he begot with child – let her appear, | whom he begot with childe) let her appeare, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.170 | And in such eyes as ours appear not faults, | And in such eyes as ours appeare not faults; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.73 | Still more fool I shall appear | Still more foole I shall appeare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.179 | By a beloved prince, there doth appear | By a beloued Prince, there doth appeare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.272 | Besides, it should appear that if he had | Besides, it should appeare, that if he had |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.210 | If this will not suffice, it must appear | If this will not suffice, it must appeare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.233 | It doth appear you are a worthy judge, | It doth appeare you are a worthy Iudge: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.140 | It must appear in other ways than words, | It must appeare in other waies then words, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.214 | Some say that though she appear honest to me, yet | Some say, that though she appeare honest to mee, yet |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.150 | of the season too, it shall appear. | of the season too; it shall appeare. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.185 | When wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear. | When wheate is greene, when hauthorne buds appeare, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.38 | In thy eye that shall appear | In thy eye that shall appeare, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.80 | And by and by I will to thee appear. | And by and by I will to thee appeare. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.99 | I'll charm his eyes against she do appear. | Ile charme his eyes against she doth appeare. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.416 | While these visions did appear. | While these visions did appeare. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.18 | No, no; we will hold it as a dream, till it appear | No, no; wee will hold it as a dreame, till it appeare |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.110 | you are he; graces will appear, and there's an end. | you are he, graces will appeare, and there's an end. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.9 | no dishonesty shall appear in me. | no dishonesty shall appeare in me. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.43 | Hero shall be absent – and there shall appear such seeming | Hero shall be absent, and there shall appeare such seeming |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.36 | you would have it appear he is. | you would haue it to appeare he is. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.85 | You may think I love you not; let that appear | You may thinke I loue you not, let that appeare |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.21 | let that appear when there is no need of such vanity. You | let that appeare when there is no need of such vanity, you |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.46 | me; I am now in great haste, as it may appear unto you. | me, I am now in great haste, as may appeare vnto you. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.238 | Sweet Hero, now thy image doth appear | Sweet Hero, now thy image doth appeare |
| Pericles | Per II.i.142 | Where with it I may appear a gentleman. | Where with it, I may appeare a Gentleman: |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.100 | Of a most praised water doth appear | of a most praysed water doth appeare, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.51 | Dionyza does appear | Dioniza does appeare, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.104 | No other than I appear. | no other then I appeare. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.62 | See, see, King Richard doth himself appear, | See, see, King Richard doth himselfe appeare |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.9 | The manner of their taking may appear | The manner of their taking may appeare |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.8 | Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh. | Appeare thou in the likenesse of a sigh, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.21 | That in thy likeness thou appear to us! | That in thy likenesse thou appeare to vs. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.103 | Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death. | Shall stiffe and starke, and cold appeare like death, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.58 | Rather than want a spirit. Appear, and pertly. | Rather then want a Spirit; appear, & pertly. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.32 | this lord strives to appear foul! Takes virtuous copies to | this Lord striues to appeare foule? Takes Vertuous Copies to |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.12 | must needs appear. | must needs appeare. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.3.2 | The Senators appear upon the walls | The Senators appeare vpon the wals. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.295 | Nothing of that shall from mine eyes appear. | Nothing of that shall from mine eyes appeare. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.3 | To call for recompense. Appear it to your mind | To call for recompence: appeare it to your minde, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.69 | Even in the faith of valour, to appear | Euen in the faith of valour, to appeare |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.144 | like to be, cast thy humble slough and appear fresh. Be | like to be: cast thy humble slough, and appeare fresh. Be |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.168 | my love, let it appear in thy smiling, thy smiles | my loue, let it appeare in thy smiling, thy smiles |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.36 | Why appear you with this ridiculous boldness | Why appeare you with this ridiculous boldnesse |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.68 | appear stubborn to him; for she incites me to that in | appeare stubborne to him: for she incites me to that in |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.82 | And, that my love may appear plain and free, | And that my loue may appeare plaine and free, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.5 | I am given out to be better lined than it can appear to | I am given out to be better lyn'd / Then it can appeare, to |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.121 | I first appear, though rude, and raw, and muddy, | I first appeare, though rude, and raw, and muddy, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.292 | With three fair knights, appear again in this place, | With three faire Knights, appeare againe in this place, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.153 | Their fame has fired me so – till they appear. | Their fame has fir'd me so; Till they appeare, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.90 | to her with Palamon in their mouths, and appear with | to / Her with Palamon in their mouthes, and appeare with |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.28 | Scenes, though below his art, may yet appear | Sceanes though below his Art, may yet appeare |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.56 | Less appear so in comforting your evils | Lesse appeare so, in comforting your Euilles, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.200 | The truth of this appear. Prepare you, lords. | The truth of this appeare: Prepare you Lords, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.10.1 | Appear in person here in court. | Appeare in person, here in Court. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.49 | Have strained t' appear thus: if one jot beyond | Haue strayn'd t' appeare thus; if one iot beyond |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.235 | The causes of their death appear, unto | The causes of their death appeare (vnto |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.586.1 | Nor shall appear in Sicilia. | Nor shall appeare in Sicilia. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.59 | Where we offenders move, appear soul-vexed, | (Where we Offendors now appeare) Soule-vext, |