| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.63 | 'Tis a hard bondage to become the wife | 'Tis a hard bondage to become the wife |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.9 | And is become the bellows and the fan | And is become the Bellowes and the Fan |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.126 | By revolution lowering, does become | By reuolution lowring, does become |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.84 | How this Herculean Roman does become | How this Herculean Roman do's become |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.2 | And shall become you well, to entreat your captain | And shall become you well, to intreat your Captaine |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.244 | Become themselves in her, that the holy priests | Become themselues in her, that the holy Priests |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iv.5.1 | Which will become you both, farewell. | Which will become you both: Farewell. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.79 | Become a dog that's mad; then is it sin | Become a Dogge that's mad: Then is it sinne, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.67 | Therefore allow me such exercises as may become a | therefore allow me such exercises as may become a |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.3 | that tears do not become a man. | that teares do not become a man. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.205 | become me. My way is to conjure you, and I'll begin | become mee. My way is to coniure you, and Ile begin |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.11 | Look sweet, speak fair, become disloyalty. | Looke sweet, speake faire, become disloyaltie: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.22 | become rakes. For the gods know I speak this in hunger | become Rakes. For the Gods know, I speake this in hunger |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.10 | become such a person – that it was no better then picture-like | become such a person, that it was no better then Picture-like |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.50.1 | What is become of Martius? | What is become of Martius? |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.79 | Our very priests must become mockers, if they | Our very Priests must become Mockers, if they |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.118 | victory in his pocket, the wounds become him. | Victorie in his Pocket? the wounds become him. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.56 | But, as I say, such as become a soldier | But as I say, such as become a Soldier, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.26 | Than doth become a man. I will remain | Then doth become a man. I will remaine |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.94 | What is become of her? | What is become of her? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.67 | And to become the geck and scorn | And to become the geeke and scorne |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.28 | Would this report become? But I consider, | Would this report become? But I consider, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.66 | shalt have the hanging of the thieves, and so become a | shalt haue the hanging of the Theeues, and so become a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.482 | so; if not, let him enter. If I become not a cart as well as | so: if not, let him enter. If I become not a Cart as well as |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.126 | if I do become your physician. | if I be your Physitian |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.102 | Are now become enamoured on his grave. | Are now become enamour'd on his graue. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.64 | Doth this become your place, your time, and business? | Doth this become your place, your time, and businesse? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.190 | Master Gower, if they become me not, he was | Master Gower, if they become mee not, hee was |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.73 | What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become! Is't | what a Maidenly man at Armes are you become? Is it |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.82 | Such things become the hatch and brood of time, | Such things become the Hatch and Brood of Time; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.9 | William is become a good scholar – he is at Oxford still, | William is become a good Scholler? hee is at Oxford still, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.308 | And now is this Vice's dagger become a squire, | And now is this Vices Dagger become a Squire, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.119 | store of fertile sherris, that he is become very hot and | store of fertile Sherris, that hee is become very hot, and |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.51 | How ill white hairs become a fool and jester. | How ill white haires become a Foole, and Iester? |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.8.1 | And make you long become it! | And make you long become it. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.38 | Ill-favouredly become the morning field. | Ill-fauoredly become the Morning field: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.58 | The sciences that should become our country, | The Sciences that should become our Countrey; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.65 | He doth, my lord, and is become your foe. | He doth my Lord, and is become your foe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.23 | O thou whose wounds become hard-favoured Death, | O thou whose wounds become hard fauoured death, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.128 | You shall become true liegemen to his crown; | You shall become true Liegemen to his Crowne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.28 | First, of the King: what shall of him become? | First of the King: What shall of him become? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.7 | How insolent of late he is become, | How insolent of late he is become, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.96 | That head of thine doth not become a crown; | That Head of thine doth not become a Crowne: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.10 | Where our right valiant father is become. | Where our right valiant Father is become. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.74 | Now my soul's palace is become a prison; | Now my Soules Pallace is become a Prison: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.25 | Is of a king become a banished man, | Is, of a King, become a banisht man, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.26 | Should not become my wife and England's queen. | Should not become my Wife, and Englands Queene? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.25 | But, madam, where is Warwick then become? | But Madam, / Where is Warwicke then become? |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.123 | That once were his, and is become as black | That once were his, and is become as blacke, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.2 | Even to the Hall, to hear what shall become | Eu'n to the Hall, to heare what shall become |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.146 | What will become of me now, wretched lady? | What will become of me now, wretched Lady? |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.22 | But I beseech you, what's become of Katherine, | But I beseech you, what's become of Katherine |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.63 | Become a churchman better than ambition. | Become a Churchman, better then Ambition: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.116 | Is now become a god, and Cassius is | Is now become a God, and Cassius is |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.144 | Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; | Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.202 | It would become me better than to close | It would become me better, then to close |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.396 | The lion doth become his bloody jaws, | The Lyon doth become his bloody iawes, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.36 | Are all become confederates with us, | Are all become confederates with vs, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.4 | Am I become an earnest advocate, | Am I become an earnest aduocate, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.60 | I may become him with saluting him. | I may become him with saluting him, |
| King John | KJ II.i.141 | O, well did he become that lion's robe | O well did he become that Lyons robe, |
| King John | KJ III.i.50 | Become thy great birth, nor deserve a crown. | Become thy great birth, nor deserue a Crowne. |
| King John | KJ V.i.55 | When he intendeth to become the field. | When he intendeth to become the field: |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.24.1 | If all could so become it. | |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.33 | Does not become a sword; thy great employment | Do's not become a Sword, thy great imployment |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.30 | For as it would ill become me to be vain, indiscreet, or a fool, | For as it would ill become me to be vaine, indiscreet, or a foole; |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.44 | So well thy words become thee as thy wounds, | So well thy words become thee, as thy wounds, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.46 | I dare do all that may become a man; | I dare do all that may become a man, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.26 | I must become a borrower of the night | I must become a borrower of the Night, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.63 | Impostors to true fear, would well become | (Impostors to true feare) would well become |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.97 | And what shall become of those | And what shall become of those |
| 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.ii.62 | Become them with one half so good a grace | Become them with one halfe so good a grace |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.123 | This sensible warm motion to become | This sensible warme motion, to become |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.245 | it shall become him well; wherein if he chance to | It shall become him well: wherein if he chance to |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.437 | And, for the most, become much more the better | And for the most, become much more the better |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.6 | Antonio shall become bound, well. | Anthonio shall become bound, well. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.136 | To leave a rich Jew's service to become | To leaue a rich Iewes seruice, to become |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.169 | Parts that become thee happily enough | Parts that become thee happily enough, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iii.21 | Become a Christian and thy loving wife. | Become a Christian, and thy louing wife. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.45 | As shall conveniently become you there.’ | As shall conueniently become you there; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.384 | He presently become a Christian; | He presently become a Christian: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.57 | Become the touches of sweet harmony. | Become the tutches of sweet harmonie: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.226 | I will become as liberal as you, | I will become as liberall as you, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.17 | The dozen white louses do become an old coat well. | The dozen white Lowses doe become an old Coat well: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.217 | I hope, sir, I will do as it shall become one that | I hope sir, I will do as it shall become one that |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.70 | Shall I Sir Pandarus of Troy become – | Shall I Sir Pandarus of Troy become, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.56 | become nothing else, nor that well neither. | become nothing else, nor that well neither. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.ii.11 | The night is dark. Light and spirits will become it | The night is darke, Light and Spirits will become it |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.108 | Become the forest better than the town? | Become the Forrest better then the Towne? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.11 | follies in others, become the argument of his own | follies in others, become the argument of his owne |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.63 | become me rarely? | become me rarely? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.79 | Benedick was such another, and now is he become a | Benedicke was such another, and now is he become a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.207 | What shall become of this? What will this do? | What shall become of this? What wil this do? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.8 | Whatever shall become of Michael Cassio, | What euer shall become of Michael Cassio, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.95 | Will well become a soldiers' dance. | Will well become a Souldiers daunce: |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.44 | No visor does become black villainy | No vizor does become blacke villanie, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.160 | To be a make-peace shall become my age. | To be a make-peace shall become my age, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.140 | For both hast thou, and both become the grave. | For both hast thou, and both become the graue. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.251 | But what o' God's name doth become of this? | But what o'Gods name doth become of this? |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.123 | What is become of Bushy, where is Green, | What is become of Bushie? where is Greene? |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.97 | Shall ill become the flower of England's face, | Shall ill become the flower of Englands face, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.15 | When triumph is become an alehouse guest? | When Triumph is become an Ale-house Guest. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.156 | Is to become her husband and her father, | Is to become her Husband, and her Father: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.220 | To see you are become so penitent. | To see you are become so penitent. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.37 | And to myself become an enemy. | And to my selfe, become an enemie. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.168 | Will well become the seat of majesty | Will well become the Seat of Maiestie, |
| Richard III | R3 V.v.15 | Inter their bodies as becomes their births. | Interre their Bodies, as become their Births, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.15 | It shall become to serve all hopes conceived | It shall become to serue all hopes conceiu'd |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.252 | Did ever Dian so become a grove | Did euer Dian so become a Groue |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.32 | As those two eyes become that heavenly face? | As those two eyes become that heauenly face? |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.28.2 | It would become me | It would become me |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.105 | Ay, lord. She will become thy bed, I warrant, | I Lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.19.1 | Would become tender. | Would become tender. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.206 | Should become kings of Naples? O, rejoice | Should become Kings of Naples? O reioyce |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.26 | Does not become a man; 'tis much too blame. | Does not become a man, 'tis much too blame: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.121 | That answer might have become | That answer might haue become |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.350 | of Athens is become a forest of beasts. | of Athens, is become / A Forrest of Beasts. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.193 | These words become your lips as they pass through them. | These words become your lippes as they passe thorow them. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.65 | What, is Lavinia then become so loose, | What is Lauinia then become so loose, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.228 | Become a deluge, overflowed and drowned. | Become a deluge: ouerflow'd and drown'd: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.34 | For these contempts. (Aside) Why, thus it shall become | For these contempts. Why thus it shall become |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.92 | 'Twould not become him; his own's better. | 'Twould not become him, his own's better. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.11 | And here, to do you service, am become | And here to doe you seruice am become, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.33 | become of the wenching rogues? I think they have | become of the wenching rogues? I thinke they haue |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.55 | For such disguise as haply shall become | For such disguise as haply shall become |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.26 | It shall become thee well to act my woes; | It shall become thee well to act my woes: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.36 | What will become of this? As I am man, | What will become of this? As I am man, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.140 | thee, but be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, | thee, but be not affraid of greatnesse: Some are become great, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.169 | become thee well. Therefore in my presence still smile, dear | become thee well. Therefore in my presence still smile, deero |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.183 | Shall I play my freedom at tray-trip and become | Shall I play my freedome at tray-trip, and becom |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.6 | a gown. I am not tall enough to become the function | a gowne. I am not tall enough to become the function |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.114 | Even what it please my lord, that shall become him. | Euen what it please my Lord, that shal becom him |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.131 | He being her pupil, to become her tutor. | He being her Pupill, to become her Tutor. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.37 | thou that my master is become a notable lover? | thou that that my master is become a notable Louer? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.44 | I tell thee my master is become a hot lover. | I tell thee, my Master is become a hot Louer. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.47 | To be fantastic may become a youth | To be fantastique, may become a youth |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.86 | Will well become such sweet complaining grievance. | Will well become such sweet complaining grieuance: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.126 | But, since your falsehood shall become you well | But, since your falsehood shall become you well |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.153 | That now she is become as black as I. | That now she is become as blacke as I. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.24 | Could I persuade him to become a free man, | Could I perswade him to become a Freeman, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.55 | Our business is become a nullity, | Our busines is become a nullity |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.288.1 | What will become of 'em? | What will become of 'em? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.31 | Yet these that we count errors may become him; | Yet these that we count errours may become him: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.79 | become the pranks and friskins of her madness. Sing | become the prankes / And friskins of her madnes; Sing |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.84 | are grateful to the sense. All this shall become Palamon, | are grateful to the / Sence: all this shall become Palamon, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.121 | Take from my hand, and they themselves become | Take from my hand, and they themselves become |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.114 | And well become the agent – 't may, I grant. | And well become the Agent: 't may; I graunt: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.282 | You never spoke what did become you less | You neuer spoke what did become you lesse |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.9 | Become some women best, so that there be not | Become some Women best, so that there be not |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.63 | With such a kind of love as might become | With such a kind of Loue, as might become |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.114.1 | Become your time of day – (to the Shepherdesses) | Become your time of day: and yours, and yours, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.524 | As shall become your highness: where you may | As shall become your Highnesse, where you may |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.50 | become a loss cries ‘ O, thy mother, thy mother!’; then | become a Losse, cryes, Oh, thy Mother, thy Mother: then |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.109.1 | Is she become the suitor? | Is she become the Suitor? |