| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.20 | Wilt thou needs be a beggar? | Wilt thou needes be a begger? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.332 | The King's a beggar, now the play is done. | THe Kings a Begger, now the Play is done, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.65 | Shall die a beggar. Ink and paper, Charmian. | shall dye a Begger. Inke and paper Charmian. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.16 | Would have a queen his beggar, you must tell him | Would haue a Queece his begger, you must tell him, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.76 | married under a bush like a beggar? Get you to church, | married vnder a bush like a begger? Get you to church, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.204 | not furnished like a beggar; therefore to beg will not | not furnish'd like a Begger, therefore to begge will not |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.35 | nay, I bear it on my shoulders, as a beggar wont her | nay I beare it on my shoulders, as a begger woont her |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.72 | Thou took'st a beggar, wouldst have made my throne | Thou took'st a Begger, would'st haue made my / Throne, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.21 | taking a beggar without less quality. But how comes | taking a Begger without lesse quality. But how comes |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.120 | beggar Posthumus, thou canst not in the course of | Begger Posthumus, thou canst not in the course of |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.272 | Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks. | Begger that I am, I am euen poore in thankes; |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.23 | fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service – | fat King, and your leane Begger is but variable seruice |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.30 | progress through the guts of a beggar. | Progresse through the guts of a Begger. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.154 | But when he took a beggar to his bed | But when he tooke a begger to his bed, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.28 | Made it a fool and beggar. The two Kings, | Made it a Foole, and Begger. The two Kings |
| King John | KJ II.i.592 | Like a poor beggar raileth on the rich. | Like a poore begger, raileth on the rich. |
| King John | KJ II.i.593 | Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail | Well, whiles I am a begger, I will raile, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.19 | composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and | composition of a Knaue, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.30 | Madman and beggar too. | Madman, and beggar too. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.68.2 | A poor unfortunate beggar. | A poore vnfortunate Beggar. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.156 | beggar? | Beggar? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.105 | Beggar? | Begger? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.69 | beggar Zenelophon, and he it was that might rightly | Begger Zenelophon: and he it was that might rightly |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.74 | see? To overcome. To whom came he? To the beggar. | did he see? to ouercome. To whom came he? to the Begger. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.75 | What saw he? The beggar. Who overcame he? The beggar. | What saw he? the Begger. Who ouercame he? the Begger. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.80 | the comparison, thou the beggar, for so witnesseth thy | the comparison) thou the Begger, for so witnesseth thy |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.119 | Who? Not the Duke? Yes, your beggar of fifty, | Who, not the Duke? Yes, your beggar of fifty: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.172 | yet, and I say to thee, he would mouth with a beggar, | yet (and I say to thee) hee would mouth with a beggar, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.11 | which now peaches him a beggar. Then have we here | which now peaches him a beggar. Then haue we heere, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.42 | a beggar that was used to come so smug upon the mart! | a begger that was vsd to come so smug vpon the Mart: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.437 | You teach me how a beggar should be answered. | You teach me how a beggar should be answer'd. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.27 | not marriage honourable in a beggar? Is not your lord | not marriage honourable in a beggar? is not your Lord |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.119 | He called her whore: a beggar in his drink | He call'd her whore: a Begger in his drinke: |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.77 | A beggar begs that never begged before. | A Begger begs, that neuer begg'd before. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.79 | And now changed to ‘ The Beggar and the King.’ | And now chang'd to the Begger, and the King. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.33 | Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar; | Then Treason makes me wish my selfe a Beggar, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.42 | And spurn upon thee, beggar, for thy boldness. | And spurne vpon thee Begger for thy boldnesse. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.270 | A begging prince what beggar pities not? | A begging Prince, what begger pitties not. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.112 | A beggar, brother? | A Begger, Brother? |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.119 | In weightier things you'll say a beggar nay. | In weightier things you'le say a Begger nay. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.14 | When King Cophetua loved the beggar maid. | When King Cophetua lou'd the begger Maid, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.39 | Would not the beggar then forget himself? | Would not the begger then forget himselfe? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.121 | No better than a poor and loathsome beggar. | No better then a poore and loathsome begger: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.31 | When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, | when they will not giue a doit to relieue a lame Begger, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.194 | To show him what a beggar his heart is, | To shew him what a Begger his heart is, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.44 | me I was so unfortunate a beggar. | me, I was so vnfortunate a Beggar. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.13 | A dedicated beggar to the air, | A dedicated Beggar to the Ayre, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.9 | Raise me this beggar and deject that lord – | Raise me this Begger, and deny't that Lord, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.11 | The beggar native honour. | The Begger Natiue Honor. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.243 | Wert thou not beggar. Willing misery | Wert thou not Beggar: willing misery |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.532 | Ere thou relieve the beggar. Give to dogs | Ere thou releeue the Begger. Giue to dogges |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.92 | Beggar the estimation which you prized | Begger the estimation which you priz'd, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.8 | So thou mayst say the king lies by a beggar, if a | So thou maist say the Kings lyes by a begger, if a |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.9 | beggar dwell near him; or the Church stands by thy | begger dwell neer him: or the Church stands by thy |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.54 | beggar – Cressida was a beggar. My lady is within, sir. | begger: Cressida was a begger. My Lady is within sir. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.24 | to speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. You were | to speake puling, like a beggar at Hallow-Masse: You were |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.87 | Betwixt the prince and beggar. I have said | Betwixt the Prince and Begger:) I haue said |