| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.72 | May I be bold to acquaint his grace you are | May I bee bold to acquaint his grace you are |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.89 | Lady, of that I have made a bold charter, but, I | Ladie, of that I haue made a bold charter, but I |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.i.5 | Be bold you do so grow in my requital | Be bold you do so grow in my requitall, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.46 | Durst make too bold a herald of my tongue; | Durst make too bold a herauld of my tongue: |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.161 | Young gentleman, your spirits are too bold for | Yong Gentleman, your spirits are too bold for |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.210 | And make bold power look pale – they threw their caps | And make bold power looke pale, they threw their caps |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.v.22 | Misguide thy opposers' swords! Bold gentleman, | Misguide thy Opposers swords, Bold Gentleman: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.90 | of the beastly plebeians. I will be bold to take my leave | of the Beastly Plebeans. I will be bold to take my leaue |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.134 | Like a bold flood o'erbear't. O, come, go in, | Like a bold Flood o're-beate. Oh come, go in, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.111 | You are a great deal abused in too bold a persuasion, | You are a great deale abus'd in too bold a perswasion, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.197 | Attended by my men: I will make bold | Attended by my men: I will make bold |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.2 | To win the king as I am bold her honour | To winne the King, as I am bold, her Honour |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.340 | Under the conduct of bold Iachimo, | Vnder the Conduct of bold Iachimo, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.71 | Of many a bold one: whose kinsmen have made suit | Of many a bold one: whose Kinsmen haue made suite |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.89 | With my request, which I'll make bold your highness | With my request, which Ile make bold, your Highnesse |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.483 | The bold winds speechless, and the orb below | The bold windes speechlesse, and the Orbe below |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.356 | O my lord, if my duty be too bold, my | O my Lord, if my Dutie be too bold, my |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.16 | To mine own room again, making so bold, | To mine owne roome againe, making so bold, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.68 | Ten thousand bold Scots, two-and-twenty knights, | Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty Knights |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.16 | O sir, your presence is too bold and peremptory, | O sir, your presence is too bold and peremptory, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.134 | Be bold to tell you that I am your son, | Be bold to tell you, that I am your Sonne, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.36 | Yet doth he give us bold advertisement | Yet doth he giue vs bold aduertisement, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.44 | Such bold hostility, teaching his duteous land | Such bold Hostilitie, teaching his dutious Land |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.91 | More daring or more bold, is now alive | More daring, or more bold, is now aliue, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.26 | Quenching the flame of bold rebellion | Quenching the flame of bold Rebellion, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.78 | Stopping my greedy ear with their bold deeds. | Stopping my greedy eare, with their bold deeds. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.178 | Or what hath this bold enterprise brought forth, | Or what hath this bold enterprize bring forth, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.8 | To look with forehead bold and big enough | To looke with forhead bold and big enough |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.195 | Wounding supposed peace. All these bold fears | Wounding supposed Peace. / All these bold Feares, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.82 | I gave bold way to my authority | I gaue bold way to my Authority, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.108 | ‘ Happy am I, that have a man so bold | Happy am I, that haue a man so bold, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.116 | With the like bold, just, and impartial spirit | With the like bold, iust, and impartiall spirit |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.1 | 'Fore God, his grace is bold to trust these traitors. | Fore God his Grace is bold to trust these traitors |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.134 | so bold as to tell you, I know the disciplines of war; and | so bold as to tell you, I know the disciplines of Warre: and |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.11 | but I will be so bold as to wear it in my cap till I see | but I will be so bold as to weare it in my Cap till I see |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.78 | I'll be so bold to take what they have left. | Ile be so bold to take what they haue left: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.24 | Madam, I have been bold to trouble you; | Madame, I haue beene bold to trouble you: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.63 | Must your bold verdict enter talk with lords?’ | Must your bold Verdict enter talke with Lords? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.103 | To set a gloss upon his bold intent, | To set a glosse vpon his bold intent, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.14 | Who, ringed about with bold adversity, | Who ring'd about with bold aduersitie, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.91 | For I am bold to counsel you in this: | For I am bold to counsaile you in this; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.238 | Here in our presence? Dare you be so bold? | Here in our presence? Dare you be so bold? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.60 | And therefore am I bold and resolute. | And therefore am I bold and resolute. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.3 | What noise is this I hear? Dare any be so bold to | What noise is this I heare? / Dare any be so bold to |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.154 | Were he as famous and as bold in war | Were he as famous, and as bold in Warre, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.85 | Becomes it thee to be thus bold in terms | Becomes it thee to be thus bold in termes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.22 | And what makes robbers bold but too much lenity? | And what makes Robbers bold, but too much lenity? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.10 | Not mutinous in peace, yet bold in war; | Not mutinous in peace, yet bold in Warre, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.60 | Is named your wars in France. This makes bold mouths, | Is nam'd, your warres in France: this makes bold mouths, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.129 | Stand forth, and with bold spirit relate what you, | Stand forth, & with bold spirit relate what you |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.72 | And dare be bold to weep for Buckingham, | And dare be bold to weepe for Buckingham, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.42.1 | This bold bad man. | This bold bad man. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.69.2 | Ye are too bold. | Ye are too bold: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.168 | I will be bold with time and your attention. | I will be bold with time and your attention: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.318 | Ambassador to the Emperor, you made bold | Ambassador to the Emperor, you made bold |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.13 | May I be bold to ask what that contains, | May I be bold to aske what that containes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.40 | A bold brave gentleman. That should be | A bold braue Gentleman. That should bee |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.84.1 | I shall remember this bold language. | I shall remember this bold Language. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.85.1 | Remember your bold life too. | Remember your bold life too. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.295 | Of any bold or noble enterprise, | Of any bold, or Noble Enterprize, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.86 | I think we are too bold upon your rest. | I thinke we are too bold vpon your Rest: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.127 | Caesar was mighty, bold, royal, and loving: | Casar was Mighty, Bold, Royall, and Louing: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.169 | More bold in constancy ’ – | More bould in constancie. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.85 | My men as bold, our English arms as strong. | My men as bold, our English armes as strong, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.44 | Cheerily, bold man, thy soul is all too proud | Cheerely bold man, thy soule is all to proud, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.76 | O, he is bold, and blushes not at death! | Oh he is bold, and blushes not at death, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.238 | Men so disordered, so deboshed and bold, | Men so disorder'd, so debosh'd, and bold, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.53 | Bold in the quarrel's right, roused to th' encounter, | Bold in the quarrels right, rouz'd to th'encounter, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.128 | You shall do small respect, show too bold malice | You shall doe small respects, show too bold malice |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.231.2 | Wherefore, bold peasant, | Wherefore, bold Pezant, |
| 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 II.i.28 | Bold of your worthiness, we single you | Bold of your worthinesse, we single you, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.107 | But pardon me, I am too sudden-bold; | But pardon me, I am too sodaine bold, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.108 | Making the bold wag by their praises bolder. | Making the bold wagg by their praises bolder. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.1 | That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; | That which hath made thẽ drunk, hath made me bold: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.48.2 | I'll make so bold to call, | Ile make so bold to call, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.58 | Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that | I, and a bold one, that dare looke on that |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.78 | Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn | Be bloody, bold, & resolute: / Laugh to scorne |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.133 | Than faults may shake our frames – let me be bold. | Then faults may shake our frames) let me be bold; |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.210 | Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. Have | Vertue is bold, and goodnes neuer fearefull: / Haue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.168 | Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice, | Thou art to wilde, to rude, and bold of voyce, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.70 | Had you been as wise as bold, | Had you beene as wise as bold, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.185 | O then be bold to say Bassanio's dead. | O then be bold to say Bassanio's dead. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.152 | I make bold to press with so little preparation upon | I make bold, to presse, with so little preparation vpon |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.242 | Master Brook, I will first make bold with your | Master Broome, I will first make bold with your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.11 | his chamber. I'll be so bold as stay, sir, till she come | his chamber: Ile be so bold as stay Sir till she come |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.49 | May I be bold to say so, sir? | May I be bold to say so Sir? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.50 | Ay, sir; like who more bold. | I Sir: like who more bold. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.59 | I know not by what power I am made bold, | I know not by what power I am made bold, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.178 | Master Cobweb – if I cut my finger I shall make bold | Master Cobweb: if I cut my finger, I shall make bold |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.7 | and forbid him to wear it. I will only be bold with Benedick | and forbid him to weare it, I will onely bee bold with Benedicke |
| Othello | Oth I.i.129 | We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs; | We then haue done you bold, and saucie wrongs. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.94.2 | A maiden never bold; | A Maiden, neuer bold: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.51 | Stand in bold cure. | Stand in bold Cure. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.75 | Left in the conduct of the bold Iago, | Left in the conduct of the bold Iago, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.99 | That gives me this bold show of courtesy. | That giues me this bold shew of Curtesie. |
| Othello | Oth III.i.32 | I have made bold, Iago, | I haue made bold (Iago) |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.226 | Ay, there's the point: as, to be bold with you, | I, there's the point: / As (to be bold with you) |
| Othello | Oth V.i.7 | Here, at thy hand: be bold, and take thy stand. | Heere, at thy hand: Be bold, & take thy stand. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.62 | Like a bold champion I assume the lists, | Like a bold Champion I assume the Listes, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.67 | Unto a stranger knight to be so bold. | Vnto a stranger Knight to be so bold, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.3 | Brought hither Henry Hereford, thy bold son, | Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold son: |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.181 | Is a bold spirit in a loyal breast. | Is a bold spirit, in a loyall brest. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.3 | The Duke of Norfolk, sprightfully and bold, | The Duke of Norfolke, sprightfully and bold, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.42 | On pain of death, no person be so bold | On paine of death, no person be so bold, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.276 | Thy words are but as thoughts. Therefore be bold. | Thy words are but as thoughts, therefore be bold. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.58 | O, heinous, strong, and bold conspiracy! | Oh heinous, strong, and bold Conspiracie, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.155 | Bold, quick, ingenious, forward, capable. | Bold, quicke, ingenious, forward, capable: |
| Richard III | R3 III.vi.12 | Yet who's so bold but says he sees it not? | Yet who so bold, but sayes he sees it not? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.109 | I am thus bold to put your grace in mind | |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.171 | Thy prime of manhood daring, bold, and venturous; | Thy prime of Manhood, daring, bold, and venturous: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.326 | Make bold her bashful years with your experience; | Make bold her bashfull yeares, with your experience, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.266 | For me, the ransom of my bold attempt | For me, the ransome of my bold attempt, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.305 | ‘ Jockey of Norfolk, be not so bold, | Iockey of Norfolke, be not so bold, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.339 | Fight, gentlemen of England! Fight, bold yeomen! | Right Gentlemen of England, fight boldly yeomen, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.14 | I am too bold. 'Tis not to me she speaks. | I am too bold 'tis not to me she speakes: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.77 | nine lives. That I mean to make bold withal, and, as you | nine liues, that I meane to make bold withall, and as you |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.159 | With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast; | With Peircing steele at bold Mercutio's breast, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.15 | With thy black mantle till strange love grow bold, | With thy Blacke mantle, till strange Loue grow bold, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.103 | And therefore let me be thus bold with you | And therefore let me be thus bold with you, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.216 | Gentlemen, God save you. If I may be bold, | Gentlemen God saue you. If I may be bold |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.248 | Sir, let me be so bold as ask you, | Sir, let me be so bold as aske you, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.51 | Am bold to show myself a forward guest | Am bold to shew my selfe a forward guest |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.86 | walk like a stranger. May I be so bold to know the cause | walke like a stranger, / May I be so bold, to know the cause |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.205 | Seem to besiege, and make his bold waves tremble, | Seeme to besiege, and make his bold waues tremble, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.119 | The surge most swoll'n that met him. His bold head | The surge most swolne that met him: his bold head |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.119 | Harmonious charmingly. May I be bold | Harmonious charmingly: may I be bold |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.50 | But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, | But flies an Eagle flight, bold, and forth on, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.204.2 | I have been bold, | I haue beene bold |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.90 | forbid I should be so bold to press to heaven in my | forbid I should be so bold, to presse to heauen in my |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.13 | Be bold in us. We'll follow where thou lead'st, | Behold in vs, weele follow where thou lead'st, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.23 | In fortune's love: for then the bold and coward, | In Fortunes loue: for then, the Bold and Coward, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.192 | Bold as an oracle, and sets Thersites – | Bold as an Oracle, and sets Thersites |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.11 | In the wars; and that may you be bold to say in | In the warrs, & that may you be bolde to say in |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.120 | So bold Leander would adventure it. | So bold Leander would aduenture it. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.139 | I'll be so bold to break the seal for once. | Ile be so bold to breake the seale for once. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.163 | And, as we walk along, I dare be bold | And as we walke along, I dare be bold |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.17 | To his bold ends honour and golden ingots, | To his bold ends, honour, and golden Ingots, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.305 | The bold young men, that when he bids 'em charge | The bold yong men, that when he bids 'em charge, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.65 | A good knight and a bold. But the whole week's not fair | A good knight and a bold; But the whole weeke's not faire |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.92.1 | In this kind is so bold. | In this kinde is so bold. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.20 | Be bold to ring the bell. How stand I then? | Be bold to ring the Bell; how stand I then? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.41 | What a bold gravity, and yet inviting, | What a bold gravity, and yet inviting |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.83 | The two bold titlers at this instant are | The two bold Tytlers, at this instant are |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.11 | And yet mistake me not. I am not bold; | And yet mistake me not: I am not bold |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.125 | Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and | Most incident to Maids:) bold Oxlips, and |