| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.73 | That's able to breathe life into a stone, | That's able to breath life into a stone, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.148 | Inspired merit so by breath is barred. | Inspired Merit so by breath is bard, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.253 | beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe | beate thee: I thinke thou wast created for men to breath |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.51 | grief; in fine, made a groan of her last breath, and now | greefe: in fine, made a groane of her last breath, & now |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.235 | And, having lost her breath, she spoke, and panted, | And hauing lost her breath, she spoke, and panted, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.237 | And, breathless, power breathe forth. | And breathlesse powre breath forth. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.24 | Our fortune on the sea is out of breath, | Our Fortune on the Sea is out of breath, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.14 | To let him breathe between the heavens and earth, | To let him breath betweene the Heauens and Earth |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.77 | Till him from his all-obeying breath I hear | Tell him, from his all-obeying breath, I heare |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.i.8 | Even to falling. Give him no breath, but now | Euen to falling. Giue him no breath, but now |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.180 | Although thy breath be rude. | although thy breath be rude. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.201 | They'll suck our breath, or pinch us black and blue. | They'll sucke our breath, or pinch vs blacke and blew. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.28 | When the sweet breath of flattery conquers strife. | When the sweet breath of flatterie conquers strife. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.139 | it hot in her breath. | it hot in her breth. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.143 | their rich aspect to the hot breath of Spain, who | their rich Aspect to the hot breath of Spaine, who |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.57 | Fie, now you run this humour out of breath. | Fie, now you run this humor out of breath, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.30.1 | How hast thou lost thy breath? |
How hast thou lost thy breath? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.1 | Breathe you, my friends. Well fought! We are come off | Breath you my friends, wel fought, we are come off, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.50 | What I think I utter, and spend my malice in my breath. | What I think, I vtter, and spend my malice in my breath. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.148.1 | Of their breath only! | Of their breath onely. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.188 | What is about to be? I am out of breath. | What is about to be? I am out of Breath, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.120 | You common cry of curs, whose breath I hate | You common cry of Curs, whose breath I hate, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.118 | Sighed truer breath. But that I see thee here, | Sigh'd truer breath. But that I see thee heere |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.99 | The breath of garlic-eaters! | The breath of Garlicke-eaters. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.45 | with such weak breath as this? No, you are deceived, | with such weake breath as this? No, you are deceiu'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.85.1 | Motion and breath left out. | Motion, and Breath left out. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.36 | Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath | Out-venomes all the Wormes of Nyle, whose breath |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.224 | Out-sweetened not thy breath: the ruddock would | Out-sweetned not thy breath: the Raddocke would |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.i.27 | Is, every breath, a death: and thus, unknown, | Is euery breath, a death: and thus, vnknowne, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.81 | On either side I come to spend my breath, | On eyther side I come to spend my breath; |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.114 | He came in thunder; his celestial breath | He came in Thunder, his Celestiall breath |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.238.1 | Breathe not where princes are. | Breath not where Princes are. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.79 | Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, | Nor windy suspiration of forc'd breath, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.31 | That's not my meaning. But breathe his faults so quaintly | That's not my meaning: but breath his faults so quaintly, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.44 | The youth you breathe of guilty, be assured | The youth you breath of guilty, be assur'd |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.98 | And with them words of so sweet breath composed | And with them words of so sweet breath compos'd, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.366 | your fingers and thumb; give it breath with your mouth; | your finger and thumbe, giue it breath with your mouth, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.66 | Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you eyes? | Blasting his wholsom breath. Haue you eyes? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.198 | Be thou assured, if words be made of breath, | Be thou assur'd, if words be made of breath, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.199 | And breath of life, I have no life to breathe | And breath of life: I haue no life to breath |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.65 | And for his death no wind of blame shall breathe, | And for his death no winde of blame shall breath, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.122 | gentleman in our more rawer breath? | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.265 | The King shall drink to Hamlet's better breath, | The King shal drinke to Hamlets better breath, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.281.2 | He's fat and scant of breath. | He's fat, and scant of breath. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.342 | And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, | And in this harsh world draw thy breath in paine, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.3 | And breathe short-winded accents of new broils | And breath shortwinded accents of new broils |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.63 | Such as we see when men restrain their breath | Such as we see when men restraine their breath |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.15 | ‘ dyeing scarlet,’ and when you breathe in your watering | dying Scarlet; and when you breath in your watering, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.242 | breath to utter what is like thee! You tailor's-yard, you | breth to vtter. What is like thee? You Tailors yard, you |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.244 | Well, breathe awhile, and then to it again, | Well, breath a-while, and then to't againe: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.515 | Hark how hard he fetches breath. Search | Harke, how hard he fetches breath: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.48 | And that no man might draw short breath today | And that no man might draw short breath to day, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.44 | O Hal, I prithee give me leave to breathe | O Hal, I prethee giue me leaue to breath |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.14 | We breathe too long: come, cousin Westmorland, | We breath too long: Come cosin Westmerland, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.46 | Stay and breathe a while. | Stay, and breath awhile. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.146 | breath, and so was he, but we rose both at an instant, | breath, and so was he, but we rose both at an instant, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.38 | That stopped by me to breathe his bloodied horse. | That stopp'd by me, to breath his bloodied horse. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.118 | He sure means brevity in breath, short-winded. | Sure he meanes breuity in breath: short-winded. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.123 | Treason's true bed and yielder up of breath. | Treasons true Bed, and yeelder vp of breath. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.32 | That scaldest with safety. By his gates of breath | That scald'st with safetie: by his Gates of breath, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.151 | And found no course of breath within your majesty, | And found no course of breath within your Maiestie, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.183 | That ever I shall breathe. God knows, my son, | That euer I shall breath: Heauen knowes, my Sonne) |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.25 | The breath no sooner left his father's body | The breath no sooner left his Fathers body, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.145 | A night is but small breath and little pause | A Night is but small breathe, and little pawse, |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.16 | Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit | Hold hard the Breath, and bend vp euery Spirit |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.227 | Twin-born with greatness, subject to the breath | Twin-borne with Greatnesse, / Subiect to the breath |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.61 | I will, if that my fading breath permit | I will, if that my fading breath permit, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.41 | Away! Vexation almost stops my breath | Away, vexation almost stoppes my breath, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.4 | Where is John Talbot? Pause, and take thy breath; | Where is Iohn Talbot? pawse, and take thy breath, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.24 | Speak to thy father ere thou yield thy breath! | Speake to thy father, ere thou yeeld thy breath, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.127 | And suffer you to breathe in fruitful peace, | And suffer you to breath in fruitfull peace, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.7 | So am I driven by breath of her renown | So am I driuen by breath of her Renowne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.209 | And would have kept so long as breath did last! | And would haue kept, so long as breath did last: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.391 | Here could I breathe my soul into the air, | Heere could I breath my soule into the ayre, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.7 | Breathe foul contagious darkness in the air. | Breath foule contagious darknesse in the ayre: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.10 | law, for his breath stinks with eating toasted cheese. | Law, for his breath stinkes with eating toasted cheese. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.2 | I lay me down a little while to breathe; | I lay me downe a little while to breath: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.31 | Now breathe we, lords; good fortune bids us pause, | Now breath we Lords, good fortune bids vs pause, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.81 | Why, am I dead? Do I not breathe a man? | Why? Am I dead? Do I not breath a Man? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.112 | Ha! Durst the traitor breathe out so proud words? | Ha? durst the Traytor breath out so prowd words? |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.30.1 | He would kiss you twenty with a breath. | He would Kisse you Twenty with a breath. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.52 | Touch me alike; they're breath I not believe in. | Touch me alike: th'are breath I not beleeue in. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.244 | a deal of stinking breath because Caesar refused the | a deale of stinking breath, because Casar refus'd the |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.167 | Or in a rightful quarrel spend my breath. | Or in a rightfull quarrel spend my breath, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.308 | The breath of falsehood not charactered there! | The breath of falshood not carectred there: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.139 | Relate, I pray thee, if thy breath will serve, | Relate I pray thee, if thy breath will serue, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.16 | And here a season let us breathe ourselves. | And heere a season let vs breath our selues, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.15 | No ghosts, my lord, but men that breathe a life | No ghosts my Lord, but men that breath a life, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.79 | That such base breath should vanish from my lips, | That such base breath should vanish from my lips |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.3 | And stepped aside for breath and fresher air. | And stept aside for breath and fresher aire. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.4 | Breathe, then, and to it again. The amazed French | Breath then, and too it againe, the amazed French |
| King John | KJ II.i.148 | With this abundance of superfluous breath? | With this abundance of superfluous breath? |
| King John | KJ II.i.477 | Lest zeal, now melted by the windy breath | Least zeale now melted by the windie breath |
| King John | KJ III.i.8 | Is but the vain breath of a common man. | Is but the vaine breath of a common man: |
| King John | KJ III.i.148 | Can task the free breath of a sacred king? | Can tast the free breath of a sacred King? |
| King John | KJ III.i.230 | The latest breath that gave the sound of words | The latest breath that gaue the sound of words |
| King John | KJ III.iv.19 | In the vile prison of afflicted breath. | In the vilde prison of afflicted breath: |
| King John | KJ III.iv.32 | And stop this gap of breath with fulsome dust, | And stop this gap of breath with fulsome dust, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.37 | No, no, I will not, having breath to cry! | No, no, I will not, hauing breath to cry: |
| King John | KJ III.iv.127 | For even the breath of what I mean to speak | For euen the breath of what I meane to speake, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.134 | One minute, nay, one quiet breath, of rest. | One minute, nay one quiet breath of rest. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.109 | The breath of heaven hath blown his spirit out, | The breath of heauen, hath blowne his spirit out, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.111 | But with my breath I can revive it, boy. | But with my breath I can reuiue it Boy. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.138 | Under the tide; but now I breathe again | Vnder the tide; but now I breath againe |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.246 | This kingdom, this confine of blood and breath, | This kingdome, this Confine of blood, and breathe |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.136 | Be guilty of the stealing that sweet breath | Be guiltie of the stealing that sweete breath |
| King John | KJ V.i.17 | It was my breath that blew this tempest up, | It was my breath that blew this Tempest vp, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.68.1 | With holy breath. | With holy breath. |
| King John | KJ V.ii.83 | Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars | Your breath first kindled the dead coale of warres, |
| King John | KJ V.iv.33 | But even this night, whose black contagious breath | But euen this night, whose blacke contagious breath |
| King John | KJ V.vii.65 | You breathe these dead news in as dead an ear. | You breath these dead newes in as dead an eare |
| King Lear | KL I.i.60 | A love that makes breath poor and speech unable; | A loue that makes breath poore, and speech vnable, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.128 | Then 'tis like the breath of an unfee'd lawyer: you | Then 'tis like the breath of an vnfeed Lawyer, you |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.49 | I am scarce in breath, my lord. | I am scarce in breath my Lord. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.98 | Are they ‘ informed ’ of this? My breath and blood! | Are they inform'd of this? My breath and blood: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.51 | Thou'dst shivered like an egg; but thou dost breathe, | Thou'dst shiuer'd like an Egge: but thou do'st breath: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.217 | You ever-gentle gods, take my breath from me. | You euer gentle Gods, take my breath from me, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.260 | If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, | If that her breath will mist or staine the stone, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.305 | And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more; | And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.5 | The endeavour of this present breath may buy | Th'endeuour of this present breath may buy: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.66 | Vows are but breath, and breath a vapour is; | Vowes are but breath, and breath a vapour is. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.106 | Wished himself the heaven's breath. | Wish himselfe the heauens breath. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.88 | That charge their breath against us? Say, scout, say. | That charge their breath against vs? Say scout say. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.521 | royal sweet breath as will utter a brace of words. | royall sweet breath, as will vtter a brace of words. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.718 | For mine own part, I breathe free breath. I have | For mine owne part, I breath free breath: I haue |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.730 | In the converse of breath. Your gentleness | In the conuerse of breath (your gentlenesse |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.81 | Melted, as breath into the wind. Would they had stayed! | Melted, as breath into the Winde. Would they had stay'd. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.34 | Who, almost dead for breath, had scarcely more | Who almost dead for breath, had scarcely more |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.5 | By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath | By his loued Mansonry, that the Heauens breath |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.61 | Words to the heat of deeds too cold breath gives. | Words to the heat of deedes too cold breath giues. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.98 | Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath | Shall liue the Lease of Nature, pay his breath |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.27 | Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath | Curses, not lowd but deepe, Mouth-honor, breath |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.9 | Make all our trumpets speak, give them all breath, | Make all our Trumpets speak, giue thẽ all breath |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.8 | That none but fools would keep; a breath thou art, | That none but fooles would keepe: a breath thou art, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.122 | A blasting and a scandalous breath to fall | A blasting and a scandalous breath to fall, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.223 | As there comes light from heaven and words from breath, | As there comes light from heauen, and words frõ breath, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.121 | With bated breath and whispering humbleness, | With bated breath, and whispring humblenesse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.90 | To wit, besides commends and courteous breath, | To wit (besides commends and curteous breath) |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.119 | Parted with sugar breath; so sweet a bar | Parted with suger breath, so sweet a barre |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.296 | Than any that draws breath in Italy. | Then any that drawes breath in Italie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.151 | Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath | Vttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.94 | O, I am out of breath in this fond chase. | O I am out of breath, in this fond chace, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.78 | So hath thy breath, my dearest Thisbe dear. | So hath thy breath, my dearest Thisby deare. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.44 | Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe. | Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.168 | Never did mockers waste more idle breath. | Neuer did mockers wast more idle breth. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.38 | nor garlic; for we are to utter sweet breath, and I do | nor Garlicke; for wee are to vtter sweete breath, and I doe |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.227 | speaks poniards, and every word stabs. If her breath | speakes poynyards, and euery word stabbes: if her breath |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.176 | than she will bate one breath of her accustomed | than shee will bate one breath of her accustomed |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.250 | Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast killed | Art thou thou the slaue that with thy breath hast kild |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.49 | but foul breath, and foul breath is noisome; therefore I | but foule breath, and foule breath is noisome, therefore I |
| Othello | Oth II.i.78 | And swell his sail with thine own powerful breath, | And swell his Saile with thine owne powrefull breath, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.118 | And weigh'st thy words before thou giv'st them breath, | And weigh'st thy words before thou giu'st them breath, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.272 | He's that he is: I may not breathe my censure | He's that he is: I may not breath my censure. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.5 | Each syllable that breath made up between them. | Each syllable that breath made vp betweene them. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.16 | O balmy breath, that dost almost persuade | Oh Balmy breath, that dost almost perswade |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.201 | Whose breath indeed these hands have newly stopped. | Whose breath (indeed) these hands haue newly stopp'd: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.47 | Who tells us life's but breath, to trust it error. | Who tels vs, life's but breath, to trust it errour: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.100 | The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear | The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see cleare: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.161 | Let your breath cool yourself, telling your haste. | Let your breath coole your selfe, telling your haste. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.15 | Till tongues fetch breath that may proclaim them louder, | Till toungs fetch breath that may proclaime / Them louder, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.19 | And wanting breath to speak, help me with tears. | And wanting breath to speake, helpe mee with teares. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.6 | Washed me from shore to shore, and left my breath | Washt me from shore to shore, and left my breath |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.28 | And know what ground's made happy by his breath. | Or know what ground's made happy by his breath: |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.92 | Nature awakes. A warmth breathes out of her. | Nature awakes a warmth breath out of her; |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.66 | But lusty, young, and cheerly drawing breath. | But lustie, yong, and cheerely drawing breath. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.153 | Breathe I against thee upon pain of life. | Breath I against thee, vpon paine of life. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.173 | Which robs my tongue from breathing native breath? | Which robs my tongue from breathing natiue breath? |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.215 | End in a word – such is the breath of kings. | End in a word, such is the breath of Kings. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.232 | But dead, thy kingdom cannot buy my breath. | But dead, thy kingdome cannot buy my breath. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.257 | To breathe the abundant dolour of the heart. | To breath th' abundant dolour of the heart. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.1 | Will the King come, that I may breathe my last | Will the King come, that I may breath my last |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.3 | Vex not yourself, nor strive not with your breath; | Vex not your selfe, nor striue not with your breth |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.8 | For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain. | For they breath truth, that breath their words in paine. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.30 | 'Tis breath thou lackest, and that breath wilt thou lose. | Tis breath thou lackst, and that breath wilt thou loose. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.92 | I am in health. I breathe, and see thee ill. | I am in health, I breath, I see thee ill. |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.20 | And sighed my English breath in foreign clouds, | And sigh'd my English breath in forraine Clouds, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.56 | The breath of worldly men cannot depose | The breath of worldly men cannot depose |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.164 | Allowing him a breath, a little scene, | Allowing him a breath, a little Scene, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.185 | Where fearing dying pays death servile breath. | Where fearing, dying, payes death seruile breath. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.33 | Through brazen trumpet send the breath of parley | Through Brazen Trumpet send the breath of Parle |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.82 | To breathe this news. Yet what I say is true. | To breath these newes; yet what I say, is true; |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.128 | Be judged by subject and inferior breath | Be iudg'd by subiect, and inferior breathe, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.209 | With mine own breath release all duteous oaths. | With mine owne Breath release all dutious Oathes; |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.45 | What is the matter, uncle? Speak, recover breath, | What is the matter (Vnkle) speak, recouer breath, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.71 | Thou killest me in his life – giving him breath, | Thou kill'st me in his life, giuing him breath, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.140 | His better doth not breathe upon the earth. | His better doth not breath vpon the earth. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.285 | The lips of those that breathe them in the air. | The lips of those that breath them in the ayre. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.2 | Murder thy breath in middle of a word, | Murther thy breath in middle of a word, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.24 | Give me some little breath, some pause, dear lord, | Giue me some litle breath, some pawse, deare Lord, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.45 | And stops he now for breath? Well, be it so. | And stops he now for breath? Well, be it so. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.90 | A sign of dignity, a breath, a bubble, | A signe of Dignity, a Breath, a Bubble; |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.133 | And in the breath of bitter words let's smother | And in the breath of bitter words, let's smother |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.173 | Fainting, despair; despairing, yield thy breath! | Fainting dispaire; dispairing yeeld thy breath. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.76 | Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. | because their breath with Sweet meats tainted are. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.10 | To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear, | To breath such vowes as Louers vse to sweare, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.121 | This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, | This bud of Loue by Summers ripening breath, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.30 | Do you not see that I am out of breath? | Do you not see that I am out of breath? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.31 | How art thou out of breath when thou hast breath | How art thou out of breath, when thou hast breth |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.32 | To say to me that thou art out of breath? | To say to me, that thou art out of breath? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.26 | To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath | To blason it, then sweeten with thy breath |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.156 | With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bowed – | With gentle breath, calme looke, knees humbly bow'd |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.73 | Not I; unless the breath of heartsick groans | Not I, / Vnlesse the breath of Hartsicke groanes |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.98 | No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest. | No warmth, no breath shall testifie thou liuest, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.63 | And that the trunk may be discharged of breath | And that the Trunke may be discharg'd of breath, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.92 | Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, | Death that hath suckt the honey of thy breath, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.114 | The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss | The doores of breath, seale with a righteous kisse |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.211 | Grief of my son's exile hath stopped her breath. | Griefe of my Sonnes exile hath stopt her breath: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.229 | I will be brief, for my short date of breath | I will be briefe, for my short date of breath |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.29 | What's here? One dead, or drunk? See, doth he breathe? | What's heere? One dead, or drunke? See doth he breath? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.51 | Which seem to move and wanton with her breath | Which seeme to moue and wanton with her breath, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.8 | Here let us breathe and haply institute | Heere let vs breath, and haply institute |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.172 | And with her breath she did perfume the air. | And with her breath she did perfume the ayre, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.326 | Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up. Urchins | Side-stitches, that shall pen thy breath vp, Vrchins |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.157 | Are natural breath. But, howsoe'er you have | Are naturall breath: but howsoeu'r you haue |
| The Tempest | Tem epilogue.11 | Gentle breath of yours my sails | Gentle breath of yours, my Sailes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.46 | him, now parts bread with him, pledges the breath of | him, now parts bread with him, pledges the breath of |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.38 | Give me breath. | Giue me breath: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.158 | Were it all yours to give it in a breath, | Were it all yours, to giue it in a breath, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.175 | The breath is gone whereof this praise is made. | The breath is gone, whereof this praise is made: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.104 | They have e'en put my breath from me, the slaves. | They haue e'ene put my breath from mee the slaues. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.32 | The worst that man can breathe, | The worst that man can breath, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.60.1 | You breathe in vain. | You breath in vaine. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.30 | Be general leprosy. Breath infect breath, | Be generall Leprosie: Breath, infect breath, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.141 | And he whose pious breath seeks to convert you – | And he whose pious breath seekes to conuert you, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.213 | And let his very breath whom thou'lt observe | And let his very breath whom thou'lt obserue |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.250 | Not by his breath that is more miserable. | Not by his breath, that is more miserable. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.25 | Coming and going with thy honey breath. | Comming and going with thy hony breath. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.210 | Or with our sighs we'll breathe the welkin dim | Or with our sighs weele breath the welkin dimme, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.248 | Where life hath no more interest but to breathe. | Where life hath no more interest but to breath. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.244 | That breath fame blows; that praise, sole pure, transcends. | That breath Fame blowes, that praise sole pure transcẽds. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.75 | Your breath of full consent bellied his sails; | Your breath of full consent bellied his Sailes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.111.1 | An after-dinner's breath. | An after Dinners breath. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.32 | fetches her breath as short as a new-ta'en sparrow. | fetches her breath so short as a new tane Sparrow. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.204 | Than breath or pen can give expressure to. | Then breath or pen can giue expressure to: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.74 | She hath not given so many good words breath | She hath not giuen so many good words breath, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.37 | Even in the birth of our own labouring breath: | Euen in the birth of our owne laboring breath. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.44 | With distinct breath and consigned kisses to them, | With distinct breath, and consign'd kisses to them, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.92 | Or else a breath. The combatants being kin | Or else a breach: the Combatants being kin, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.103 | Nor dignifies an impair thought with breath; | Nor dignifies an impaire thought with breath: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.192 | And I have seen thee pause and take thy breath, | And I haue seene thee pause, and take thy breath, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.3 | Strike not a stroke, but keep yourselves in breath, | Strike not a stroake, but keepe your selues in breath; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.3 | Now is my day's work done; I'll take good breath. | Now is my daies worke done; Ile take good breath: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.39 | What thriftless sighs shall poor Olivia breathe! | What thriftlesse sighes shall poore Oliuia breath? |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.20 | sweet a breath to sing, as the fool has. In sooth, thou | sweet a breath to sing, as the foole has. Insooth thou |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.52 | A contagious breath. | A contagious breath. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.52 | Fie away, fie away, breath! | Fye away, fie away breath, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.137 | till our very pastime, tired out of breath, prompt us to | til our very pastime tyred out of breath, prompt vs to |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.27 | I kiss her. Why, there 'tis; here's my mother's breath up | I kisse her: why there 'tis; heere's my mothers breath vp |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.239 | If so, I pray thee breathe it in mine ear, | If so: I pray thee breath it in mine eare, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.316 | breath. | breath. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.320 | That makes amends for her sour breath. | That makes amends for her soure breath. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.132 | I dare thee but to breathe upon my love. | I dare thee, but to breath vpon my Loue. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.82.2 | You're out of breath, | Y'are ont of breath |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.158 | Thy breath of mercy, Theseus; 'tis to me | Thy breath of mercy Theseus, Tis to me |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.93 | And with the same breath smiled and kissed her hand. | And with the same breath smil'd, and kist her hand. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.40 | The breath of tigers, yea, the fierceness too, | The breath of Tigers, yea the fearcenesse too, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.52 | Unearthed skulls proclaim, whose breath blows down | Vnearthed skulls proclaime, whose breath blowes downe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.204 | Heat outwardly or breath within, I'll serve you | Heate outwardly, or breath within, Ile serue you |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.122 | Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, | Or Cytherea's breath) pale Prime-roses, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.357 | But not delivered. O, hear me breathe my life | But not deliuer'd. O heare me breath my life |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.83 | Shall be when your first queen's again in breath; | Shall be when your first Queene's againe in breath: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.96 | himself eternity and could put breath into his work, | himselfe Eternitie, and could put Breath into his Worke) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.79 | Could ever yet cut breath? Let no man mock me, | Could euer yet cut breath? Let no man mock me, |