| 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.iii.253 | beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe | beate thee: I thinke thou wast created for men to breath |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.237 | And, breathless, power breathe forth. | And breathlesse powre breath forth. |
| 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 |
| 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, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.238.1 | Breathe not where princes are. | Breath not where Princes are. |
| 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.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, |
| 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.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.244 | Well, breathe awhile, and then to it again, | Well, breath a-while, and then to't againe: |
| 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 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 IV.v.183 | That ever I shall breathe. God knows, my son, | That euer I shall breath: Heauen knowes, my Sonne) |
| 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 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 2 | 2H6 III.ii.287 | He shall not breathe infection in this air | He shall not breathe infection in this ayre, |
| 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 III.ii.398 | Or I should breathe it so into thy body, | Or I should breathe it so into thy body, |
| 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 3 | 3H6 I.ii.13 | By giving the house of Lancaster leave to breathe, | By giuing the House of Lancaster leaue to breathe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.43 | Breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers. | Breathe out Inuectiues 'gainst the Officers. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.108 | And, whilst we breathe, take time to do him dead. | And whilest we breathe, take time to doe him dead. |
| 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 VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iii.16 | If she have time to breathe, be well assured | If she haue time to breathe, be well assur'd |
| 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.vi.4 | Breathe, then, and to it again. The amazed French | Breath then, and too it againe, the amazed French |
| King John | KJ III.i.256 | Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, | Or let the Church our mother breathe her curse, |
| 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 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 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: |
| 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 |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.78 | And mercy then will breathe within your lips, | And mercie then will breathe within your lips |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.2 | Speak, breathe, discuss; brief, short, quick, snap. | speake, breathe, discusse: breefe, short, quicke, snap. |
| 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. |
| 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.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.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.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.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.73 | If I dare eat, or drink, or breathe, or live, | If I dare eate, or drinke, or breathe, or liue, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.128 | Be judged by subject and inferior breath | Be iudg'd by subiect, and inferior breathe, |
| 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.vii.115 | Else wherefore breathe I in a Christian land? | Else wherefore breathe I in a Christian Land. |
| 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, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.15 | Breathe Merriman, the poor cur is embossed, | Brach Meriman, the poore Curre is imbost, |
| 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 I.i.8 | Here let us breathe and haply institute | Heere let vs breath, and haply institute |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.45 | And breathe twice, and cry, ‘ So, So,’ | And breathe twice; and cry, so, so: |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.39 | What thriftless sighs shall poor Olivia breathe! | What thriftlesse sighes shall poore Oliuia breath? |
| 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 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.iv.27 | They might have been recovered. Yet they breathe, | They might have bin recovered; Yet they breathe |
| 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 |