| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.132 | And these breed honour; that is honour's scorn | And these breed honour: that is honours scorne, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.48 | Breed scrupulous faction; the hated, grown to strength, | Breed scrupulous faction: The hated growne to strength |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.4 | breed me well; and there begins my sadness. My | breed mee well: and there begins my sadnesse: My |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.163 | child herself, for she will breed it like a fool. | childe her selfe, for she will breed it like a foole. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.227 | increase tailors, and breed ballad-makers. | encrease Taylors, / and breed Ballad-makers. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.25 | O worthiness of nature! Breed of greatness! | O worthinesse of Nature, breed of Greatnesse! |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.35 | Th' emperious seas breed monsters; for the dish | Th'emperious Seas breeds Monsters; for the Dish, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.181 | For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, | For if the Sun breed Magots in a dead dogge, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.323 | of the right breed. If it shall please you to make me a | of the right breed. If it shall please you to make me a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.7 | He'll breed revengement and a scourge for me. | Hee'le breede Reuengement, and a Scourge for me: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.68 | And breed a kind of question in our cause. | And breede a kinde of question in our cause: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.74 | I have bestowed to breed this present peace | I haue bestow'd, To breede this present Peace, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.46 | Breed, by his sufferance, more of such a kind. | Breed (by his sufferance) more of such a kind. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.103 | The smell whereof shall breed a plague in France. | The smell whereof shall breed a Plague in France. |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.10 | place where I could not breed no contention with him; | place where I could not breed no contention with him; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.30 | England all Olivers and Rolands bred | England all Oliuers and Rowlands breed, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.196 | So will this base and envious discord breed. | So will this base and enuious discord breed. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.11 | One sudden foil shall never breed distrust. | One sudden Foyle shall neuer breed distrust. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.4 | Do breed love's settled passions in my heart; | Do breed Loues setled passions in my heart, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.182 | Breed him some prejudice, for from this league | Breed him some preiudice; for from this League, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.4 | best breed in the north. When they were ready to set out for | best breed in the North. When they were ready to set out for |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.51 | I am sorry my integrity should breed – | I am sorry my integrity should breed, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.150 | Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods! | Rome, thou hast lost the breed of Noble Bloods. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.101 | Should breed thy fellow. Friends, I owe more tears | Should breed thy fellow. Friends I owe mo teares |
| King John | KJ II.i.275 | Twice fifteen thousand hearts of England's breed – | Twice fifteene thousand hearts of Englands breed. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.57 | write this? a heart and brain to breed it in? When came | write this? A heart and braine to breede it in? When came |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.25 | I would breed from hence occasions, and I shall, | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.266 | Are these the breed of wits so wondered at? | Are these the breed of wits so wondred at? |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.9 | Where they most breed and haunt I have observed | Where they must breed, and haunt: I haue obseru'd |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.29 | Hath nature that in time will venom breed, | Hath Nature that in time will Venom breed, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.108 | And does blaspheme his breed? Thy royal father | And do's blaspheme his breed? Thy Royall Father |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.68 | Do breed unnatural troubles; infected minds | Do breed vnnaturall troubles: infected mindes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.93 | I cannot tell, I make it breed as fast. | I cannot tell, I make it breede as fast, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.131 | A breed for barren metal of his friend? | A breede of barraine mettall of his friend? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.16 | Or breed itself so out of circumstance, | Or breede it selfe so out of Circumstances, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.73 | The worms were hallowed that did breed the silk, | The Wormes were hallowed, that did breede the Silke, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.97 | I think it is. And doth affection breed it? | I thinke it is: and doth Affection breed it? |
| Pericles | Per I.i.66 | On mother's flesh which did me breed. | On mothers flesh which did me breed: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.134 | On sweetest flowers, yet they poison breed. | On sweetest Flowers, yet they Poyson breed. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.5 | The tomb where grief should sleep, can breed me quiet? | The tombe where griefe stould sleepe can breed me quiet, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.45 | This happy breed of men, this little world, | This happy breed of men, this little world, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.52 | Feared by their breed, and famous by their birth, | Fear'd by their breed, and famous for their birth, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.424 | Where, in that nest of spicery, they will breed | Where in that Nest of Spicery they will breed |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.83 | Make war breed peace, make peace stint war, make each | Make war breed peace; make peace stint war, make each |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.319 | Or, shedding, breed a nursery of like evil | Or shedding breed a Nursery of like euil |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.65 | Are pleased to breed out your inheritors. | Are pleas'd to breede out your inheritors: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.185 | letter, being so excellently ignorant, will breed no terror | Letter being so excellently ignorant, will breed no terror |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.1 | How use doth breed a habit in a man! | How vse doth breed a habit in a man? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.119 | You talk of feeding me to breed me strength; | You talke of feeding me to breed me strength |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.240 | Might breed the ruin of my name, opinion. | Might breed the ruine of my name; Opinion, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.12 | Or breed upon our absence. That may blow | Or breed vpon our absence, that may blow |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.47 | Which may, if fortune please, both breed thee, pretty, | Which may if Fortune please, both breed thee (pretty) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.103 | Desire to breed by me. Here's flowers for you: | Desire to breed by me. Here's flowres for you: |