| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.321 | 'Twould burst at this. Captain I'll be no more, | 'Twould burst at this: Captaine Ile be no more, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.7 | Which in the scuffles of great fights hath burst | Which in the scuffles of great Fights hath burst |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.106 | And burst of speaking were as his: I am absolute | And burst of speaking were as his: I am absolute |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.46 | Let me not burst in ignorance. But tell | Let me not burst in Ignorance; but tell |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.48 | Have burst their cerements; why the sepulchre | Haue burst their cerments, why the Sepulcher |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.513 | The instant burst of clamour that she made, | The instant Burst of Clamour that she made |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.374 | I cannot speak; if my heart be not ready to burst – | I cannot speake: if my heart bee not readie to burst--- |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.311 | saw him but once in the tilt-yard, and then he burst his | saw him but once in the Tilt-yard, and then he burst his |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.64 | Will make him burst his lead and rise from death. | Will make him burst his Lead, and rise from death. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.28 | Or we'll burst them open if that you come not quickly. | Or wee'le burst them open, if that you come not quickly. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.10 | My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage, | My brest Ile burst with straining of my courage, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.183 | For, had the passions of thy heart burst out, | For had the passions of thy heart burst out, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.59 | No, no, my heart will burst an if I speak; | No, no, my heart will burst, and if I speake, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.60 | And I will speak that so my heart may burst. | And I will speake, that so my heart may burst. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.187 | Quite vanquished him: then burst his mighty heart; | Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his Mighty heart, |
| King John | KJ V.vi.30 | Whose bowels suddenly burst out. The King | Whose Bowels sodainly burst out: The King |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.180 | And when 'tis told, O that my heart would burst! | And when 'tis told, O that my heart would burst. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.197.1 | Burst smilingly. | Burst smilingly. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.211 | As he'd burst heaven, threw him on my father, | |
| Othello | Oth I.i.88 | Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul. | Your heart is burst, you haue lost halfe your soule |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.57 | That almost burst the deck. | sea that almost burst the decke. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.41 | Which almost burst to belch it in the sea. | Who almost burst, to belch it in the Sea. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.6 | You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? | You will not pay for the glasses you haue burst? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.58 | burst and new-repaired with knots; one girth six times | burst, and now repaired with knots: one girth sixe times |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.72 | away, how her bridle was burst, how I lost my crupper | away, how her bridle was burst: how I lost my crupper, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.7 | th' Master's whistle! – Blow till thou burst thy wind, if | th' Masters whistle: Blow till thou burst thy winde, if |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.316 | Even now, we heard a hollow burst of bellowing | (Euen now) we heard a hollow burst of bellowing |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.371.1 | Would thou wouldst burst! | Would thou would'st burst. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.62.3 | burst of a battle, whereupon they all rise and bow to | burst of a Battaile, whereupon they all rise and bow to |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.77.2 | This burst of clamour | This burst of clamour |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.8.2 | But of all, the burst | But of all, the burst |