| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.232 | I could endure anything before but a cat, and | I could endure any thing before but a Cat, and |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.233 | now he's a cat to me. | now he's a Cat to me. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.257 | upon him! For me, he's more and more a cat. | vpon him for me, he's more and more a Cat. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.267 | A pox on him! He's a cat still. | A pox on him, he's a Cat still. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.19 | Here is a pur of Fortune's, sir, or of Fortune's cat, but | Heere is a purre of Fortunes sir, or of Fortunes Cat, but |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.65 | very uncleanly flux of a cat. Mend the instance, shepherd. | verie vncleanly fluxe of a Cat. Mend the instance Shepheard. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.99 | If the cat will after kind, | If the Cat will after kinde, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.44 | The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge | The Mouse ne're shunn'd the Cat, as they did budge |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.288 | The cat will mew, and dog will have his day. | The Cat will Mew, and Dogge will haue his day. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.74 | as a gib cat, or a lugged bear. | as a Gyb-Cat, or a lugg'd Beare. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.16 | At the same season if your mother's cat | at the same season, if your Mothers Cat |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.147 | A couching lion and a ramping cat, | A couching Lyon, and a ramping Cat, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.56 | Tut, never fear me: I am as vigilant as a cat to | Tut, neuer feare me, I am as vigilant as a Cat, to |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.172 | Playing the mouse in absence of the cat, | Playing the Mouse in absence of the Cat, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.174 | It follows then the cat must stay at home; | It followes then, the Cat must stay at home, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.102 | cat no perfume. Ha! Here's three on's are sophisticated. | Cat, no perfume. Ha? Here's three on's are sophisticated. |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.45 | Pur, the cat is grey. | |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.45.1 | Like the poor cat i'the adage? | Like the poore Cat i'th' Addage. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.1 | Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed. | Thrice the brinded Cat hath mew'd. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.48 | Some that are mad if they behold a cat, | Some that are mad, if they behold a Cat: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.55 | Why he a harmless necessary cat, | Why he a harmlesse necessarie Cat? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.26 | Ercles rarely, or a part to tear a cat in, to make all split: | Ercles rarely, or a part to teare a Cat in, to make all split |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.36 | Be it ounce or cat or bear, | Be it Ounce, or Catte, or Beare, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.260 | Hang off, thou cat, thou burr! Vile thing, let loose, | Hang off thou cat, thou bur; vile thing let loose, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.237 | If I do, hang me in a bottle like a cat, and shoot | If I do, hang me in a bottle like a Cat, & shoot |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.132 | a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care. | a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.5 | The cat, with eyne of burning coal, | The Catte with eyne of burning cole, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.100 | houses! Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch | houses. What, a Dog, a Rat, a Mouse, a Cat to scratch |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.30 | Where Juliet lives. And every cat and dog | Where Iuliet liues, and euery Cat and Dog, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.114 | cat. You know him not, sir. | Cat: you know him not sir. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.293 | They'll take suggestion as a cat laps milk. | They'l take suggestion, as a Cat laps milke, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.82 | is that which will give language to you, cat. Open your | is that which will giue language to you Cat; open your |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.262.1 | Than pard or cat o' mountain. | Then Pard, or Cat o' Mountaine. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.57 | ox and ass. To be a dog, a mule, a cat, a fitchew, a toad, | Oxe and Asse: to be a Dogge, a Mule, a Cat, a Fitchew, a Toade, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.7 | our maid howling, our cat wringing her hands, and all | our Maid howling: our Catte wringing her hands, and all |