| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.178 | In common sense, sense saves another way. | In common sence, sence saues another way: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.52 | Yes, I do know him well, and common speech | Yes, I do know him well, and common speech |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.i.11 | But like a common and an outward man | But like a common and an outward man, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.21 | common course of all treasons we still see them reveal | common course of all treasons, we still see them reueale |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.188 | And was a common gamester to the camp. | And was a common gamester to the Campe. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.190 | He might have bought me at a common price. | He might haue bought me at a common price. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.284 | I think thee now some common customer. | I thinke thee now some common Customer. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.60 | That he approves the common liar, who | that hee approues the common / Lyar, who |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.44 | Comes deared by being lacked. This common body, | Comes fear'd, by being lack'd. This common bodie, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.12 | I'th' common showplace, where they exercise. | I'th'common shew place, where they exercise, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.113 | Because that I am more than common tall, | Because that I am more then common tall, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.33 | A thievish living on the common road? | A theeuish liuing on the common rode? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.3 | In bitterness. The common executioner, | In bitternesse; the common executioner |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.48 | of this female – which in the common is ‘ woman’ – | of this female: which in the common, is woman: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.29 | And make a common of my serious hours. | And make a Common of my serious howres, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.24 | Good meat, sir, is common. That every churl affords. | Good meat sir is cõmon that euery churle affords. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.25 | And welcome more common, for that's nothing but words. | And welcome more common, for thats nothing but words. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.101 | And that supposed by the common rout | And that supposed by the common rowt |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.102 | Unto the appetite and affection common | Vnto the appetite; and affection common |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.149 | Touching the weal o'th' common, you shall find | Touching the Weale a'th Common, you shall finde |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.43 | The common file – a plague! Tribunes for them! – | The common file, (a plague-Tribunes for them) |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.35 | Before the common distribution at | Before the common distribution, / At |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.39 | And stand upon my common part with those | And stand vpon my common part with those, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.6 | proud and loves not the common people. | prowd, and loues not the common people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.51 | Your loving motion toward the common body | Your louing motion toward the common Body, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.124 | The common muck of the world. He covets less | The common Muck of the World: he couets lesse |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.92 | not indeed loved the common people. | not indeede loued the Common people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.94 | that I have not been common in my love. I will, sir, flatter | that I haue not bin common in my Loue, I will sir flatter |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.22 | The tongues o'th' common mouth. I do despise them, | The Tongues o'th' Common Mouth. I do despise them: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.29 | Hath he not passed the noble and the common? | Hath he not pass'd the Noble, and the Common? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.100 | Be not as common fools; if you are not, | Be not as common Fooles; if you are not, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.108 | Hear me, my masters and my common friends – | Heare me my Masters, and my common friends. |
| 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.i.5 | That common chances common men could bear; | That common chances. Common men could beare, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.32 | Will or exceed the common or be caught | Will or exceed the Common, or be caught |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.52.1 | Than that of common sons. | Then that of common Sonnes. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.105 | Slaver with lips as common as the stairs | Slauuer with lippes as common as the stayres |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.93 | It is no act of common passage, but | It is no acte of common passage, but |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.viii.2 | That since the common men are now in action | That since the common men are now in Action |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.72 | Thou knowest 'tis common. All that lives must die, | Thou know'st 'tis common, all that liues must dye, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.74.1 | Ay, madam, it is common. | I Madam, it is common. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.98 | For what we know must be, and is as common | For, what we know must be, and is as common |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.103 | To reason most absurd, whose common theme | To Reason most absurd, whose common Theame |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.116 | As it is common for the younger sort | As it is common for the yonger sort |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.341 | berattle the common stages – so they call them – that | be-ratled the common Stages (so they call them) that |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.347 | if they should grow themselves to common players – as | if they should grow themselues to common Players (as |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.202 | Laertes, I must commune with your grief, | Laertes, I must common with your greefe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.96 | Go to, homo is a common name to all men. | Goe too: Homo is a common name to all men. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.40 | I am not in the roll of common men. | I am not in the Roll of common men. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.40 | So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men, | So common hackney'd in the eyes of men, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.68 | Grew a companion to the common streets, | Grew a Companion to the common Streetes, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.88 | But is aweary of thy common sight, | But is awearie of thy common sight, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.217 | nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common. | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.97 | So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge | So, so, (thou common Dogge) did'st thou disgorge |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.161 | I warrant you, as common as the way between | I warrant you, as common as the way betweene |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.17 | A watch-case, or a common 'larum-bell? | A Watch-case, or a common Larum-Bell? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.33 | The time misordered doth, in common sense, | The Time (mis-order'd) doth in common sence |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.222 | Which I with more than with a common pain | Which I, with more, then with a Common paine, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.272 | To barbarous licence; as 'tis ever common | To barbarous license: As 'tis euer common, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.38 | Or art thou base, common, and popular? | or art thou base, common, and popular? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.72 | To sort our nobles from our common men. | To sort our Nobles from our common men. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.51 | appeared to me but as a common man – witness the | appear'd to me but as a common man; witnesse the |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.78 | Full fifteen hundred, besides common men. | Full fifteene hundred, besides common men. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.31 | And ill beseeming any common man, | And ill beseeming any common man; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.75 | Your grief, the common grief of all the land. | Your greefe, the common greefe of all the Land. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.156 | What though the common people favour him, | What though the common people fauour him, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.204 | And common profit of his country! | And common profit of his Countrey. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.64 | All the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall | All the Realme shall be in Common, and in Cheapside shall |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.16 | And henceforward all things shall be in common. | And hence-forward all things shall be in Common. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.9 | Were by the swords of common soldiers slain. | Were by the Swords of common Souldiers slaine. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.125 | Or more than common fear of Clifford's rigour, | Or more then common feare of Cliffords Rigour, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.94 | Woe above woe! Grief more than common grief! | Wo aboue wo: greefe, more thẽ common greefe |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.8 | The common people swarm like summer flies; | |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.88 | Such is the lightness of you common men. | Such is the lightnesse of you, common men. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.2 | The common people by numbers swarm to us. | The common people by numbers swarme to vs. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.87 | Now march we hence; discharge the common sort | Now march we hence, discharge the common sort |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.55.5 | common people, etc. | common people, &c. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.290 | As you respect the common good, the state | As you respect the common good, the State |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.175 | The common voice, I see, is verified | The common voyce I see is verified |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.72 | Were I a common laughter, or did use | Were I a common Laughter, or did vse |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.262 | common herd was glad he refused the crown, he | common Heard was glad he refus'd the Crowne, he |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.15 | A common slave – you know him well by sight – | A common slaue, you know him well by sight, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.21 | More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, | More then his Reason. But 'tis a common proofe, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.179 | Which so appearing to the common eyes, | Which so appearing to the common eyes, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.35 | Of senators, of praetors, common suitors, | Of Senators, of Praetors, common Sutors, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.80 | Some to the common pulpits, and cry out, | Some to the common Pulpits, and cry out |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.251 | And to your heirs for ever: common pleasures, | And to your heyres for euer: common pleasures |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.72 | And common good to all, made one of them. | And common good to all, made one of them. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.111 | Common soldiers; and of our men, a thousand. | Common souldiers, and of our men a thousand. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.116 | Then render back this commonplace of prayer | Then render backe this common place of prayer, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.134 | To die is all as common as to live: | To die is all as common as to liue, |
| 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.iv.155 | No common wind, no customed event, | No common winde, no customed euent, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.187 | Young Arthur's death is common in their mouths, | Yong Arthurs death is common in their mouths, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.142 | For pilferings and most common trespasses | |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.158 | Good King, that must approve the common saw, | Good King, that must approue the common saw, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.50 | To pluck the common bosom on his side | To plucke the common bosome on his side, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.57 | Things hid and barred, you mean, from common sense? | Things hid & bard (you meane) frõ cõmon sense. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.64 | When mistresses from common sense are hid; | When Mistresses from common sense are hid. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.209 | My lips are no common, though several they be. | My lips are no Common, though seuerall they be. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.68 | Given to the common enemy of man, | Giuen to the common Enemie of Man, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.124 | Masking the business from the common eye | Masking the Businesse from the common Eye, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.11 | For common justice, y'are as pregnant in | For Common Iustice, y'are as pregnant in |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.15 | For so I have strewed it in the common ear, | (For so I haue strewd it in the common eare) |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.43 | in common houses, I know no law. Bring them away. | in common houses, I know no law: bring them away. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.5 | Here in the prison. Do me the common right | Here in the prison: doe me the common right |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.8 | Claudio and Barnardine. Here is in our prison a common | Claudio and Barnardine: heere is in our prison a common |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.173 | know the course is common. If anything fall to you | know the course is common. If any thing fall to you |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.32 | Because I will not jump with common spirits | Because I will not iumpe with common spirits, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.103 | Nor none of thee, thou pale and common drudge | Nor none of thee thou pale and common drudge |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.53 | Unto the traject, to the common ferry | Vnto the Tranect, to the common Ferrie |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.31 | are no good member of the commonwealth, for in converting | are no good member of the common wealth, for in conuerting |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.110 | the knave constable had set me i'th' stocks, i'th' common | the knaue Constable had set me ith' Stocks, ith' common |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.145 | I am a spirit of no common rate. | I am a spirit of no common rate: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.81 | Than common sleep of all these five the sense. | Then common sleepe; of all these, fine the sense. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.63 | To link my dear friend to a common stale. | To linke my deare friend to a common stale. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.126 | But with a knave of common hire, a gondolier, | But with a knaue of common hire, a Gundelier, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.64 | And yet his trespass in our common reason – | And yet his Trespasse, in our common reason |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.299 | A thing for me? It is a common thing. | You haue a thing for me? / It is a common thing--- |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.21 | Should therein make me vile, the common body, | should therein make me vile, / The common body |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.126 | common hangman shall execute it. Come your ways. | comon hag-man shal execute it, come your way, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.174 | Or common shores of filth; | or common-shores of filthe, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.175 | Serve by indenture to the common hangman. | serue by indenture, to the common hang-man, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.157 | As to be cast forth in the common air | As to be cast forth in the common ayre |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.24 | Observed his courtship to the common people, | Obseru'd his Courtship to the common people: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.156 | Some way of common trade where subjects' feet | Some way of common Trade, where Subiects feet |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.155 | Fetch hither Richard, that in common view | Fetch hither Richard, that in common view |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.91 | In common worldly things 'tis called ungrateful | In common worldly things, 'tis call'd vngratefull, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.102 | To old Free-town, our common judgement-place. | To old Free-towne, our common iudgement place: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.18 | And soar with them above a common bound. | And soare with them aboue a common bound. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.35 | And practise rhetoric in your common talk, | And practise Rhetoricke in your common talke, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.4 | Is common. Every day, some sailor's wife, | Is common, euery day, some Saylors wife, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.162 | All things in common nature should produce | All things in common Nature should produce |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.207 | Beyond a common joy, and set it down | Beyond a common ioy, and set it downe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.92 | 'Tis common. | Tis common: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.178 | No, my good lord; he speaks the common tongue | No my good Lord, he speakes ye common toong |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.208 | With more than common thanks I will receive it. | With more then common thankes / I will receyue it. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.5 | my lord, and which I hear from common rumours: now | my Lord, and which I heare from common rumours, now |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.95 | To sue and be denied such common grace. | To sue and be deny'de such common Grace. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.80 | Senators of Athens, together with the common leg of people – | Senators of Athens, together with the common legge of People, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.43 | Thou common whore of mankind, that puts odds | Thou common whore of Mankinde, that puttes oddes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.178 | Should yet be hungry! Common mother, thou, | Should yet be hungry: Common Mother, thou |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.190 | One that rejoices in the common wrack, | One that reioyces in the common wracke, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.191.1 | As common bruit doth put it. | As common bruite doth put it. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.22.1 | The common stroke of war. | The common stroke of warre. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.21 | A special party, have by common voice | A speciall Party, haue by Common voyce |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.73 | 'Tis he the common people love so much; | 'Tis he the common people loue so much, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.139 | The common voice do cry it shall be so. | The common voyce do cry it shall be so. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.240 | Common soldiers pass across the stage | Enter common Souldiers. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.28 | Of common ounces? Will you with counters sum | Of common Ounces? Wil you with Counters summe |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.27 | common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be | common curse of mankinde, follie and ignorance be |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.225 | And that old common arbitrator, Time, | And that old common Arbitrator, Time, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.131 | him a common recreation, do not think I have wit | him a common recreation, do not thinke I haue witte |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.62 | Thou common friend that's without faith or love – | Thou cõmon friend, that's without faith or loue, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.10 | The common stream, 'twould bring us to an eddy | The common Streame, twold bring us to an Edy |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.128 | That liberty and common conversation, | That liberty and common Conversation |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.225 | More than the common blocks. Not noted, is't, | More then the common Blocks. Not noted, is't, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.3.1 | The common praise it bears. | The common prayse it beares. |