| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.28 | My heart prays for him, though my tongue do curse. |
My heart praies for him, though my tongue doe curse. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.76 | When you curse them as enemies. | When you curse them, as Enemies. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.174 | And curse that justice did it. Who deserves greatness | And curse that Iustice did it. Who deserues Greatnes, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.178 | A curse begnaw at very root on's heart | A Curse begin at very root on's heart, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.9 | On safeguard he came to me, and did curse | On safegard he came to me, and did curse |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.184 | Detest them, curse them: yet 'tis greater skill | Detest them, curse them: yet 'tis greater Skill |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.37 | It hath the primal eldest curse upon't, | It hath the primall eldest curse vpon't, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.289 | That shall have cause to curse the Dauphin's scorn. | That shal haue cause to curse the Dolphins scorne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.23 | What? Shall we curse the planets of mishap | What? shall we curse the Planets of Mishap, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.47 | And make thee curse the harvest of that corn. | And make thee curse the Haruest of that Corne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.44 | But curse the cause I cannot aid the man. | But curse the cause I cannot ayde the man. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.43 | I prithee give me leave to curse awhile. | I prethee giue me leaue to curse awhile. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.44 | Curse, miscreant, when thou comest to the stake. | Curse Miscreant, when thou comst to the stake |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.86 | Then lead me hence; with whom I leave my curse: | Then lead me hence: with whom I leaue my curse. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.155 | To free us from His Father's wrathful curse, | To free vs from his Fathers wrathfull curse, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.308 | Hast thou not spirit to curse thine enemy? | Hast thou not spirit to curse thine enemy. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.309 | A plague upon them! Wherefore should I curse them? | A plague vpon them: wherefore should I cursse them? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.319 | Ay, every joint should seem to curse and ban; | I, euery ioynt should seeme to curse and ban, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.321 | Should I not curse them. Poison be their drink! | Should I not curse them. Poyson be their drinke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.335 | Well could I curse away a winter's night, | Well could I curse away a Winters night, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.68 | And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, | And seeing Ignorance is the curse of God, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.30 | make shift for one, and so God's curse light upon you | make shift for one, and so Gods Cursse light vppon you |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.49 | For yet may England curse my wretched reign. | For yet may England curse my wretched raigne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.75 | Die, damned wretch, the curse of her that bare thee; | Die damned Wretch, the curse of her that bare thee: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.164 | There, take the crown, and with the crown my curse; | There, take the Crowne, and with the Crowne, my Curse, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.116 | But ere sun set I'll make thee curse the deed. | But ere Sunset, Ile make thee curse the deed. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.124.1 | Make me a curse like this! | Make me a Curse, like this. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.9.1 | Shake off their sterile curse. | Shake off their sterrile curse. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.262 | A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; | A Curse shall light vpon the limbes of men; |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.456 | Which then convert to a most heavy curse | Which then conuert to a most heauie curse, |
| King John | KJ III.i.97 | To curse the fair proceedings of this day. | To curse the faire proceedings of this day: |
| King John | KJ III.i.164 | Dreading the curse that money may buy out, | Dreading the curse that money may buy out, |
| King John | KJ III.i.180 | That I have room with Rome to curse awhile! | That I haue roome with Rome to curse a while, |
| King John | KJ III.i.183 | There is no tongue hath power to curse him right. | There is no tongue hath power to curse him right. |
| King John | KJ III.i.184 | There's law and warrant, lady, for my curse. | There's Law and Warrant (Lady) for my curse. |
| King John | KJ III.i.190 | How can the law forbid my tongue to curse? | How can the Law forbid my tongue to curse? |
| King John | KJ III.i.191 | Philip of France, on peril of a curse, | Philip of France, on perill of a curse, |
| King John | KJ III.i.205 | Is purchase of a heavy curse from Rome, | Is purchase of a heauy curse from Rome, |
| King John | KJ III.i.207.2 | That's the curse of Rome. | Thats the curse of Rome. |
| 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 III.i.257 | A mother's curse, on her revolting son. | A mothers curse, on her reuolting sonne: |
| King John | KJ III.i.319 | I will denounce a curse upon his head. | I will denounce a curse vpon his head. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.208 | It is the curse of kings to be attended | It is the curse of Kings, to be attended |
| King Lear | KL I.i.204 | Dowered with our curse and strangered with our oath, | Dow'rd with our curse, and stranger'd with our oath, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.297 | Th' untented woundings of a father's curse | Th'vntented woundings of a Fathers curse |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.165 | No, Regan, thou shalt never have my curse. | No Regan, thou shalt neuer haue my curse: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.206 | Who redeems nature from the general curse | Who redeemes Nature from the generall curse |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.104 | And an eternal curse fall on you! Let me know. | And an eternall Curse fall on you: Let me know. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.68 | And to be baited with the rabble's curse. | And to be baited with the Rabbles curse. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.31 | Do curse the gout, serpigo, and the rheum | Do curse the Gowt, Sapego, and the Rheume |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.77 | cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfurt! The curse | cost me two thousand ducats in Franckford, the curse |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.46 | For thou, I fear, hast given me cause to curse. | For thou (I feare) hast giuen me cause to curse, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.179 | The wall, methinks, being sensible, should curse | The wall me-thinkes being sensible, should curse |
| Othello | Oth I.i.35 | Why, there's no remedy. 'Tis the curse of service: | Why, there's no remedie. / 'Tis the cursse of Seruice; |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.265 | Must be to loathe her. O, curse of marriage! | Must be to loath her. Oh Curse of Marriage! |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.15 | Let heaven requite it with the serpent's curse! | Let Heauen requit it with the Serpents curse, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.207 | Yea, curse his better angel from his side, | Yea, curse his better Angell from his side, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.104 | The curse of heaven and men succeed their evils! | The Curse of heauen and men succeed their euils: |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.112 | A curse upon him, die he like a thief, | a curse vpon him, die he like a theefe |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.138 | With heads and not with hands. Those whom you curse | With Heads, and not with Hands: those whom you curse |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.103 | I would my skill were subject to thy curse. | I would my skill were subiect to thy curse: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.80 | By circumstance to accuse thy cursed self. | By circumstance, to curse thy cursed Selfe. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.132 | Curse not thyself, fair creature – thou art both. | Curse not thy selfe faire Creature, / Thou art both. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.173 | The curse my noble father laid on thee | The Curse my Noble Father layd on thee, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.190 | Did York's dread curse prevail so much with heaven | Did Yorkes dread Curse preuaile so much with Heauen, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.237 | O, let me make the period to my curse! | Oh let me make the Period to my Curse. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.239 | Thus have you breathed your curse against yourself. | Thus haue you breath'd your Curse against your self. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.245 | To help thee curse that poisonous bunch-backed toad. | To helpe thee curse this poysonous Bunch-backt Toade. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.246 | False-boding woman, end thy frantic curse, | False boding Woman, end thy frantick Curse, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.283 | Nor thou within the compass of my curse. | Nor thou within the compasse of my curse. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iii.14 | Now Margaret's curse is fallen upon our heads, | Now Margarets Curse is falne vpon our Heads, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.92 | O Margaret, Margaret, now thy heavy curse | Oh Margaret, Margaret, now thy heauie Curse |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.45 | And make me die the thrall of Margaret's curse, | And make me dye the thrall of Margarets Curse, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.77 | Lo, ere I can repeat this curse again, | Loe, ere I can repeat this Curse againe, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.80 | And proved the subject of mine own soul's curse, | And prou'd the subiect of mine owne Soules Curse, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.80 | That I should wish for thee to help me curse | That I should wish for thee to helpe me curse |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.117 | And teach me how to curse mine enemies! | And teach me how to curse mine enemies. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.123 | Revolving this will teach thee how to curse. | Reuoluing this, will teach thee how to Curse. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.188 | Therefore take with thee my most grievous curse, | Therefore take with thee my most greeuous Curse, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.197 | Though far more cause, yet much less spirit to curse | Though far more cause, yet much lesse spirit to curse |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.25 | Thus Margaret's curse falls heavy on my neck: | Thus Margarets curse falles heauy on my necke: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.167 | And that we have a curse in having her. | And that we haue a curse in hauing her: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.75 | I doubt it not, sir, but you will curse your wooing. | I doubt it not sir. But you will curse / Your wooing |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.364 | Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you | Is, I know how to curse: the red-plague rid you |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.4 | And yet I needs must curse. But they'll nor pinch, | And yet I needes must curse. But they'll nor pinch, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.132 | Dost thou or dost thou not, heaven's curse upon thee! | Dost thou or dost thou not, Heauens curse vpon thee. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.272 | If thou wilt curse, thy father, that poor rag, | If thou wilt curse; thy Father (that poore ragge) |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.362 | A plague on thee! Thou art too bad to curse. | A plague on thee, / Thou art too bad to curse. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.530 | Hate all, curse all, show charity to none, | Hate all, curse all, shew Charity to none, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.73 | Pass by and curse thy fill, but pass, and stay not here thy gait. | Passe by, and curse thy fill, but passe and stay not here thy gate. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.125 | Even now I curse the day – and yet I think | Euen now I curse the day, and yet I thinke |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.126 | Few come within the compass of my curse – | Few come within few compasse of my curse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.19 | methinks, is the curse dependent on those that war for | me thinkes is the curse dependant on those that warre for |
| 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.ii.15.1 | You will catch cold, and curse me. | You will catch cold, and curse me. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.23 | what mean'st thou to curse thus? | what mean'st thou to curse thus? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.24 | Do I curse thee? | Do I curse thee? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.146 | Do curse the grace that with such grace hath blessed them, | Doe curse the grace, that with such grace hath blest them, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.148 | I curse myself, for they are sent by me, | I curse my selfe, for they are sent by me, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.43 | O, 'tis the curse in love, and still approved, | Oh 'tis the curse in Loue, and still approu'd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.92 | And in their songs curse ever-blinded fortune, | And in their Songs, curse ever-blinded fortune |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.108 | Which is the curse of honour – lastly, | (which is the curse of honour) lastly, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.104 | If I fall, curse me, and say I was a coward, | If I fall, curse me, and say I was a coward, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.247 | If your vow stand, shall curse me and my beauty, | If your vow stand, shall curse me and my Beauty, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.6 | Shall never curse my cruelty. Good heaven, | Shall never curse my cruelty: Good heaven, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.87 | For, as the case now stands, it is a curse | (For as the case now stands, it is a Curse |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.156 | Than curse it then. But be it: let it live. | Then curse it then. But be it: let it liue. |