| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.290 | To the dark house and the detested wife. | To the darke house, and the detected wife. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.129 | For with the dark, poor thief, I'll steal away. | For with the darke (poore theefe) Ile steale away. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.94 | Till then I'll keep him dark and safely locked. | Till then Ile keepe him darke and safely lockt. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.194.1 | And we are for the dark. | And we are for the darke. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.384 | deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do; | deserues as wel a darke house, and a whip, as madmen do: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.39 | Than without candle may go dark to bed – | Then without Candle may goe darke to bed: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.92 | They must be bound and laid in some dark room. | They must be bound and laide in some darke roome. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.248 | And in a dark and dankish vault at home | And in a darke and dankish vault at home |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.153 | Death, that dark spirit, in's nervy arm doth lie, | Death, that darke Spirit, in's neruie Arme doth lye, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.37 | The rain and wind beat dark December? How | The Raine and winde beate darke December? How |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.146 | Dark, as your fortune is, and but disguise | Darke, as your Fortune is, and but disguise |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.13 | My sea-gown scarfed about me, in the dark | My sea-gowne scarft about me in the darke, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.219 | let drive at me, for it was so dark, Hal, that thou couldst | let driue at me; for it was so darke, Hal, that thou could'st |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.228 | Kendal green when it was so dark thou couldst not see | Kendall Greene, when it was so darke, thou could'st not see |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.2 | When creeping murmur and the poring dark | When creeping Murmure and the poring Darke |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.15 | Deep night, dark night, the silent of the night, | Deepe Night, darke Night, the silent of the Night, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.40 | No, dark shall be my light, and night my day; | No: Darke shall be my Light, and Night my Day. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.62 | Dark cloudy death o'ershades his beams of life, | Darke cloudy death ore-shades his beames of life, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.80 | Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough | Where wilt thou finde a Cauerne darke enough, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.145 | Who, being set in dark, seems therefore light? | Who being set in darke seemes therefore light, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.178 | The prisoner of immured dark constraint, | The prisoner of emured darke constraint, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.451 | Dark night seems darker by the lightning flash; | Darke night seemes darker by the lightning flash, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.8 | Leaving no hope to us but sullen dark | Leauing no hope to vs but sullen darke, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.18 | Dark, deadly, silent, and uncomfortable. | Darke, deadly, silent, and vncomfortable. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.152 | So intricate the dark confusion was, | So intricate the darke confusion was, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.37 | Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out, | Here stood he in the dark, his sharpe Sword out, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.44 | Gallow the very wanderers of the dark | Gallow the very wanderers of the darke |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.176 | Child Roland to the dark tower came; | Rowland to the darke Tower came, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.84 | All dark and comfortless. Where's my son Edmund? | All datke and comfortlesse? / Where's my Sonne Edmund? |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.170 | The dark and vicious place where thee he got | The darke and vitious place where thee he got, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.288 | Nor no man else. All's cheerless, dark, and deadly. | Nor no man else: / All's cheerlesse, darke, and deadly, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.45 | And make a dark night too of half the day – | And make a darke night too of halfe the day: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.79 | Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes. | Your light growes darke by losing of your eyes. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.267 | Dark needs no candles now, for dark is light. | Dark needs no Candles now, for dark is light. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.19 | What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? | What's your darke meaning mouse, of this light word? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.20 | A light condition in a beauty dark. | A light condition in a beauty darke. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.24 | Look what you do, you do it still i'th' dark. | Look what you doe, you doe it stil i'th darke. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.627 | A light for Monsieur Judas! It grows dark; he may stumble. | A light for monsieur Iudas, it growes darke, he may stumble. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.51 | Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark | Nor Heauen peepe through the Blanket of the darke, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.7 | And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp; | And yet darke Night strangles the trauailing Lampe: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.27.1 | For a dark hour or twain. | For a darke houre, or twaine. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.137 | Of that dark hour. Resolve yourselves apart; | Of that darke houre: resolue your selues apart, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.25 | Root of hemlock digged i'the dark, | Roote of Hemlocke, digg'd i'th' darke: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.167 | dark deeds darkly answered. He would never bring | darke deeds darkelie answered, hee would neuer bring |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.42 | No, none, but only a repair i'th' dark, | No: none but onely a repaire ith' darke, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.156 | Duke of dark corners had been at home, he had lived. | Duke of darke corners had bene at home, he had liued. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.87 | And his affections dark as Erebus. | And his affections darke as Erobus, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.304 | But were the day come, I should wish it dark, | But were the day come, I should wish it darke, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.ii.11 | The night is dark. Light and spirits will become it | The night is darke, Light and Spirits will become it |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.177 | Dark night that from the eye his function takes | Dark night, that from the eye his function takes, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.417 | That fallen am I in dark uneven way, | That fallen am I in darke vneuen way, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.151 | dark night, which did deceive them, but chiefly by my | darke night which did deceiue them, but chiefely, by my |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.64 | as well i'th' dark. | as well i'th'darke. |
| Othello | Oth V.i.63 | Kill men i'th' dark? Where be these bloody thieves? | Kill men i'th'darke? / Where be these bloody Theeues? |
| Othello | Oth V.i.112 | Cassio hath here been set on in the dark | Cassio hath heere bin set on in the darke |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.169 | To dark dishonour's use thou shalt not have. | To darke dishonours vse, thou shalt not haue. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.96 | Wilt thou conceal this dark conspiracy? | Wilt thou conceale this darke Conspiracy? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.51 | Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?’ | Can this darke Monarchy affoord false Clarence? |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.128 | Of dark forgetfulness and deep oblivion. | Of darke Forgetfulnesse, and deepe Obliuion. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.81 | All comfort that the dark night can afford | All comfort that the darke night can affoord, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.25 | Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light. | Earth-treading starres, that make darke heauen light, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.32 | Blind is his love and best befits the dark. | Blind is his Loue, and best befits the darke. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.106 | Which the dark night hath so discovered. | Which the darke night hath so discouered. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.74 | Must climb a bird's nest soon when it is dark. | Must climde a birds nest Soone when it is darke: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.36 | More light and light: more dark and dark our woes. | More light & light, more darke & darke our woes. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.105 | Thee here in dark to be his paramour? | Thee here in darke to be his Paramour? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.50 | In the dark backward and abysm of time? | In the dark-backward and Abisme of Time? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.6 | Nor lead me, like a firebrand, in the dark | Nor lead me like a fire-brand, in the darke |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.224 | In this detested, dark, blood-drinking pit. | In this detested, darke, blood-drinking pit. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.225 | If it be dark, how dost thou know 'tis he? | If it be darke, how doost thou know 'tis he? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.47 | daylight! An 'twere dark, you'd close sooner. (To | day light? and 'twere darke you'ld close sooner: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.134 | Come, we'll have him in a dark room and | Come, wee'l haue him in a darke room & |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.34 | house is dark? | house is darke? |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.41 | house is dark. | house is darke. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.45 | I say this house is as dark as ignorance, | I say this house is as darke as Ignorance, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.46 | though ignorance were as dark as hell. And I say there | thogh Ignorance were as darke as hell; and I say there |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.340 | Kept in a dark house, visited by the priest, | Kept in a darke house, visited by the Priest, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.1.1 | To thee no star be dark. | To thee no starre be darke. |