| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.92 | If voluble and sharp discourse be marred, | If voluble and sharpe discourse be mar'd, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.109 | I know a wench of excellent discourse, | I know a wench of excellent discourse, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.169 | Of such enchanting presence and discourse, | Of such inchanting presence and discourse, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.203 | and turns up the white o'th' eye to his discourse. But the | and turnes vp the white o'th' eye to his Discourse. But the |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.38 | In this our pinching cave shall we discourse | In this our pinching Caue, shall we discourse |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.63 | Discourse is heavy, fasting: when we have supped | Discourse is heauy, fasting: when we haue supp'd |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.150 | O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason | (O Heauen! A beast that wants discourse of Reason |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.108 | should admit no discourse to your beauty. | should admit no discourse to your Beautie. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.316 | Good my lord, put your discourse into | my Lord put your discourse into |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.367 | and it will discourse most eloquent music. Look you, | and it will discourse most excellent Musicke. Looke you, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.119 | And with th' incorporal air do hold discourse? | And with their corporall ayre do hold discourse. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.36 | Sure He that made us with such large discourse, | |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.43 | List his discourse of war, and you shall hear | List his discourse of Warre; and you shall heare |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.102 | It is no time to discourse, so Chrish save me! | It is no time to discourse, so Chrish saue me: |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.104 | King, and the Dukes – it is no time to discourse, the | King, and the Dukes: it is no time to discourse, the |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.26 | Discourse, I prithee, on this turret's top. | Discourse I prethee on this Turrets top. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.102 | Nephew, what means this passionate discourse, | Nephew, what meanes this passionate discourse? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.88 | Oxford, how haps it in this smooth discourse | Oxford, how haps it in this smooth discourse, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.295 | According to the which, thou shalt discourse | According to the which, thou shalt discourse |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.27 | Her wit more fluent. What a strange discourse | Her wit more fluent, what a strange discourse, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.39 | To hear war beautified by her discourse. | To heare warre beautified by her discourse, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.140 | The sad discourse of this discomfiture. | The sad discourse of this discomfiture. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.76 | So sweet and voluble is his discourse. | So sweet and voluble is his discourse. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.80 | No, page; it is an epilogue or discourse to make plain | No Page, it is an epilogue or discourse to make plaine, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.10 | lofty, his discourse peremptory, his tongue filed, his | lofty, his discourse peremptorie: his tongue filed, his |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.4 | Would seem in me t' affect speech and discourse, | Would seeme in me t' affect speech & discourse, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.184 | When she will play with reason and discourse, | When she will play with reason, and discourse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.42 | discourse grow commendable in none only but parrots. | discourse grow commendable in none onely but Parrats: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.218 | excellent breeding, admirable discourse, of great | excellent breeding, admirable discourse, of great |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.177 | Of this discourse we more will hear anon. | Of this discourse we shall heare more anon. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.26 | Masters, I am to discourse wonders – but ask | Masters, I am to discourse wonders; but ask me |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.150 | At large discourse while here they do remain. | At large discourse, while here they doe remaine. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.165 | discourse, my lord. | discourse, my Lord. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.265 | discourse is sometime guarded with fragments, and the | discourse is sometime guarded with fragments, and the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.32 | good discourse, an excellent musician, and her hair shall | good discourse: an excellent Musitian, and her haire shal |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.5 | Walk in the orchard, and our whole discourse | Walke in the Orchard, and our whole discourse |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.149 | Devour up my discourse, which I observing | Deuoure vp my discourse. Which I obseruing, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.273 | squabble! Swagger! Swear! And discourse fustian with | squabble? Swagger? Sweare? And discourse Fustian with |
| Othello | Oth III.i.51 | Give me advantage of some brief discourse | Giue me aduantage of some breefe Discourse |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.152 | Either in discourse of thought or actual deed; | Either in discourse of thought, or actuall deed, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.18 | I'll then discourse our woes, felt several years, | Ile then discourse our woes felt seuerall yeares, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.6 | And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar, | And yet our faire discourse hath beene as sugar, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.19 | Untouched, or slightly handled in discourse; | Vntoucht, or sleightly handled in discourse. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.100 | And ample interchange of sweet discourse | And ample enterchange of sweet Discourse, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.40.1 | Of excellent dumb discourse. | Of excellent dumbe discourse. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.304 | With such discourse as, I not doubt, shall make it | With such discourse, as I not doubt, shall make it |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.26 | The crying babe controlled with this discourse: | The crying babe control'd with this discourse: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.80 | When with his solemn tongue he did discourse | When with his solemne tongue he did discourse |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.56 | Handlest in thy discourse, O, that her hand, | Handlest in thy discourse. O that her Hand |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.253 | birth, beauty, good shape, discourse, manhood, learning, | birth, b auty, good shape, discourse, manhood, learning, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.117 | So madly hot that no discourse of reason, | So madly hot, that no discourse of reason, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.171 | Holds in his blood such swollen and hot discourse | Holds in his bloud such swolne and hot discourse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.145 | This is not she. O madness of discourse, | This is not she: O madnesse of discourse! |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.25 | Surprise her with discourse of my dear faith. | Surprize her with discourse of my deere faith; |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.12 | So far exceed all instance, all discourse, | So farre exceed all instance, all discourse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.31 | Hear sweet discourse, converse with noblemen, | Heare sweet discourse, conuerse with Noblemen, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.107 | Leave off discourse of disability; | Leaue off discourse of disabilitie: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.125 | I know you joy not in a love discourse. | I know you ioy not in a Loue-discourse. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.138 | Now no discourse, except it be of love; | Now, no discourse, except it be of loue: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.15 | How likes she my discourse? | How likes she my discourse? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.17 | But well when I discourse of love and peace? | But well, when I discourse of loue and peace. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.44 | Therefore, I pray you, stand not to discourse, | Therefore I pray you stand, not to discourse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.164 | With our discourse to make your grace to smile. | With our discourse, to make your Grace to smile. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.39 | look merrily, discourse of many things, but nothing of | looke merrily, discourse of many things, / But nothing of |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.38 | And every day discourse you into health, | And ev'ry day discourse you into health, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.129 | Die as discourse or sleep; only this fears me, | Die, as discourse, or sleepe: Onely this feares me, |