| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.79 | Become a dog that's mad; then is it sin | Become a Dogge that's mad: Then is it sinne, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.157 | Though they had wings. Slave, soulless villain, dog! | Though they had wings. Slaue, Soule-lesse, Villain, Dog. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.76 | Get you with him, you old dog. | Get you with him, you olde dogge. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.77 | Is ‘ old dog ’ my reward? Most true, I have lost my | Is old dogge my reward: most true, I haue lost my |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.3 | Not one to throw at a dog. | Not one to throw at a dog. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.154 | She had transformed me to a curtal dog, and made me turn i'the wheel. | she had transform'd me to a Curtull dog, & made me turne i'th wheele. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.26 | Against him first. He's a very dog to the | Against him first: He's a very dog to the |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.55 | like a dog, but for disturbing the lords within. | like a dogge, but for disturbing the Lords within. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.14 | Whoreson dog! I give him satisfaction! Would he | Whorson dog: I gaue him satisfaction? would he |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.91.2 | Lay hands on him: a dog, | Lay hands on him: a Dogge, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.181 | For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, | For if the Sun breed Magots in a dead dogge, |
| 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 II.i.9 | dog, and that is the next way to give poor jades the bots. | Dog, and this is the next way to giue poore Iades the Bottes: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.127 | To dog his heels, and curtsy at his frowns, | To dogge his heeles, and curtsie at his frownes, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.85 | 'Sblood, an he were here I would cudgel him like a dog | and if hee were heere, I would cudgell him like a Dogge, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.148 | fellow with the great belly, and he my dog. | Fellow with the great belly, and he my Dogge. |
| 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.101 | with me as my dog, and he holds his place, for look you | with me, as my dogge: and he holds his place, for looke you |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.132 | The muzzle of restraint, and the wild dog | The muzzle of Restraint; and the wilde Dogge |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.219 | Cannot defend our own doors from the dog, | Cannot defend our owne doores from the dogge, |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.39 | Pish for thee, Iceland dog! thou prick-eared cur of Iceland! | Pish for thee, Island dogge: thou prickeard cur of Island. |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.43 | ‘ Solus,’ egregious dog? O viper vile! | Solus, egregious dog? O Viper vile; |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.49 | And Holdfast is the only dog, my duck. | and hold-fast is the onely Dogge: My Ducke, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.41 | Let gallows gape for dog; let man go free, | let Gallowes gape for Dogge, let Man goe free, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.v.15 | Whilst by a slave, no gentler than my dog, | Whilst a base slaue, no gentler then my dogge, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.171 | ‘ A staff is quickly found to beat a dog.’ | A Staffe is quickly found to beat a Dogge. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.77 | That I should snarl and bite and play the dog. | That I should snarle, and bite, and play the dogge: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.27 | I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, | I had rather be a Dogge, and bay the Moone, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.115 | And, like a dog that is compelled to fight, | And, like a dogge that is compell'd to fight, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.80 | dog! You slave! You cur! | dog, you slaue, you curre. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.110 | Truth's a dog must to kennel; he must be whipped | Truth's a dog must to kennell, hee must bee whipt |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.134 | Why, madam, if I were your father's dog | Why Madam, if I were your Fathers dog, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.90 | stealth, wolf in greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey. | stealth, Wolfe in greedinesse, Dog in madnes, Lyon in prey. |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.74.2 | How now, you dog! | How now, you dogge? |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.97 | like a dog and told me I had the white hairs in my beard. | like a Dogge, and told mee I had the white hayres in my Beard, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.155 | the thief? Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a | the theefe: Thou hast seene a Farmers dogge barke at a |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.36 | With this thin helm? Mine enemy's dog, | Mine Enemies dogge, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.304 | Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, | Why should a Dog, a Horse, a Rat haue life, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.15 | Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, | Wooll of Bat, and Tongue of Dogge: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.94 | And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark.’ | And when I ope my lips, let no dogge barke. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.108 | You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, | You call me misbeleeuer, cut-throate dog, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.118 | ‘ Hath a dog money? Is it possible | Hath a dog money? Is it possible |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.125 | You called me dog, and for these courtesies | You cald me dog: and for these curtesies |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.14 | As the dog Jew did utter in the streets: | As the dogge Iew did vtter in the streets; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iii.6 | Thou call'dst me dog before thou hadst a cause, | Thou call'dst me dog before thou hadst a cause, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iii.7 | But since I am a dog, beware my fangs. | But since I am a dog, beware my phangs, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.128 | O be thou damned, inexecrable dog, | O be thou damn'd, inexecrable dogge, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.88 | fault. 'Tis a good dog. | fault: 'tis a good dogge. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.90 | Sir, he's a good dog and a fair dog. Can there | Sir: hee's a good dog, and a faire dog, can there |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.110 | have a stone to throw at his dog. | haue a stone to throw at his dogge. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.103 | Hope is a curtal dog in some affairs. | Hope is a curtall-dog in some affaires: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.76 | By gar, you are de coward, de Jack dog, John ape. | By-gar, you are de Coward: de Iack dog: Iohn Ape. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.7 | ta'en out and buttered, and give them to a dog for a | 'tane out and butter'd, and giue them to a dogge for a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.117 | Why, this is lunatics. This is mad as a mad dog. | Why, this is Lunaticks: this is madde, as a mad dogge. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.210 | Than to be used as you use your dog? | Then to be vsed as you doe your dogge. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.65 | Out, dog! Out, cur! Thou drivest me past the bounds | Out dog, out cur, thou driu'st me past the bounds |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.134 | This man with lantern, dog, and bush of thorn | This man, with Lanthorne, dog, and bush of thorne, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.252 | bush my thorn bush, and this dog my dog. | bush, my thorne bush; and this dog, my dog. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.123 | I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear | I had rather heare my Dog barke at a Crow, than a man sweare |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.80 | An he had been a dog that should have | And he had been a dog that should haue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.61 | Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, | Truely I would not hang a dog by my will, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.47 | As my young mistress' dog. Now my sick fool Roderigo, | As my yong Mistris dogge. / Now my sicke Foole Rodorigo, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.267 | malice – even so as one would beat his offenceless dog to | malice) euen so as one would beate his offencelesse dogge, ro |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.359 | Thou hadst been better have been born a dog | Thou had'st bin better haue bin borne a Dog |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.143 | dog I shall throw it to! | dogge, I shall throw it to. |
| Othello | Oth V.i.62 | O damned Iago! O inhuman dog! | O damn'd Iago! O inhumane Dogge! |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.351 | I took by th' throat the circumcised dog | I tooke by th'throat the circumcised Dogge, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.357.2 | O, Spartan dog, | Oh Sparton Dogge: |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.138 | Destruction straight shall dog them at the heels. | Destruction straight shall dogge them at the heeles: |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.70 | Where no man never comes but that sad dog | Where no man euer comes, but that sad dogge |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.39 | Unmannered dog! Stand thou, when I command! | Vnmanner'd Dogge, / Stand'st thou when I commaund: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.215 | And leave out thee? Stay, dog, for thou shalt hear me. | And leaue out thee? stay Dog, for yu shalt heare me. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.288 | O Buckingham, take heed of yonder dog! | O Buckingham, take heede of yonder dogge: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.39 | Death and destruction dog thee at thy heels; | Death and Destruction dogges thee at thy heeles, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.49 | That dog, that had his teeth before his eyes, | That Dogge, that had his teeth before his eyes, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.78 | That I may live and say, ‘ The dog is dead.’ | That I may liue and say, The Dogge is dead. |
| Richard III | R3 V.v.2 | The day is ours; the bloody dog is dead. | The day is ours, the bloudy Dogge is dead. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.7 | A dog of the house of Montague moves me. | A dog of the house of Mountague, moues me. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.10 | A dog of that house shall move me to stand. I | A dogge of that house shall moue me to stand. I |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.25 | because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in | because he hath wakened thy Dog that hath laine asleepe in |
| 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 induction.1.19 | I would not lose the dog for twenty pound. | I would not loose the dogge for twentie pound. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.23 | Trust me, I take him for the better dog. | Trust me, I take him for the better dogge. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.41 | incharitable dog! | incharitable Dog. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.138 | mistress showed me thee, and thy dog, and thy bush. | Mistris shew'd me thee, and thy Dog, and thy Bush. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.184 | When thou art Timon's dog, and these knaves honest. | When thou art Timons dogge, and these Knaues honest. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.202 | Y'are a dog. | Y'are a Dogge. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.204 | she, if I be a dog? | she, if I be a Dogge? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.274 | Away, unpeaceable dog, or I'll spurn thee | Away vnpeaceable Dogge, / Or Ile spurne thee |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.276 | I will fly, like a dog, the heels o'th' ass. | I will flye like a dogge, the heeles a'th'Asse. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.66 | Or a dog that seems a-sleeping, | Or a Dogge that seemes asleeping, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.5 | If I want gold, steal but a beggar's dog | If I want Gold, steale but a beggers Dogge, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.6 | And give it Timon, why, the dog coins gold. | And giue it Timon, why the Dogge coines Gold. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.53 | A plague upon him, dog! | A plague vpon him dogge. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.89 | Thou wast whelped a dog, and thou shalt famish a | Thou was't whelpt a Dogge, and thou shalt famish a |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.55 | For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dog, | For thy part, I do wish thou wert a dogge, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.201 | 'Tis, then, because thou dost not keep a dog, | 'Tis then, because thou dost not keepe a dogge |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.252 | With favour never clasped. But, bred a dog, | With fauour neuer claspt: but bred a Dogge. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.319 | keep a dog. | keepe a Dogge. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.358 | be welcome. I had rather be a beggar's dog than | be welcome. / I had rather be a Beggers Dogge, / Then |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.368 | Away, thou issue of a mangy dog! | Away thou issue of a mangie dogge, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.77 | And therein, hellish dog, thou hast undone her. | And therein hellish dog, thou hast vndone, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.102 | As true a dog as ever fought at head. | As true a Dog as euer fought at head. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.122 | Ay, like a black dog, as the saying is. | I, like a blacke Dogge, as the saying is. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.14 | Away, inhuman dog, unhallowed slave! | Away Inhumaine Dogge, Vnhallowed Slaue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.7 | Dog! | Dogge. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.49 | You dog! | You dogge. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.230 | A whoreson dog, that shall palter thus with us! | A horson dog, that shal palter thus with vs, |
| 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, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.91 | word. I will rather leave to see Hector than not to dog | word. I will rather leaue to see Hector, then not to dogge |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.13 | mongrel cur, Ajax, against that dog of as bad a kind, | mungrill curre Aiax, against that dogge of as bad a kinde, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.10 | it. Now, bull! Now, dog! 'Loo, Paris, 'loo! Now, my | now bull, now dogge, lowe; Paris lowe; now my |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.58 | An you love me, let's do't. I am dog at a | And you loue me, let's doo't: I am dogge at a |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.135 | O, if I thought that, I'd beat him like a dog. | O, if I thought that, Ide beate him like a dogge. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.5 | This is to give a dog, and in recompense desire | This is to giue a dogge, and in recompence desire |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.6 | my dog again. | my dogge againe. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.1 | Enter Launce with his dog, Crab | Enter Launce, Panthion. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.5 | Crab my dog be the sourest-natured dog that lives. My | Crab my dog, be the sowrest natured dogge that liues: My |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.10 | and has no more pity in him than a dog. A Jew | and has no more pitty in him then a dogge: a Iew |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.21 | dog. No, the dog is himself, and I am the dog. O, the | dogge: no, the dogge is himselfe, and I am the dogge: oh, the |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.22 | dog is me, and I am myself. Ay, so, so. Now come I to | dogge is me, and I am my selfe: I; so, so: now come I to |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.29 | makes. Now the dog all this while sheds not a tear, nor | makes: now the dogge all this while sheds not a teare: nor |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.38 | Why, he that's tied here, Crab, my dog. | Why, he that's tide here, Crab my dog. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.31 | Ask my dog. If he say ay, it will; if he say no, it | Aske my dogge, if he say I, it will: if hee say no, it |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.75 | Gone to seek his dog, which tomorrow, by his | Gone to seeke his dog, which to morrow, by his |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.1 | Enter Launce, with his dog | Enter Launce, Protheus, Iulia, Siluia. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.6 | would teach a dog.’ I was sent to deliver him as a present | would teach a dog) I was sent to deliuer him, as a present |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.12 | to be a dog indeed, to be, as it were, a dog at all things. | to be a dog indeede, to be, as it were, a dog at all things. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.19 | chamber smelt him. ‘ Out with the dog!’ says one; | chamber smelt him: out with the dog (saies one) |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.24 | quoth I, ‘ you mean to whip the dog?’ ‘ Ay, marry, do I,’ | (quoth I) you meane to whip the dog: I marry doe I |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.43 | Marry, sir, I carried Mistress Silvia the dog you | Marry Sir, I carried Mistris Siluia the dogge you |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.46 | Marry, she says your dog was a cur, and tells you | Marry she saies your dog was a cur, and tels you |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.48 | But she received my dog? | But she receiu'd my dog? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.54 | offered her mine own, who is a dog as big as ten of | offer'd her mine owne, who is a dog / As big as ten of |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.56 | Go get thee hence and find my dog again, | Goe, get thee hence, and finde my dog againe, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.46 | The next gloves that I give her shall be dogskin! | The next gloves that I give her shall be dog skin; |