| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.60 | This is a dreadful sentence. | This is a dreadfull sentence. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.207 | In dreadful secrecy impart they did, | In dreadfull secrecie impart they did, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.70 | Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff | Or to the dreadfull Sonnet of the Cliffe, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.484 | As hush as death; anon the dreadful thunder | As hush as death: Anon the dreadfull Thunder |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.94 | See your most dreadful laws so loosely slighted, | See your most dreadfull Lawes, so loosely slighted; |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.13 | Of this most dreadful preparation, | Of this most dreadfull preparation, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.14 | Give dreadful note of preparation. | Giue dreadfull note of preparation. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.29 | Unto the French the dreadful Judgement Day | Vnto the French,the dreadfull Iudgement-Day |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.30 | So dreadful will not be as was his sight. | So dreadfull will not be, as was his sight. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.110 | The tenth of August last this dreadful lord, | The tenth of August last, this dreadfull Lord, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.7 | Great is the rumour of this dreadful knight, | Great is the rumour of this dreadfull Knight, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.91 | Or turn our stern upon a dreadful rock. | Or turne our Sterne vpon a dreadfull Rocke: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.93 | But left that dreadful office unto thee; | But left that hatefull office vnto thee. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.158 | A dreadful oath, sworn with a solemn tongue! | A dreadfull Oath, sworne with a solemn tongue: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.92 | Whose dreadful swords were never drawn in vain, | Whose dreadfull swords were neuer drawne in vaine, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.27 | A dreadful lay! Address thee instantly! | A dreadfull lay, addresse thee instantly. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.187 | In dreadful war mayst thou be overcome, | In dreadfull Warre may'st thou be ouercome, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.44 | Some dreadful story hanging on thy tongue? | Some dreadfull story hanging on thy Tongue? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.138 | As venom toads or lizards' dreadful stings. | As venome Toades, or Lizards dreadfull stings. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.259 | But dreadful war shall answer his demand. | But dreadfull Warre shall answer his demand. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.56 | Such dreadful heralds to astonish us. | Such dreadfull Heraulds, to astonish vs. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.73 | Most like this dreadful night, | Most like this dreadfull Night, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.63 | Between the acting of a dreadful thing | Betweene the acting of a dreadfull thing, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.266 | And dreadful objects so familiar, | And dreadfull Obiects so familiar, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.62 | Three ways these dreadful ministers of wrath | Three waies these dredfull ministers of wrath, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.71 | For that shall be the hapless dreadful day. | For that shalbe the haples dreadfull day, |
| King John | KJ II.i.286 | In dreadful trial of our kingdom's king. | In dreadfull triall of our kingdomes King. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.78 | Like heralds 'twixt two dreadful battles set. | Like Heralds 'twixt two dreadfull battailes set: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.125 | Withhold thy speed, dreadful occasion! | With-hold thy speed, dreadfull Occasion: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.173 | With dreadful pomp of stout invasion. | With dreadfull pompe of stout inuasion. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.255 | The dreadful motion of a murderous thought; | The dreadfull motion of a murderous thought, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.50 | That keep this dreadful pudder o'er our heads | That keepe this dreadfull pudder o're our heads, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.59 | These dreadful summoners grace. I am a man | These dreadfull Summoners grace. I am a man, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.15 | Hangs one that gathers sampire – dreadful trade! | Hangs one that gathers Sampire: dreadfull Trade: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.200 | Of his almighty dreadful little might. | Of his almighty dreadfull little might. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.115 | Thy eye Jove's lightning bears, thy voice his dreadful thunder, | Thy eye Ioues lightning beares, thy voyce his dreadfull thunder. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.3 | Hours dreadful and things strange; but this sore night | Houres dreadfull, and things strange: but this sore Night |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.44.1 | A deed of dreadful note. | a deed of dreadfull note. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.33 | And it in you more dreadful would have seemed | And it in you more dreadfull would haue seem'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.34.2 | I do fear, too dreadful. | I doe feare: too dreadfull: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.270 | And not one vessel scape the dreadful touch | And not one vessell scape the dreadfull touch |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.32 | In a most hideous and dreadful manner. | In a most hideous and dreadfull manner. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.29 | dreadful thing; for there is not a more fearful wildfowl | dreadfull thing. For there is not a more fearefull wilde foule |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.270 | What dreadful dole is here? | What dreadful dole is heere? |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.169 | Silence that dreadful bell: it frights the isle | Silence that dreadfull Bell, it frights the Isle, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.5 | Thy deafening, dreadful thunders, gently quench | Thy deafning dreadfull thunders, gently quench |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.135 | With harsh-resounding trumpets' dreadful bray, | With harsh resounding Trumpets dreadfull bray, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.8 | Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. | Our dreadfull Marches, to delightfull Measures. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.46 | Avaunt, thou dreadful minister of hell! | Auant thou dreadfull minister of Hell; |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.22 | What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears! | What dreadfull noise of water in mine eares, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.212 | How canst thou urge God's dreadful law to us | How canst thou vrge Gods dreadfull Law to vs, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.67 | Then, dreadful trumpet, sound the General Doom! | Then dreadfull Trumpet sound the generall doome, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.202 | O'th' dreadful thunderclaps, more momentary | O'th dreadfull Thunder-claps more momentarie |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.100 | That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounced | (That deepe and dreadfull Organ-Pipe) pronounc'd |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.91 | To hover on the dreadful shore of Styx? | To houer on the dreadfull shore of Stix? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.128 | The woods are ruthless, dreadful, deaf, and dull. | The Woods are ruthlesse, dreadfull, deafe, and dull: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.141 | But I have done a thousand dreadful things | Tut, I haue done a thousand dreadfull things |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.39 | And in their ears tell them my dreadful name, | And in their eares tell them my dreadfull name, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.126 | For, by the dreadful Pluto, if thou dost not, | For by the dreadfull Pluto, if thou do'st not, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.4 | Thou dreadful Ajax, that the appalled air | Thou dreadfull Aiax, that the appauled aire |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.174 | My sword should bite it; not the dreadful spout, | My Sword should bite it: Not the dreadfull spout, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.14 | Sore hurt and bruised; the dreadful Sagittary | Sore hurt and bruised; the dreadfull Sagittary |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.39 | I'th' least of these was dreadful; and they have | I'th least of these was dreadfull, and they have |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.83 | Methought I heard a dreadful clap of thunder | Me thought I heard a dreadfull clap of Thunder |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.153 | At least ungentle, of the dreadful Neptune | (At least vngentle) of the dreadfull Neptune, |