| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.152 | My love and her desert; that canst not dream | My loue, and her desert: that canst not dreame, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.151 | Dream of impediment! Let me have thy hand. | Dreame of impediment: let me haue thy hand |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.34 | To suffer all alike. That he should dream, | To suffer all alike, that he should dreame, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.47 | If that I do not dream or be not frantic – | If that I doe not dreame, or be not franticke, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.191 | What, was I married to her in my dream? | What, was I married to her in my dreame? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.353 | If I dream not, thou art Æmilia. | If I dreame not, thou art Aemilia, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.377 | If this be not a dream I see and hear. | If this be not a dreame I see and heare. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.64 | Let her lie still, and dream. By your leave, ho! | Let her lye still, and dreame: by your leaue hoa, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.44 | To break it with a fearful dream of him, | To breake it with a fearfull dreame of him, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.297 | This bloody man, the care on't. I hope I dream: | This bloody man the care on't. I hope I dreame: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.352.2 | Dream often so, | Dreame often so, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.128 | On greatness' favour, dream as I have done, | On Greatnesse, Fauour; Dreame as I haue done, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.130 | Many dream not to find, neither deserve, | Many Dreame not to finde, neither deserue, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.146 | 'Tis still a dream: or else such stuff as madmen | 'Tis still a Dreame: or else such stuffe as Madmen |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.21 | Colleagued with this dream of his advantage, | Colleagued with the dreame of his Aduantage; |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.10 | I cannot dream of. I entreat you both | I cannot deeme of. I intreat you both, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.258 | shadow of a dream. | shadow of a Dreame. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.259 | A dream itself is but a shadow. | A dreame it selfe is but a shadow. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.549 | But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, | But in a Fixion, in a dreame of Passion, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.65 | To sleep – perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub. | To sleepe, perchance to Dreame; I, there's the rub, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.82 | Away, you rascally Althaea's dream, away! | Away, you rascally Altheas dreame, away. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.83 | Instruct us, boy! What dream, boy? | Instruct vs Boy: what dreame, Boy? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.85 | of a firebrand; and therefore I call him her dream. | of a Firebrand, and therefore I call him hir dream. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.54 | But being awaked I do despise my dream. | But being awake, I do despise my dreame. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.7 | By interception which they dream not of. | By interception, which they dreame not of. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.250 | Command the health of it? No, thou proud dream, | Command the health of it? No, thou prowd Dreame, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.5 | knowledge to dream of. | knowledge to dreame of. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.24 | With sweet rehearsal of my morning's dream. | With sweet rehearsall of my mornings dreame? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.31 | This was my dream; what it doth bode, God knows. | This was my dreame, what it doth bode God knowes. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.52 | With Eleanor, for telling but her dream? | With Elianor, for telling but her dreame? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.73 | To dream on evil or to work my downfall. | To dreame on euill, or to worke my downefall. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.31 | God's secret judgement; I did dream tonight | Gods secret Iudgement: I did dreame to Night, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.196 | You were best to go to bed and dream again, | You were best to go to bed, and dreame againe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.134 | Why then, I do but dream on sovereignty; | Why then I doe but dreame on Soueraigntie, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.168 | I'll make my heaven to dream upon the crown, | Ile make my Heauen, to dreame vpon the Crowne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.107 | To lead 'em once again; and then let's dream | To lead 'em once againe, and then let's dreame |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.65 | Like a phantasma or a hideous dream: | Like a Phantasma, or a hideous Dreame: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.83 | This dream is all amiss interpreted; | This Dreame is all amisse interpreted, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.90 | This by Calphurnia's dream is signified. | This by Calphurnia's Dreame is signified. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.293 | Didst thou dream, Lucius, that thou so criedst out? | Did'st thou dreame Lucius, that thou so cryedst out? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.198 | I am awaked from this idle dream. – | I am awaked from this idle dreame, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.321 | At point a hundred knights! Yes, that on every dream, | At point a hundred Knights: yes, that on euerie dreame, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.4 | He hath but as offended in a dream. | He hath but as offended in a dreame, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.179 | And feast upon her eyes? What is't I dream on? | And feast vpon her eyes? what is't I dreame on? |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.63 | Make thee the father of their idle dream, | Make thee the father of their idle dreame, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.18 | For I did dream of money bags tonight. | For I did dreame of money bags to night. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.152 | dream. Here, here, here be my keys. Ascend my chambers. | dreame: heere, heere, heere bee my keyes, ascend my Chambers, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.128 | Hum! Ha! Is this a vision? Is this a dream? Do I | Hum: ha? Is this a vision? Is this a dreame? doe I |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.8 | Four nights will quickly dream away the time: | Foure nights wil quickly dreame away the time: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.144 | Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, | Swift as a shadow, short as any dreame, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.153 | Ay me, for pity! – What a dream was here! | Aye me, for pitty; what a dreame was here? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.371 | Shall seem a dream and fruitless vision, | Shall seeme a dreame, and fruitlesse vision, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.68 | But as the fierce vexation of a dream. | But as the fierce vexation of a dreame. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.193 | That yet we sleep, we dream. Do not you think | That yet we sleepe, we dreame. Do not you thinke, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.204 | dream past the wit of man to say what dream it was. Man | dreame, past the wit of man, to say, what dreame it was. Man |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.205 | is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream. Methought | is but an Asse, if he goe about to expound this dreame. Me-thought |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.211 | nor his heart to report what my dream was! I will get | nor his heart to report, what my dreame was. I will get |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.212 | Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream. It shall be | PeterQuince to write a ballet of this dreame, it shall be |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.213 | called ‘ Bottom's Dream ’, because it hath no bottom; and | called Bottomes Dreame, because it hath no bottome; and |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.376 | Following darkness like a dream, | Following darkenesse like a dreame, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.418 | No more yielding but a dream, | No more yeelding but a dreame, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.18 | No, no; we will hold it as a dream, till it appear | No, no; wee will hold it as a dreame, till it appeare |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.64 | Are these things spoken, or do I but dream? | Are these things spoken, or doe I but dreame? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.210 | But not for that dream I on this strange course, | But not for that dreame I on this strange course, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.5 | If ever I did dream of such a matter, | If euer I did dream / Of such a matter, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.143 | This accident is not unlike my dream: | This Accident is not vnlike my dreame, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.58 | If consequence do but approve my dream, | If Consequence do but approue my dreame, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.424.2 | Nay, this was but his dream. | Nay, this was but his Dreame. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.426 | 'Tis a shrewd doubt, though it be but a dream: | 'Tis a shrew'd doubt, though it be but a Dreame. |
| Pericles | Per IV.v.5 | Did you ever dream of such a thing? | did you euer dreame of such a thing? |
| Pericles | Per V.i.161 | This is the rarest dream | this is the rarest dreame |
| Pericles | Per V.i.248 | Awake, and tell thy dream. | awake and tell thy dreame. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.18 | To think our former state a happy dream, | To thinke our former State a happie Dreame, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.225 | Unless it be while some tormenting dream | Vnlesse it be while some tormenting Dreame |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.8 | What was your dream, my lord? I pray you tell me. | What was your dream my Lord, I pray you tel me |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.43 | No, no, my dream was lengthened after life. | No, no, my Dreame was lengthen'd after life. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.63 | Such terrible impression made my dream. | Such terrible Impression made my Dreame. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.82 | Stanley did dream the boar did raze our helms, | Stanley did dreame, the Bore did rowse our Helmes, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.88 | A dream of what thou wast, a garish flag | A dreame of what thou wast, a garish Flagge |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.152 | Dream on thy cousins smothered in the Tower. | Dreame on thy Cousins / Smothered in the Tower: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.166 | Dream of success and happy victory! | Dreame of Successe, and Happy Victory, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.172 | Dream on, dream on, of bloody deeds and death. | Dreame on, dreame on, of bloody deeds and death, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.178 | Richard starts out of his dream | Richard starts out of his dreame. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.179 | Have mercy, Jesu! – Soft! I did but dream. | Haue mercy Iesu. Soft, I did but dreame. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.213 | O Ratcliffe, I have dreamed a fearful dream! | |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.234 | In the remembrance of so fair a dream. | In the remembrance of so faire a dreame, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.67 | It is an honour that I dream not of. | It is an houre that I dreame not of. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.50.1 | I dreamt a dream tonight. | I dreampt a dreame to night. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.52 | In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. | In bed a sleepe while they do dreame things true. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.71 | Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love; | through Louers braines: and then they dreame of Loue. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.72 | O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight; | On Courtiers knees, that dreame on Cursies strait: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.73 | O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees; | ore Lawyers fingers, who strait dreamt on Fees, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.74 | O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream, | ore Ladies lips, who strait on kisses dreame, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.140 | Being in night, all this is but a dream, | Being in night, all this is but a dreame, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.7 | Strange dream that gives a dead man leave to think! – | (Strange dreame that giues a dead man leaue to thinke,) |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.79 | Said he not so? Or did I dream it so? | Said he not so? Or did I dreame it so? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.42 | Even as a flattering dream or worthless fancy. | Euen as a flatt'ring dreame, or worthles fancie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.68 | Or do I dream? Or have I dreamed till now? | Or do I dreame? Or haue I dream'd till now? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.78 | These fifteen years you have been in a dream, | These fifteene yeeres you haue bin in a dreame, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.172 | And sits as one new-risen from a dream. | and sits as one new risen from a dreame. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.45 | And rather like a dream than an assurance | And rather like a dreame, then an assurance |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.487 | My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up. | My spirits, as in a dreame, are all bound vp: |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.144 | I cried to dream again. | I cri'de to dreame againe. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.239 | Even in a dream, were we divided from them, | Euen in a dreame, were we diuided from them, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.34 | But in a dream of friendship, | But in a Dreame of Friendship, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.13 | If I do dream, would all my wealth would wake me; | If I do dreame, would all my wealth would wake me; |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.26 | Poor lady, she were better love a dream. | Poore Lady, she were better loue a dreame: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.168 | construction of it. For this night, to bed, and dream on | construction of it: For this night to bed, and dreame on |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.186 | Why, thou hast put him in such a dream, that | Why, thou hast put him in such a dreame, that |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.60 | Or I am mad, or else this is a dream. | Or I am mad, or else this is a dreame: |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.62 | If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep! | If it be thus to dreame, still let me sleepe. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.170 | Forgive me, that I do not dream on thee, | Forgiue me, that I doe not dreame on thee, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.64 | Then never dream on infamy, but go. | Then neuer dreame on Infamy, but go: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.26 | How like a dream is this I see and hear! | How like a dreame is this? I see, and heare: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.333 | Dream how I suffer. – Come, now bury me. | Dreame how I suffer. Come; now bury me. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.48.1 | Hath waked us from our dream? | Hath wakt us from our dreame? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.17 | Appeared to me last night; for ne'er was dream | Appear'd to me last night: for ne're was dreame |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.385 | I shall have more than you can dream of yet; | I shall haue more then you can dreame of yet, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.445 | Of your own state take care. This dream of mine – | Of your owne state take care: This dreame of mine |