| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.139 | Where dust and damned oblivion is the tomb | Where dust, and damn'd obliuion is the Tombe. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.55.1 | The dust that did offend it. | The dust that did offend it. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.64 | Destroy our friends and after weep their dust; | Destroy our friends, and after weepe their dust: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.48 | Longing for what it had not. Nay, the dust | Longing for what it had not. Nay, the dust |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.118 | The dust on antique time would lie unswept | The Dust on antique Time would lye vnswept, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.170 | And throw their power i'th' dust. | And throw their power i'th' dust. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.103 | This mould of Martius, they to dust should grind it | This Mould of Martius, they to dust should grinde it, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.5 | Whose dust is both alike. I am very sick. | Whose dust is both alike. I am very sicke, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.247 | Together, have one dust, yet reverence – | Together haue one dust, yet Reuerence |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.263 | As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. | As Chimney-Sweepers come to dust. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.269 | All follow this and come to dust. | All follow this and come to dust. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.275 | Consign to thee and come to dust. | Consigne to thee and come to dust. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.71 | Seek for thy noble father in the dust. | Seeke for thy Noble Father in the dust; |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.308 | to me what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights | to me, what is this Quintessence of Dust? Man delights |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.ii.6 | Compounded it with dust, whereto 'tis kin. | Compounded it with dust, whereto 'tis Kinne. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.200 | may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander | may not Imagination trace the Noble dust of Alexander, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.206 | returneth to dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make | returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.247 | Now pile your dust upon the quick and dead | Now pile your dust, vpon the quicke, and dead, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.132 | And shed my dear blood, drop by drop in the dust, | And shed my deere blood drop by drop i'th dust, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.84 | Lies on my tongue. No, Percy, thou art dust, | Lyes on my Tongue: No Percy, thou art dust |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.103 | Thou that threwest dust upon his goodly head, | Thou that threw'st dust vpon his goodly head |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.116 | Only compound me with forgotten dust. | Onely compound me with forgotten dust. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.87 | Nor from the dust of old oblivion raked, | Nor from the dust of old Obliuion rakt, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.29 | Now, France, thy glory droopeth to the dust. | Now France, thy glory droopeth to the dust. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.14 | He hath no eyes; the dust hath blinded them. | He hath no eyes, the dust hath blinded them. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.56 | Write in the dust this sentence with thy blood: | Write in the dust this Sentence with thy blood, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.23 | Lo, now my glory smeared in dust and blood! | Loe, now my Glory smear'd in dust and blood. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.27 | Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? | Why, what is Pompe, Rule, Reigne, but Earth and Dust? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.116.1 | No worthier than the dust! | No worthier then the dust? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.167 | As when a whirlwind takes the summer dust | As when a wherle winde takes the Summer dust, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.2 | No, dear Artois, but choked with dust and smoke, | No deare Artoys, but choakt with dust and smoake, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.43 | To darkness, consummation, dust, and worms. | To darkenes consummation, dust and Wormes. |
| King John | KJ III.i.165 | And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust, | And by the merit of vilde gold, drosse, dust, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.32 | And stop this gap of breath with fulsome dust, | And stop this gap of breath with fulsome dust, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.128 | Shall blow each dust, each straw, each little rub, | Shall blow each dust, each straw, each little rub |
| King John | KJ IV.i.92 | A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, | A graine, a dust, a gnat, a wandering haire, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.120 | Is stopped with dust. The first of April died | Is stopt with dust: the first of Aprill di'de |
| King John | KJ V.vii.31 | That all my bowels crumble up to dust. | That all my bowels crumble vp to dust: |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.30 | You are not worth the dust which the rude wind | You are not worth the dust which the rude winde |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.198 | Ay, and laying autumn's dust. I will die bravely, | I wil die brauely, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.135 | To the descent and dust below thy foot, | To the discent and dust below thy foote, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.21 | That issue out of dust. Happy thou art not, | That issue out of dust. Happie thou art not, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.380 | To sweep the dust behind the door. | To sweep the dust behinde the doore. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.54 | overmastered with a pierce of valiant dust? To make an | ouermastred with a peece of valiant dust? to make |
| Pericles | Per I.i.98 | Blows dust in others' eyes, to spread itself; | Blowes dust in others eyes to spread it selfe; |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.54 | Until this day, to scour it in the dust. | Vntill this day, to scowre it in the dust. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.294 | Wipe off the dust that hides our sceptre's gilt, | Wipe off the dust that hides our Scepters gilt, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.90 | Dared once to touch a dust of England's ground? | Dar'd once to touch a Dust of Englands Ground? |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.146 | Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes | Make Dust our Paper, and with Raynie eyes |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.43 | And lay the summer's dust with showers of blood | And lay the Summers dust with showers of blood, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.6 | Threw dust and rubbish on King Richard's head. | Threw dust and rubbish on King Richards head. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.30 | But dust was thrown upon his sacred head, | But dust was throwne vpon his Sacred head, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.385 | Which now, two tender bedfellows for dust, | Which now two tender Bed-fellowes for dust, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.13 | O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones – | O woe, thy Canopie is dust and stones, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.ii.16 | Doth choke the air with dust. In, and prepare. | Doth choake the ayre with dust: In, and prepare, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.12 | For these two, tribunes, in the dust I write | For these, Tribunes, in the dust I write |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.185 | Hark, villains, I will grind your bones to dust, | Harke Villaines, I will grin'd your bones to dust, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.178 | And give to dust that is a little gilt | And goe to dust, that is a little guilt, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.120 | take dust, like Mistress Mall's picture? Why dost thou | take dust, like mistris Mals picture? Why dost thou |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.30 | speaks a word; but see how I lay the dust with my tears. | speakes a word: but see how I lay the dust with my teares. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.145.1 | Affords them dust and shadow. | Affords them dust and shaddow. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.110 | To put life into dust; the aged cramp | To put life into dust, the aged Crampe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.455 | Where no priest shovels in dust. (To Perdita) O cursed wretch, | Where no Priest shouels-in dust. Oh cursed wretch, |