| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.29 | on by the flesh, and he must needs go that the devil | on by the flesh, and hee must needes goe that the diuell |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.36 | and all flesh and blood are, and indeed I do marry that I | and all flesh and blood are, and indeede I doe marrie that I |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.46 | He that comforts my wife is the cherisher of my flesh | he that comforts my wife, is the cherisher of my flesh |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.47 | and blood; he that cherishes my flesh and blood loves | and blood; hee that cherishes my flesh and blood, loues |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.48 | my flesh and blood; he that loves my flesh and blood is | my flesh and blood; he that loues my flesh and blood is |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.10 | flesh and cost me the dearest groans of a mother I | flesh and cost mee the deerest groanes of a mother, I |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.19 | He means in flesh. | He meanes in flesh. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.67 | It is reported thou didst eat strange flesh, | It is reported thou did'st eate strange flesh, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.119 | Though written in our flesh, we shall remember | Though written in our flesh, we shall remember |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.63 | respect of a good piece of flesh indeed! Learn of the | respect of a good peece of flesh indeed: learne of the |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.148 | The lioness had torn some flesh away, | The Lyonnesse had torne some flesh away, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.152 | I do digest the poison of thy flesh, | I doe digest the poison of thy flesh, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.22 | O, Signor Balthasar, either at flesh or fish | Oh signior Balthazar, either at flesh or fish, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.152 | that but for the mountain of mad flesh that claims | that but for the Mountaine of mad flesh that claimes |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.115 | Requickened what in flesh was fatigate, | Requickned what in flesh was fatigate, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.42 | Even to a full disgrace. (Rising and going to her) Best of my flesh, | euen to a full Disgrace. Best of my Flesh, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.132 | ladies' flesh at a million a dram, you cannot preserve | Ladies flesh at a Million a Dram, you cannot preseure |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.127 | To let an arrogant piece of flesh threat us, | To let an arrogant peece of flesh threat vs? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.264.2 | How now, my flesh, my child? | How now, my Flesh? my Childe? |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.129 | O that this too too sullied flesh would melt, | Oh that this too too solid Flesh, would melt, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.22 | To ears of flesh and blood. List, list, O, list! | To eares of flesh and bloud; list Hamlet, oh list, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.63 | That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation | That Flesh is heyre too? 'Tis a consummation |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.54 | man and wife is one flesh; and so, my mother. Come, | man & wife is one flesh, and so my mother. Come, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.235 | And from her fair and unpolluted flesh | And from her faire and vnpolluted flesh, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.34 | down? 'Sblood, I'll not bear my own flesh so far afoot | downe? Ile not beare mine owne flesh so far afoot |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.239 | this huge hill of flesh – | this huge Hill of Flesh. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.125 | Why? She's neither fish nor flesh, a man knows | Why? She's neither fish nor flesh; a man knowes |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.165 | have more flesh than another man, and therefore more | haue more flesh then another man, and therefore more |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.79 | They wound my thoughts worse than thy sword my flesh. | They wound my thoghts worse, then the sword my flesh: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.101 | What, old acquaintance, could not all this flesh | What? Old Acquaintance? Could not all this flesh |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.172 | You were advised his flesh was capable | You were aduis'd his flesh was capeable |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.290 | by this light – flesh and corrupt blood (laying his hand | by this light Flesh, and corrupt Blood, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.339 | for suffering flesh to be eaten in thy house, contrary to | for suffering flesh to bee eaten in thy house, contrary to |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.345 | His grace says that which his flesh rebels | His Grace sayes that, which his flesh rebells |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.133 | Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. | Shall flesh his tooth in euery Innocent. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.19 | When flesh is cheap and females dear, | when flesh is cheape, and Females deere, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.41 | Name not religion, for thou lovest the flesh; | Name not Religion, for thou lou'st the Flesh, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.195 | Till bones and flesh and sinews fall away, | Till bones and flesh and sinewes fall away, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.36 | Did flesh his puny sword in Frenchmen's blood! | Did flesh his punie-sword in Frenchmens blood. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.18 | God knows thou art a collop of my flesh, | God knowes, thou art a collop of my flesh, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.231 | Bear that proportion to my flesh and blood | Beare that proportion to my flesh and blood, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.301 | Men's flesh preserved so whole do seldom win. | Mens flesh preseru'd so whole, doe seldome winne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.269 | Tire on the flesh of me and of my son! | Tyre on the flesh of me, and of my Sonne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.98 | Stab poniards in our flesh till all were told, | Stab Poniards in our flesh, till all were told, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.12 | Of our flesh; few are angels; out of which frailty | Of our flesh, few are Angels; out of which frailty |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.67 | And men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive; | And Men are Flesh and Blood, and apprehensiue; |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.34 | And Edward's sword must flesh itself in such | And Edwards sword must fresh it selfe in such, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.41 | My soul should yield this castle of my flesh, | My soule should yeeld this Castle of my flesh, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.145 | Those dogs of France would fasten on his flesh. | Those doggs of Fraunce would fasten on his flesh |
| King John | KJ II.i.354 | And now he feasts, mousing the flesh of men, | And now he feasts, mousing the flesh of men |
| King John | KJ III.iii.20 | We owe thee much! Within this wall of flesh | We owe thee much: within this wall of flesh |
| King John | KJ V.i.71 | And flesh his spirit in a warlike soil, | And flesh his spirit in a warre-like soyle, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.43 | flesh ye; come on, young master. | flesh ye, come on yong Master. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.216 | But yet thou art my flesh, my blood, my daughter – | But yet thou art my flesh, my blood, my Daughter, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.217 | Or rather a disease that's in my flesh, | Or rather a disease that's in my flesh, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.70 | Should have thus little mercy on their flesh? | Should haue thus little mercy on their flesh: |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.71 | Judicious punishment! 'Twas this flesh begot | Iudicious punishment, 'twas this flesh begot |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.138 | Our flesh and blood, my lord, is grown so vile | Our flesh and blood, my Lord, is growne so vilde, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.57 | In his anointed flesh rash boarish fangs. | In his Annointed flesh, sticke boarish phangs. |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.66 | Thy flesh and bones. Howe'er thou art a fiend, | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.227 | That eyeless head of thine was first framed flesh | That eyelesse head of thine, was first fram'd flesh |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.24 | The good-years shall devour them, flesh and fell, | The good yeares shall deuoure them, flesh and fell, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.183 | flesh and blood. | flesh and blood. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.215 | the flesh. | the flesh. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.133 | My sweet ounce of man's flesh! my incony Jew! – Now | My sweete ounce of mans flesh, my in-conie Iew: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.72 | This is the liver vein, which makes flesh a deity, | This is the liuer veine, which makes flesh a deity. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.213 | As true we are as flesh and blood can be. | As true we are as flesh and bloud can be, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.32 | I'll fight till from my bones my flesh be hacked. | Ile fight, till from my bones, my flesh be hackt. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.241 | but I shall follow it as the flesh and fortune shall better | but I shall follow it as the flesh and fortune shall better |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.147 | Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken | Of your faire flesh, to be cut off and taken |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.162 | A pound of man's flesh taken from a man | A pound of mans flesh taken from a man, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.164 | As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. I say | As flesh of Muttons, Beefes, or Goates, I say |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.85 | be Launcelot thou art mine own flesh and blood. Lord | be Lancelet, thou art mine owne flesh and blood: Lord |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.31 | My own flesh and blood to rebel! | My owne flesh and blood to rebell. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.34 | I say my daughter is my flesh and blood. | I say my daughter is my flesh and bloud. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.35 | There is more difference between thy flesh and | There is more difference betweene thy flesh and |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.47 | flesh. What's that good for? | flesh, what's that good for? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.286 | That he would rather have Antonio's flesh | That he would rather haue Anthonio's flesh, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iii.33 | That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh | That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.23 | Which is a pound of this poor merchant's flesh, | Which is a pound of this poore Merchants flesh, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.41 | A weight of carrion flesh than to receive | A weight of carrion flesh, then to receiue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.99 | The pound of flesh which I demand of him | The pound of flesh which I demand of him |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.112 | The Jew shall have my flesh, blood, bones, and all, | The Iew shall haue my flesh, blood, bones, and all, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.229 | A pound of flesh, to be by him cut off | A pound of flesh, to be by him cut off |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.253.1 | The flesh? | the flesh? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.296 | A pound of that same merchant's flesh is thine, | A pound of that same marchants flesh is thine, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.299 | And you must cut this flesh from off his breast, | And you must cut this flesh from off his breast, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.304 | The words expressly are ‘a pound of flesh'. | The words expresly are a pound of flesh: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.305 | Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh, | Then take thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.321 | Therefore prepare thee to cut off the flesh. | Therefore prepare thee to cut off the flesh, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.323 | But just a pound of flesh. If thou tak'st more | But iust a pound of flesh: if thou tak'st more |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.169 | And so riveted with faith unto your flesh. | And so riueted with faith vnto your flesh. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.22 | Methinks his flesh is punished; he shall have no desires. | Me-thinkes his flesh is punish'd, hee shall haue no desires. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.87 | It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. | It is the flesh of a corrupted hart. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.141.1 | To her foul tainted flesh! | To her foule tainted flesh. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.80 | flesh as any is in Messina, and one that knows the law, | flesh as any in Messina, and one that knowes the Law, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.34 | I pray thee, peace. I will be flesh and blood; | I pray thee peace, I will be flesh and bloud, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.66 | On mother's flesh which did me breed. | On mothers flesh which did me breed: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.131 | And she an eater of her mother's flesh | And shee an eater of her Mothers flesh, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.25 | They say they're half fish, half flesh. A plague on them, | They say they're halfe fish, halfe flesh: / A plague on them, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.81 | home, and we'll have flesh for holidays, fish for fasting-days, | home, and wee'le haue Flesh for all day, Fish for fasting-dayes |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.31 | For flesh and blood, sir, white and red, you shall | For flesh and bloud Sir, white and red, you shall |
| Pericles | Per V.i.152.2 | But are you flesh and blood? | But are you flesh and bloud? |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.46 | Look who kneels here; flesh of thy flesh, Thaisa, | Looke who kneeles here, flesh of thy flesh Thaisa, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.196 | Banished this frail sepulchre of our flesh, | Banish'd this fraile sepulchre of our flesh, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.197 | As now our flesh is banished from this land. | As now our flesh is banish'd from this Land. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.167 | As if this flesh which walls about our life | As if this Flesh, which walls about our Life, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.171 | Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood | Couer your heads, and mock not flesh and blood |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.112 | Whilst my gross flesh sinks downward here to die. | Whil'st my grosse flesh sinkes downward, heere to dye. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.182 | Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. | Cold fearefull drops stand on my trembling flesh. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.28 | 'tis known I am a pretty piece of flesh. | 'tis knowne I am a pretty peece of flesh. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.90 | Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting. | Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.37 | Without his roe, like a dried herring. O flesh, | Without his Roe, like a dryed Hering. O flesh, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.38 | flesh, how art thou fishified! Now is he for the numbers | flesh, how art thou fishified? Now is he for the numbers |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.82 | In mortal paradise of such sweet flesh? | In mortall paradise of such sweet flesh? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.84 | Farewell. Buy food and get thyself in flesh. | Farewell, buy food, and get thy selfe in flesh. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.112 | From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last! | From this world-wearied flesh: Eyes looke your last: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.126 | tarry in despite of the flesh and the blood. | tarrie in despight of the flesh & the blood |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.161 | Than feed it with such overroasted flesh. | Then feede it with such ouer-rosted flesh: |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.47 | Wallets of flesh? Or that there were such men | Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.74 | Thou art pinched for't now, Sebastian. Flesh and blood, | Thou art pinch'd for't now Sebastian. Flesh, and bloud, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.114 | Beats as of flesh and blood; and, since I saw thee, | Beats as of flesh, and blood: and since I saw thee, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.157 | That scolds against the quality of flesh | That scold'st against the quality of flesh, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.531 | But let the famished flesh slide from the bone | But let the famisht flesh slide from the Bone, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.101 | Ad manes fratrum sacrifice his flesh | Ad manus fratrum, sacrifice his flesh: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.10 | Beats in this hollow prison of my flesh, | Beats in this hollow prison of my flesh, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.83 | Do execution on my flesh and blood. | Doe execution on my flesh and blood. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.61 | Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred. | Eating the flesh that she herselfe hath bred. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.46 | Good traders in the flesh, set this in your painted | Good traders in the flesh, set this in your painted |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.26 | piece of Eve's flesh as any in Illyria. | piece of Eues flesh, as any in Illyria. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.31 | and let your flesh and blood obey it. | and let your flesh and blood obey it. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.33 | Videlicet, the way of flesh – you have me? | Videlicet, the way of flesh, you have me. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.138 | Ay, every dram of woman's flesh is false, | I, euery dram of Womans flesh is false, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.278 | not exchange flesh with one that loved her. The ballad | not exchange flesh with one that lou'd her: The Ballad |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.684 | none of your flesh and blood. | none of your flesh and blood. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.688 | She being none of your flesh and blood, your | She being none of your flesh and blood, your |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.689 | flesh and blood has not offended the King; and so your | flesh and blood ha's not offended the King, and so your |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.690 | flesh and blood is not to be punished by him. Show | flesh and blood is not to be punish'd by him. Shew |