| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.12 | His taken labours bid him me forgive; | His taken labours bid him me forgiue; |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.41 | Out, fool, I forgive thee for a witch. | Out Foole, I forgiue thee for a Witch. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.95 | As Cleopatra this. But, sir, forgive me, | As Cleopatra this. But Sir, forgiue me, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.55 | Forgive my fearful sails! I little thought | Forgiue my fearfull sayles, I little thought |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.20 | Forgive me in thine own particular, | Forgiue me in thine owne particular, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.54 | To give or to forgive, but when we have stuffed | To giue or to forgiue; but when we haue stufft |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.43 | Forgive my tyranny; but do not say | Forgiue my Tyranny: but do not say, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.44 | For that, ‘ Forgive our Romans.’ O, a kiss | For that forgiue our Romanes. O a kisse |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.420 | The malice towards you, to forgive you. Live | The malice towards you, to forgiue you. Liue |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.52 | Can serve my turn? ‘ Forgive me my foul murder?’ | Can serue my turne? Forgiue me my foule Murther: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.153 | To make them ranker. Forgive me this my virtue. | To make them ranke. Forgiue me this my Vertue, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.92 | harm upon me, Hal, God forgive thee for it. Before I | harme vnto me Hall, God forgiue thee for it. Before I |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.251 | O, the devil take such cozeners – God forgive me! | O, the Diuell take such Couzeners, God forgiue me, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.130 | And God forgive them that so much have swayed | And Heauen forgiue them, that so much haue sway'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.168 | Hostess, I forgive thee, go make ready | Hostesse, I forgiue thee: / Go make ready |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.218 | How I came by the crown, O God forgive, | How I came by the Crowne, O heauen forgiue: |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.153 | Which I beseech your highness to forgive, | Which I beseech your Highnesse to forgiue, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.148 | Did march three Frenchmen. Yet forgive me, God, | Did march three Frenchmen. Yet forgiue me God, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.20 | Him I forgive my death that killeth me | Him I forgiue my death, that killeth me, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.81 | (to them) Forgive me, country, and sweet countrymen! | Forgiue me Countrey, and sweet Countreymen: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.139 | If my suspect be false, forgive me, God, | If my suspect be false, forgiue me God, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.29 | He dies and makes no sign. O God, forgive him! | He dies and makes no signe: Oh God forgiue him. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.200 | And I forgive and quite forget old faults, | And I forgiue, and quite forget old faults, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.60 | O, God forgive my sins, and pardon thee! | O God forgiue my sinnes, and pardon thee. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.26 | If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me; | If I chance to talke a little wilde, forgiue me: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.65 | Be what they will, I heartily forgive 'em. | (Be what they will) I heartily forgiue 'em; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.81 | Were hid against me, now to forgive me frankly. | Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.82 | Sir Thomas Lovell, I as free forgive you | Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.83 | As I would be forgiven. I forgive all. | As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.136 | Speak how I fell. I have done; and God forgive me! | Speake how I fell. / I haue done; and God forgiue me. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.175 | Do what ye will, my lords, and pray forgive me | Do what ye will, my Lords: / And pray forgiue me; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.135.2 | Heaven forgive me! | Heauen forgiue me, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.336.2 | I forgive him. | I forgiue him. |
| King John | KJ II.i.12 | God shall forgive you Coeur-de-lion's death | God shall forgiue you Cordelions death |
| King John | KJ II.i.283 | Then God forgive the sin of all those souls | Then God forgiue the sinne of all those soules, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.82 | Thrust but these men away, and I'll forgive you, | Thrust but these men away, and Ile forgiue you, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.263 | Forgive the comment that my passion made | Forgiue the Comment that my passion made |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.91 | Kind gods, forgive me that and prosper him. | Kinde Gods, forgiue me that, and prosper him. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.84 | forgive. I am old and foolish. | and forgiue, / I am old and foolish. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.164.1 | I do forgive thee. | I do forgiue thee. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.141 | compliment; I forgive thy duty. Adieu. | complement, I forgiue thy duetie, adue. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.234.1 | Heaven forgive him too. | Heauen forgiue him too. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.71 | God, God forgive us all! Look after her, | God, God forgiue vs all. Looke after her, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.37 | Well, heaven forgive him, and forgive us all. | Well: heauen forgiue him; and forgiue vs all: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.516 | Thy slanders I forgive, and therewithal | Thy slanders I forgiue, and therewithall |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.529 | Forgive him, Angelo, that brought you home | Forgiue him Angelo, that brought you home |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.60 | he would despise me, I would forgive him, for if he love | hee would despise me, I would forgiue him, for if he loue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.49.1 | If I forgive him. | If I forgiue him. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.26 | Forgive a moiety of the principal, | Forgiue a moytie of the principall, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.240 | Portia, forgive me this enforced wrong; | Portia, forgiue me this enforced wrong, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.26 | of my mirth – heaven forgive me! Why, I'll exhibit a | of my mirth: (heauen forgiue mee:) why Ile / Exhibit a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.55 | Lord, Lord, your worship's a wanton! Well, God forgive | Lord, Lord, your Worship's a wanton: well: heauen forgiue |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.200 | forgive my sins at the day of judgement. | forgiue my sins at the day of iudgement. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.31 | Heaven forgive our sins! | Heauen forgiue our sinnes. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.277 | Why, then, God forgive me! | Why then God forgiue me. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.106 | no more of this; let's to our affairs. God forgive us our | no more of this: let's to our Affaires. Forgiue vs our |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.87.1 | O, heaven forgive us! | Oh Heauen forgiue vs. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.39.2 | Heavens forgive it! | Heauens forgiue it. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.156 | Forget, forgive, conclude, and be agreed; | Forget, forgiue, conclude, and be agreed, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.173 | If thy revengeful heart cannot forgive, | If thy reuengefull heart cannot forgiue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.7 | That you shall rest but little. God forgive me! | That you shall rest but little, God forgiue me: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.101 | Forgive me, cousin! Ah, dear Juliet, | Forgiue me Cozen. Ah deare Iuliet: |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.131 | O, forgive me my sins! | O forgiue me my sinnes. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.78 | Would here have killed your king, I do forgive thee, | Would heere haue kill'd your King: I do forgiue thee, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.131 | Would even infect my mouth, I do forgive | Would euen infect my mouth, I do forgiue |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.498 | Forgive my general and exceptless rashness, | Forgiue my generall, and exceptlesse rashnesse |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.185 | Come to what is important in't. I forgive you the | Come to what is important in't: I forgiue you the |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.30 | O good Antonio, forgive me your trouble. | O good Antonio, forgiue me your trouble. |
| 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 V.iv.74 | Forgive me, Valentine; if hearty sorrow | Forgiue me Valentine: if hearty sorrow |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.155 | Forgive them what they have committed here, | Forgiue them what they haue committed here, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.76 | That Emily is thine, I will forgive | That Emily is thine, I will forgive |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.98 | The gods and I forgive thee. If there be | The gods, and I forgive thee; If there be |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.93 | Yet never treacherous; forgive me, cousin. | Yet never treacherous: Forgive me Cosen: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.225 | Sir, royal sir, forgive a foolish woman. | Sir, Royall Sir, forgiue a foolish woman: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.6.1 | With them forgive yourself. | With them, forgiue your selfe. |