| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.214 | Gives us free scope, only doth backward pull | Giues vs free scope, onely doth backward pull |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.168 | Health shall live free and sickness freely die. | Health shall liue free, and sickenesse freely dye. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.200 | Is free for me to ask, thee to bestow. | Is free for me to aske, thee to bestow. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.17 | Whom I myself embrace to set him free. | Whom I my selfe embrace, to set him free. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.27 | Thou kill'st thy mistress; but well and free, | thou kil'st thy Mistris: / But well and free, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.38 | Be free and healthful; so tart a favour | Be free and healthfull; so tart a fauour |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.56 | In state of health, thou sayst, and, thou sayst, free. | In state of health thou saist, and thou saist, free. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.57 | Free, madam! No; I made no such report. | Free Madam, no: I made no such report, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.57 | On my free will. My lord, Mark Antony, | On my free-will. My Lord Marke Anthony, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.81 | When I did make thee free, swor'st thou not then | When I did make thee free, swor'st yu not then |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.4 | More free from peril than the envious court? | More free from perill then the enuious Court? |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.68 | That thou with licence of free foot hast caught | That thou with license of free foot hast caught, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.85 | Then he hath wronged himself; if he be free, | Then he hath wrong'd himselfe: if he be free, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.65 | Free from these slanders and this open shame. | Free from these slanders, and this open shame. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.88 | Be free as is the wind. Deliver him, Titus. | Be free, as is the Winde: deliuer him, Titus. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.199 | He did solicit you in free contempt | He did sollicite you in free Contempt, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.88 | For they have pardons, being asked, as free | For they haue Pardons, being ask'd, as free, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.73 | ‘ Thou liest ’ unto thee with a voice as free | Thou lyest vnto thee, with a voice as free, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.47 | For I dare so far free him – made him feared, | For I dare so farre free him, made him fear'd, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.26 | But to be rough, unswayable and free. | But to be rough, vnswayable, and free. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.152 | free entertainment. | free entertainment. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.68 | Your lord, I mean – laughs from's free lungs: cries ‘ O, | (Your Lord I meane) laughes from's free lungs: cries oh, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.72 | But must be, will's free hours languish for | But must be: will's free houres languish: / For |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.49 | This tribute from us, we were free. Caesar's ambition, | This Tribute from vs, we were free. Casars Ambition, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.11 | Then free for ever. Is't enough I am sorry? | Then free for euer. Is't enough I am sorry? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.196 | free. | free. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.93 | Have of your audience been most free and bounteous. | Haue of your audience beene most free and bounteous. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.275 | own inclining? Is it a free visitation? Come, come, deal | owne inclining? Is it a free visitation? Come, deale |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.561 | Make mad the guilty and appal the free, | Make mad the guilty, and apale the free, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.14.1 | Most free in his reply. | Most free in his reply. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.251 | Your majesty, and we that have free souls, it touches us | Your Maiestie, and wee that haue free soules, it touches vs |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.68 | O limed soul, that struggling to be free | Oh limed soule, that strugling to be free, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.63 | After the Danish sword, and thy free awe | After the Danish Sword, and thy free awe |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.134 | Most generous, and free from all contriving, | Most generous, and free from all contriuing, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.236 | Free me so far in your most generous thoughts | Free me so farre in your most generous thoughts, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.326 | Heaven make thee free of it! I follow thee. | Heauen make thee free of it, I follow thee. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.28 | Up to his pleasure, ransomless and free. | Vp to his pleasure, ransomlesse and free: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.238 | three pound to free Mouldy and Bullcalf. | three pound, to free Mouldie and Bull-calfe. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.132 | Free from gross passion or of mirth or anger, | Free from grosse passion, or of mirth, or anger, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.41 | Let gallows gape for dog; let man go free, | let Gallowes gape for Dogge, let Man goe free, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.178 | think that, making God so free an offer, He let him | thinke, that making God so free an offer, he let him |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.20 | Being free from vainness and self-glorious pride, | Being free from vain-nesse, and selfe-glorious pride; |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.86 | And take with you free power to ratify, | And take with you free power, to ratifie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.81 | And free my country from calamity; | And free my Countrey from Calamitie: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.64 | O'ercharging your free purses with large fines; | O're-charging your free Purses with large Fines; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.72 | They set him free without his ransom paid, | They set him free, without his Ransome pay'd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.59 | Go and be free again as Suffolk's friend. | Go, and be free againe, as Suffolkes friend. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.61 | My hand would free her, but my heart says no. | My hand would free her, but my heart sayes no. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.114.1 | For princes should be free. | For Princes should be free. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.115 | If happy England's royal King be free. | If happy Englands Royall King be free. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.155 | Free from oppression or the stroke of war, | Free from oppression, or the stroke of Warre, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.82 | It's sign she hath been liberal and free. | It's signe she hath beene liberall and free. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.101 | The purest spring is not so free from mud | The purest Spring is not so free from mudde, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.223 | Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun's hot beams: | Free Lords: / Cold Snow melts with the Sunnes hot Beames: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.155 | To free us from His Father's wrathful curse, | To free vs from his Fathers wrathfull curse, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.251 | Free from a stubborn opposite intent, | Free from a stubborne opposite intent, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.95 | These hands are free from guiltless bloodshedding, | These hands are free from guiltlesse bloodshedding, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.117 | wives be as free as heart can wish or tongue can tell. | wiues be as free as heart can wish, or tongue can tell. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.8 | And here pronounce free pardon to them all | And heere pronounce free pardon to them all, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.180 | And from that torment I will free myself, | And from that torment I will free my selfe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.64 | To free King Henry from imprisonment | To free King Henry from imprisonment, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.v.13 | To set him free from his captivity. | To set him free from his Captiuitie. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.16 | But, Warwick, after God, thou settest me free, | But Warwicke, after God, thou set'st me free, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.36 | And therefore I yield thee my free consent. | And therefore I yeeld thee my free consent. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.100 | Free pardon to each man that has denied | Free pardon to each man that has deny'de |
| 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.ii.42.2 | And free us from his slavery. | And free vs from his slauery. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.92 | Have their free voices. Rome, the nurse of judgement, | Haue their free voyces. Rome (the Nurse of Iudgement) |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.99 | That I am free of your report, he knows | That I am free of your Report, he knowes |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.157 | I free you from't. You are not to be taught | I free you from't: You are not to be taught |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.32 | Could speak this with as free a soul as I do! | Could speake this with as free a Soule as I doe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.60 | Like free and honest men, our just opinions | (Like free and honest men) our iust opinions, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.97 | I was born free as Caesar, so were you; | I was borne free as Casar, so were you, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.79 | When evils are most free? O then, by day | When euills are most free? O then, by day |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.24 | all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as | all Free-men? As Casar lou'd mee, I weepe for him; as |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.17 | Nor with such free and friendly conference, | Nor with such free and friendly Conference |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.47 | So, I am free; yet would not so have been, | So, I am free, / Yet would not so haue beene |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.54 | Free from the bondage you are in, Messala. | Free from the Bondage you are in Messala, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.164 | Bid her be free and general as the sun, | Bid her be free and generall as the sunne, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.45 | But all in vain, he cannot free himself. | But all in vaine, he cannot free him selfe. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.7 | Art thou not free? And are not all occasions | Art thou not free? and are not all occasions, |
| King John | KJ II.i.453 | More free from motion, no, not death himself | More free from motion, no not death himselfe |
| King John | KJ III.i.148 | Can task the free breath of a sacred king? | Can tast the free breath of a sacred King? |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.3 | Escaped the hunt. No port is free, no place | Escap'd the hunt. No Port is free, no place |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.127 | Sepulchring an adult'ress. (To Kent) O, are you free? | Sepulchring an Adultresse. O are you free? |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.11 | Thou'dst meet the bear i'the mouth. When the mind's free | Thou'dst meete the Beare i'th'mouth, when the mind's free, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.103 | Leaving free things and happy shows behind; | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.80.1 | Bear free and patient thoughts. | Beare free and patient thoughts. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.64 | A most acute juvenal, voluble and free of grace! | A most acute Iuuenall, voluble and free of grace, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.422 | These lords are visited; you are not free, | These Lords are visited, you are not free: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.424 | No, they are free that gave these tokens to us. | No, they are free that gaue these tokens to vs. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.718 | For mine own part, I breathe free breath. I have | For mine owne part, I breath free breath: I haue |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.155.1 | Our free hearts each to other. | Our free Hearts each to other. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.19.1 | Which else should free have wrought. | Which else should free haue wrought. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.35 | Free from our feasts and banquets bloody knives, | Free from our Feasts, and Banquets bloody kniues; |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.36 | Do faithful homage and receive free honours – | Do faithfull Homage, and receiue free Honors, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.94 | The usurper's cursed head. The time is free. | Th' Vsurpers cursed head: the time is free: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.77 | To have free speech with you, and it concerns me | To haue free speech with you; and it concernes me |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.43 | art tainted or free. | art tainted, or free. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.111 | Ignomy in ransom and free pardon | Ignomie in ransome, and free pardon |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.69 | If you'll implore it, that will free your life, | If you'l implore it, that will free your life, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.37 | Free from our faults, as faults from seeming free. | From our faults, as faults from seeming free. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.89 | I am your free dependant. | I am your free dependant. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.141 | Who is as free from touch or soil with her | Who is as free from touch, or soyle with her |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.385 | And now, dear maid, be you as free to us. | And now, deere Maide, be you as free to vs. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.94 | ‘ Let them be free! Marry them to your heirs! | Let them be free, marrie them to your heires? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.164 | In maiden meditation, fancy-free. | In maiden meditation, fancy free. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.22 | Will you with free and unconstrained soul | Will you with free and vnconstrained soule |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.26 | I would not my unhoused free condition | I would not my vnhoused free condition |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.98 | For if such actions may have passage free, | For if such Actions may haue passage free, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.41 | With his free duty recommends you thus, | With his free dutie, recommends you thus, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.211 | But the free comfort which from thence he hears; | But the free comfort which from thence he heares. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.262 | But to be free and bounteous to her mind. | But to be free, and bounteous to her minde: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.393 | The Moor is of a free and open nature, | The Moore is of a free, and open Nature, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.310 | put you in your place again. She is of so free, so kind, so | put you in your place againe. She is of so free, so kinde, so |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.327 | When this advice is free I give, and honest, | When this aduise is free I giue, and honest, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.332 | As the free elements; and then for her | As the free Elements. And then for her |
| Othello | Oth III.i.38.1 | May be more free. | May be more free. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.134 | I am not bound to that all slaves are free to: | I am not bound to that: All Slaues are free: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.183 | Is free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well; | Is free of Speech, Sings, Playes, and Dances: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.197 | I would not have your free and noble nature, | I would not haue your free, and Noble Nature, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.253 | And hold her free, I do beseech your honour. | And hold her free, I do beseech your Honor. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.337 | I slept the next night well, was free and merry; | I slept the next night well, fed well, was free, and merrie. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.125 | For my free speech! You must awhile be patient. | For my free speech. You must awhile be patient: |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.2 | Antiochus from incest lived not free. | Antiochus from incest liued not free: |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.33 | And leave us to our free election. | And leaue vs to our free election. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.96 | Would set me free from this unhallowed place, | would set me free from this vnhalowed place, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.33 | And free from other, misbegotten hate | And free from other misbegotten hate, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.55 | From giving reins and spurs to my free speech, | From giuing reines and spurres to my free speech, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.123 | Free speech and fearless I to thee allow. | Free speech, and fearelesse, I to thee allow. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.115 | Courageously and with a free desire | Couragiously, and with a free desire |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.135 | To my inheritance of free descent. | To my Inheritance of free Discent. |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.27 | So as thou livest in peace, die free from strife; | So as thou liu'st in peace, dye free from strife: |
| Richard III | R3 III.vi.9 | Untainted, unexamined, free, at liberty. | Vntainted, vnexamin'd, free, at libertie. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.262 | If you do free your children from the sword, | If you do free your Children from the Sword, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.44 | They are free men. But I am banished. | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.118 | And this shall free thee from this present shame, | And this shall free thee from this present shame, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.136 | his youngest free for a husband, and then have to't | his yongest free for a husband, and then haue too t |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.230 | Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free | Why sir, I pray are not the streets as free |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.261 | The younger then is free, and not before. | The yonger then is free, and not before. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.265 | Achieve the elder, set the younger free | Atchieue the elder: set the yonger free, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.97 | And free access and favour as the rest. | And free accesse and fauour as the rest. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.79 | And rather than it shall, I will be free | And rather then it shall, I will be free, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.251.1 | From what a torment I did free thee? | From what a torment I did free thee? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.421 | As my soul prompts it. – Spirit, fine spirit, I'll free thee | As my soule prompts it: Spirit, fine spirit, Ile free thee |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.443 | I'll set thee free for this. – A word, good sir. | Ile set thee free for this. A word good Sir, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.499.2 | Thou shalt be as free | Thou shalt be as free |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.298 | Shall free thee from the tribute which thou payest, | Shall free thee from the tribute which thou paiest, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.124 | Thought is free. | Thought is free. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.87 | Thou shalt ere long be free. | Thou shalt ere long be free. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.241 | Bravely, my diligence. Thou shalt be free. | Brauely (my diligence) thou shalt be free. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.252 | Set Caliban and his companions free. | Set Caliban, and his companions free: |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.319 | Be free, and fare thou well. – Please you, draw near. | Be free, and fare thou well: please you draw neere. |
| The Tempest | Tem epilogue.20 | Let your indulgence set me free. | Let your Indulgence set me free. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.46 | With amplest entertainment. My free drift | With amplest entertainment: My free drift |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.86.1 | Drink the free air. | Drinke the free Ayre. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.107 | Which he shall have. I'll pay the debt, and free him. | Which he shall haue. Ile pay the debt, and free him. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.5 | To your free heart, I do return those talents, | To your free heart, I do returne those Talents |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.181 | Out of his free love, hath presented to you | (Out of his free loue) hath presented to you |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.239 | Being free itself, it thinks all others so. | Being free it selfe, it thinkes all others so. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.81 | Have I been ever free, and must my house | Haue I bin euer free, and must my house |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.539 | Stay not. Fly, whilst thou art blest and free. | Stay not: flye, whil'st thou art blest and free: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.43 | Find what thou wantest by free and offered light. | Finde what thou want'st, by free and offer'd light. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.277 | Ransomless here we set our prisoners free; | Ransomlesse heere we set our Prisoners free, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.235 | Courtiers as free, as debonair, unarmed, | Courtiers as free, as debonnaire; vnarm'd, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.171 | Than to make up a free determination | Then to make vp a free determination |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.130 | To be a speaker free. When I am hence, | To be a speaker free? when I am hence, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.100 | His heart and hand both open and both free; | His heart and hand both open, and both free: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.139 | Thou art too gentle and too free a man. | Thou art too gentle, and too free a man: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.30 | Strike a free march to Troy! With comfort go; | Strike a free march to Troy, with comfort goe: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.66 | Now, sir, ‘ Thought is free.’ I pray you, bring your | Now sir, thought is free: I pray you bring your |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.87 | and of free disposition, is to take those things for bird-bolts | and of free disposition, is to take those things for Bird-bolts, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.249 | In voices well divulged, free, learned, and valiant, | In voyces well divulg'd, free, learn'd, and valiant, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.45 | And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, | And the free maides that weaue their thred with bones, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.223 | quarrel to me. My remembrance is very free and clear | quarrell to me: my remembrance is very free and cleere |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.40.1 | I will be free from thee! | I will be free from thee. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.40 | He breaks free and draws his sword | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.82 | And, that my love may appear plain and free, | And that my loue may appeare plaine and free, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.235 | I am as worthy and as free a lover, | I am as worthy, and as free a lover |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.3 | The free enjoying of that face I die for, | The free enjoying of that face I die for, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iii.31 | To set him free? What says the law then? Thus much | To set him free? what saies the law then? Thus much |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.24 | Could I persuade him to become a free man, | Could I perswade him to become a Freeman, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.27 | And therein wretched, although free. But if | And therein wretched, although free; But if |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.235 | Fit for my modest suit, and your free granting. | Fit for my modest suit, and your free granting: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.73 | You whose free nobleness do make my cause | You, whose free noblenesse doe make my cause |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.112 | May a free face put on, derive a liberty | May a free face put on: deriue a Libertie |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.251 | In every one of these no man is free, | In euery one of these, no man is free, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.264 | Is never free of. But, beseech your grace, | Is neuer free of. But beseech your Grace |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.194 | From our free person she should be confined, | From our free person, she should be confinde, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.44 | That your free undertaking cannot miss | That your free vndertaking cannot misse |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.30.1 | More free than he is jealous. | More free, then he is iealous. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.110 | Which I would free – if I shall be condemned | Which I would free: if I shall be condemn'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.430 | Though full of our displeasure, yet we free thee | (Though full of our displeasure) yet we free thee |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.545 | Leontes opening his free arms and weeping | Leontes opening his free Armes, and weeping |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.70 | Never to marry but by my free leave? | Neuer to marry, but by my free leaue? |