| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.219 | For general sovereignty; and that he willed me | For generall soueraigntie: and that he wil'd me |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.252 | Methinkst thou art a general offence and every man should | mee-think'st thou art a generall offence, and euery man shold |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iii.1 | The general of our horse thou art, and we, | The Generall of our horse thou art, and we |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.79 | The General is content to spare thee yet, | The Generall is content to spare thee yet, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.125 | You are a merciful general. Our General | You are a mercifull Generall: Our Generall |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.287 | I'll whisper with the General and know | Ile whisper with the Generall, and knowe |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.295 | die. The General says you that have so traitorously | dye: the Generall sayes, you that haue so traitorously |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.106 | Speak to me home; mince not the general tongue. | Speake to me home, / Mince not the generall tongue, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.135 | Whose virtue and whose general graces speak | whose / Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.25 | And sinks most lamentably. Had our general | And sinkes most lamentably. Had our Generall |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.24 | The morn is fair. Good morrow, General. | The Morne is faire: Good morrow Generall. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.25.1 | Good morrow, General. | Good morrow Generall. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.158 | No, fair Princess. He is the general challenger; | No faire Princesse: he is the generall challenger, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.69 | Wouldst thou disgorge into the general world. | Would'st thou disgorge into the generall world. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.129 | ‘ That I receive the general food at first | That I receiue the generall Food at first |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.98 | Cominius the general is gone with one part of our | Cominius the Generall is gone, with one part of our |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.3 | Say, has our general met the enemy? | Say, ha's our Generall met the Enemy? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.v.9 | And hark, what noise the general makes! To him! | And harke, what noyse the Generall makes: To him |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.11.2 | O general, | Oh Generall: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.36.2 | I thank you, general, | I thanke you Generall: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.80.1 | Of my lord general. | of my Lord Generall. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.129 | Senate has letters from the general, wherein he gives | Senate ha's Letters from the Generall, wherein hee giues |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.155.2 | General, and Titus Lartius; between them, Coriolanus, | Generall, and Titus Latius: betweene them Coriolanus, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.175 | And welcome, general, and y'are welcome all. | and welcome Generall, / And y'are welcome all. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.41 | The present consul and last general | The present Consull, and last Generall, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.146 | Of general ignorance – it must omit | Of generall Ignorance, it must omit |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.66 | And you will rather show our general louts | And you, will rather shew our generall Lowts, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.23 | And venomous to thine eyes. My sometime general, | And venomous to thine eyes. My (sometime) Generall, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v. | how to say that. For the defence of a town our general | how to say that: for the Defence of a Towne, our Generall |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.184 | thwack our general, Caius Martius. | thwacke our Generall, Caius Martius. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.186 | General?’ | Generall? |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.187 | I do not say ‘thwack our general', | I do not say thwacke our Generall, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.201 | but they stand bald before him. Our general himself | but they stand bald before him. Our Generall himselfe |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.204 | bottom of the news is, our general is cut i'th' middle and | bottome of the Newes is, our Generall is cut i'th' middle, & |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.2 | Which was sometime his general, who loved him | Which was sometime his Generall: who loued him |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.5 | You may not pass, you must return. Our general | You may not passe, you must returne: our Generall |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.9 | If you have heard your general talk of Rome, | If you haue heard your Generall talke of Rome, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.14 | Thy general is my lover. I have been | Thy Generall is my Louer: I haue beene |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.29 | always factionary on the party of your general. | alwayes factionary on the party of your Generall. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.36 | I am, as thy general is. | I am as thy Generall is. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.47 | You are condemned, our general has sworn you out of | you are condemn'd, our Generall has sworne you out of |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.52 | I mean thy general. | I meane thy Generall. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.53 | My general cares not for you. Back, I say, | My Generall cares not for you. Back I say, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.98 | I neither care for th' world nor your general. | I neither care for th' world, nor your General: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.101 | it not from another. Let your general do his worst. For | it not from another: Let your Generall do his worst. For |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.105 | The worthy fellow is our general. He's | The worthy Fellow is our General. He's |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.6 | The general suit of Rome; never admitted | the generall suite of Rome: / Neuer admitted |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.10.1 | How is it with our general? | How is it with our Generall? |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.viii.11.1 | Is Lucius general of the forces? | Is Lucius Generall of the Forces? |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.12 | above him in birth, alike conversant in general services, | aboue him in Birth, alike conuersant in generall seruices, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.35 | Shall in the general censure take corruption | |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.35.1 | Of general assault. | of generall assault. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.436 | general. But it was – as I received it, and others, whose | Generall: but it was (as I receiu'd it, and others, whose |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.492 | In general synod, take away her power! | In generall Synod take away her power: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.560 | And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, | And cleaue the generall eare with horrid speech: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.23 | Did the king sigh, but with a general groan. | Did the King sighe, but with a generall grone. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.18 | Is the great love the general gender bear him, | Is the great loue the generall gender beare him, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.22 | my Lord of York commends the plot, and the general | my Lord of Yorke commends the plot, and the generall |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.178 | Our general forces at Bridgnorth shall meet. | Our generall Forces at Bridgenorth shall meete. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.5 | Should go as general current through the world. | Should go so generall currant through the world. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.26 | In general journey-bated and brought low. | In generall iourney bated, and brought low: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.57 | To gripe the general sway into your hand, | To gripe the generall sway into your hand, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.27 | Health and fair greeting from our general, | Health, and faire greeting from our Generall, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.93 | My brother general, the commonwealth, | My Brother generall, the Common-wealth, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.134 | For all the country, in a general voice, | For all the Countrey, in a generall voyce, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.139 | Here come I from our princely general | Here come I from our Princely Generall, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.167 | For this contains our general grievances. | For this containes our generall Grieuances: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.176 | This will I show the general. Please you, lords, | This will I shew the Generall. Please you Lords, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.23 | comes our general. | comes our Generall. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.66 | Did, as heir general, being descended | Did as Heire Generall, being descended |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.232 | Save ceremony, save general ceremony? | Saue Ceremonie, saue generall Ceremonie? |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.30 | Were now the General of our gracious Empress – | Were now the Generall of our gracious Empresse, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.275 | persuade Harry of England than a general petition of | perswade Harry of England, then a generall Petition of |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.135 | Hence grew the general wrack and massacre; | Hence grew the generall wrack and massacre: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.2 | Summon their general unto the wall. | Summon their Generall vnto the Wall. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.3.1 | Trumpet sounds. Enter the General aloft with his men | Sounds. Enter Generall aloft. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.3 | Too rashly plotted. All our general force | Too rashly plotted. All our generall force, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.ii.8 | Success unto our valiant general, | Successe vnto our valiant Generall, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.98 | Have earnestly implored a general peace | Haue earnestly implor'd a generall peace, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.103 | Where's our general? | Where's our Generall? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.13 | Will parley with Jack Cade their general. | Will parley with Iacke Cade their Generall. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.43 | Now let the general trumpet blow his blast, | Now let the generall Trumpet blow his blast, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.68 | A woman's general; what should we fear? | A Woman's generall: what should we feare? |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.28 | And followed with the general throng and sweat | And follow'd with the generall throng, and sweat |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.92 | Into a general prophecy – that this tempest, | Into a generall Prophesie; That this Tempest |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.1 | Ladies, a general welcome from his grace | Ladyes, / A generall welcome from his Grace |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.94 | One general tongue unto us, this good man, | One generall Tongue vnto vs. This good man, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.7.1 | This, general joy. | This generall ioy. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.28 | Commotions, uproars, with a general taint | Commotions, vprores, with a generall Taint |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.85 | If it be aught toward the general good, | If it be ought toward the generall good, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.131.2 | Another general shout! | Another generall shout? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.12 | But for the general. – He would be crowned. | But for the generall. He would be crown'd: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.29 | Are to the world in general as to Caesar. | Are to the world in generall, as to Casar. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.170 | And pity to the general wrong of Rome – | And pitty to the generall wrong of Rome, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.90 | Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: | Whose Ransomes, did the generall Coffers fill: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.29 | The greater part, the horse in general, | The greater part, the Horse in generall |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.70.2 | What says my General? | What sayes my Generall? |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iv.17 | I'll tell the news. Here comes the General. | Ile tell thee newes. Heere comes the Generall, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.71 | He only, in a general honest thought | He, onely in a generall honest thought, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.83 | Contains each general virtue in the world. | Containes ech generall vertue in the worlde, |
| 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 John | KJ IV.iii.17 | Is much more general than these lines import. | Is much more generall, then these lines import. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.60 | in the general dependants as in the Duke himself also | in the generall dependants, as in the Duke himselfe also, |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.7 | Who hath he left behind him general? | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.206 | Who redeems nature from the general curse | Who redeemes Nature from the generall curse |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.75 | From a full-flowing stomach. (To Edmund) General, | From a full flowing stomack. Generall, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.317.1 | Is general woe. | Is generall woe: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.11 | When she did starve the general world beside, | When she did starue the generall world beside, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.182 | Sole imperator and great general | Sole Emperator and great generall |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.11 | eye ambitious, his gait majestical, and his general | eye ambitious, his gate maiesticall, and his generall |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.65 | Ten thousand dollars to our general use. | Ten thousand Dollars, to our generall vse. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.22 | As broad and general as the casing air; | As broad, and generall, as the casing Ayre: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.88 | I drink to the general joy o'the whole table, | I drinke to th' generall ioy o'th' whole Table, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.196 | The general cause, or is it a fee-grief | The generall cause, or is it a Fee-griefe |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.27 | The general, subject to a well-wished king, | The generall subiect to a wel-wisht King |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.95 | It is too general a vice, and severity must cure it. | It is too general a vice, and seueritie must cure it. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.135.1 | And general honour. | And general Honor. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.368 | The other half comes to the general state, | The other halfe comes to the generall state, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.36.2 | The Duke does greet you, General, | The Duke do's greet you (Generall) |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.55 | It is Brabantio: General, be advised, | It is Brabantio: Generall be aduis'd, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.69 | Would ever have – t' incur a general mock – | Would euer haue (t'encurre a generall mocke) |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.49 | Against the general enemy Ottoman. | Against the generall Enemy Ottoman. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.54 | Hath raised me from my bed; nor doth the general care | Hath rais'd me from my bed; nor doth the generall care |
| Othello | Oth II.i.60 | But, good Lieutenant, is your General wived? | But good Lieutenant, is your Generall wiu'd? |
| Othello | Oth II.i.66 | 'Tis one Iago, Ancient to the General. | 'Tis one Iago, Auncient to the Generall. |
| Othello | Oth II.ii.2 | General, that upon certain tidings now arrived importing | Generall. That vpon certaine tydings now arriu'd, importing |
| Othello | Oth II.ii.11 | Cyprus and our noble General Othello! | Cyprus, and our Noble Generall Othello. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.14 | Our General cast us thus early for the love of his | Our Generall cast vs thus earely for the loue of his |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.80 | To the health of our General! | To the health of our Generall. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.101 | For mine own part – no offence to the General, | For mine owne part, no offence to the Generall, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.127 | The General were put in mind of it: | The Generall were put in mind of it: |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.162 | Hold! The General speaks to you: hold, for shame! | Hold. The Generall speaks to you: hold for shame. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.218 | Shall nothing wrong him. This it is, General. | Shall nothing wrong him. This it is Generall: |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.265 | ways to recover the General again. You are but now cast | more wayes to recouer the Generall againe. You are but now cast |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.306 | now the General. I may say so in this respect, for that | now the Generall. I may say so, in this respect, for that |
| Othello | Oth III.i.2 | Something that's brief; and bid ‘ Good morrow, General.’ | Something that's briefe: and bid, goodmorrow General. |
| Othello | Oth III.i.12 | General so likes your music that he desires you, for | Generall so likes your Musick, that he desires you for |
| Othello | Oth III.i.16 | to't again. But, as they say, to hear music the General | too't againe. But (as they say) to heare Musicke, the Generall |
| Othello | Oth III.i.42 | The General and his wife are talking of it, | The Generall and his wife are talking of it, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.18 | My General will forget my love and service. | My Generall will forget my Loue, and Seruice. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.331 | Why, how now, General! No more of that. | Why how now Generall? No more of that. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.342 | I had been happy if the general camp, | I had beene happy, if the generall Campe, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.189 | I do attend here on the General, | I do attend heere on the Generall, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.59 | How is it, General? Have you not hurt your head? | How is it Generall? Haue you not hurt your head? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.215.1 | God save you, worthy General! | Saue you worthy Generall. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.60 | But with such general warranty of heaven | But with such generall warrantie of Heauen, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.167 | What is the matter? How now, General! | What is the matter? How now Generall? |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.296 | Dear General, I never gave you cause. | Deere Generall, I neuer gaue you cause. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.79 | Go tell their general we attend him here, | Goe tell their Generall wee attend him heere, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.11 | Of general wonder. But, alack, | Of generall wonder: but alacke |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.45 | A general praise to her, and care in us | a generrall prayse to her, and care in vs |
| Pericles | Per V.i.184 | Most wise in general. Tell me, if thou canst, | Most wise in generall, tell me if thou canst, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.203 | By his attorneys general to sue | By his Atrurneyes generall, to sue |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.81 | Their woes are parcelled, mine is general. | Their woes are parcell'd, mine is generall. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.78 | Even to the general all-ending day. | Euen to the generall ending day. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.39 | ‘ This general applause and cheerful shout | This generall applause, and chearefull showt, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.67 | No less importing than our general good, | No lesse importing then our generall good, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.67 | Then, dreadful trumpet, sound the General Doom! | Then dreadfull Trumpet sound the generall doome, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.219 | And then will I be general of your woes | And then will I be generall of your woes, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.205 | For that I knew it the most general way, | (For that I knew it the most generall way) |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.6 | And minister in their steads. To general filths | And minister in their steeds, to generall Filthes. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.30 | Be general leprosy. Breath infect breath, | Be generall Leprosie: Breath, infect breath, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.161 | Smells from the general weal. Make curled-pate ruffians bald, | Smels from the generall weale. Make curld' pate Ruffians bald |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.257 | In general riot, melted down thy youth | In generall Riot, melted downe thy youth |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.444 | From general excrement. Each thing's a thief, | From gen'rall excrement: each thing's a Theefe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.498 | Forgive my general and exceptless rashness, | Forgiue my generall, and exceptlesse rashnesse |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.ii.7 | Whom, though in general part we were opposed, | Whom though in generall part we were oppos'd, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.65 | My noble general, Timon is dead, | My Noble Generall, Timon is dead, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.59 | To see the general hunting in this forest? | To see the generall Hunting in this Forrest? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.183 | The blot and enemy to our general name, | The blot and enemy to our generall name, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.69 | Is warlike Lucius general of the Goths? | Is warlike Lucius Generall of the Gothes? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.162 | What says our general? | What saies our Generall? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.81 | When that the general is not like the hive | When that the Generall is not like the Hiue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.222 | Call Agamemnon head and general. | Call Agamemnon Head and Generall. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.322 | However it is spread in general name, | How euer it is spred in general name, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.342 | Of good or bad unto the general, | Of good or bad, vnto the Generall: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.6 | the general run then? Were not that a botchy core? | the General run, were not that a botchy core? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.212 | I was advertised their great general slept, | I was aduertiz'd, their Great generall slept, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.223 | Our noble general, do not do so. | Our noble Generall, doe not doe so. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.256 | Keeps thicket. Please it our great general | Keepes thicket: please it our Generall, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.39 | Please it our general to pass strangely by him, | Please it our Generall to passe strangely by him, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.55 | What, comes the general to speak with me? | What comes the Generall to speake with me? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.58 | Would you, my lord, aught with the general? | Would you my Lord ought with the Generall? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.262 | this man, that takes me for the general? He's grown a | this man, that takes me for the Generall? Hee's growne a |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.67 | By Priam and the general state of Troy. | By Priam, and the generall state of Troy, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.19 | Our general doth salute you with a kiss. | Our Generall doth salute you with a kisse. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.21 | 'Twere better she were kissed in general. | 'twere better she were kist in generall. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.228 | After the general, I beseech you next | After the Generall, I beseech you next |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.264 | If you have stomach. The general state, I fear, | If you haue stomacke. The generall state I feare, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.69 | Thanks, and good night to the Greeks' general. | Thanks, and goodnight to the Greeks general. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.135 | For depravation, to square the general sex | For deprauation, to square the generall sex |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vi.4 | Were I the general, thou shouldst have my office | Were I the Generall, / Thou should'st haue my office, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.61 | Are you content to be our general – | Are you content to be our Generall? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.163 | See what our general of ebbs and flows | See what our Generall of Ebbs and Flowes |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.81 | Was general ‘ A Palamon!’ But anon | Was generall a Palamon: But anon, |