| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.8 | What does this knave here? Get you gone, | What doe's this knaue heere? Get you gone |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.41 | Such friends are thine enemies, knave. | Such friends are thine enemies knaue. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.56 | calumnious knave? | calumnious knaue? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.87 | You'll be gone, sir knave, and do as I | Youle begone sir knaue, and doe as I |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.25 | wrangling knave, as the nun's lip to the friar's mouth; | wrangling knaue, as the Nuns lip to the Friers mouth, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.262 | another word, else I'd call you knave. I leave you. | another word, else I'de call you knaue. I leaue you. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.17 | keep them on have them still. O, my knave! How does | keepe them on, haue them still. O my knaue, how do's |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.27 | Away! Th'art a knave. | Away, th'art a knaue. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.28 | You should have said, sir, ‘ Before a knave th'art | You should haue said sir before a knaue, th'art |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.29 | a knave;’ that's ‘ Before me, th'art a knave.’ This had | a knaue, that's before me th'art a knaue: this had |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.36 | A good knave i'faith, and well fed. | A good knaue ifaith, and well fed. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.16 | I know that knave, hang him! one Parolles; a | I know that knaue, hang him, one Parolles, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.81 | 'Tis pity he is not honest. Yond's that same knave | 'Tis pitty he is not honest: yonds that same knaue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.101 | Has sat i'th' stocks all night, poor gallant knave. | ha's sate i'th stockes all night poore gallant knaue. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.16 | They are not herbs, you knave, they are | They are not hearbes you knaue, they are |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.20 | Whether dost thou profess thyself, a knave or a | Whether doest thou professe thy selfe, a knaue or a |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.22 | A fool, sir, at a woman's service, and a knave at a | A foole sir at a womans seruice, and a knaue at a |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.27 | So you were a knave at his service indeed. | So you were a knaue at his seruice indeed. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.30 | I will subscribe for thee, thou art both knave and | I will subscribe for thee, thou art both knaue and |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.61 | A shrewd knave and an unhappy. | A shrewd knaue and an vnhappie. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.23 | poor, decayed, ingenious, foolish, rascally knave. I do | poore decayed, ingenious, foolish, rascally knaue. I doe |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.30 | knave with Fortune that she should scratch you, who of | knaue with fortune that she should scratch you, who of |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.47 | Out upon thee, knave! Dost thou put upon me at | Out vpon thee knaue, doest thou put vpon mee at |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.52 | Though you are a fool and a knave you shall eat. Go to, | though you are a foole and a knaue, you shall eate, go too, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.249 | As thou art a knave and no knave. What an equivocal | As thou art a knaue and no knaue, what an equiuocall |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.74 | knave uncuckolded. Therefore, dear Isis, keep decorum, | Knaue vncuckolded: Therefore deere Isis keep decorum, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.102 | O, that his fault should make a knave of thee, | Oh that his fault should make a knaue of thee, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.12 | My good knave Eros, now thy captain is | My good Knaue Eros, now thy Captaine is |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.14 | Yet cannot hold this visible shape, my knave. | Yet cannot hold this visible shape (my Knaue) |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.3 | Not being Fortune, he's but Fortune's knave, | Not being Fortune, hee's but Fortunes knaue, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.70 | chins and swear by your beards that I am a knave. | chinnes, and sweare by your beards that I am a knaue. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.288 | and under that habit play the knave with him. – Do you | and vnder that habit play the knaue with him, do you |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.97 | knave of them all shall flout me out of my calling. | knaue of them all shal flout me out of my calling. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.72 | Come on, sir knave, have done your foolishness, | Come on sir knaue, haue done your foolishnes, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.92 | Being forbid? There, take you that, sir knave. | Being forbid? There take you that sir knaue. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.64 | Your wife, sir knave? Go get you from the door. | Your wife sir knaue? go get you from the dore. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.65 | If you went in pain, master, this knave would go sore. | If you went in paine Master, this knaue wold goe sore. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.33 | Will bear the knave by th' volume. (Aloud) Th' honoured gods | Will beare the Knaue by'th Volume: / Th' honor'd Goddes |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.75.2 | A sly and constant knave. | A slye, and constant knaue, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.124 | But he's an arrant knave. | But hee's an arrant knaue. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.216 | Who was in life a foolish prating knave. | Who was in life, a foolish prating Knaue. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.76 | once. How the knave jowls it to the ground, as if 'twere | once: how the knaue iowles it to th' grownd, as if it were |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.99 | suffer this mad knave now to knock him about the | suffer this rude knaue now to knocke him about the |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.135 | How absolute the knave is! We must speak by | How absolute the knaue is? wee must speake by |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.98 | Farewell, you muddy knave. | Farewell, ye muddy Knaue. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.119 | thy knighthood aside, thou art a knave to call me so. | thy Knighthood aside, thou art a knaue to call me so. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.122 | Say, what beast, thou knave, thou? | Say, what beast, thou knaue thou? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.128 | any man knows where to have me, thou knave, thou. | anie man knowes where to haue me, thou knaue thou. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.35 | rascally yea-forsooth knave, to bear a gentleman in hand, | Rascally-yea-forsooth-knaue, to beare a Gentleman in hand, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.72 | What! A young knave, and begging! Is there | What? a yong knaue and beg? Is there |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.37 | Yonder he comes, and that arrant malmsey-nose knave | Yonder he comes, and that arrant Malmesey-Nose |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.36 | Visor; that Visor is an arrant knave, on my knowledge. | Visor, that Visor is an arrant Knaue, on my knowledge. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.37 | I grant your worship that he is a knave, sir; but yet | I graunt your Worship, that he is a knaue (Sir:) But yet |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.38 | God forbid, sir, but a knave should have some countenance | heauen forbid Sir, but a Knaue should haue some Countenance, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.40 | to speak for himself, when a knave is not. I have served | to speake for himselfe, when a Knaue is not. I haue seru'd |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.42 | once or twice in a quarter bear out a knave against an | once or twice in a Quarter beare out a knaue, against an |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.44 | knave is mine honest friend, sir; therefore, I beseech | Knaue is mine honest Friend Sir, therefore I beseech |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.64 | By God's liggens, I thank thee. The knave | I thanke thee: the knaue |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iv.1 | No, thou arrant knave! I would to God that I | No, thou arrant knaue: I would I |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.119 | villain, and a bastard, and a knave, and a rascal. What | Villaine, and a Basterd, and a Knaue, and a Rascall. What |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.34 | manhood, what an arrant, rascally, beggarly, lousy knave | Manhood, what an arrant rascally, beggerly, lowsie Knaue |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.6 | knave, Pistol – which you and yourself and all the world | Knaue Pistoll, which you and your selfe, and all the World, |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.17 | lousy knave, God pless you! | lowsie Knaue, God plesse you. |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.21 | I peseech you heartily, scurvy, lousy knave, | I peseech you heartily, scuruie lowsie Knaue, |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.29 | Will you be so good, scauld knave, as eat it? | Will you be so good, scauld Knaue, as eate it? |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.31 | You say very true, scauld knave, when God's | You say very true, scauld Knaue, when Gods |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.50 | Much good do you, scauld knave, heartily. | Much good do you scald knaue, heartily. |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.66 | Go, go, you are a counterfeit cowardly knave. | Go, go, you are a counterfeit cowardly Knaue, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.100 | They say ‘ A crafty knave does need no broker;’ | They say, A craftie Knaue do's need no Broker, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.21 | How now, sir knave! | How now, Sir Knaue? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.103 | A subtle knave! But yet it shall not serve. | A subtill Knaue, but yet it shall not serue: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.124 | Then, Saunder, sit there, the lyingest knave | Then Saunder, sit there, / The lying'st Knaue |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.152 | Follow the knave, and take this drab away. | Follow the Knaue, and take this Drab away. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.86 | man's instigation, to prove him a knave and myself an | Mans instigation, to proue him a Knaue, and my selfe an |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.15 | What trade, thou knave? Thou naughty knave, what trade? | What Trade thou knaue? Thou naughty knaue, what Trade? |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.239 | Poor knave, I blame thee not; thou art o'erwatched. | Poore knaue I blame thee not, thou art ore-watch'd. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.267 | That plays thee music? Gentle knave, good night; | That playes thee Musicke? Gentle knaue good night: |
| King John | KJ I.i.243 | What means this scorn, thou most untoward knave? | What meanes this scorne, thou most vntoward knaue? |
| King Lear | KL I.i.20 | Though this knave came something saucily to the world, | though this Knaue came somthing sawcily to the world |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.42 | ho, dinner! Where's my knave, my Fool? Go you and | ho, dinner, where's my knaue? my Foole? Go you and |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.79 | ‘ My lady's father,’ my lord's knave! You whoreson | My Ladies Father? my Lords knaue, you whorson |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.93 | Now, my friendly knave, I thank thee. There's | Now my friendly knaue I thanke thee, there's |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.96 | How now, my pretty knave! How dost thou? | How now my pretty knaue, how dost thou? |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.311 | You, sir, more knave than fool, after your master! | You Sir, more Knaue then Foole, after your Master. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.13 | A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats, a base, | A Knaue, a Rascall, an eater of broken meates, a base, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.15 | filthy-worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking, | filthy woosted-stocking knaue, a Lilly-liuered, action-taking, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.19 | composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and | composition of a Knaue, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.67 | You beastly knave, know you no reverence? | You beastly knaue, know you no reuerence? |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.86 | Than I and such a knave. | Then I, and such a knaue. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.87 | Why dost thou call him knave? What is his fault? | Why do'st thou call him Knaue? / What is his fault? |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.109 | you in a plain accent was a plain knave; which, for my | you in a plaine accent, was a plaine Knaue, which for my |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.124 | You stubborn ancient knave, you reverend braggart, | You stubborne ancient Knaue, you reuerent Bragart, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.135.2 | Sir, being his knave, I will. | Sir, being his Knaue, I will. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.80 | The knave turns fool that runs away; | The knaue turnes Foole that runnes away, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.81 | The fool no knave, perdy. | The Foole no knaue perdie.• Enter Lear, and Gloster: |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.72 | Poor fool and knave, I have one part in my heart | Poore Foole, and Knaue, I haue one part in my heart |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.141 | My good knave Costard, exceedingly well met. | O my good knaue Costard, exceedingly well met. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.149 | As thou wilt win my favour, good my knave, | As thou wilt win my fauour, good my knaue, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.353 | Thou art the first knave that e'er mad'st a duke. | Thou art the first knaue, that ere mad'st a Duke. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.173 | Of an unthrifty knave, and presently | Of an vnthriftie knaue: and presentlie |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iii.12 | the knave and get thee, I am much deceived. But adieu. | the knaue and get thee, I am much deceiued; but adue, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.53 | is dat knave Rugby? | is dat knaue Rugby? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.158 | You heard what this knave told me, did you not? | You heard what this knaue told me, did you not? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.253 | the jealous rascally knave her husband will be forth. | the iealious-rascally-knaue her husband will be forth: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.257 | Hang him, poor cuckoldy knave! I know him | Hang him (poore Cuckoldly knaue) I know him |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.259 | jealous wittolly knave hath masses of money, for the | iealous wittolly-knaue hath masses of money, for the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.270 | me soon at night. Ford's a knave, and I will aggravate | me soone at night: Ford's a knaue, and I will aggrauate |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.272 | knave and cuckold. Come to me soon at night. | knaue, and Cuckold. Come to me soone at night. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.62 | Galen – and he is a knave besides, a cowardly knave as | Galen, and hee is a knaue besides: a cowardly knaue, as |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.187 | I cannot find him. Maybe the knave bragged of that | I cannot finde him: may be the knaue bragg'd of that |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.225 | lousy knave, mine host. | lowsie knaue, mine Host. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.227 | A lousy knave, to have his gibes and his mockeries. | A lowsie knaue, to haue his gibes, and his mockeries. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.92 | They took me on their shoulders, met the jealous knave | they tooke me on their shoulders: met the iealous knaue |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.95 | lunatic knave would have searched it; but Fate, | Lunatique Knaue would haue search'd it: but Fate |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.110 | the knave constable had set me i'th' stocks, i'th' common | the knaue Constable had set me ith' Stocks, ith' common |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.i.16 | a poor old woman. That same knave Ford, her husband, | a poore-old-woman; that same knaue (Ford hir husband) |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.i.25 | Follow me. I'll tell you strange things of this knave | Follow mee, Ile tell you strange things of this knaue |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.110 | Falstaff's a knave, a cuckoldy knave. Here are his | Falstaffes a Knaue, a Cuckoldly knaue, / Heere are his |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.30 | thank God you are rid of a knave. | thanke God you are ridde of a knaue. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.307 | I leave an arrant knave with your worship; | I leaue an arrant knaue with your worship, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.45 | Many a duteous and knee-crooking knave | Many a dutious and knee-crooking knaue; |
| Othello | Oth I.i.126 | But with a knave of common hire, a gondolier, | But with a knaue of common hire, a Gundelier, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.231 | Cassio does? – a knave very voluble; no further conscionable | Cassio do's: a knaue very voluble: no further conscionable, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.235 | – a slipper and subtle knave, a finder-out of occasions; | A slipper, and subtle knaue, a finder of occasion: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.238 | knave! Besides, the knave is handsome, young, and hath | knaue: besides, the knaue is handsome, young: and hath |
| Othello | Oth II.i.240 | look after. A pestilent complete knave; and the woman | looke after. A pestilent compleat knaue, and the woman |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.142 | A knave teach me my duty? I'll beat the knave into | A Knaue teach me my dutie? Ile beate the Knaue into |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.120 | For such things in a false disloyal knave | For such things in a false disloyall Knaue |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.138 | The Moor's abused by some most villainous knave, | The Moore's abus'd by some most villanous Knaue, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.139 | Some base notorious knave, some scurvy fellow. | Some base notorious Knaue, some scuruy Fellow. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.57 | What a drunken knave was the sea | What a drunken Knaue was the Sea, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.96 | What is't, knave? | What is`t knaue? |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.102 | Her husband, knave. Wouldst thou betray me? | Her Husband Knaue, would'st thou betray me? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.150 | knave! I am none of his flirt-gills. I am none of his | knaue, I am none of his flurt-gils, I am none of his |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.152 | must stand by too, and suffer every knave to use me at | must stand by too and suffer euery knaue to vse me at |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.159 | about me quivers. Scurvy knave! Pray you, sir, a word; | about me quiuers, skuruy knaue: pray you sir a word: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.142 | What a pestilent knave is this same! | What a pestilent knaue is this same? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.22 | for sheer ale, score me up for the lyingest knave in | for sheere Ale, score me vp for the lyingst knaue in |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.45 | The bass is right, 'tis the base knave that jars. | The base is right, 'tis the base knaue that iars. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.47 | Now, for my life, the knave doth court my love. | Now for my life the knaue doth court my loue, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.113 | Where is the foolish knave I sent before? | Where is the foolish knaue I sent before? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.143 | A whoreson, beetle-headed, flap-eared knave! | A horson beetle-headed flap-ear'd knaue: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.83 | Carry this mad knave to the gaol. Father Baptista, I | Carrie this mad knaue to the Iaile: father Baptista, I |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.268 | Then say if they be true. This misshapen knave, | Then say if they be true: This mishapen knaue; |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.108 | whoremaster and a knave; which notwithstanding, thou | Whoremaster, and a Knaue, which notwithstanding thou |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.239.3 | What, a knave too? | What, a Knaue too? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.277 | Thou hadst been a knave and flatterer. | Thou hadst bene a Knaue and Flatterer. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.91 | There's never a one of you but trusts a knave | There's neuer a one of you but trusts a Knaue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.85 | a most unjust knave; I will no more trust him when he | a most vniust Knaue; I will no more trust him when hee |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.28 | No, no, I am a rascal, a scurvy railing knave, | No, no: I am a rascall: a scuruie railing knaue: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.62 | knave.’ | Knaue. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.63 | ‘ Hold thy peace, thou knave,’ knight? I shall be | Hold thy peace, thou Knaue knight. I shall be |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.64 | constrained in't to call thee knave, knight. | constrain'd in't, to call thee knaue, Knight. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.66 | one to call me knave. Begin, fool; it begins (he sings) | one to call me knaue. Begin foole: it begins, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.19 | The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. | The knaue counterfets well: a good knaue. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.204 | and a knave – a thin-faced knave, a gull! | & a knaue: a thin fac'd knaue, a gull? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.262 | think my master is a kind of a knave; but that's all one | thinke my Master is a kinde of a knaue: but that's all one, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.263 | if he be but one knave. He lives not now that knows me | if he be but one knaue: He liues not now that knowes me |