| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.87.1 | That done, laugh well at me. | That done, laugh well at me. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.49 | Whom everything becomes – to chide, to laugh, | Whom euery thing becomes, to chide, to laugh, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.104 | Pompey doth this day laugh away his fortune. | Pompey doth this day laugh away his Fortune. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.114 | Adore our errors, laugh at's while we strut | Adore our errors, laugh at's while we strut |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.i.6.1 | Laugh at his challenge. | Laugh at his Challenge. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.74 | You laugh when boys or women tell their dreams; | You laugh when Boyes or Women tell their Dreames, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.ii.9 | Your grace was wont to laugh is also missing. | Your Grace was wont to laugh is also missing, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.32 | And I did laugh, sans intermission, | And I did laugh, sans intermission |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.51 | They most must laugh. And why, sir, must they so? | They most must laugh: And why sir must they so? |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.144 | laugh like a hyen, and that when thou art inclined to | laugh like a Hyen, and that when thou art inclin'd to |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.ii.19 | Is not a thing to laugh to scorn. | Is not a thing to laugh to scorne. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.50.2 | O Lord, I must laugh. | O Lord I must laugh, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.177 | And I could laugh, I am light and heavy. Welcome. | and I could laugh, / I am light, and heauie; welcome: |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.27 | As 'tis to laugh at 'em. My mother, you wot well | As 'tis to laugh at 'em. My Mother, you wot well |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.186 | They laugh at. O my mother, mother! O! | They laugh at. Oh my Mother, Mother: Oh! |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.96.1 | At fools I laugh: not fear them. | At Fooles I laugh: not feare them. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.313 | Why did ye laugh then, when I said ‘ Man | Why did you laugh, when I said, Man |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.323 | peace; the clown shall make those laugh whose lungs | peace: the Clowne shall make those laugh whose lungs |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.25 | tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot | tardie off, though it make the vnskilfull laugh, cannot |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.39 | For there be of them that will themselves laugh to set on | For there be of them, that will themselues laugh, to set on |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.40 | some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too, though | some quantitie of barren Spectators to laugh too, though |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.191 | thick, to this favour she must come. Make her laugh at | thicke, to this fauour she must come. Make her laugh at |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.2 | lend me thy hand to laugh a little. | lend me thy hand to laugh a little. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.66 | To laugh at gibing boys, and stand the push | To laugh at gybing Boyes, and stand the push |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.88 | him laugh – but that's no marvel, he drinks no wine. | him laugh: but that's no maruaile, hee drinkes no Wine. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.74 | two actions, and 'a shall laugh without intervallums. O, | two Actions, and he shall laugh with Interuallums. O |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.77 | in his shoulders! O, you shall see him laugh till his face | in his shoulders. O you shall see him laugh, till his Face |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.297 | When thousands weep more than did laugh at it. | When thousands weepe more then did laugh at it. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.185 | French, unless it be to laugh at me. | French, vnlesse it be to laugh at me. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.44 | I laugh to see your ladyship so fond | I laugh to see your Ladyship so fond, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.151 | It made me laugh to see the villain run. | It made me laugh, to see the Villaine runne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.35 | And when I start, the envious people laugh | And when I start, the enuious people laugh, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.82 | You use her well. The world may laugh again; | You vse her well: the World may laugh againe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.1 | I come no more to make you laugh. Things now | I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.247 | durst not laugh, for fear of opening my lips and receiving | durst not laugh, for feare of opening my Lippes, and receyuing |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.191 | For he will live, and laugh at this hereafter. | For he will liue, and laugh at this heereafter. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.68 | Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me, | Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.12 | And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh | And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.194 | To hear meekly, sir, and to laugh moderately; | To heare meekely sir, and to laugh moderately, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.146 | How will he triumph, leap, and laugh at it! | How will he triumph, leape, and laugh at it? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.168 | And critic Timon laugh at idle toys! | And Critticke Tymon laugh at idle toyes. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.466 | To make my lady laugh when she's disposed, | To make my Lady laugh, when she's dispos'd; |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.475 | And laugh upon the apple of her eye? | And laugh vpon the apple of her eie? |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.22 | There's one did laugh in's sleep, and one cried ‘ Murder!’ | There's one did laugh in's sleepe, / And one cry'd Murther, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.78 | Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn | Be bloody, bold, & resolute: / Laugh to scorne |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.3 | Will laugh a siege to scorn. Here let them lie | Will laugh a Siedge to scorne: Heere let them lye, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.22 | But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn, | But Swords I smile at, Weapons laugh to scorne, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.123 | Would all themselves laugh mortal. | Would all themselues laugh mortall. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.49 | For you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry | For you to laugh and leape, and say you are merry |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.53 | And laugh like parrots at a bagpiper, | And laugh like Parrats at a bag-piper. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.66 | Good signors both, when shall we laugh? Say, when? | Good signiors both, when shall we laugh? say, when? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.59 | bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison | bleede? if you tickle vs, doe we not laugh? if you poison |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.147 | wart. I shall never laugh but in that maid's company. | wart; I shall neuer laugh but in that maids company: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.295 | detect my wife, be revenged on Falstaff, and laugh at | detect my wife, bee reueng'd on Falstaffe, and laugh at |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.100 | We do not act that often jest and laugh; | We do not acte that often, iest, and laugh, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.169 | tonight at my house, where I will desire thee to laugh at | to night at my house, wher I will desire thee to laugh at |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.234 | And laugh this sport o'er by a country fire; | And laugh this sport ore by a Countrie fire, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.55 | And then the whole choir hold their hips and laugh, | And then the whole quire hold their hips, and loffe, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.16 | man's business; laugh when I am merry, and claw no | mans businesse, laugh when I am merry, and claw no |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.121 | Did he never make you laugh? | Did he neuer make you laugh? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.127 | and angers them, and then they laugh at him and beat | and angers them, and then they laugh at him, and beat |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.75 | She would mock me into air; O, she would laugh me | She would mocke me into ayre, O she would laugh me |
| Othello | Oth II.i.137 | laugh i'th' alehouse. What miserable praise hast thou for | laugh i'th'Alehouse. What miserable praise hast thou for |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.123 | (aside) So, so, so, so: they laugh that win. | So, so, so, so: they laugh, that winnes. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.144.1 | To make the world to laugh at me. | to make the world to laugh at me. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.171 | I talk but idly, and you laugh at me. | I talke but idly, and you mock at mee. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.57 | But I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence, | But I shall laugh at this a twelue-month hence, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.183.1 | Dost thou not laugh? | Doest thou not laugh? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.51 | Yes, madam. Yet I cannot choose but laugh | Yes Madam, yet I cannot chuse but laugh, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.36 | As maids call medlars when they laugh alone. | As Maides call Medlers when they laugh alone, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.74 | You saw my master wink and laugh upon you? | You saw my Master winke and laugh vpon you? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.178 | sensible and nimble lungs that they always use to laugh | sensible and nimble Lungs, that they alwayes vse to laugh |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.182 | to you; so you may continue, and laugh at nothing still. | to you: so you may continue, and laugh at nothing still. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.191 | discretion so weakly. Will you laugh me asleep, for I | discretion so weakly: Will you laugh me asleepe, for I |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.151 | I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed | I shall laugh my selfe to death at this puppi-headed |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.109 | Ho, ho! I laugh to think that babe a bastard. | Ho, ho: I laugh to thinke that babe a bastard. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.382 | That death in me at others' lives may laugh. | That death in me, at others liues may laugh. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.264 | Why dost thou laugh? It fits not with this hour. | Why dost thou laugh? it fits not with this houre. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.136 | I cannot choose but laugh, to think how she | I cannot chuse but laugh to thinke how she |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.34 | swallowed one another. I would laugh at that miracle – | swallowed one another. I would laugh at that miracle---- |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.81 | you now, he's out of his guard already; unless you laugh | you now, he's out of his gard already: vnles you laugh |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.64 | If you desire the spleen, and will laugh yourselves | If you desire the spleene, and will laughe your selues |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.372 | you remember: ‘ Madam, why laugh you at such a | you remember, Madam, why laugh you at such a |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.56 | Why, strong enough to laugh at misery, | Why strong inough to laugh at misery, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.205 | I am wondrous merry-hearted, I could laugh now. | I am wondrous merry hearted, I could laugh now. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.146 | We'll make thee laugh, and all this rout. | Wee'l make thee laugh and all this rout. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.126 | Of our town are in love with him, but I laugh at 'em, | Of our Towne are in love with him, but I laugh at 'em |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.133 | We laugh; for what we have are sorry; still | We laugh, for what we have, are sorry still, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.24 | Laugh at me, make their pastime at my sorrow. | Laugh at me: make their pastime at my sorrow: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.25 | They should not laugh if I could reach them, nor | They should not laugh, if I could reach them, nor |