| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.55 | the most received star; and though the devil lead the | the most receiu'd starre, and though the deuill leade the |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.42 | able to lead her a coranto. | able to leade her a Carranto. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.16 | You had my prayers to lead them on, and to | You had my prayers to leade them on, and to |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.193 | Now will I lead you to the house and show you | Now wil I lead you to the house, and shew you |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.80 | And, hoodwinked as thou art, will lead thee on | And hoodwinkt as thou art, will leade thee on |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.173.1 | Whither straight I'll lead you. | Whether straight Ile lead you. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.109 | Lead me from hence; | lead me from hence, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.119 | But do not speak to me. Lead me to my chamber. | But do not speake to me. Lead me to my Chamber. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.81.1 | Will you lead, lords? | Will you leade Lords? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.76 | 'Tis not my profit that does lead mine honour; | 'Tis not my profit that does lead mine Honour: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.51 | O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt? See | Oh whether hast thou lead me Egypt, see |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.72 | Is 'a come back? – Love, I am full of lead. | is a come backe? / Loue I am full of Lead: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.42 | I hope well of tomorrow, and will lead you | I hope well of to morrow, and will leade you, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.35.2 | Lead me. | Lead me: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.109 | He'll lead me, then, in triumph? | Hee'l leade me then in Triumph. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.162.2 | We'll lead you thither. – | Wee'll lead you thither: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.67 | Thee will I love, and with thee lead my life. | Thee will I loue, and with thee lead my life; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.423 | We'll draw cuts for the senior. Till then, lead thou first. | Wee'l draw Cuts for the Signior, till then, lead thou first. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.178 | Upon your favours swims with fins of lead | Vpon your fauours, swimmes with finnes of Leade, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.243.2 | Lead you on. | Lead you on: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ii.15 | These three lead on this preparation | These three leade on this Preparation |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.7 | Lead their successes as we wish our own, | Leade their successes, as we wish our owne, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.53 | Lead, lead. The time seems long, their blood thinks scorn | Lead, lead; the time seems long, their blood thinks scorn |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.1 | Whither wilt thou lead me? Speak. I'll go no further. | Where wilt thou lead me? speak; Ile go no further. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.157 | If circumstances lead me, I will find | If Circumstances leade me, I will finde |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.213 | Whether love lead fortune, or else fortune love. | Whether Loue lead Fortune, or else Fortune Loue. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.204 | with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: | with modestie enough, & likeliehood to lead it; as thus. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.81 | The lives of those that he did lead to fight | The liues of those, that he did leade to Fight, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.77 | Come, neighbour, the boy shall lead | Come Neighbor: the boy shall leade |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.75 | Bid Butler lead him forth into the park. | bid Butler lead him forth into the Parke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.113 | lead this life long, I'll sew nether-stocks, and mend | leade this life long, Ile sowe nether stockes, and mend |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.33 | for you! Here's no vanity! I am as hot as molten lead, | for you: here's no vanity, I am as hot as molten Lead, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.34 | and as heavy too. God keep lead out of me, I need no | and as heauy too; heauen keepe Lead out of mee, I neede no |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.7 | Lead him to his tent. | leade him to his Tent. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.8 | Come, my lord, I'll lead you to your tent. | Come my Lord, Ile leade you to your Tent. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.9 | Lead me, my lord? I do not need your help, | Lead me my Lord? I do not need your helpe; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.118 | Turned on themselves, like dull and heavy lead; | Turn'd on themselues, like dull and heauy Lead: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.81 | Who is it like should lead his forces hither? | Who is it like should lead his Forces hither? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.281 | what a life dost thou lead! | what a life do'st thou lead? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.290 | On, Bardolph, lead the men away. | On Bardolph, leade the men away. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.74 | Blunt, lead him hence, and see you guard him sure. | Blunt, leade him hence, and see you guard him sure. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.3 | We will our youth lead on to higher fields, | Wee will our Youth lead on to higher Fields, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.210 | To lead out many to the Holy Land, | To leade out many to the Holy Land; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.64 | Will make him burst his lead and rise from death. | Will make him burst his Lead, and rise from death. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.86 | Then lead me hence; with whom I leave my curse: | Then lead me hence: with whom I leaue my curse. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.110 | Go, lead the way; I long to see my prison. | Goe, leade the way, I long to see my Prison. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.312 | To Ireland will you lead a band of men, | To Ireland will you leade a Band of men, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.12 | Or let a rebel lead you to your deaths? | Or let a rabble leade you to your deaths. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.98 | In God's name, lead; your king's name be obeyed; | In Gods name lead, your Kings name be obeyd, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.61 | They lead him out forcibly | They leade him out forcibly. Exeunt. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.42 | While I myself will lead a private life | While I my selfe will lead a priuate Life, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.103 | Lead in your ladies every one. Sweet partner, | Lead in your Ladies eu'ry one: Sweet Partner, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.107 | To lead 'em once again; and then let's dream | To lead 'em once againe, and then let's dreame |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.78 | And lift my soul to heaven. Lead on, a God's name! | And lift my Soule to Heauen. / Lead on a Gods name. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.93 | And, when old time shall lead him to his end, | And when old Time shall lead him to his end, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.450 | And prithee, lead me in. | And prythee leade me in: |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.1.1 | Enter Katherine, Dowager, sick, led between | Enter Katherine Dowager, sicke, lead betweene |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.72 | And ye shall find me thankful. Lead the way, lords; | And ye shall find me thankfull. Lead the way Lords, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.28 | Why dost thou lead these men about the streets? | Why do'st thou leade these men about the streets? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.63 | Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius, | Into what dangers, would you / Leade me Cassius? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.120 | Brutus shall lead, and we will grace his heels | Brutus shall leade, and we will grace his heeles |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.48 | Bid our commanders lead their charges off | Bid our Commanders leade their Charges off |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.16 | Octavius, lead your battle softly on | Octauius, leade your Battaile softly on |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.94 | Lovers in peace, lead on our days to age! | Louers in peace, leade on our dayes to age. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.122 | Why then, lead on. O, that a man might know | Why then leade on. O that a man might know |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.304 | And peise their deeds with weight of heavy lead, | And peise their deedes with weight of heauie leade, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.310 | That I should owe bright gold and render lead: | That I shouid owe bright gould and render lead, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.39 | To lead my soldiers where I may relieve | To lead my souldiers where I may releeue, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.23 | Myself, whose spirit is steel to their dull lead, | My selfe whose spirit is steele to their dull lead, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.129 | Out of the path which shall directly lead | Out of the path which shall directly lead |
| King John | KJ V.iv.7 | Lead me to the revolts of England here. | Lead me to the Reuolts of England heere. |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.103 | To lead him where he would; his roguish madness | |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.45.1 | Who I'll entreat to lead me. | Which Ile intreate to leade me. |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.46 | 'Tis the time's plague when madmen lead the blind. | 'Tis the times plague, / When Madmen leade the blinde: |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.78 | Poor Tom shall lead thee. | Poore Tom shall leade thee. |
| King Lear | KL IV.iv.20.1 | That wants the means to lead it. | That wants the meanes to leade it. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.224.1 | I'll lead you to some biding. | Ile leade you to some biding. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.48.1 | Do scald like molten lead. | Do scal'd, like molten Lead. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.55 | As swift as lead, sir. | As swift as Lead sir. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.56 | The meaning, pretty ingenious? Is not lead a | Thy meaning prettie ingenious, is not Lead a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.59.1 | I say lead is slow. | I say Lead is slow. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.60 | Is that lead slow which is fired from a gun? | Is that Lead slow which is fir'd from a Gunne? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.344 | To lead you to our court. Vouchsafe it then. | To leade you to our Court, vouchsafe it then. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.615 | Ay, in a brooch of lead. | I, and in a brooch of Lead. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.6 | A heavy summons lies like lead upon me | A heauie Summons lyes like Lead vpon me, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.4 | Lead our first battle. Worthy Macduff and we | Leade our first Battell. Worthy Macduffe, and wee |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.74 | Lead forth and bring you back in happiness! | Lead forth, and bring you backe in happinesse. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.29 | and lead, whereof who chooses his meaning chooses you, | and leade, whereof who chooses his meaning, chooses you, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.23 | Therefore I pray you lead me to the caskets | Therefore I pray you leade me to the Caskets |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.8 | This third, dull lead, with warning all as blunt, | This third, dull lead, with warning all as blunt, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.17 | Must give, for what? For lead! Hazard for lead? | Must giue, for what? for lead, hazard for lead? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.21 | I'll then nor give nor hazard aught for lead. | Ile then nor giue nor hazard ought for lead. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.49 | Is't like that lead contains her? 'Twere damnation | Is't like that Lead containes her? 'twere damnation |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.20 | To my heart's hope! Gold, silver, and base lead. | To my hearts hope: gold, siluer, and base lead. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.104 | 'Tween man and man. But thou, thou meagre lead | 'Tweene man and man: but thou, thou meager lead |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.285 | Nay, pray you lead the way. | Nay, pray you lead the way. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.89 | his suit, and lead him on with a fine-baited delay till he | his Suit, and lead him on with a fine baited delay, till hee |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.3 | Whether had you rather, lead mine eyes, or eye your | whether had you rather lead mine eyes, or eye your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.107 | I hope not. I had as lief bear so much lead. | I hope not, I had liefe as beare so much lead. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.77 | Didst thou not lead him through the glimmering night | Didst thou not leade him through the glimmering night |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.100 | I'll follow you, I'll lead you about a round, | Ile follow you, Ile leade you about a Round, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.192 | Come, wait upon him. Lead him to my bower. | Come waite vpon him, lead him to my bower. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.358 | And lead these testy rivals so astray | And lead these testie Riuals so astray, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.363 | And from each other look thou lead them thus | And from each other looke thou leade them thus, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.397 | I will lead them up and down. | I will leade them vp and downe: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.399 | Goblin, lead them up and down. | Goblin, lead them vp and downe: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.150 | Please it your grace lead on? | Please it your grace leade on? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.35 | earnest of the bear-ward, and lead his apes into hell. | earnest of the Berrord, and leade his Apes into hell. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.139 | Nay, if they lead to any ill, I will leave them at | Nay, if they leade to any ill, I will leaue them at |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.248 | The smallest twine may lead me. | The smallest twine may lead me. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.154 | To lead their business. In which regard, | To lead their Businesse. In which regard, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.159 | Lead to the Sagittary the raised search; | Lead to the Sagitary the raised Search: |
| Othello | Oth I.i.181 | Pray you, lead on. At every house I'll call – | Pray you lead on. At euery house Ile call, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.395 | And will as tenderly be led by th' nose | And will as tenderly be lead by'th'Nose |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.201 | Assays to lead the way. Zounds, if I stir, | Assaies to leade the way. If I once stir, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.247 | Sir, for your hurts myself will be your surgeon. | Sir for your hurts, / My selfe will be your Surgeon. Lead him off: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.404 | Which lead directly to the door of truth, | Which leade directly to the doore of Truth, |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.6 | Led on by heaven, and crowned with joy at last. | Lead on by heauen, and crown'd with ioy at last. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.204 | Beshrew thee, cousin, which didst lead me forth | Beshrew thee Cousin, which didst lead me forth |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.106 | Come, lead me to the block; bear him my head. | Come, lead me to the Block, beare him my Head, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.334 | And lead thy daughter to a conqueror's bed; | And leade thy daughter to a Conquerors bed: |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.28 | – Come lead me, officers, to the block of shame. | Come leade me Officers to the blocke of shame, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.153 | Let us be lead within thy bosom, Richard, | Let vs be laid within thy bosome Richard, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.292 | I will lead forth my soldiers to the plain, | I will leade forth my Soldiers to the plaine, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.324 | And who doth lead them but a paltry fellow, | And who doth leade them, but a paltry Fellow? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.180 | Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, | Feather of lead, bright smoake, cold fire, sicke health, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.15 | With nimble soles. I have a soul of lead | With nimble soles, I haue a soale of Lead |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.162 | first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her in a fool's paradise, | first let me tell ye, if ye should leade her in a fooles paradise, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.17 | Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead. | Vnwieldie, slow, heauy, and pale as lead. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.168 | Lead, boy. Which way? | Lead Boy, which way? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.220 | And lead you, even to death. Meantime forbear, | And lead you euen to death? meane time forbeare, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.34 | And for your love to her lead apes in hell. | And for your loue to her, leade Apes in hell. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.108.2 | Sirrah, lead these gentlemen | Sirrah, leade these Gentlemen |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.69 | Signor Baptista, shall I lead the way? | Signior Baptista, shall I leade the way, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.328 | Lead off this ground and let's make further search | Lead off this ground & let's make further search |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.330.2 | Lead away. | Lead away. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.6 | Nor lead me, like a firebrand, in the dark | Nor lead me like a fire-brand, in the darke |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.170 | I prithee now, lead the way without any more | I pre'thee now lead the way without any more |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.184 | O brave monster! Lead the way. | O braue Monster; lead the way. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.152 | Lead, monster; we'll follow. I would I could | Leade Monster, / Wee'l follow: I would I could |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.331 | I lead espoused my bride along with me. | I leade espous'd my Bride along with me, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.305 | To our pavilion shall I lead you first. | To our Pauillion shal I leade you first: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.54 | Than if not looked on. I will lead the way. | Then if not lookt on. I will lead the way. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.65 | I thank thee. Lead me on. | I thanke thee: Lead me on. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.231 | If you will lead these graces to the grave, | If you will leade these graces to the graue, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.363 | Lead me on. | Leade me on. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.34 | Then lead the way, good father, and heavens so shine | Then lead the way good father, & heauens so shine, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.1.6 | then Hippolyta the bride, led by Pirithous, and another | Then Hipolita the Bride, lead by Theseus, and another |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.116 | For my least minnow, let him lead his line | For my least minnow, let him lead his line |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.208 | Lead on the bride; get you and pray the gods | Leade on the Bride; get you and pray the Gods |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.47 | Their best skill tender. Lead into the city, | Their best skill tender. Leade into the Citty, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.60.2 | Go lead the way; you have won it. | Go leade the way; you have won it: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.90.1 | Strike up, and lead her in. | Strike up, and leade her in. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.91.1 | I'll lead. | Ile leade. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.35 | and there shall we be put in a cauldron of lead and | and there shall we be put in a Caldron of / Lead, and |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.97 | Than lead itself, stings more than nettles. | Then Lead it selfe, stings more than Nettles; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.120 | To him a sow of lead. If I could praise | To him a sow of lead: if I could praise |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.38.2 | Lead, courageous cousin. | Leade couragiour Cosin. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.44.1 | That thou art yet to lead. | That thou art yet to leade. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.122 | The executioners. Lead your lady off; | The Executioners: Leade your Lady off; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.152 | Lead on to some foul issue. We all kneel. | Lead on to some foule Issue. We all kneele. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.241 | And lead me to these sorrows. | and leade me / To these sorrowes. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.152 | Lead us from hence, where we may leisurely | Leade vs from hence, where we may leysurely |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.155 | We were dissevered. Hastily lead away. | We were disseuer'd: Hastily lead away. |