| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.33 | Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch | Let Rome in Tyber melt, and the wide Arch |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.34 | The gold I give thee will I melt and pour | The Gold I giue thee, will I melt and powr |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.78 | Melt Egypt into Nile, and kindly creatures | Melt Egypt into Nyle: and kindly creatures |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.22 | Their wishes, do discandy, melt their sweets | Their wishes, do dis-Candie, melt their sweets |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.63 | The crown o'th' earth doth melt. My lord! | The Crowne o'th'earth doth melt. My Lord? |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.83 | To melt the city leads upon your pates, | To melt the Citty Leades vpon your pates, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.28 | Which can make gods forsworn? I melt, and am not | Which can make Gods forsworne? I melt, and am not |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.129 | O that this too too sullied flesh would melt, | Oh that this too too solid Flesh, would melt, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.86 | And melt in her own fire. Proclaim no shame | And melt in her owne fire. Proclaime no shame, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.205 | Nay, if you melt, then will she run mad. | Nay, if thou melt, then will she runne madde. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.359 | Borne with black vapour, doth begin to melt | Borne with black Vapour, doth begin to melt, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.48 | Weary of solid firmness, melt itself | (Wearie of solide firmenesse) melt it selfe |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.126 | For I should melt at an offender's tears, | For I should melt at an Offendors teares, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.46 | I, that did never weep, now melt with woe | I that did neuer weepe, now melt with wo, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.51 | As red as fire! Nay, then her wax must melt. | As red as fire? nay then, her Wax must melt. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.12.1 | Melt and lament for her. | Melt and lament for her. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.89 | they would melt me out of my fat drop by drop, and | they would melt mee out of my fat drop by drop, and |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.245 | So he dissolved, and showers of oaths did melt. | So he dissolu'd, and showres of oathes did melt, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.215 | fire cannot melt out of me; I will die in it at the stake. | fire cannot melt out of me, I will die in it at the stake. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.8 | What ribs of oak, when mountains melt on them, | What ribbes of Oake, when Mountaines melt on them, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.7 | Even women have cast off, melt thee, but be | euen women haue cast off, melt thee, but be |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.43 | Melt, and no more be seen. O, come, be buried | melt, and no more be seene, O come, be buried |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.261 | To melt myself away in water-drops! | To melt my selfe away in Water-drops. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.285 | And melt ere they molest. Here lies your brother, | And melt ere they mollest: Heere lies your Brother, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.27 | Our worser genius can, shall never melt | Our worser Genius can, shall neuer melt |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.20 | In winter with warm tears I'll melt the snow | In Winter with warme teares Ile melt the snow, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.51 | And tears will quickly melt thy life away. | And teares will quickly melt thy life away. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.160 | To melt in showers. Thy grandsire loved thee well: | To melt in showres: thy Grandsire lou'd thee well: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.9 | A little time will melt her frozen thoughts, | A little time will melt her frozen thoughts, |