| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.54 | The qualities of people. Come, my queen; | The qualities of people. Come my Queene, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.71 | Amen. Dear goddess, hear that prayer of the people! | Amen, deere Goddesse, heare that prayer of the people. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.186 | The empire of the sea. Our slippery people, | The Empire of the Sea. Our slippery people, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.9 | The people love me, and the sea is mine; | The people loue me, and the Sea is mine; |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.219 | Her people out upon her; and Antony, | Her people out vpon her: and Anthony |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.22 | The people knows it, and have now received | The people knowes it, / And haue now receiu'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.35 | Your mariners are muleteers, reapers, people | Your Marriners are Militers, Reapers, people |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.265 | the keeping of wise people; for indeed there is no | the keeping of wise people: for indeede, there is no |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.158 | of my own people, who best know him, that I am | of my owne people, who best know him, that I am |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.269 | But that the people praise her for her virtues | But that the people praise her for her vertues, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.77 | Speak to the people, and they pity her. | Speake to the people, and they pittie her: |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.5 | Why are you virtuous? Why do people love you? | Why are you vertuous? Why do people loue you? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.153 | never cried ‘ Have patience, good people!’ | neuer cri'de, haue patience good people. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.38 | Be quiet, people. Wherefore throng you hither? | Be quiet people, wherefore throng you hither? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.91 | Good people, enter, and lay hold on him. | Good people enter, and lay hold on him. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.259 | These people saw the chain about his neck. | These people saw the Chaine about his necke. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.8 | enemy to the people? | enemy to the people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.50 | hath always loved the people. | hath alwayes lou'd the people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.252 | When we were chosen tribunes for the people – | When we were chosen Tribunes for the people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ii.11 | The people mutinous. And it is rumoured, | The people Mutinous: And it is rumour'd, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.1.1 | Enter Menenius, with the two Tribunes of the People, | Enter Menenius with the two Tribunes of the people, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.4 | Not according to the prayer of the people, for | Not according to the prayer of the people, for |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.142 | large cicatrices to show the people, when he shall stand | large Cicatrices to shew the People, when hee shall stand |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.228.1 | To th' people, beg their stinking breaths. | To th' People, begge their stinking Breaths. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.237 | We must suggest the people in what hatred | We must suggest the People, in what hatred |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.247 | Shall touch the people – which time shall not want, | Shall teach the People, which time shall not want, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.6 | proud and loves not the common people. | prowd, and loues not the common people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.8 | that have flattered the people, who ne'er loved them; and | that haue flatter'd the people, who ne're loued them; and |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.21 | the people is as bad as that which he dislikes – to flatter | the People, is as bad, as that which he dislikes, to flatter |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.25 | who, having been supple and courteous to the people, | who hauing beene supple and courteous to the People, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.35.2 | People, Lictors before them; Coriolanus, Menenius, | People, Lictors before them: Coriolanus, Menenius, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.49 | Than we to stretch it out. (To the Tribunes) Masters o'th' people, | Then we to stretch it out. Masters a'th' People, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.57 | A kinder value of the people than | a kinder value of the People, then |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.62.2 | He loves your people; | He loues your People, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.71 | You soothed not, therefore hurt not. But your people, | You sooth'd not, therefore hurt not: but your People, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.75.2 | Masters of the people, | Masters of the People, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.133.1 | That you do speak to the people. | that you doe speake to the People. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.137.2 | Sir, the people | Sir, the People |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.144.1 | Be taken from the people. | be taken from the People. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.149 | We recommend to you, Tribunes of the People, | We recommend to you Tribunes of the People |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.153 | You see how he intends to use the people. | You see how he intends to vse the people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.37 | he would incline to the people, there was never a worthier | hee would incline to the people, there was neuer a worthier |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.92 | not indeed loved the common people. | not indeede loued the Common people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.95 | my sworn brother, the people, to earn a dearer estimation | my sworne Brother the people to earne a deerer estimation |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.135 | people! | People. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.143 | The people do admit you, and are summoned | The People doe admit you, and are summon'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.150.1 | We stay here for the people. | We stay here for the People. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.153 | His humble weeds. Will you dismiss the people? | his humble Weeds: / Will you dismisse the People? |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.243 | Twice being by the people chosen censor, | twice being Censor, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.260 | We will be there before the stream o'th' people; | We will be there before the streame o'th' People: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.21 | Behold, these are the Tribunes of the People, | Behold, these are the Tribunes of the People, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.32.1 | The people are incensed against him. | The People are incens'd against him. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.42 | The people cry you mocked them; and of late, | The People cry you mockt them: and of late, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.44 | Scandalled the suppliants for the people, called them | Scandal'd the Suppliants: for the People, call'd them |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.53 | For which the people stir. If you will pass | For which the People stirre: if you will passe |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.58 | The people are abused. Set on. This paltering | The People are abus'd: set on, this paltring |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.80.2 | You speak o'th' people, | You speake a'th' people, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.83.1 | We let the people know't. | we let the people know't. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.116 | Though there the people had more absolute power – | Thogh there the people had more absolute powre |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.118.2 | Why shall the people give | Why shall the people giue |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.164 | What should the people do with these bald Tribunes, | What should the people do with these bald Tribunes? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.173 | Go, call the people, (Exit Aedile) in whose name myself | Go call the people, in whose name my Selfe |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.190 | To th' People – Coriolanus, patience! – | To'th' people: Coriolanus, patience: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.191.2 | Hear me, people. Peace! | Heare me, People peace. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.198.1 | What is the city but the people? | What is the Citie, but the People? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.199 | The people are the city. | the People are the Citie. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.209 | Upon the part o'th' people, in whose power | Vpon the part o'th' People, in whose power |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.229.2 | people are beat in | People are beat in. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.280 | If, by the Tribunes' leave, and yours, good people, | If by the Tribunes leaue, / And yours good people, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.53 | To th' people, not by your own instruction, | to th' people: / Not by your owne instruction, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.3 | Enforce him with his envy to the people, | Inforce him with his enuy to the people, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.12 | Assemble presently the people hither. | Assemble presently the people hither: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.39 | Draw near, ye people. | Draw neere ye people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.66 | For which you are a traitor to the people. | For which you are a Traitor to the people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.68 | The fires i'th' lowest hell fold in the people! | The fires i'th' lowest hell. Fould in the people: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.74.2 | Mark you this, people? | Marke you this people? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.95 | Envied against the people, seeking means | Enui'd against the people; seeking meanes |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.99 | That do distribute it – in the name o'th' people | That doth distribute it. In the name a'th' people, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.118 | As enemy to the people and his country. | As Enemy to the people, and his Countrey. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.13 | the people against the senators, patricians, and nobles. | The people, against the Senatours, Patricians, and Nobles. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.21 | people and to pluck from them their tribunes for ever. | people, and to plucke from them their Tribunes for euer. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.77 | The cruelty and envy of the people, | The Cruelty and Enuy of the people, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.3 | And quietness of the people, which before | And quietnesse of the people, which before |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.111 | The Tribunes cannot do't for shame; the people | The Tribunes cannot doo't for shame; the people |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.31 | The tribunes are no soldiers, and their people | The Tribunes are no Soldiers: and their people |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.7 | Intends t' appear before the people, hoping | Intends t'appeare before the People, hoping |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.16 | We must proceed as we do find the people. | We must proceed as we do finde the People. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.17 | The people will remain uncertain whilst | The People will remaine vncertaine, whil'st |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.50.2 | people | people. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.55 | Ere he express himself or move the people | Ere he expresse himselfe, or moue the people |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.25 | To their approvers they are people such | To their Approuers, they are People, such |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.53 | Becomes a warlike people, whom we reckon | Becomes a warlike people, whom we reckon |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.82 | Of his own just remove; the people muddied, | Of his owne iust remoue: the people muddied, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.42 | A thousand of his people butchered, | And a thousand of his people butchered: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.104 | We love our people well, even those we love | We loue our people well; euen those we loue |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.54 | Good people, bring a rescue or two. Thou wot, | Good people bring a rescu. Thou wilt not? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.98 | people, saying that ere long they should call me madam? | people, saying, that ere long they should call me Madam? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.121 | The people fear me, for they do observe | The people feare me: for they doe obserue |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.28 | Take pity of your town and of your people | Take pitty of your Towne and of your People, |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.4 | And give our vineyards to a barbarous people. | And giue our Vineyards to a barbarous People. |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.24 | Upon our houses' thatch, whiles a more frosty people | Vpon our Houses Thatch, whiles a more frostie People |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.143 | My people are with sickness much enfeebled, | My people are with sicknesse much enfeebled, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.93 | Among the people gather up a tenth. | Among the people gather vp a tenth. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.77 | His valour, coin, and people in the wars? | His valour, coine, and people in the warres? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.156 | What though the common people favour him, | What though the common people fauour him, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.196 | Have made thee feared and honoured of the people. | Haue made thee fear'd and honor'd of the people, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.11 | The abject people gazing on thy face | The abiect People, gazing on thy face, |
| 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 IV.ii.68 | I thank you, good people. There shall be no money; | I thanke you good people. There shall bee no mony, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.121 | It is to you, good people, that I speak, | It is to you good people, that I speake, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.51 | The rascal people, thirsting after prey, | The Rascall people, thirsting after prey, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.58 | To people liberal, valiant, active, wealthy; | The People Liberall, Valiant, Actiue, Wealthy, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.8 | The common people swarm like summer flies; | |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.35 | Our people and our peers are both misled, | Our People, and our Peeres, are both mis-led, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.2 | The common people by numbers swarm to us. | The common people by numbers swarme to vs. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.21 | And that the people of this blessed land | And that the people of this blessed Land |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.5 | And many giddy people flock to him. | And many giddie people flock to him. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.7.1 | Can make good people. | Can make good people. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.55.5 | common people, etc. | common people, &c. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.55.2 | All good people, | All good people, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.131 | But where they mean to sink ye. All good people, | But where they meane to sinke ye: all good people |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.68 | The beauty of her person to the people. | The Beauty of her Person to the People. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.70 | That ever lay by man; which when the people | That euer lay by man: which when the people |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.85 | Then rose again, and bowed her to the people; | Then rose againe, and bow'd her to the people: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.79 | What means this shouting? I do fear the people | What meanes this Showting? / I do feare, the People |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.221 | and then the people fell a-shouting. | and then the people fell a shouting. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.256 | Caesar fell down. If the tag-rag people did not clap him | Casar fell downe. If the tag-ragge people did not clap him, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.82 | People and senators, be not affrighted. | People and Senators, be not affrighted: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.92 | And leave us, Publius, lest that the people, | And leaue vs Publius, least that the people |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.234 | Know you how much the people may be moved | Know you how much the people may be mou'd |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.293 | In my oration, how the people take | In my Oration, how the People take |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.272 | Belike they had some notice of the people, | Belike they had some notice of the people |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.202 | The people 'twixt Philippi and this ground | The people 'twixt Philippi, and this ground |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.210.1 | These people at our back. | These people at our backe. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.163 | The joyful clamours of the people are, | The ioyfull clamours of the people are, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.44 | So let her people live to call thee king, | So let her people liue to call thee king, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.150 | Of all his people, and freeze up their zeal, | Of all his people, and freeze vp their zeale, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.165 | Of all his people shall revolt from him, | Of all his people shall reuolt from him, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.144 | I find the people strangely fantasied, | I finde the people strangely fantasied, |
| King John | KJ V.i.9 | Our people quarrel with obedience, | Our people quarrell with obedience, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.252 | You strike my people, and your disordered rabble | You strike my people, and your disorder'd rable, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.269 | And thy dear judgement out! Go, go, my people. | And thy deere Iudgement out. Go, go, my people. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.236 | Should many people under two commands | Should many people, vnder two commands |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.283 | This house is little; the old man and's people | This house is little, the old man an'ds people, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.88 | Who is conductor of his people? | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.60 | Or pricket, sore, or else sorel, the people fall a-hooting. | Or Pricket-sore, or else Sorell, the people fall a hooting. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.811 | | Hence euer then, my heart is in thy brest. / Ber. And what to me my Loue? and what to me? / Ros. You must be purged too, your sins are rack'd. / You are attaint with faults and periurie: / Therefore if you my fauor meane to get, / A tweluemonth shall you spend, and neuer rest, / But seeke the wearie beds of people sicke. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.52 | And fan our people cold. | And fanne our people cold. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.33 | Golden opinions from all sorts of people | Golden Opinions from all sorts of people, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.150 | Himself best knows: but strangely visited people, | Himselfe best knowes: but strangely visited people |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.35 | The tyrant's people on both sides do fight; | The Tyrants people, on both sides do fight, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.9 | And let them work. The nature of our people, | And let them worke: The nature of our People, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.67 | I'll privily away: I love the people, | Ile priuily away: I loue the people, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.35 | Sith 'twas my fault to give the people scope, | Sith 'twas my fault, to giue the people scope, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.45 | Visit both prince and people. Therefore, I prithee, | Visit both Prince, and People: Therefore I pre'thee |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.41 | Come, bring them away. If these be good people | Come, bring them away: if these be good people |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.37 | My people do already know my mind | My people doe already know my minde, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.295.1 | Of starved people. | Of starued people. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.50 | Pistol and Robin) mine own people, mine own people. | mine owne people, mine owne people. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.12 | Why, none but mine own people. | Why none but mine owne people. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.37 | But, I pray you, let none of your people stir me. I have | But I pray you let none of your people stirre me, I haue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.237 | and people sin upon purpose, because they would | and people sinne vpon purpose, because they would |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.268 | Possess the people in Messina here | Possesse the people in Messina here, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.142 | Give me a taper; call up all my people! | Giue me a Taper: call vp all my people, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.54 | Stand ranks of people, and they cry ‘ A sail!’ | Stand rankes of People, and they cry, a Saile. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.58 | The thoughts of people. She told her, while she kept it, | The thoughts of people. She told her, while she kept it, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.92 | inclination of the people, especially of the younger sort? | inclination of the people, especially of the yonger sort? |
| Pericles | Per V.i.242 | Before the people all, | before the people all, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.24 | Observed his courtship to the common people, | Obseru'd his Courtship to the common people: |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.9 | And these same thoughts people this little world, | And these same Thoughts, people this Little World |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.10 | In humours like the people of this world. | In humors, like the people of this world, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.31 | Thus play I in one person many people, | Thus play I in one Prison, many people, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.29 | His answer was, the people were not used | His answer was, the people were not vsed |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.191 | O the people in the street cry ‘ Romeo,’ | O the people in the streete crie Romeo. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.141 | So dear the love my people bore me; nor set | So deare the loue my people bore me: nor set |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.167 | To feed my innocent people. | To feed my innocent people. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.31 | For certes, these are people of the island – | (For certes, these are people of the Island) |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.184.1 | That has such people in't! | That has such people in't. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.80 | Senators of Athens, together with the common leg of people – | Senators of Athens, together with the common legge of People, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.25 | and simpler kind of people the deed of saying is quite | and simpler kinde of people, / The deede of Saying is quite |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.20 | Know that the people of Rome, for whom we stand | Know, that the people of Rome for whom we stand |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.182 | Titus Andronicus, the people of Rome, | Titus Andronicus,, thepeopleof Rome, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.220 | People of Rome and people's tribunes here, | People of Rome, and Noble Tribunes heere, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.225 | The people will accept whom he admits. | The people will accept whom he admits. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.448 | Lest then the people, and patricians too, | Least then the people, and Patricians too, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.275 | You, heavy people, circle me about, | You heauie people, circle me about, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.73 | 'Tis he the common people love so much; | 'Tis he the common people loue so much, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.66 | You sad-faced men, people and sons of Rome, | You sad fac'd men, people and Sonnes of Rome, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.148 | But, gentle people, give me aim awhile, | But gentle people, giue me ayme a-while, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.225 | the people cry ‘ Troilus ’? – Helenus is a priest. | the people crie Troylus? Hellenus is a Priest. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.99 | Who of my people hold him in delay? | Who of my people hold him in delay: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.105 | Now you see, sir, how your fooling grows old and people | Now you see sir, how your fooling growes old, & people |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.57 | Seven of my people, with an obedient start, | Seauen of my people with an obedient start, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.30 | Belike you slew great number of his people? | Belike you slew great number of his people. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.62 | cousin Toby? Let some of my people have a special care | Cosine Toby, let some of my people haue a speciall care |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.26 | And there! Are all the people mad? | and there, / Are all the people mad? |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.337 | Upon Sir Toby and the lighter people? | Vpon sir Toby, and the lighter people: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.24.1 | Enter four Country-people and one with a garland | Enter 4. Country people, & one with a Garlon |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.1.2 | people a-maying. Enter Arcite alone | people a Maying. Enter Arcite alone. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.66 | O'th' plurisy of people; I do take | O'th pluresie of people; I doe take |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.2 | The love o'th' people; yea, i'th' selfsame state | The love o'th people, yea i'th selfesame state |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.450 | My people did expect my hence departure | My people did expect my hence departure |