| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.38 | Led hither by pure love. Which of them both | Led hither by pure loue: which of them both |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.148 | nothing but the finest part of pure love. We cannot call | nothing but the finest part of pure Loue. We cannot cal |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.27 | than with safety of a pure blush thou mayst in honour | then with safety of a pure blush, thou maist in honor |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.132 | Limped in pure love; till he be first sufficed, | Limpt in pure loue: till he be first suffic'd, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.3 | I warrant you, with pure love and troubled brain | I warrant you, with pure loue, & troubled brain, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.37 | Against my soul's pure truth why labour you | Against my soules pure truth, why labour you, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.59 | You had of her pure honour gains, or loses, | You had of her pure Honour; gaines, or looses, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.33 | His virtues else, be they as pure as grace, | |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.136 | thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, | thy Dowrie. Be thou as chast as Ice, as pure as Snow, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.27 | Shows itself pure. 'A weeps for what is done. | Shewes it selfe pure. He weepes for what is done. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.320 | See now whether pure fear and entire | See now whether pure Feare, and entire |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.37 | have in my pure and immaculate valour taken Sir John | haue, in my pure and immaculate Valour, taken Sir Iohn |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.32 | As pure as sin with baptism. | As pure as sinne with Baptisme. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.73 | Though in pure truth it was corrupt and naught, | Though in pure truth it was corrupt and naught, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.20 | If your pure maidens fall into the hand | If your pure Maydens fall into the hand |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.20 | Perseus: he is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of | Perseus: hee is pure Ayre and Fire; and the dull Elements |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.20 | But what's that Pucelle whom they term so pure? | But what's that Puzell whom they tearme so pure? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.66 | Blush for pure shame to counterfeit our roses, | Blush for pure shame, to counterfeit our Roses, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.23 | Mean and right poor, for that pure blood of mine | Meane and right poore, for that pure blood of mine, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.182 | Yes, my good lord: a pure unspotted heart, | Yes, my good Lord, a pure vnspotted heart, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.83 | And yet, forsooth, she is a virgin pure! | And yet forsooth she is a Virgin pure. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.88 | God knows, of pure devotion, being called | God knowes of pure Deuotion, / Being call'd |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.153 | Alas, sir, we did it for pure need. | Alas Sir, we did it for pure need. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.13 | From Scotland am I stolen, even of pure love, | From Scotland am I stolne euen of pure loue, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.95 | A thousand pounds a year for pure respect! | A thousand pounds a yeare, for pure respect? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.25 | Than this pure soul shall be. All princely graces | Then this pure Soule shall be. All Princely Graces |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.78 | Did run pure blood; and many lusty Romans | Did run pure blood: and many lusty Romans |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.241 | And she an angel, pure, divine, unspotted: | And shee an Angell pure deuine vnspotted, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.25 | With our pure honours, nor attend the foot | With our pure Honors: nor attend the foote |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.35 | O death, made proud with pure and princely beauty! | Oh death, made proud with pure & princely beuty, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.2 | Is touched corruptibly, and his pure brain, | Is touch'd, corruptibly: and his pure braine |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.120 | down!’ 'Twas her brother that in pure kindness to his | downe; 'twas her Brother, that in pure kindnesse to his |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.73 | A green goose a goddess. Pure, pure idolatry. | A greene Goose, a Coddesse, pure pure Idolatry. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.263 | By heaven, all dry-beaten with pure scoff! | By heauen, all drie beaten with pure scoffe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.351 | Now, by my maiden honour, yet as pure | Now by my maiden honor, yet as pure |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.484 | Welcome, pure wit! Thou partest a fair fray. | Welcome pure wit, thou part'st a faire fray. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.53 | Will seem as pure as snow and the poor state | Will seeme as pure as Snow, and the poore State |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.145 | Because what follows is pure innocence. | Because what followes is pure innocence. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.141 | That pure congealed white, high Taurus' snow, | That pure congealed white, high Tauruss now, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.144 | This princess of pure white, this seal of bliss! | This Princesse of pure white, this seale of blisse. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.102 | Thou pure impiety and impious purity! | Thou pure impiety, and impious puritie, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.87 | A halting sonnet of his own pure brain, | A halting sonnet of his owne pure braine, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.108 | In simple and pure soul I come to you... | In simple and pure soule, I come to you. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.137 | Sometimes intrude not? Who has a breast so pure, | Sometimes intrude not? Who ha's that breast so pure, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.204 | Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief | Thy Match was mortall to him: and pure greefe |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.16 | And all to topple. Pure surprise and fear | and all to topple: / Pure surprize and feare, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.68.2 | Pure Dian, | Pure Dian |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.99 | And his pure soul unto his captain, Christ, | And his pure Soule vnto his Captaine Christ, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.4 | On pure heart's love, to greet the tender Prince. | On pure hearts loue, to greet the tender Prince. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.88 | To turn your households' rancour to pure love. | To turne your houshould rancor to pure Loue. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.38 | Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, | Who euen in pure and vestall modestie |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.299 | For I will raise her statue in pure gold, | For I will raise her Statue in pure Gold, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.158 | And women too, but innocent and pure. | And Women too, but innocent and pure: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.196 | And morsels unctuous greases his pure mind, | And Morsels Vnctious, greases his pure minde, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.363 | All villains that do stand by thee are pure. | All Villaines / That do stand by thee, are pure. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.16 | But let desert in pure election shine, | But let Desert in pure Election shine; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.244 | That breath fame blows; that praise, sole pure, transcends. | That breath Fame blowes, that praise sole pure transcẽds. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.106 | That most pure spirit of sense, behold itself, | |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.81 | Did I expose myself – pure for his love – | Did I expose my selfe (pure for his loue) |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.169 | The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold. | The water, Nectar, and the Rocks pure gold. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.77 | His tears pure messengers sent from his heart, | His teares, pure messengers, sent from his heart, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.144 | My herald thoughts in thy pure bosom rest them, | My Herald Thoughts, in thy pure bosome rest-them, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.229 | But neither bended knees, pure hands held up, | But neither bended knees, pure hands held vp, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.85 | One, lady, if you knew his pure heart's truth, | One (Lady) if you knew his pure hearts truth, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.21 | Upon whose grave thou vowedst pure chastity. | Vpon whose Graue thou vow'dst pure chastitie: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.129 | The poison of pure spirits, might like women | The poyson of pure spirits; might like women |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.107 | Pure red and white, for yet no beard has blessed him; | Pure red, and white, for yet no beard has blest him. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.139 | Sweet, solitary, white as chaste, and pure | Sweet, solitary, white as chaste, and pure |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.10 | It has a noble breeder, and a pure, | It has a noble Breeder, and a pure, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.41 | The silence often of pure innocence | The silence often of pure innocence |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.21 | So filled and so becoming. In pure white robes, | So fill'd, and so becomming: in pure white Robes |