| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.5 | If the quick fire of youth light not your mind | If the quicke fire of youth light not your minde, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.301 | So there's my riddle: one that's dead is quick. | So there's my riddle, one that's dead is quicke, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.111 | When our quick minds lie still, and our ills told us | When our quicke windes lye still, and our illes told vs |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.197 | Our quick remove from hence. | Our quicke remoue from hence. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.5 | That I am sudden sick. Quick, and return. | That I am sodaine sicke. Quicke, and returne. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.19 | For quick accumulation of renown, | For quicke accumulation of renowne, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.31.2 | O, quick, or I am gone. | Oh quicke, or I am gone. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.39.1 | Quick, quick, good hands! | Quicke, quicke, good hands. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.216 | Ballad us out o' tune. The quick comedians | Ballads vs out a Tune. The quicke Comedians |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.282 | Yare, yare, good Iras; quick – methinks I hear | Yare, yare, good Iras; quicke: Me thinkes I heare |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.152 | Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, | Ielous in honor, sodaine, and quicke in quarrell, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.139 | How dearly would it touch me to the quick | How deerely would it touch thee to the quicke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.10 | Now Mars, I prithee, make us quick in work, | Now Mars, I prythee make vs quicke in worke, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.595 | I'll tent him to the quick. If 'a do blench, | Ile tent him to the quicke: If he but blench |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.169 | I have in quick determination | I haue in quicke determination |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.122 | That hurts by easing. But to the quick o'th' ulcer – | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.124 | 'Tis for the dead, not for the quick. Therefore thou | 'tis for the dead, not for the quicke, therefore thou |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.126 | 'Tis a quick lie, sir. 'Twill away again | 'Tis a quicke lye Sir, 'twill away againe |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.247 | Now pile your dust upon the quick and dead | Now pile your dust, vpon the quicke, and dead, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.275 | Be buried quick with her, and so will I. | Be buried quicke with her, and so will I. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.115 | respect of his quick sail. But, in the verity of extolment, | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.254 | nimbly, with as quick dexterity, and roared for mercy, | nimbly, with as quicke dexteritie, and roared for mercy, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.222 | Come, quick, quick, that I may lay my head in thy lap. | Come, quicke, quicke, that I may lay my Head in thy / Lappe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.172 | pregnancy is made a tapster, and his quick wit | Pregnancie is made a Tapster, and hath his quicke wit |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.98 | apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery, and | apprehensiue, quicke, forgetiue, full of nimble, fierie, and |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.79 | The mercy that was quick in us but late | The mercy that was quicke in vs but late, |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.21 | And shall our quick blood, spirited with wine, | And shall our quick blood, spirited with Wine, |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.23 | In the quick forge and working-house of thought, | In the quick Forge and working-house of Thought, |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.82 | And something lean to cutpurse of quick hand. | and something leane to Cut-purse of quicke hand: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.8 | This speedy and quick appearance argues proof | This speedy and quicke appearance argues proofe |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.288 | A breach that craves a quick expedient stop! | A Breach that craues a quick expedient stoppe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.144 | My eye's too quick, my heart o'erweens too much, | My Eyes too quicke, my Heart o're-weenes too much, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.66 | Would give it quick consideration, for | Would giue it quicke consideration; for |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.29 | Of that quick spirit that is in Antony. | Of that quicke Spirit that is in Antony: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.293 | He was quick mettle when he went to school. | He was quick Mettle, when he went to Schoole. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.156 | And darkness did as well enclose the quick | And darkenes did aswel inclose the quicke, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.119 | Procured our quick deliverance from thence. | Procurd our quicke deliuerance from thence, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.95.1 | Give thee quick conduct. | Giue thee quicke conduct. Come, come, away. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.35 | Of quick cross lightning? To watch, poor perdu, | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.159 | But is there no quick recreation granted? | But is there no quicke recreation granted? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.23 | And therefore apt, because quick. | And therefore apt, because quicke. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.28 | That an eel is quick. | That an Eeele is quicke. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.29 | I do say thou art quick in answers. Thou heatest | I doe say thou art quicke in answeres. Thou heat'st |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.31 | On serious business craving quick dispatch, | On serious businesse crauing quicke dispatch, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.56 | sweet touch, a quick venue of wit! Snip, snap, quick | sweet tutch, a quicke venewe of wit, snip snap, quick |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.283 | And quick Berowne hath plighted faith to me. | And quicke Berowne hath plighted faith to me. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.673 | poor wench is cast away. She's quick; the child brags | poore Wench is cast away: she's quick, the child brags |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.678 | that is quick by him, and hanged for Pompey that is | that is quicke by him, and hang'd for Pompey, that is |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.53 | Our haste from hence is of so quick condition | Our haste from hence is of so quicke condition, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.7 | Break off thy song, and haste thee quick away. | Breake off thy song, and haste thee quick away, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.107 | Hence hath offence his quick celerity, | Hence hath offence his quicke celeritie, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.90 | Quick, dispatch, and send the head to Angelo. | Quicke, dispatch, and send the head to Angelo |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.1 | Quick, quick I pray thee! Draw the curtain straight. | Quick, quick I pray thee, draw the curtain strait, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.100 | Quick Cupid's post that comes so mannerly. | Quicke Cupids Post, that comes so mannerly. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.84 | Alas, I had rather be set quick i'th' earth, | Alas I had rather be set quick i'th earth, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.77 | Quick, quick! We'll come dress you | Quicke, quicke, wee'le come dresse you |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.2 | Speak, breathe, discuss; brief, short, quick, snap. | speake, breathe, discusse: breefe, short, quicke, snap. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.39 | Ay, come. Quick! | I: come: quicke. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.149 | So quick bright things come to confusion. | So quicke bright things come to confusion. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.178 | The ear more quick of apprehension makes. | The eare more quicke of apprehension makes, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.256.1 | Quick, come. | Quick, come. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.355 | his quick wit and his queasy stomach, he shall fall in | his quicke wit, and his queasie stomacke, hee shall fall in |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.11 | Thy wit is as quick as the greyhound's mouth; | Thy wit is as quicke as the grey-hounds mouth, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.80 | Make love's quick pants in Desdemona's arms, | Make loues quicke pants in Desdemonaes Armes, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.295 | For his quick hunting, stand the putting on, | For his quicke hunting, stand the putting on, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.3 | Quick, quick; fear nothing: I'll be at thy elbow. | Quicke, quicke, feare nothing; Ile be at thy Elbow, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.27 | Walk with Leonine. The air is quick there, | Walke with Leonine, the ayre is quicke there, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.70 | The gods are quick of ear, and I am sworn | the Gods are quicke of eare, and I am sworne |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.234 | Quick is mine ear to hear of good towards him. | Quicke is mine eare to heare of good towards him. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.65 | Or earth gape open wide and eat him quick, | Or Earth gape open wide, and eate him quicke, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.5 | And cheer his grace with quick and merry eyes. | And cheere his Grace with quicke and merry eyes |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.195 | Why then, give way, dull clouds, to my quick curses! | Why then giue way dull Clouds to my quick Curses. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.155 | Bold, quick, ingenious, forward, capable. | Bold, quicke, ingenious, forward, capable: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.283 | Mad'st quick conveyance with her good aunt Anne! | Mad'st quicke conueyance with her good Aunt Anne. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.361 | Your reasons are too shallow and too quick. | Your Reasons are too shallow, and to quicke. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.221 | Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye | Hath not so greene, so quicke, so faire an eye |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.120 | Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die. | Thy drugs are quicke. Thus with a kisse I die. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.11 | Quick proceeders, marry! Now tell me, I pray, | Quicke proceeders marry, now tel me I pray, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.366 | Fetch us in fuel – and be quick, thou'rt best, | Fetch vs in Fewell, and be quicke thou'rt best |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.67 | Where the quick freshes are. | Where the quicke Freshes are. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.39 | Incite them to quick motion, for I must | Incite them to quicke motion, for I must |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.25 | Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th' quick | Thogh with their high wrongs I am strook to th' quick, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.305 | Go quick away – the story of my life, | Goe quicke away: The story of my life, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.94 | That shall demonstrate these quick blows of Fortune's | That shall demonstrate these quicke blowes of Fortunes, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.45.2 | Ha? A drum? Th' art quick, | Ha? A Drumme? Th'art quicke, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.28 | That wound beyond their feeling to the quick. | That wound (beyond their feeling) to the quick: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.36 | But, Titus, I have touched thee to the quick: | Aside. But Titus, I haue touch'd thee to the quicke, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.54.1 | A woman of quick sense. | A woman of quicke sence. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.9 | O spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou, | O spirit of Loue, how quicke and fresh art thou, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.221 | quick, skilful, and deadly. | quick, skilfull, and deadly. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.124 | Beshrew me, but you have a quick wit. | Beshrew me, but you haue a quicke wit. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.91 | More than quick words do move a woman's mind. | More then quicke words, doe moue a womans minde. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.61 | You have a quick ear. | You haue a quicke eare. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.13 | Of what a fiery sparkle and quick sweetness, | Of what a fyry sparkle, and quick sweetnes, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.132 | But quick and in mine arms. Come, take your flowers. | But quicke, and in mine armes. Come, take your flours, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.667 | an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand is necessary | an open eare, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary |