| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.112 | or ransom afterward. This she delivered in the most | or ransome afterward: This shee deliuer'd in the most |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.118 | That labouring art can never ransom nature | That labouring Art can neuer ransome nature |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.65.1 | O, ransom, ransom! | O ransome, ransome, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.179 | Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives | Were nice and lucky, men did ransome liues |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.23 | To quit the penalty and to ransom him. | To quit the penalty, and to ransome him: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.80 | May be called ransom, let it come: sufficeth | May be call'd ransome, let it come: Sufficeth, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.78 | That we at our own charge shall ransom straight | That we at our owne charge, shall ransome straight |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.91 | To ransom home revolted Mortimer. | To ransome home reuolted Mortimer. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.139 | And when I urged the ransom once again | And when I vrg'd the ransom once againe |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.217 | He said he would not ransom Mortimer, | He said, he would not ransome Mortimer: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.256 | Deliver them up without their ransom straight, | Deliuer them vp without their ransome straight, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.56 | Of prisoners' ransom, and of soldiers slain, | Of Prisoners ransome, and of Souldiers slaine, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.96 | There without ransom to lie forfeited. | There, without Ransome, to lye forfeited: |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.60 | And for achievement offer us his ransom. | And for atchieuement, offer vs his Ransome. |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.63 | To know what willing ransom he will give. | To know what willing Ransome he will giue. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.124 | of his ransom, which must proportion the losses we | of his ransome, which must proportion the losses we |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.152 | My ransom is this frail and worthless trunk; | My Ransome, is this frayle and worthlesse Trunke; |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.80 | If for thy ransom thou wilt now compound, | If for thy Ransome thou wilt now compound, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.120 | As, if God please, they shall – my ransom then | As if God please, they shall; my Ransome then |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.122 | Come thou no more for ransom, gentle Herald. | Come thou no more for Ransome, gentle Herauld, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.128 | I fear thou wilt once more come again for a ransom. | I feare thou wilt once more come againe for a Ransome. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.11 | Egregious ransom. | egregious Ransome. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.45 | good house, and for his ransom he will give you two | good house, and for his ransom he will giue you two |
| Henry V | H5 IV.v.9 | Is this the King we sent to for his ransom? | Is this the King we sent too, for his ransome? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.67 | That I have fined these bones of mine for ransom? | That I haue fin'd these bones of mine for ransome? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.68.1 | Com'st thou again for ransom? | Com'st thou againe for ransome? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.148 | His ransom there is none but I shall pay. | His Ransome there is none but I shall pay. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.150 | His crown shall be the ransom of my friend; | His Crowne shall be the Ransome of my friend: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.72 | They set him free without his ransom paid, | They set him free, without his Ransome pay'd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.73 | What ransom must I pay before I pass? | What ransome must I pay before I passe? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.77 | Why speakest thou not? What ransom must I pay? | Why speak'st thou not? What ransom must I pay? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.80 | Wilt thou accept of ransom, yea or no? | Wilt thou accept of ransome,yea or no? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.157 | That is her ransom. I deliver her, | That is her ransome, I deliuer her, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.127 | And lowly words were ransom for their fault. | And lowly words were Ransome for their fault: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.297 | The world shall not be ransom for thy life. | The World shall not be Ransome for thy Life. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.10 | Here shall they make their ransom on the sand, | Heere shall they make their ransome on the sand, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.15 | What is my ransom, master? Let me know. | What is my ransome Master, let me know. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.28 | Be not so rash. Take ransom; let him live. | Be not so rash, take ransome, let him liue. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.141 | And as for these whose ransom we have set, | And as for these whose ransome we haue set, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.40 | And hither have they sent it for her ransom. | And hither haue they sent it for her ransome. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.69 | Oh, would my life might ransom him from death! | O would my life might ransome him from death. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.20 | And that I might for ransom, if I would, | And that I might for ransome if I would, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.5 | As that thereby my ransom will be quit. | As that thereby my ransome will be quit, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.6 | Thy ransom, man? Why need'st thou talk of that? | Thy ransome man: why needest thou talke of that? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.73 | And ransom shall redeem lives forfeited; | And ransome shall redeeme liues forfeited: |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.208 | Tell me what ransom thou requir'st to have. | Tell me what ransome thou requirest to haue? |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.209 | Thy ransom, John, hereafter shall be known. | Thy ransome Iohn, hereafter shall be known |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.193 | You shall have ransom. Let me have surgeons; | You shall haue ransome. Let me haue Surgeons, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.60 | of it, I would take desire prisoner, and ransom him to | of it, I would take Desire prisoner, and ransome him to |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.111 | Ignomy in ransom and free pardon | Ignomie in ransome, and free pardon |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iv.30 | With ransom of such shame. Would yet he had lived. | With ransome of such shame: would yet he had liued. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.114 | Can ransom me into his love again, | Can ransome me into his loue againe, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.56 | Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's son; | Of the Worlds ransome, blessed Maries Sonne. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.266 | For me, the ransom of my bold attempt | For me, the ransome of my bold attempt, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.109 | Commend me to him. I will send his ransom; | Commend me to him, I will send his ransome, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.156 | And that shall be the ransom for their fault. | And that shall be the ransome for their fault. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.172 | To ransom my two nephews from their death, | To ransome my two nephewes from their death, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.75 | Be a sufficient ransom for offence, | Be a sufficient Ransome for offence, |