| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.65 | Under thy own life's key. Be checked for silence, | Vnder thy owne lifes key. Be checkt for silence, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.76 | Her very silence, and her patience | Her verie silence, and per patience, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.23 | To hide your doings and to silence that | To hide your doings, and to silence that, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.168.2 | My gracious silence, hail! | My gracious silence, hayle: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.98 | Speak, or thy silence on the instant is | Speake, or thy silence on the instant, is |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.29 | I'll speak to thee in silence. | Ile speake to thee in silence. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.248 | Let it be tenable in your silence still. | Let it bee treble in your silence still: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.482 | A silence in the heavens, the rack stand still, | A silence in the Heauens, the Racke stand still, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.4 | Much heat and him. I'll silence me even here. | Much heate, and him. Ile silence me e'ene heere: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.284.1 | His silence will sit drooping. | His silence will sit drooping. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.352 | Which have solicited – the rest is silence. | Which haue solicited. The rest is silence. O, o, o, o. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.156 | your silence. | your silence. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.1 | Enter Justice Shallow and Justice Silence | Enter Shallow and Silence: with Mouldie, Shadow, Wart, Feeble, Bull-calfe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.3 | the rood! And how doth my good cousin Silence? | the Rood. And how doth my good Cousin Silence? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.87 | No, Sir John, it is my cousin Silence, in | No sir Iohn, it is my Cosin Silence: in |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.89 | Good Master Silence, it well befits you should | Good M. Silence, it well befits you should |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.206 | Ha, cousin Silence, that thou hadst seen that | Hah, Cousin Silence, that thou hadst seene that, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.214 | Exeunt Falstaff, Shallow, and Silence | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.279 | God keep you, Master Silence; I will not use many | Farewell Master Silence, I will not vse many |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.289 | Exeunt Shallow and Silence | Exit. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.1.1 | Enter Shallow, Falstaff, Bardolph, and the Page | Enter Shallow, Silence, Falstaffe, Bardolfe, Page, and Dauie |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.1.1 | Enter Falstaff, Shallow, Silence, Davy, Bardolph, | Enter Falstaffe, Shallow, Silence, Bardolfe, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.4 | cousin Silence – and then to bed. | Cosin Silence, and then to bed. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.23 | There's a merry heart, Good Master Silence! | There's a merry heart, good M. Silence, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.36 | I did not think Master Silence had been a man | I did not thinke M. Silence had bin a man |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.48 | Well said, Master Silence. | Well said, M. Silence. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.51 | Health and long life to you, Master Silence. | Health, and long life to you, M. Silence. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.71 | (to Silence, seeing him drink) | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.127 | Carry Master Silence to bed. Master Shallow, | Carrie Master Silence to bed: Master Shallow, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.1 | Great lords and gentlemen, what means this silence? | Great Lords and Gentlemen, / What meanes this silence? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.44 | If I have fewest, I subscribe in silence. | If I haue fewest, I subscribe in silence. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.101 | With silence, nephew, be thou politic. | With silence, Nephew, be thou pollitick, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.13 | O, hold me not with silence overlong! | Oh hold me not with silence ouer-long: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.35 | silence. | silence. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.36 | Silence! | Silence. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.15 | Silence! | Silence. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.45.1 | Talk us to silence. | Talke vs to silence. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.2.1 | Let silence be commanded. | Let silence be commanded. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.446 | To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. | To silence enuious Tongues. Be iust, and feare not; |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.283 | images, are put to silence. Fare you well. There was more | Images, are put to silence. Fare you well. There was more |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.11 | The noble Brutus is ascended. Silence! | The Noble Brutus is ascended: Silence. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.54.2 | Peace! Silence! Brutus speaks. | Peace, silence, Brutus speakes. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.6 | Silence attends some wonder, and expecteth | Silence attends some wonder, and expecteth |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.8 | Where or from whom proceeds this silence, Charles? | Where or from whome proceeds this silence Charles? |
| King John | KJ I.i.6 | Silence, good mother. Hear the embassy. | Silence (good mother) heare the Embassie. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.132 | Silence! No more. Go closely in with me. | Silence, no more; go closely in with mee, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.248 | have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to | haue all shadow, and silence in it: and the place answere to |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.181 | Silence that fellow. I would he had some cause | Silence that fellow: I would he had some cause |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.189 | For the benefit of silence, would thou wert so too. | For the benefit of silence, would thou wert so to. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.111 | Thanks, i'faith, for silence is only commendable | Thankes ifaith, for silence is onely commendable |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.32 | And wished in silence that it were not his. | And wisht in silence that it were not his. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.41 | the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence, and | the best grace of witte will shortly turne into silence, and |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.25 | Who comes so fast in silence of the night? | Who comes so fast in silence of the night? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.101 | Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. | Silence bestowes that vertue on it Madam. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.42 | Elves, list your names; silence, you airy toys. | Elues, list your names: Silence you aiery toyes. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.76 | Night and silence. – Who is here? | Night and silence: who is heere? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.79 | Silence awhile! Robin, take off this head. | Silence a while. Robin take off his head: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.94 | Then, my queen, in silence sad, | Then my Queene in silence sad, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.100 | Out of this silence yet I picked a welcome, | Out of this silence yet, I pickt a welcome: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.166 | Pyramus draws near the wall. Silence! | Pyramus drawes neere the Wall, silence. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.254 | all these are in the moon. But, silence: here comes Thisbe. | they are in the Moone. But silence, heere comes Thisby. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.282 | Silence is the perfectest herald of joy; I were | Silence is the perfectest Herault of ioy, I were |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.306 | Your silence most offends me, and to be | Your silence most offends me, and to be |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.169 | Silence that dreadful bell: it frights the isle | Silence that dreadfull Bell, it frights the Isle, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.249 | And silence those whom this vile brawl distracted. | And silence those whom this vil'd brawle distracted. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.19 | Will think me speaking, though I swear to silence; | Will thinke me speaking, though I sweare to silence, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.228 | My heart is great, but it must break with silence | My heart is great: but it must break with silence, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.297 | That swells with silence in the tortured soul. | That swells with silence in the tortur'd Soule. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.28 | And asked the Mayor what meant this wilful silence. | And ask'd the Maior, what meant this wilfull silence? |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.140 | I cannot tell if to depart in silence | I cannot tell, if to depart in silence, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.70 | But in the other's silence do I see | But in the others silence do I see, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.29 | Her silence flouts me, and I'll be revenged. | Her silence flouts me, and Ile be reueng'd. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.105 | not – Cock's passion, silence! I hear my master. | not--- Cockes passion, silence, I heare my master. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.17 | roarers for the name of king? To cabin! Silence! | roarers for the name of King? to Cabine; silence: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.22 | silence, and work the peace of the present, we will not | silence, and worke the peace of the present, wee will not |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.476.2 | Silence! One word more | Silence: One word more |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.124.2 | Sweet, now, silence! | Sweet now, silence: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.218.1 | They froze me into silence. | They froze me into Silence. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.93 | There greet in silence as the dead are wont, | There greete in silence as the dead are wont, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.158 | No noise, but silence and eternal sleep. | No noyse, but silence and Eternall sleepe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.33 | My silence, and my cloudy melancholy, | My silence, and my Cloudy Melancholie, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.199 | And how his silence drinks up this applause. | And how his silence drinkes vp this applause. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.129 | The thing I shall repent. See, see, your silence, | The thing I shall repent: see, see, your silence |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.78 | But we in silence hold this virtue well: | But we in silence hold this vertue well; |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.62 | Only shape thou thy silence to my wit. | Onely shape thou thy silence to my wit. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.63 | Though our silence be drawn from us with cars, | Though our silence be drawne from vs with cars, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.104 | But silence, like a Lucrece' knife, | but silence like a Lucresse knife: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.207 | Then in dumb silence will I bury mine, | Then in dumbe silence will I bury mine, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.85 | Tune a deploring dump – the night's dead silence | Tune a deploring dumpe: the nights dead silence |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.61 | You would not hear me doubted, but your silence | You would not heare me doubted, but your silence |
| 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.ii.10.2 | Silence! | Silence. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.21 | I like your silence: it the more shows off | I like your silence, it the more shewes-off |