| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.322 | But I will eat and drink and sleep as soft | But I will eate, and drinke, and sleepe as soft |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.44 | Now for the love of Love and her soft hours, | Now for the loue of Loue, and her soft houres, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.3.1 | To soft and gentle speech. | To soft and gentle speech. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.87.2 | Soft, Caesar! | Soft Casar. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.50 | The beds i'th' East are soft; and thanks to you, | The beds i'th'East are soft, and thanks to you, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.106.1 | In soft and delicate Lethe. | In soft and delicate Lethe. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.310 | As sweet as balm, as soft as air, as gentle – | As sweet as Balme, as soft as Ayre, as gentle. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.244 | You bring me out. Soft, comes he not here? | You bring me out. Soft, comes he not heere? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.118 | conclusion. But, soft – who wafts us yonder? | conclusion: but soft, who wafts vs yonder. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.30 | But soft, my door is locked. Go bid them let us in. | But soft, my doore is lockt; goe bid them let vs in. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.69.2 | O, soft, sir, hold you still. | Oh soft sir, hold you still: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.19 | But soft, I see the goldsmith. Get thee gone; | But soft I see the Goldsmith; get thee gone, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.35 | famously he did it to that end. Though soft-conscienced | Famouslie, he did it to that end: though soft conscienc'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.48 | Soft, who comes here? | Soft, who comes heere? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.45 | Soft as the parasite's silk, let him be made | soft, as the Parasites Silke, / Let him be made |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.82 | Hast not the soft way which, thou dost confess, | Hast not the soft way, which thou do'st confesse |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.80 | Something's afore't – soft, soft! we'll no defence – | Something's a-foot: Soft, soft, wee'l no defence, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.70.2 | Soft, what are you | Soft, what are you |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.295 | But, soft! No bedfellow! O gods and goddesses! | But soft; no Bedfellow? Oh Gods, and Goddesses! |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.353 | And never false. Soft ho, what trunk is here? | And neuer false. Soft hoa, what truncke is heere? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.71 | 'Tis strange he hides him in fresh cups, soft beds, | 'Tis strange he hides him in fresh Cups, soft Beds, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.126 | But soft, behold, lo where it comes again! | But soft, behold: Loe, where it comes againe: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.58 | But soft, methinks I scent the morning air. | But soft, me thinkes I sent the Mornings Ayre; |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.88 | And lose the name of action. Soft you now, | And loose the name of Action. Soft you now, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.399 | Would quake to look on. Soft, now to my mother. | Would quake to looke on. Soft now, to my Mother: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.71 | Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe! | Be soft as sinewes of the new-borne Babe, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.ii.3 | But soft, what noise? Who calls on Hamlet? | What noise? Who cals on Hamlet? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.153 | If this should blast in proof. Soft, let me see. | If this should blast in proofe: Soft, let me see |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.213.1 | But soft, but soft awhile! | But soft, but soft, aside; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.108 | of very soft society and great showing. Indeed, to speak | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.7 | Which hath been smooth as oil, soft as young down, | Which hath beene smooth as Oyle, soft as yong Downe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.153 | But soft, I pray you, did King Richard then | But soft I pray you; did King Richard then |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.37 | Nay, by God, soft! I know a trick worth | Nay soft I pray ye, I know a trick worth |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.32 | Soft! Who are you? Sir Walter Blunt – there's honour | Soft who are you? Sir Walter Blunt, there's Honour |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.129.2 | But soft, whom have we here? | But soft, who haue we heere? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.6 | Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, | Natures soft Nurse, how haue I frighted thee, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.97 | And in your power soft silencing your son. | And in your power, soft silencing your Sonne: |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.55 | Touch her soft mouth, and march. | Touch her soft mouth, and march. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.48 | We yield our town and lives to thy soft mercy. | We yeeld our Towne and Liues to thy soft Mercy: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.14 | A good soft pillow for that good white head | A good soft Pillow for that good white Head, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.15 | But soft, I think she comes; and I'll prepare | But soft, I thinke she comes, and Ile prepare |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.307 | Fie, coward woman and soft-hearted wretch! | Fye Coward woman, and soft harted wretch, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.141 | Women are soft, mild, pitiful and flexible; | Women are soft, milde, pittifull, and flexible; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.57 | And this soft courage makes your followers faint. | And this soft courage makes your Followers faint: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.154 | And, for I should not deal in her soft laws, | And for I should not deale in her soft Lawes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.32 | Of your soft cheverel conscience would receive, | Of your soft Chiuerell Conscience, would receiue, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.249 | But, soft, I pray you; what, did Caesar swoon? | But soft I pray you: what, did Casar swound? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.122 | Soft, who comes here? A friend of Antony's. | Soft, who comes heere? A friend of Antonies. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.43 | Nay, soft ye, sir; first I must make my choice, | Nay soft ye sir, first I must make my choyse, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.79 | Beguile and ravish soft and human minds! | Beguild and rauish soft and humane myndes. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.185 | But soft, here comes the treasurer of my spirit. – | But soft here comes the treasurer of my spirit, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.38 | But soft, I hear the music of their drums, | But soft I heare the musicke of their drums. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.70 | But soft, methinks I hear | But soft me thinkes I heare, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.47 | By the soft temper of a Frenchman's sword. | By the soft temper of a French mans sword: |
| King John | KJ II.i.478 | Of soft petitions, pity, and remorse, | Of soft petitions, pittie and remorse, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.50 | Presented to the tears of soft remorse. | Presented to the teares of soft remorse. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.270 | What is't thou sayest? Her voice was ever soft, | What is't thou saist? Her voice was euer soft, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.184.2 | Soft! Whither away so fast? | Soft, Whither a-way so fast? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.313 | Love's feeling is more soft and sensible | Loues feeling is more soft and sensible, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.418 | I'll leave it by degrees. Soft, let us see: | Ile leaue it by degrees: soft, let vs see, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.117 | Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man, | Then the soft Mertill: But man, proud man, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.129 | For we are soft as our complexions are, | For we are soft, as our complexions are, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.16 | For thou dost fear the soft and tender fork | For thou dost feare the soft and tender forke |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.68 | When you depart from him but, soft and low, | When you depart from him, but soft and low, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.55 | Will furnish me. But soft, how many months | Will furnish me; but soft, how many months |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iii.14 | I'll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool, | Ile not be made a soft and dull ey'd foole, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.96 | Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates | Be made as soft as yours: and let their pallats |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.317 | Soft! | Soft, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.318 | The Jew shall have all justice. Soft, no haste, | the Iew shall haue all iustice, soft, no haste, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.56 | Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night | Creepe in our eares soft stilnes, and the night |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.91 | And his soft couch defile. | And his soft couch defile. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.126.2 | But soft, what nymphs are these? | But soft, what nimphs are these? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.282 | Come thronging soft and delicate desires, | Come thronging soft and delicate desires, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.196 | But, soft you, let me be; pluck up, my heart, | But soft you, let me be, plucke vp my heart, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.72 | Soft and fair, Friar. Which is Beatrice? | Soft and faire Frier, which is Beatrice? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.82 | And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace; | And little bless'd with the soft phrase of Peace; |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.261 | And have not those soft parts of conversation | And haue not those soft parts of Conuersation |
| Othello | Oth V.i.22 | No, he must die. But soft, I hear him coming. | No, he must dye. But so, I heard him comming. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.105 | Soft; by and by. Let me the curtains draw. | Soft, by and by, let me the Curtaines draw. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.334 | Soft you; a word or two before you go. | Soft you; a word or two before you goe: |
| Pericles | Per II.v.23 | Soft, here he comes; I must dissemble it. | Soft, heere he comes, I must dissemble it. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.58.2 | Wrench it open. Soft! | Wrench it open soft; |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.45 | So well as soft and tender flattery. | So well as soft and tender flatterie: |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.7 | But soft, but see, or rather do not see, | But soft, but see, or rather doe not see, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.140 | Or Edward's soft and pitiful like mine! | Or Edwards soft and pittifull, like mine; |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.338 | But soft! Here come my executioners. | But soft, heere come my Executioners, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.161 | Soft! He wakes. | Soft, he wakes. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.179 | Have mercy, Jesu! – Soft! I did but dream. | Haue mercy Iesu. Soft, I did but dreame. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.195.2 | Soft! I will go along. | Soft I will goe along. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.2 | But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? | But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.18.1 | But soft! what day is this? | But soft, what day is this? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.141 | Soft! Take me with you , take me with you, wife. | Soft, take me with you, take me with you wife, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.211 | Upon so soft a subject as myself! | Vpon so soft a subiect as my selfe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.112 | With soft low tongue and lowly courtesy, | With soft lowe tongue, and lowly curtesie, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.70 | I smell sweet savours and I feel soft things. | I smel sweet sauours, and I feele soft things: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.245 | With gentle conference, soft and affable. | With gentle conference, soft, and affable. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.23 | Soft, son! | Soft son: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.26 | But, soft, company is coming here. | But soft, Company is comming here. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.164 | Why are our bodies soft, and weak, and smooth, | Why are our bodies soft, and weake, and smooth, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.166 | But that our soft conditions and our hearts | But that our soft conditions, and our harts, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.450.2 | Soft, sir! One word more. | Soft sir, one word more. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.84.1 | He vanishes in thunder. Then, to soft music, enter the | He vanishes in Thunder: then (to soft Musicke.) Enter the |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.60.1 | Soft music. Enter Iris | Soft musick. Enter Iris. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.142 | You have not sought her help, of whose soft grace | You haue not sought her helpe, of whose soft grace |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.100 | Soft, take thy physic first. Thou too, and thou. | Soft, take thy Physicke first; thou too, and thou: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.116 | Make soft thy trenchant sword; for those milk-paps | Make soft thy trenchant Sword: for those Milke pappes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.207 | Thy flatterers yet wear silk, drink wine, lie soft, | Thy Flatterers yet weare Silke, drinke Wine, lye soft, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.68 | With wax I brought away, whose soft impression | With wax I brought away: whose soft Impression |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.45 | A stone is soft as wax, tribunes, more hard than stones. | A stone is as soft waxe, / Tribunes more hard then stones: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.45 | Soft, so busily she turns the leaves. | Soft, so busily she turnes the leaues, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.51.1 | Soft, who comes here? | Soft, who comes heere? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.115 | But soft, methinks I do digress too much, | But soft, me thinkes I do digresse too much, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.58 | Writing their own reproach; to whose soft seizure | Writing their owne reproach; to whose soft seizure, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.25 | The hard and soft, seem all affined and kin; | The hard and soft, seeme all affin'd, and kin. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.106 | Soft infancy, that nothing can but cry, | Soft infancie, that nothing can but cry, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.5 | And give as soft attachment to thy senses | And giue as soft attachment to thy sences, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.89 | Farewell – yes, soft: Hector, I take my leave. | Farewell: yes, soft: Hector I take my leaue; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.18 | Soft! Here comes sleeve, and t' other. | Soft, here comes Sleeue, and th'other. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.282 | Do give thee fivefold blazon. Not too fast! soft, soft – | Do giue thee fiue-fold blazon: not too fast: soft, soft, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.91 | Her very phrases! By your leave, wax. Soft! and the | Her very Phrases: By your leaue wax. Soft, and the |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.137 | me, for every one of these letters are in my name. Soft! | mee, for euery one of these Letters are in my name. Soft, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.320 | So far beneath your soft and tender breeding, | So farre beneath your soft and tender breeding, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.103 | He shows no such soft temper. His head's yellow, | He shewes no such soft temper, his head's yellow, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.147 | O my soft-hearted sister, what think you? | O my soft harted Sister, what thinke you? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.126 | Truer than I. O then, most soft sweet goddess, | Truer then I. O then most soft sweet goddesse |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.43 | In a soft sheath; mercy and manly courage | In a soft sheath; mercy, and manly courage |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.95 | With one soft kiss a thousand furlongs ere | With one soft Kisse a thousand Furlongs, ere |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.360 | As soft as dove's down and as white as it, | As soft as Doues-downe, and as white as it, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.388.2 | Soft, swain, awhile, beseech you. | Soft Swaine a-while, beseech you, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.774 | he shall be stoned; but that death is too soft for him, say | hee shall be ston'd: but that death is too soft for him (say |