| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.289 | Where noble fellows strike. Wars is no strife | Where noble fellowes strike: Warres is no strife |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.42 | I have a mind to strike thee ere thou speak'st. | I haue a mind to strike thee ere thou speak'st: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.82 | These hands do lack nobility, that they strike | These hands do lacke Nobility, that they strike |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.95 | It ripens towards it. Strike the vessels, ho! | It ripen's towards it: strike the Vessells hoa. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.viii.3 | Strike not by land; keep whole: provoke not battle | Strike not by Land, / Keepe whole, prouoke not Battaile |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.8.1 | I'll strike, and cry ‘ Take all.’ | Ile strike, and cry, Take all. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.38 | That heaven and earth may strike their sounds together, | That heauen and earth may strike their sounds together, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.91 | Before I strike this bloody stroke, farewell. | Before I strike this bloody stroke, Farwell. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.93.1 | Farewell, great chief. Shall I strike now? | Farewell great Chiefe. Shall I strike now? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.108.1 | Let him that loves me strike me dead. | Let him that loues me, strike me dead. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.359 | Strike those that make them; and their story is | Strike those that make them: and their Story is |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.67 | And strike you home without a messenger. | And strike you home without a messenger. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.66 | Strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them | Strike at the Heauen with your staues, as lift them |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.238 | Shalt see me once more strike at Tullus' face. | Shalt see me once more strike at Tullus face. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ii.35 | 'Tis sworn between us we shall ever strike | 'Tis sworne betweene vs, we shall euer strike |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.13 | Now the red pestilence strike all trades in Rome, | Now the Red Pestilence strike al Trades in Rome, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.60 | Strike the proud cedars 'gainst the fiery sun, | Strike the proud Cedars 'gainst the fiery Sun: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.20 | And my pretext to strike at him admits | And my pretext to strike at him, admits |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.118 | O dearest soul: your cause doth strike my heart | O deerest Soule: your Cause doth strike my hart |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.30 | if thou fear to strike, and to make me certain it is | if thou feare to strike, and to make mee certaine it is |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.72 | The riches of it. Do his bidding, strike. | The riches of it. Do his bidding, strike, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.234 | If this be so, the gods do mean to strike me | If this be so, the Gods do meane to strike me |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.141 | Shall I strike it with my partisan? | Shall I strike at it with my Partizan? |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.163 | The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike; | The nights are wholsome, then no Planets strike, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.78 | hold in, such as will strike sooner than speak, and speak | holde in, such as will strike sooner then speake; and speake |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.71 | Now cannot I strike him, if I should be hanged. | Now cannot I strike him, if I should be hang'd. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.82 | Strike, down with them, cut the villains' | Strike down with them, cut the villains |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.120 | Strike up our drums, pursue the scattered stray; | Strike vp our Drummes, pursue the scatter'd stray, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.18 | That must strike sail to spirits of vile sort! | That must strike saile, to Spirits of vilde sort? |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.264 | Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard. | Shall strike his fathers Crowne into the hazard. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.281 | Yea, strike the Dauphin blind to look on us. | Yea strike the Dolphin blinde to looke on vs, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.5 | God's arm strike with us! 'Tis a fearful odds. | Gods Arme strike with vs, 'tis a fearefull oddes. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.127 | strike it out soundly. | strike it out soundly. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.171 | If that the soldier strike him, as I judge | If that the Souldier strike him, as I iudge |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.30 | it in his cap. I promised to strike him if he did. I met | it in his Cappe: I promis'd to strike him, if he did: I met |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.41 | 'Twas I indeed thou promised'st to strike, | 'Twas I indeed thou promised'st to strike, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.42 | Their arms are set like clocks, stiff to strike on; | Their Armes are set, like Clocks, still to strike on; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.35 | For none would strike a stroke in his revenge. | For none would strike a stroake in his reuenge. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.23 | Should strike such terror to his enemies. | Should strike such terror to his Enemies. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.60.1 | He winds his horn. Drums strike up. A peal of | Winds his Horne, Drummes strike vp, a Peale of |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.53 | Strike those that hurt, and hurt not those that help! | Strike those that hurt, and hurt not those that helpe: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.145 | She shall not strike Dame Eleanor unrevenged. | She shall not strike Dame Elianor vnreueng'd. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.69.1 | Strike off his head. | Strike off his head. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.102 | take him away, I say; and strike off his head presently, | take him away I say, and strike off his head presently, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.104 | Cromer, and strike off his head, and bring them both | Cromer, and strike off his head, and bring them both |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.203 | Then strike up drums; God and Saint George for us! | Then strike vp Drums, God and S. George for vs. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.167 | Yet know thou, since we have begun to strike, | Yet know thou, since we haue begun to strike, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.6 | Smile, gentle heaven, or strike, ungentle death! | Smile gentle heauen, or strike vngentle death, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.5 | Must strike her sail and learn awhile to serve | Must strike her sayle, and learne a while to serue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.50 | Drummer, strike up, and let us march away. | Drummer strike vp, and let vs march away. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.49 | Nay, when? Strike now, or else the iron cools. | Nay when? strike now, or else the Iron cooles. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.52 | Than bear so low a sail to strike to thee. | Then beare so low a sayle, to strike to thee. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iii.24 | Strike up the drum; cry ‘ Courage!’ and away! | Strike vp the Drumme, cry courage, and away. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.126 | Things to strike honour sad. Bid him recount | Things to strike Honour sad. Bid him recount |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.47 | Shall Rome, etc. Speak, strike, redress. | Shall Rome, &c. speake, strike, redresse. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.55 | ‘ Speak, strike, redress.’ Am I entreated | Speake, strike, redresse. Am I entreated |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.56 | To speak and strike? O Rome, I make thee promise, | To speake, and strike? O Rome, I make thee promise, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.104 | Strike, as thou didst at Caesar; for I know, | Strike as thou did'st at Casar: For I know, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.180 | And if thou stir, I strike. Therefore, stand still, | And if thou stir, I strike, therefore stand still, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.187 | Or I will strike, and die before thee here. | Or I will strike and die before thee heere. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.45 | Strike many Frenchmen cold unto the heart. | Strike many french men cold vnto the heart: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.33 | Dost start aside, and strike us with thy heels! | Dost start aside and strike vs with thy heeles, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.120 | Now lies it on an upshot; therefore strike, | Now lies it on an vpshot, therefore strike, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.155 | Since all the lives his conquering arrows strike | Since all the liues his conquering arrowes strike, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.30 | Our drums strike nothing but discouragement; | Our drums strike nothing but discouragement, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.55 | And, Tyranny, strike terror to thyself. | And tyrannie strike terror to thy selfe. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.2 | Within the arras. When I strike my foot | Within the Arras: when I strike my foot |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.98 | I'll strike thee dead. Put up thy sword betime, | Ile strike thee dead. Put vp thy sword betime, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.164 | Strike up the drums, and let the tongue of war | Strike vp the drummes, and let the tongue of warre |
| King John | KJ V.ii.179 | Strike up our drums to find this danger out. | Strike vp our drummes, to finde this danger out. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.162.1 | He makes to strike him | |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.1 | Did my father strike my gentleman for chiding | Did my Father strike my Gentleman for chiding |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.252 | You strike my people, and your disordered rabble | You strike my people, and your disorder'd rable, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.38 | Strike, you slave! | Strike you slaue: |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.39 | Stand, rogue! Stand, you neat slave! Strike! | stand rogue, stand you neat slaue, strike. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.115 | To strike at me upon his misconstruction, | To strike at me vpon his misconstruction, |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.15 | Strike in their numbed and mortified bare arms | Strike in their num'd and mortified Armes. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.158 | On her ingrateful top! Strike her young bones, | On her ingratefull top: strike her yong bones |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.7 | Smite flat the thick rotundity o'the world, | Strike flat the thicke Rotundity o'th'world, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.275 | With this ungracious paper strike the sight | With this vngracious paper strike the sight |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.82 | Let the drum strike and prove my title thine. | Let the Drum strike, and proue my title thine. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.283 | He'll strike, and quickly too. He's dead and rotten. | He'le strike and quickly too, he's dead and rotten. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.20 | That his own hand may strike his honour down | That his owne hand may strike his honour downe, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.215 | Instruments strike up | |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.32 | She strike upon the bell. Get thee to bed. | She strike vpon the Bell. Get thee to bed. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.19.1 | Who did strike out the light? | Who did strike out the Light? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.6 | Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds | Strike heauen on the face, that it resounds |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.27 | I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms | I cannot strike at wretched Kernes, whose armes |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.39.1 | That strike beside us. | That strike beside vs. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.36 | 'Twould be my tyranny to strike and gall them | 'Twould be my tirrany to strike and gall them, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.41 | Who may, in th' ambush of my name, strike home, | Who may in th' ambush of my name, strike home, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.169 | gentlemen, let him not strike the old woman. | Gentlemen, let him strike the old woman. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.227 | stand to strike at me, that your arrow hath glanced. | stand to strike at me, that your Arrow hath glanc'd. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.205 | Use me but as your spaniel: spurn me, strike me, | Vse me but as your spaniell; spurne me, strike me, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.269 | What? Should I hurt her, strike her, kill her dead? | What, should I hurt her, strike her, kill her dead? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.303 | Let her not strike me. You perhaps may think | Let her not strike me: you perhaps may thinke, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.313 | To strike me, spurn me – nay, to kill me too. | To strike me, spurne me, nay to kill me too; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.80 | Titania, music call, and strike more dead | Titania, musick call, and strike more dead |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.182 | Ho! Now you strike like the blind man; 'twas | Ho now you strike like the blindman, 'twas |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.125 | Strike at thy life. Grieved I, I had but one? | Strike at thy life. Grieu'd I, I had but one? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.126 | thee brave punishments for him. Strike up, pipers. | thee braue punishments for him: strike vp Pipers. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.141.2 | Strike on the tinder, ho! | Strike on the Tinder, hoa: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.264 | with his truncheon may strike at you: provoke him that | may strike at you, prouoke him that |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.237 | As men in rage strike those that wish them best, | As men in rage strike those that wish them best, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.175 | Strike off this score of absence. Sweet Bianca, | Strike off this score of absence. Sweet Bianca |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.182 | stone: I strike it, and it hurts my hand. – O, the world | stone: I strike it, and it hurts my hand. Oh, the world |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.274.2 | What! Strike his wife! | What? Strike his wife? |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.89 | Throwing restraint upon us; or say they strike us, | Throwing restraint vpon vs: Or say they strike vs, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.46 | Prince, pardon me, or strike me if you please; | Prince paadon me, or strike me if you please, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.58 | I have ground the axe myself. Do you but strike the blow. | I haue ground the Axe my selfe, / Doe but you strike the blowe. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.78 | Seemed not to strike, but smooth. But thou knowest this, | Seemde not to strike, but smooth, but thou knowst this, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.191 | O Helicanus, strike me, honoured sir, | Oh Hellicanus, strike me honored sir, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.251 | My purpose was for Tarsus, there to strike | My purpose was for Tharsus, there to strike, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.266 | And yet we strike not, but securely perish. | And yet we strike not, but securely perish. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.87 | Armies of pestilence; and they shall strike | Armies of Pestilence, and they shall strike |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.85 | Strike him, Aumerle! Poor boy, thou art amazed. | Strike him Aumerle. Poore boy, yu art amaz'd, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.56 | Are clamorous groans which strike upon my heart, | Are clamorous groanes, that strike vpon my heart, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.41 | Or, by Saint Paul, I'll strike thee to my foot | Or by S. Paul Ile strike thee to my Foote, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.64 | Either heaven with lightning strike the murderer dead; | Either Heau'n with Lightning strike the murth'rer dead: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.150 | Would they were basilisks to strike thee dead! | Would they were Basiliskes, to strike thee dead. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.162 | Strike! | Strike. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.111.2 | Well, let it strike. | |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.112 | Why let it strike? | |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.149 | A flourish, trumpets! Strike alarum, drums! | A flourish Trumpets, strike Alarum Drummes: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.151 | Rail on the Lord's anointed. Strike, I say! | Raile on the Lords Annointed. Strike I say. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.180.1 | Strike up the drum. | Strike vp the Drumme. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.5 | I strike quickly, being moved. | I strike quickly, being mou'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.6 | But thou art not quickly moved to strike. | But thou art not quickly mou'd to strike. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.72 | Clubs, bills, and partisans! Strike! Beat them | Clubs, Bils, and Partisons, strike, beat them |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.114 | Strike, drum. | Strike Drum. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.59 | To strike him dead I hold it not a sin. | To strike him dead I hold it not a sin. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.218 | I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. | I sweare Ile cuffe you, if you strike againe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.220 | If you strike me, you are no gentleman, | If you strike me, you are no Gentleman, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.281 | As fast as millwheels strike. Then was this island – | As fast as Mill-wheeles strike: Then was this Island |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.471 | Who mak'st a show, but dar'st not strike, thy conscience | Who mak'st a shew, but dar'st not strike: thy conscience |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.15 | watch of his wit. By and by it will strike. | watch of his wit, / By and by it will strike. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.115 | That I may strike at Athens. I'll cheer up | That I may strike at Athens. Ile cheere vp |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.113 | He is an usurer. Strike me the counterfeit matron – | He is an Vsurer. Strike me the counterfet Matron, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.153 | In hollow bones of man; strike their sharp shins, | In hollow bones of man, strike their sharpe shinnes, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.170 | Strike up the drum towards Athens. Farewell, Timon. | Strike vp the Drum towardes Athens, farewell / Timon: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.176.2 | We but offend him. Strike! | We but offend him, strike. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.85 | Let our drums strike. | Let our Drummes strike. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.118 | And strike her home by force, if not by words. | And strike her home by force, if not by words: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.129 | There speak and strike, brave boys, and take your turns; | There speake, and strike braue Boyes, & take your turnes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.14 | If I do wake, some planet strike me down | If I doe wake, some Planet strike me downe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.14 | Thou canst not strike it thus to make it still. | Thou canst not strike it thus to make it still? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.52 | What dost thou strike at, Marcus, with thy knife? | What doest thou strike at Marcus with knife. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.115 | And the rude son should strike his father dead; | And the rude Sonne should strike his Father dead: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.201 | That do contrive how many hands shall strike, | That do contriue how many hands shall strike |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.18 | thou learn a prayer without book. Thou canst strike, | yu learn a prayer without booke: Thou canst strike, canst |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.35 | Thou shouldest strike him – | Thou should'st strike him. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.211 | Will strike amazement to their drowsy spirits. | Will strike amazement to their drowsie spirits, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.29 | Shall quite strike off all service I have done | Shall quite strike off all seruice I haue done, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.3 | Strike not a stroke, but keep yourselves in breath, | Strike not a stroake, but keepe your selues in breath; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.10 | Strike, fellows, strike; this is the man I seek. | Strike fellowes, strike, this is the man I seeke. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.30 | Strike a free march to Troy! With comfort go; | Strike a free march to Troy, with comfort goe: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.78 | will strike him. If she do, he'll smile, and take it for a | will strike him: if shee doe, hee'l smile, and take't for a |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.199 | Can nothing speak? Master, shall I strike? | Can nothing speake? Master, shall I strike? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.200 | Who wouldst thou strike? | Who wouldst thou strike? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.203 | Why, sir, I'll strike nothing. I pray you – | Why Sir, Ile strike nothing: I pray you. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.308 | Yet in the field to strike a battle for her; | Yet in the Feild to strike a battle for her; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.90.1 | Strike up, and lead her in. | Strike up, and leade her in. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.68.1 | I'll warrant thee I'll strike home. | Ile warrant thee, Ile strike home. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.63 | And twenty strike of oats; but he'll ne'er have her. | And twenty strike of Oates, but hee'l ne're have her; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.201 | It is a bawdy planet, that will strike | It is a bawdy Planet, that will strike |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.421 | A savour that may strike the dullest nostril | A sauour, that may strike the dullest Nosthrill |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.145.1 | Do strike at my injustice. | Doe strike at my Iniustice. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.162 | Come on, strike up! | Come on: strike vp. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.167 | Come, strike up! | Come, strike vp. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.98.2 | Music, awake her, strike! | Musick; awake her: Strike: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.100 | Strike all that look upon with marvel. Come, | Strike all that looke vpon with meruaile: Come: |