| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.99 | Who tells me true, though in his tale lie death, | Who tels me true, though in his Tale lye death, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.111 | I could match this beginning with an old tale. | I could match this beginning with an old tale. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.28 | And thereby hangs a tale.’ When I did hear | And thereby hangs a tale. When I did heare |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.88 | Is a mad tale he told today at dinner | Is a mad tale he told to day at dinner, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.88 | A pretty tale. It may be you have heard it, | A pretty Tale, it may be you haue heard it, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.92 | think to fob off our disgrace with a tale. But, an't please | thinke / To fobbe off our disgrace with a tale: / But and'tplease |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.58 | After your way his tale pronounced shall bury | After your way. His Tale pronounc'd, shall bury |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.143 | Thou wouldst have told this tale for virtue, not | Thou would'st haue told this tale for Vertue, not |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.45 | The tale of Tereus, here the leaf's turned down | The Tale of Tereus, heere the leaffe's turn'd downe |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.297.1 | To tell this tale of mine. | To tell this tale of mine. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.15 | I could a tale unfold whose lightest word | I could a Tale vnfold, whose lightest word |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.146 | And he, repelled, a short tale to make, | And he repulsed. A short Tale to make, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.445 | Aeneas' tale to Dido; and thereabout of it especially | Aeneas Tale to Dido, and thereabout of it especially, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.498 | Prithee say on. He's for a jig or a tale of bawdry, or he | Prythee say on: He's for a Iigge, or a tale of Baudry, or hee |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.252 | Good uncle, tell your tale. I have done. | Good Vncle tell your tale, for I haue done. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.30 | do thou never leave calling ‘ Francis!’, that his tale to me | do neuer leaue calling Francis, that his Tale to me |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.118 | tale of the sun's? If thou didst, then behold that | Tale of the Sunne? If thou didst, then behold that |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.250 | plain tale shall put you down. Then did we two set on | plaine Tale shall put you downe. Then did we two, set on |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.90 | I thank him that he cuts me from my tale, | I thanke him, that he cuts me from my tale: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.153 | This is the strangest tale that ever I heard. | This is the strangest Tale that e're I heard. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.62 | And death approach not ere my tale be done. | And Death approach not, ere my Tale be done. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.10 | Tush, my good lord, this superficial tale | Tush my good Lord, this superficiall tale, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.44 | I think I should have told your grace's tale. | I thinke I should haue told your Graces Tale. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.119 | Short tale to make, we at Saint Albans met, | Short Tale to make, we at S. Albons met, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.275 | Whither she will hear a wanton's tale or no. | Whither shee will heare a wantons tale or no, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.183 | And they are landed. – Thus my tale is done: | And they are landed, thus my tale is donne, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.156 | The most untimely tale of Edward's fall. | The most vntimely tale of Edwards fall. |
| King John | KJ I.i.98 | Your tale must be how he employed my mother. | Your tale must be how he employ'd my mother. |
| King John | KJ III.i.5 | Be well-advised, tell o'er thy tale again. | Be well aduis'd, tell ore thy tale againe. |
| King John | KJ III.i.25 | Then speak again – not all thy former tale, | Then speake againe, not all thy former tale, |
| King John | KJ III.i.26 | But this one word, whether thy tale be true. | But this one word, whether thy tale be true. |
| King John | KJ III.i.152 | Tell him this tale, and from the mouth of England | Tell him this tale, and from the mouth of England, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.108 | Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, | Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.18 | This act is as an ancient tale new told, | This acte, is as an ancient tale new told, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.202 | Cuts off his tale and talks of Arthur's death. | Cuts off his tale, and talkes of Arthurs death. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.234 | As bid me tell my tale in express words, | As bid me tell my tale in expresse words: |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.33 | tale in telling it, and deliver a plain message bluntly. | tale in telling it, and deliuer a plaine message bluntly: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.179 | By nursing them, my lord. List a brief tale; | By nursing them my Lord. List a breefe tale, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.212 | Told the most piteous tale of Lear and him | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.716.2 | Even so; my tale is told. | Euen so: My tale is told. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.96 | Strange images of death. As thick as hail | Strange Images of death, as thick as Tale |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.26 | And then is heard no more. It is a tale | And then is heard no more. It is a Tale |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.84 | This gentleman told somewhat of my tale. | This Gentleman told somewhat of my Tale. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.362 | Rely upon it till my tale be heard, | Rely vpon it, till my tale be heard, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.273 | And when the tale is told, bid her be judge | And when the tale is told, bid her be iudge, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.72 | peradventures shall tell you another tale, if matters grow | peraduentures shall tell you another tale, if matters grow |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.80 | tale. | Tale. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.144 | Well, thereby hangs a tale. Good | Wel, thereby hangs a tale: good |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.26 | There is an old tale goes that Herne the Hunter, | There is an old tale goes, that Herne the Hunter |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.36 | This tale of Herne the Hunter for a truth. | This tale of Herne the Hunter, for a truth. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.133 | Could ever hear by tale or history, | Could euer heare by tale or historie, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.51 | The wisest aunt telling the saddest tale | The wisest Aunt telling the saddest tale, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.200 | Like the old tale, my lord: 'It is not so, nor | Like the old tale, my Lord, it is not so, nor |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.304 | And strong encounter of my amorous tale. | And strong incounter of my amorous tale: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.56 | Indeed, that tells a heavy tale for him; conclude, | Indeed that tels a heauy tale for him: conclude, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.100 | forward with thy tale. | forward with thy tale. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.138 | of thy tale into telling me of the fashion? | of thy tale into telling me of the fashion? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.143 | good night – I tell this tale vilely – I should first tell thee how | good night: I tell this tale vildly. I should first tell thee how |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.31 | a tale. Have you writ down, that they are none? | a tale: haue you writ downe that they are none? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.90 | I will a round unvarnished tale deliver | I will a round vn-varnish'd u Tale deliuer, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.170 | I think this tale would win my daughter too. | I thinke this tale would win my Daughter too, |
| Othello | Oth III.i.8 | O, thereby hangs a tail. | Oh, thereby hangs a tale. |
| Othello | Oth III.i.9 | Whereby hangs a tale, sir? | Whereby hangs a tale, sir? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.84 | For I will make him tell the tale anew, | For I will make him tell the Tale anew; |
| Othello | Oth V.i.125 | Come, mistress, you must tell's another tale. | Come Mistris, you must tel's another Tale. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.16 | My death's sad tale may yet undeaf his ear. | My deaths sad tale, may yet vndeafe his eare. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.121 | Too well, too well thou tellest a tale so ill. | Too well, too well thou tell'st a Tale so ill. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.197 | My tongue hath but a heavier tale to say. | My Tongue hath but a heauier Tale to say: |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.44 | Tell thou the lamentable tale of me, | Tell thou the lamentable fall of me, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.36 | That no man enter till my tale be done. | That no man enter, till my tale be done. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.31 | Then he was urged to tell my tale again: | Then he was vrg'd to tell my Tale againe: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.327 | Prepare her ears to hear a wooer's tale; | Prepare her eares to heare a Woers Tale. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.358 | An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. | An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.359 | Then plainly to tell her my loving tale. | Then plainly to her, tell my louing tale. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.461 | When thou mayst tell thy tale a nearest way? | When thou mayest tell thy Tale the neerest way? |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.195 | And every tongue brings in a several tale, | And euery Tongue brings in a seuerall Tale, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.196 | And every tale condemns me for a villain. | And euerie Tale condemnes me for a Villaine; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.79 | And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail | & somtime comes she with Tith pigs tale, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.24 | A whispering tale in a fair lady's ear, | A whispering tale in a faire Ladies eare: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.92 | Thou desirest me to stop in my tale against | Thou desir'st me to stop in my tale against |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.94 | Thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. | Thou would'st else haue made thy tale large. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.96 | short; for I was come to the whole depth of my tale, and | short, or I was come to the whole depth of my tale, and |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.34 | Is longer than the tale thou dost excuse. | Is longer then the tale thou dost excuse. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.230 | Is not so long as is a tedious tale. | Is not so long as is a tedious tale. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.71 | Saving your tale, Petruchio, I pray | Sauing your tale Petruchio, I pray |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.51 | hangs a tale. | hangs a tale. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.56 | This 'tis to feel a tale, not to hear a tale. | This 'tis to feele a tale, not to heare a tale. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.57 | And therefore 'tis called a sensible tale; and this | And therefore 'tis cal'd a sensible tale: and this |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.64 | Tell thou the tale. But hadst thou not crossed | Tell thou the tale: but hadst thou not crost |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.67 | If he be credulous and trust my tale, | If he be credulous, and trust my tale, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.24 | My widow says thus she conceives her tale. | My Widdow saies, thus she conceiues her tale. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.106.2 | Your tale, sir, would cure deafness. | Your tale, Sir, would cure deafenesse. 205: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.140 | My tale provokes that question. Dear, they durst not, | My Tale prouokes that question: Deare, they durst not, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.49 | tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth. | tale, / By this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.83 | Now forward with your tale. – Prithee, stand | Now forward with your Tale: prethee stand |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.105 | No sooner had they told this hellish tale, | No sooner had they told this hellish tale, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.40 | For that they will not intercept my tale. | For that they will not intercept my tale; |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.27 | To bid Aeneas tell the tale twice o'er | To bid Aneas tell the tale twice ore |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.47 | Make my aunt merry with some pleasing tale. | Make my Aunt merry, with some pleasing tale. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.47 | This is the tragic tale of Philomel, | This is the tragicke tale of Philomel? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.119 | She sounded almost at my pleasing tale, | She sounded almost at my pleasing tale, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.93 | Here's Rome's young captain: let him tell the tale, | Heere is a Captaine, let him tell the tale, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.86 | another tale when th' other's come to't. Hector shall | another tale when th'others come too't: Hector shall |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.136 | Not her own sinews. To end a tale of length, | Not her owne sinewes. To end a tale of length, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.46 | In thy tale. | In thy Tale. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.41 | And a broad beech – and thereby hangs a tale – | And a broade Beech: and thereby hangs a tale: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.12 | We have no such cause. If the tale we have told – | We have no such cause. If the tale we have told |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.23.1 | And tell's a tale. | And tell's a Tale. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.14 | The glistering of this present, as my tale | The glistering of this present, as my Tale |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.28 | called true, is so like an old tale that the verity of it is in | call'd true) is so like an old Tale, that the veritie of it is in |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.59 | Like an old tale still, which will | Like an old Tale still, which will |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.117 | Like an old tale: but it appears she lives, | Like an old Tale: but it appeares she liues, |