| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.67 | But I do wash his name out of my blood | But I do wash his name out of my blood, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.97 | It's monstrous labour when I wash my brain | it's monstrous labour when I wash my braine, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.10 | Wash the congealment from your wounds, and kiss | Wash the congealement from your wounds, and kisse |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.28.1 | To wash the eyes of kings. | To wash the eyes of Kings. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.403 | way will I take upon me to wash your liver as clean as a | way wil I take vpon mee to wash your Liuer as cleane as a |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.93 | good youth, he went but forth to wash him in the | (good youth) he went but forth to wash him in the |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.67 | I will go wash; | I will goe wash: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.27 | Wash my fierce hand in's heart. Go you to th' city. | Wash my fierce hand in's heart. Go you to th' Citie, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.59.2 | Bid them wash their faces | Bid them wash their Faces, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.165 | Neptune's salt wash and Tellus' orbed ground, | Neptunes salt Wash, and Tellus Orbed ground: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.46 | To wash it white as snow? Whereto serves mercy | To wash it white as Snow? Whereto serues mercy, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.148 | better wench in England! Go, wash thy face, and draw | better Wench in England. Go, wash thy face, and draw |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.174 | man in his bed, wash every mote out of his conscience; | man in his Bed, wash euery Moth out of his Conscience: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.104 | All the water in Wye cannot wash your | All the water in Wye, cannot wash your |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.57 | And wash away thy country's stained spots. | And wash away thy Countries stayned Spots. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.342 | To wash away my woeful monuments. | To wash away my wofull Monuments. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.158 | And I with tears do wash the blood away. | And I with Teares doe wash the blood away. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.37 | Thy tears would wash this cold congealed blood | Thy teares would wash this cold congealed blood, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.31 | Bestride the rock; the tide will wash you off, | Bestride the Rock, the Tyde will wash you off, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.111 | Stoop then, and wash. How many ages hence | Stoop then, and wash. How many Ages hence |
| King John | KJ III.i.234 | No longer than we well could wash our hands | No longer then we well could wash our hands, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.47 | And wash this filthy witness from your hand. | And wash this filthie Witnesse from your Hand. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.60 | Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood | Will all great Neptunes Ocean wash this blood |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.58 | Wash your hands; put on your nightgown; look not | Wash your hands, put on your Night-Gowne, looke not |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.94 | his house; and I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour, dress | his house; and I wash, ring, brew, bake, scowre, dresse |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.148 | Buck? I would I could wash myself of the buck! | Buck? I would I could wash my selfe of ye Buck: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.51 | And when was he wont to wash his face? | And when was he wont to wash his face? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.139 | Hath drops too few to wash her clean again | Hath drops too few to wash her cleane againe, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.278 | Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire! | Wash me in steepe-downe gulfes of Liquid fire. |
| Pericles | Per III.i.2 | Which wash both heaven and hell. And thou that hast | Which wash both heauen and hell, and thou that hast |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.28 | Never to wash his face, nor cut his hairs. | Neuer to wash his face, nor cut his hayres: |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.5 | For 'twere no charity. Yet, to wash your blood | For 'twere no Charitie: yet to wash your blood |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.55 | Can wash the balm off from an anointed king. | Can wash the Balme from an anoynted King; |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.206 | With mine own tears I wash away my balm, | With mine owne Teares I wash away my Balme, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.238 | Though some of you – with Pilate – wash your hands, | Though some of you, with Pilate, wash your hands, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.241 | And water cannot wash away your sin. | And Water cannot wash away your sinne. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.10 | And wash him fresh again with true-love tears. | And wash him fresh againe with true-loue Teares. |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.50 | To wash this blood off from my guilty hand. | To wash this blood off from my guilty hand. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.275 | How fain, like Pilate, would I wash my hands | How faine (like Pilate) would I wash my hands |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.389 | For I myself have many tears to wash | For I my selfe haue many teares to wash |
| Richard III | R3 V.ii.9 | Swills your warm blood like wash, and makes his trough | Swilles your warm blood like wash, & makes his trough |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.130 | Wash they his wounds with tears. Mine shall be spent, | Wash they his wounds with tears: mine shal be spent |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.70 | What, wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears? | What wilt thou wash him from his graue with teares? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.75 | Will't please your mightiness to wash your hands? | Wilt please your mightinesse to wash your hands: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.140 | Come, Kate, and wash, and welcome heartily. | Come Kate and wash, & welcome heartily: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.179 | Nor scrape trenchering, nor wash dish. | Nor scrape trenchering, nor wash dish, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.45 | And wash their hands in Bassianus' blood. | And wash their hands in Bassianus blood. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.6 | Go home, call for sweet water, wash thy hands. | Goe home, / Call for sweet water, wash thy hands. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.7 | She hath no tongue to call, nor hands to wash, | She hath no tongue to call, nor hands to wash. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.156 | baffle Sir Toby, I will wash off gross acquaintance, I | baffle Sir Toby, I will wash off grosse acquaintance, I |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.24 | opportunity you let time wash off, and you are now | opportunitie you let time wash off, and you are now |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.303 | Item: She can wash and scour. | Item, she can wash and scoure. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.363 | How prettily the young swain seems to wash | How prettily th' yong Swaine seemes to wash |