| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iii.8 | Soldiers, have careful watch. | Souldiers, haue carefull Watch. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.1.1 | Enter a Sentry and his company, the watch. Enobarbus | Enter a Centerie, and his Company, Enobarbus |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.116 | Lay couching, head on ground, with catlike watch | Lay cowching head on ground, with catlike watch |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.57 | Than in our priest-like fasts. Therefore I'll watch him | Then in our Priest-like Fasts: therefore Ile watch him |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.1 | Enter Menenius to the Watch on guard | Enter Menenius to the Watch or Guard. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.106 | Exit Watch | Exit Watch. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.42 | To lie in watch there, and to think on him? | To lye in watch there, and to thinke on him? |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.13 | The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste. | the Riuals of my Watch, bid them make hast. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.27 | With us to watch the minutes of this night, | With vs, to watch the minutes of this Night, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.66 | With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch. | With Martiall stalke, hath he gone by our Watch. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.71 | Why this same strict and most observant watch | Why this same strict and most obseruant Watch, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.106 | The source of this our watch, and the chief head | The Sourse of this our Watch, and the cheefe head |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.110 | Comes armed through our watch so like the King | |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.169 | Break we our watch up. And by my advice | Breake we our Watch vp, and by my aduice |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.197 | Marcellus and Barnardo, on their watch | (Marcellus and Barnardo) on their Watch |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.208 | And I with them the third night kept the watch, | And I with them the third Night kept the Watch, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.213 | My lord, upon the platform where we watch. | My Lord, vpon the platforme where we watcht. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.225.1 | Hold you the watch tonight? | Hold you the watch to Night? |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.242.2 | I will watch tonight. | Ile watch to Night; |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.148 | Thence to a watch, thence into a weakness, | Thence to a Watch, thence into a Weaknesse, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.282 | For some must watch, while some must sleep. | For some must watch, while some must sleepe; |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.75 | Follow her close. Give her good watch, I pray you. | Follow her close, / Giue her good watch I pray you: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.292 | Good Gertrude, set some watch over your son. | Good Gertrude set some watch ouer your Sonne, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.107 | match! O, if men were to be saved by merit, what | Watch. O, if men were to be saued by merit, what |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.270 | money! Hostess, clap to the doors! Watch tonight, pray | Mony. Hostesse, clap to the doores: watch to night, pray |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.468 | monstrous watch is at the door. | monstrous Watch, is at the doore. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.474 | The sheriff and all the watch are at the door. | The Sherife and all the Watch are at the doore: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.21 | No, I will sit and watch here by the King. | No: I will sit, and watch here, by the King. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.29 | Snores out the watch of night. O majesty! | Snores out the Watch of Night. O Maiestie! |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.53 | Who undertook to sit and watch by you. | Who vndertooke to sit and watch by you. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.7 | The secret whispers of each other's watch. | The secret Whispers of each others Watch. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.30 | Walking from watch to watch, from tent to tent, | Walking from Watch to Watch, from Tent to Tent; |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.276 | What watch the king keeps to maintain the peace, | What watch the King keepes, to maintaine the peace; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.161 | Since they, so few, watch such a multitude. | Since they so few, watch such a multitude. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.17 | If I could see them. Now do thou watch, | If I could see them. Now doe thou watch, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.7 | Constrained to watch in darkness, rain, and cold. | Constrain'd to watch in darknesse, raine, and cold. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.58 | Improvident soldiers! Had your watch been good, | Improuident Souldiors, had your Watch been good, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.61 | That, being captain of the watch tonight, | That being Captaine of the Watch to Night, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.7 | And that we find the slothful watch but weak, | And that we finde the slouthfull Watch but weake, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.35 | And then do execution on the watch. | And then doe execution on the Watch. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.172 | Yet let us watch the haughty Cardinal; | Yet let vs watch the haughtie Cardinall, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.247 | Watch thou, and wake when others be asleep, | Watch thou, and wake when others be asleepe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.7 | To watch the coming of my punished duchess; | To watch the comming of my punisht Duchesse: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.116 | To sit and witch me, as Ascanius did | To sit and watch me as Ascanius did, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.16 | Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch. | Recounts most horrid sights seene by the Watch. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.247 | So please you, we will stand and watch your pleasure. | So please you, we will stand, / And watch your pleasure. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.36 | You are the lineal watchman of our peace, | You are the lyneal watch men of our peace, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.5 | Fast to the chair. Be heedful. Hence, and watch! | Fast to the chaire: be heedfull: hence, and watch. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.30 | That I might sit all night and watch with you. | That I might sit all night, and watch with you. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.35 | Of quick cross lightning? To watch, poor perdu, | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.189 | And never going aright, being a watch, | And neuer going a right, being a Watch: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.197 | And I to sigh for her, to watch for her, | And I to sigh for her, to watch for her, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.54 | Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, | Whose howle's his Watch, thus with his stealthy pace, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.8.1 | The subject of our watch. | The subiect of our Watch. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.33 | As I did stand my watch upon the hill | As I did stand my watch vpon the Hill |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.142 | The selfsame way, with more advised watch, | The selfesame way, with more aduised watch |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.150 | As I will watch the aim, or to find both | As I will watch the ayme: Or to finde both, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.24 | I'll watch as long for you then. Approach. | Ile watch as long for you then: approach |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.230 | Lie not a night from home; watch me like Argus. | Lie not a night from home. Watch me like Argos, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.6 | I'll go watch. | Ile goe watch. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.47 | watch the door with pistols, that none shall issue out. | watch the doore with Pistols, that none shall issue out: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.177 | I'll watch Titania when she is asleep, | Ile watch Titania, when she is asleepe, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.1.2 | Watch | watch. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.6 | chosen for the Prince's watch. | chosen for the Princes watch. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.23 | for the constable of the watch; therefore bear you the | for the Constable of the watch: therefore beare you the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.29 | and presently call the rest of the watch together and | and presently call the rest of the Watch together, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.35 | streets; for for the watch to babble and to talk is most | streetes: for, for the Watch to babble and talke, is most |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.38 | know what belongs to a watch. | know what belongs to a Watch. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.78 | the Prince be willing; for, indeed, the watch ought to | the prince be willing, for indeed the watch ought to |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.90 | you, watch about Signor Leonato's door, for the wedding | you watch about signior Leonatoes doore, for the wedding |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.29 | Marry, sir, our watch tonight, excepting your | Marry sir our watch to night, excepting your |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.42 | One word, sir: our watch, sir, have indeed | One word sir, our watch sir haue indeede |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.1.2 | and the Watch, with Conrade and Borachio | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.33 | you must call forth the watch that are their accusers. | you must call forth the watch that are their accusers. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.34 | Yea, marry, that's the eftest way; let the watch | Yea marry, that's the eftest way, let the watch |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.197.1 | Enter Dogberry, Verges, Watch, Conrade and | Enter Constable, Conrade, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.294 | punishment. And also, the watch heard them talk of one | punishment, and also the watch heard them talke of one |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.316 | (to the Watch) | |
| Othello | Oth I.i.124 | At this odd-even and dull watch o'the night, | At this odde Euen and dull watch o'th'night |
| Othello | Oth II.i.256 | from Venice. Watch you tonight: for the command, I'll | from Venice. Watch you to night: for the Command, Ile |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.12 | Welcome, Iago; we must to the watch. | Welcome Iago: we must to the Watch. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.50 | Potations pottle-deep; and he's to watch. | Potations, pottle-deepe; and he's to watch. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.55 | And they watch too. Now 'mongst this flock of drunkards, | And they Watch too. / Now 'mongst this Flocke of drunkards |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.115 | watch. | Watch. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.125 | He'll watch the horologe a double set, | He'le watch the Horologe a double Set, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.154 | Help, masters. Here's a goodly watch indeed. | Helpe Masters. Heere's a goodly Watch indeed. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.324 | to the watch. | to the Watch. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.23 | I'll watch him tame and talk him out of patience; | Ile watch him tame, and talke him out of patience; |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.234 | you will watch his going thence – which I will fashion to | you will watch his going thence (which I will fashion to |
| Othello | Oth V.i.37 | What, ho! No watch? No passage? Murder, murder! | What hoa? no Watch? No passage? / Murther, Murther. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.322 | Brave me upon the watch, whereon it came | Braue me vpon the Watch: whereon it came |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.73 | To watch the fearful bending of thy knee | To watch the fearefull bending of thy knee, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.9 | And beat our watch, and rob our passengers, | And rob our Watch, and beate our passengers, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.52 | Their watches on unto mine eyes, the outward watch | Their watches on vnto mine eyes, the outward Watch, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.4 | To watch the waning of mine enemies. | To watch the waining of mine enemies. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.54 | Use careful watch, choose trusty sentinels. | Vse carefull Watch, choose trusty Centinels, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.63 | Fill me a bowl of wine. Give me a watch. | Fill me a Bowle of Wine: Giue me a Watch, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.77 | Bid my guard watch. Leave me. Ratcliffe, | Bid my Guard watch. Leaue me. / Ratcliffe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.50 | The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand | The measure done, Ile watch her place of stand, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.31 | Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, | Care keepes his watch in euery old mans eye, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.148 | But look thou stay not till the Watch be set, | But looke thou stay not till the watch be set, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.167 | Either be gone before the Watch be set, | Either be gone before the watch be set, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.116 | Will watch thy waking, and that very night | And hither shall he come, and that very night |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iv.12 | But I will watch you from such watching now. | But I will watch you from such watching now. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.71 | O Lord, they fight! I will go call the Watch. | O Lord they fight, I will go call the Watch. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.158 | Stay not to question, for the Watch is coming. | Stay not to question, for the watch is comming. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.167 | Thy lips are warm! | Thy lips are warme. Enter Boy and Watch. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.171 | Enter Paris's Page and the Watch | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.173 | Exeunt some of the Watch | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.178 | Exeunt others of the Watch | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.182 | Enter some of the Watch, with Balthasar | Enter Romeo's man. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.184 | Enter Friar Laurence and another of the Watch | Enter Frier, and another Watchman. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.279 | Where is the County's page that raised the Watch? | Where is the Counties Page that rais'd the Watch? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.285 | And then I ran away to call the Watch. | And then I ran away to call the Watch. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.48 | Pedascule, I'll watch you better yet. | Pedascule, Ile watch you better yet: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.60 | (aside) And watch withal, for, but I be deceived, | And watch withall, for but I be deceiu'd, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.138 | Doth watch Bianca's steps so narrowly, | Doth watch Bianca's steps so narrowly: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.143 | And watch our vantage in this business. | And watch our vantage in this businesse, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.181 | That is, to watch her, as we watch these kites | That is, to watch her, as we watch these Kites, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.191 | And, in conclusion, she shall watch all night, | And in conclusion, she shal watch all night, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.149 | To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, | To watch the night in stormes, the day in cold, |
| 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. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.201.1 | And watch your safety. | and watch your safety. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.266 | Nay, I'll watch you for that; and that's one of | Nay Ile watch you for that, and that's one of |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.268 | not have hit, I can watch you for telling how I took the | not haue hit, I can watch you for telling how I took the |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.128 | His humorous predominance – yea, watch | His humorous predominance, yea watch |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.59 | wind up my watch, or play with my (fingering his | winde vp my watch, or play with my |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.160 | Since when, my watch hath told me, toward my grave | Since when, my watch hath told me, toward my graue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.23 | one that takes diet; to watch, like one that fears robbing; | one that takes diet: to watch, like one that feares robbing: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.9 | She would watch with me tonight, for well she knew | She would watch with me to night, for well she knew |