| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.158 | I am, my lord, a wretched Florentine, | I am my Lord a wretched Florentine, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.76.2 | Ay me most wretched, | Aye me most wretched, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.36 | The wretched animal heaved forth such groans | The wretched annimall heau'd forth such groanes |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.65 | Else are they very wretched. | Else are they very wretched. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.37 | Over the wretched? What though you have no beauty – | Ouer the wretched? what though you hau no beauty |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.107 | A wretched ragged man, o'ergrown with hair, | A wretched ragged man, ore-growne with haire |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.34 | A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, | A wretched soule bruis'd with aduersitie, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.113 | Hast thou delight to see a wretched man | Hast thou delight to see a wretched man |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.19 | And you shall find me – wretched man – a thing | And you shall finde me (wretched man) a thing |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.7 | Foundations fly the wretched: such, I mean, | Foundations flye the wretched: such I meane, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.156 | And I, of ladies most deject and wretched, | Haue I of Ladies most deiect and wretched, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.67 | O, wretched state! O, bosom black as death! | Oh wretched state! Oh bosome, blacke as death! |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.32 | Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell! | Thou wretched, rash, intruding foole farewell, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.327 | I am dead, Horatio. Wretched Queen, adieu! | I am dead Horatio, wretched Queene adiew, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.57 | Sick in the world's regard, wretched and low, | Sicke in the Worlds regard, wretched, and low, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.129 | What a wretched and peevish fellow is this King | What a wretched and peeuish fellow is this King |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.261 | Can sleep so soundly as the wretched slave, | Can sleepe so soundly, as the wretched Slaue: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.48 | Posterity, await for wretched years, | Posteritie await for wretched yeeres, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.70 | O Lord, have mercy on us, wretched sinners! | O Lord haue mercy on vs, wretched sinners. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.97 | Wretched shall France be only in my name. | Wretched shall France be onely in my Name. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.72 | Ah, woe is me for Gloucester, wretched man! | Ah woe is me for Gloster, wretched man. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.73 | Be woe for me, more wretched than he is. | Be woe for me, more wretched then he is. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.49 | For yet may England curse my wretched reign. | For yet may England curse my wretched raigne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.216 | Ah, wretched man! Would I had died a maid, | Ah wretched man, would I had dy'de a Maid? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.76 | Weep, wretched man; I'll aid thee tear for tear; | Weepe wretched man: Ile ayde thee Teare for Teare, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.120 | A little happier than my wretched father: | A little happier then my wretched Father: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.106 | The cordial that ye bring a wretched lady, | The Cordiall that ye bring a wretched Lady? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.146 | What will become of me now, wretched lady? | What will become of me now, wretched Lady? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.366 | I feel my heart new opened. O, how wretched | I feele my heart new open'd. Oh how wretched |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.140 | Upon my wretched women, that so long | Vpon my wretched women, that so long |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.117 | A wretched creature, and must bend his body | A wretched Creature, and must bend his body, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.75 | Ah, wretched France, I greatly fear thy fall: | Ah wreched France, I greatly feare thy fal, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.12 | You wretched patterns of despair and woe, | You wretched patterns of dispayre and woe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.119 | And thence behold the wretched Prince of Wales, | and thence behold the wretched prince of Wales, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.268 | As full of grief as age, wretched in both; | As full of griefe as age, wretched in both, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.64 | Have humbled to all strokes:. That I am wretched | Haue humbled to all strokes: that I am wretched |
| King Lear | KL V.i.42 | For him that brought it. Wretched though I seem, | For him that brought it: wretched though I seeme, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.78 | And wretched fools' secrets heedfully o'ereye. | And wretched fooles secrets heedfully ore-eye. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.141 | Ay, sir. There are a crew of wretched souls | I Sir: there are a crew of wretched Soules |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.27 | I cannot strike at wretched kerns, whose arms | I cannot strike at wretched Kernes, whose armes |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.120 | Unhappy Claudio! Wretched Isabel! | Vnhappie Claudio, wretched Isabell, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.132 | And to set on this wretched woman here | And to set on this wretched woman here |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.164 | O heaven, the vanity of wretched fools! | Oh heauen, the vanity of wretched fooles. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.266 | To let the wretched man outlive his wealth | To let the wretched man out-liue his wealth, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.372 | God bu'y you: take mine office. O wretched fool, | God buy you: take mine Office. Oh wretched Foole, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.127.1 | It is my wretched fortune. | It is my wretched Fortune. |
| Othello | Oth V.i.41 | O wretched villain! | Oh wretched Villaine. |
| Pericles | Per III.i.54 | As you think meet. Most wretched queen! | As you thinke meet; for she must ouer board straight: / Most wretched Queene. |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.27 | In that thou seest thy wretched brother die, | In that thou seest thy wretched brother dye, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.18 | That makes us wretched by the death of thee | That makes vs wretched by the death of thee, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.202 | Outlive thy glory, like my wretched self! | Out-liue thy glory, like my wretched selfe: |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.95 | Deserve not worse than wretched Clarence did, | Deserue not worse then wretched Clarence did, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.93 | Is lighted on poor Hastings' wretched head! | Is lighted on poore Hastings wretched Head. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.105 | That ever wretched age hath looked upon. | That euer wretched Age hath look'd vpon. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.8 | Withdraw thee, wretched Margaret! Who comes here? | Withdraw thee wretched Margaret, who comes heere? |
| Richard III | R3 V.ii.7 | The wretched, bloody, and usurping boar, | The wretched, bloody, and vsurping Boare, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.160 | Richard, thy wife, that wretched Anne thy wife, | Richard, thy Wife, / That wretched Anne thy Wife, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.130 | Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, | Thou wretched Boy that didst consort him here, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.184 | And then to have a wretched puling fool, | And then to haue a wretched puling foole, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.43 | Accursed, unhappy, wretched, hateful day! | Accur'st, vnhappie, wretched hatefull day, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.161 | That man might ne'er be wretched for his mind. | That man might ne're be wretched for his minde. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.43 | Rich only to be wretched, thy great fortunes | Rich onely to be wretched; thy great Fortunes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.247 | Hath a distracted and most wretched being, | Hath a distracted and most wretched being, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.70 | Here lies a wretched corse, of wretched soul bereft. | Heere lies a wretched Coarse, of wretched Soule bereft, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.98 | This way to death my wretched sons are gone, | This way to death my wretched sonnes are gone: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.137 | See how my wretched sister sobs and weeps. | See how my wretched sister sobs and weeps. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.207 | If any power pities wretched tears, | If any power pitties wretched teares, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.261 | The closing up of our most wretched eyes. | The closing vp of our most wretched eyes: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.22 | Witness this wretched stump, witness these crimson lines, | Witnesse this wretched stump, / Witnesse these crimson lines, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.44 | For me, most wretched, to perform the like. | For me (most wretched) to performe the like: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.27 | And therein wretched, although free. But if | And therein wretched, although free; But if |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.109 | If we be found, we are wretched. O, retire | If we be found, we are wretched, O retire |