| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.329 | There's place and means for every man alive. | There's place and meanes for euery man aliue. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.4 | his colour. Your daughter-in-law had been alive at this | his colour: your daughter-in-law had beene aliue at this |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.2 | Our will is Antony be took alive; | Our will is Anthony be tooke aliue: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.81 | Nor Cymbeline dreams that they are alive. | Nor Cymbeline dreames that they are aliue. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.253.1 | When neither are alive. | When neyther are aliue. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.359.2 | He's alive, my lord. | Hee's aliue my Lord. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.123 | The same dead thing alive. | The same dead thing aliue. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.167 | I warrant you that man is not alive | I warrant you, that man is not aliue, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.91 | More daring or more bold, is now alive | More daring, or more bold, is now aliue, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.37 | of my hundred and fifty left alive – and they are for the | of my 150. left aliue, and they for the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.50 | Nay, before God, Hal, if Percy be alive thou | Nay Hal, is Percy bee aliue, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.56 | Well, if Percy be alive, I'll pierce him. If he do | If Percy be aliue, Ile pierce him: if he do |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.92 | Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. | Beares not aliue so stout a Gentleman. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.132 | Breathless and bleeding on the ground. Art thou alive? | Breathlesse, and bleeding on the ground: Art thou aliue? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.151 | the man were alive, and would deny it, zounds, I would | if the man were a-liue, and would deny it, I would |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.8 | Had been alive this hour | Had beene aliue this houre, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.99 | Not he which says the dead is not alive. | Not he, which sayes the dead is not aliue: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.194 | alive? | aliue? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.29 | I am the most offending soul alive. | I am the most offending Soule aliue. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.5 | 'Tis certain there's not a boy left alive, and the | Tis certaine, there's not a boy left aliue, and the |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.120 | that I should fight withal, if he be alive. | that I should fight withall, if he be aliue. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.126 | swore as he was a soldier he would wear if alive, I will | swore as he was a Souldier he would weare (if aliue) I wil |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.85 | Heaven, be thou gracious to none alive | Heauen be thou gracious to none aliue, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.244 | Ah, York, no man alive so fain as I. | Ah Yorke, no man aliue, so faine as I. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.64 | And all to have the noble Duke alive. | And all to haue the Noble Duke aliue. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.12 | Alive again? Then show me where he is; | Aliue againe? Then shew me where he is, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.140 | the bricks are alive at this day to testify it; therefore deny | the brickes are aliue at this day to testifie it: therefore deny |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.41 | Ah, were the Duke of Suffolk now alive, | Ah were the Duke of Suffolke now aliue, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.123 | for they loved well when they were alive. Now part | For they lou'd well / When they were aliue. Now part |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.161 | May that ground gape and swallow me alive, | May that ground gape, and swallow me aliue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.33 | And leave not one alive, I live in hell. | And leaue not one aliue, I liue in Hell. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.163 | The greatest monarch now alive may glory | The greatest Monarch now aliue may glory |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.288 | Ay, if I be alive and your mind hold, and your | I, if I be aliue, and your minde hold, and your |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.194 | Well, to our work alive. What do you think | Well, to our worke aliue. What do you thinke |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iv.22 | Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus; | Shall euer take aliue the Noble Brutus: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iv.24 | When you do find him, or alive or dead, | When you do finde him, or aliue, or dead, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iv.30 | And see whether Brutus be alive or dead; | And see where Brutus be aliue or dead, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.251 | Young Arthur is alive. This hand of mine | Yong Arthur is aliue: This hand of mine |
| King John | KJ V.i.38 | After they heard young Arthur was alive? | After they heard yong Arthur was aliue? |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.118 | when she put 'em i'the paste alive. She knapped 'em | when she put 'em i'th'Paste aliue, she knapt 'em |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.45 | By this had thought been past. – Alive or dead? | By this had thought bin past. Aliue, or dead? |
| King Lear | KL V.i.59 | If both remain alive. To take the widow | If both remaine aliue: To take the Widdow, |
| King Lear | KL V.i.62 | Her husband being alive. Now then, we'll use | Her husband being aliue. Now then, wee'l vse |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.228 | Produce the bodies, be they alive or dead. | Produce the bodies, be they aliue or dead; |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.102 | Shall never tremble. Or be alive again, | Shall neuer tremble. Or be aliue againe, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.15 | For 'twould have angered any heart alive | For 'twould haue anger'd any heart aliue |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.39 | Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive | Vpon the next Tree shall thou hang aliue |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.216 | There is scarce truth enough alive to make | There is scarse truth enough aliue to make |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.84.1 | If he were known alive? | If he were knowne aliue? |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.464.1 | I have reserved alive. | I haue reseru'd aliue. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.66 | alive or dead? | aliue or dead. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.68 | There be fools alive iwis, | There be fooles aliue Iwis |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.176 | If I know more of any man alive | If I know more of any man aliue |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.470.1 | That Cassio's not alive. | That Cassio's not aliue. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.67 | May draw with you. There's millions now alive | May draw with you. There's Millions now aliue, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.20 | To killen bad, keep good alive, | To killen bad, keepe good aliue: |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.96.2 | She is alive. Behold, | She is aliue, behold |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.82 | And when I mount, alive may I not light | And when I mount, aliue may I not light, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.117 | I see old Gaunt alive. O then, my father, | I see old Gaunt aliue. Oh then my Father, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.91.2 | Why, then he is alive. | Why then he is aliue. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.71 | I do not know that Englishman alive | I do not know that Englishman aliue, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.7 | If that our noble father were alive? | If that our Noble Father were aliue? |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.192 | Save that, for reverence to some alive, | Saue that for reuerence to some aliue, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.471 | What heir of York is there alive but we? | What Heire of Yorke is there aliue, but wee? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.122 | Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain! | He gon in triumph, and Mercutio slaine? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.135 | What, rouse thee, man! Thy Juliet is alive, | What, rowse thee man, thy Iuliet is aliue, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.10 | Believe me, sister, of all men alive | Beleeue me sister, of all the men aliue, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.124.1 | He came alive to land. | He came aliue to Land. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.240 | Professes to persuade – the King his son's alive, | Professes to perswade) the King his sonne's aliue, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.25 | or alive? A fish! He smells like a fish; a very ancient and | or aliue? a fish, hee smels like a fish: a very ancient and |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.47 | And we alive that lived? Fly, damned baseness, | And we aliue that liued? Fly damned basenesse |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.360 | Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. | Thou art the Cap / Of all the Fooles aliue. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.369 | Choler does kill me that thou art alive. | Choller does kill me, / That thou art aliue, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.72 | Here lie I Timon, who alive all living men did hate. | Heere lye I Timon, who aliue, all liuing men did hate, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.84 | Behold the poor remains alive and dead. | Behold the poore remaines aliue and dead! |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.126 | Alive and dead, and for their brethren slain | Aliue and dead, and for their Bretheren slaine, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.257 | We know not where you left them all alive, | We know not where you left him all aliue, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.155 | Will send thee hither both thy sons alive, | Will send thee hither both thy sonnes aliue, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.122 | The villain is alive in Titus' house, | The Villaine is aliue in Titus house, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.186 | If thou wouldst not entomb thyself alive, | If thou would'st not entombe thy selfe aliue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.24 | No man alive can love in such a sort | No man aliue can loue in such a sort, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.230 | Lady, you are the cruellest she alive, | Lady, you are the cruell'st shee aliue, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.27 | I will forget that Julia is alive, | I will forget that Iulia is aliue, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.184 | Fostered, illumined, cherished, kept alive. | Foster'd, illumin'd, cherish'd, kept aliue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.66 | I have one friend alive: thou wouldst disprove me. | I haue one friend aliue; thou wouldst disproue me: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.1 | There's many a man alive that hath outlived | Ther's many a man alive, that hath out liv'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.106 | Tell me what blessings I have here alive | Tell me what blessings I haue here aliue, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.119 | O that he were alive, and here beholding | Oh that he were aliue, and here beholding |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.613 | choughs from the chaff, I had not left a purse alive in | Chowghes from the Chaffe, I had not left a Purse aliue in |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.779 | He has a son: who shall be flayed alive; | Hee ha's a Sonne: who shall be flayd aliue, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.799 | more ado. Remember, stoned, and flayed alive! | more adoe. Remember ston'd, and flay'd aliue. |