| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.50 | Our overplus of shipping will we burn, | Our ouer-plus of shipping will we burne, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.41 | To burn this night with torches. Know, my hearts, | To burne this night with Torches: Know (my hearts) |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.10 | Burn the great sphere thou mov'st in; darkling stand | Burne the great Sphere thou mou'st in, darkling stand |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.23 | To burn the lodging where you use to lie, | To burne the lodging where you vse to lye, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.25 | the property of rain is to wet and fire to burn; that good | the propertie of raine is to wet, and fire to burne: That pood |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.63 | ‘ Your meat doth burn,’ quoth I; ‘ My gold,’ quoth he. | Your meat doth burne, quoth I: my gold quoth he: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.102 | them will burn a Poland winter. If she lives till doomsday | them, will burne a Poland Winter: If she liues till doomesday, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.103 | she'll burn a week longer than the whole world. | she'l burne a weeke longer then the whole World. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.56 | light. Light is an effect of fire, and fire will burn. Ergo, | light, light is an effect of fire, and fire will burne: ergo, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.57 | light wenches will burn. Come not near her. | light wenches will burne, come not neere her. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.24 | Ay, and burn too! | I, and burne too. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.139 | If he could burn us all into one coal, | If he could burne vs all into one coale, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.65 | Red as 'twould burn Rome, and his injury | Red as 'twould burne Rome: and his Iniury |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.88 | Since frost itself as actively doth burn, | Since Frost it selfe, as actiuely doth burne, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.157 | Burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye! | Burne out the Sence and Vertue of mine eye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.108 | Impatiently I burn with thy desire; | Impatiently I burne with thy desire, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.96 | Play on the lute, beholding the towns burn. | Play on the Lute, beholding the Townes burne: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.1 | Bring forth that sorceress condemned to burn. | Bring forth that Sorceresse condemn'd to burne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.33 | O, burn her, burn her! Hanging is too good. | O burne her, burne her,hanging is too good. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vi.14 | go and set London Bridge on fire, and, if you can, burn | go and set London Bridge on fire, / And if you can, burne |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.11 | I have thought upon it; it shall be so. Away! Burn | I haue thought vpon it, it shall bee so. Away, burne |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.3 | Ring, bells, aloud; burn bonfires clear and bright, | Ring Belles alowd, burne Bonfires cleare and bright |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.160 | Take heed, lest by your heat you burn yourselves. | Take heede least by your heate you burne your selues: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.71 | For well I wot ye blaze to burn them out. | For well I wot, ye blaze, to burne them out: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.16 | Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn | Held vp his left Hand, which did flame and burne |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.205 | Revenge! About! Seek! Burn! Fire! Kill! Slay! Let | Reuenge / About, seeke, burne, fire, kill, slay, / Let |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.232.2 | We'll burn the house of Brutus. | Wee'l burne the house of Brutus. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.255 | We'll burn his body in the holy place, | Wee'l burne his body in the holy place, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.iii.37 | burn all! Some to Decius' house, and some to Casca's; | burne all. Some to Decius House, and some to Caska's; |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.24 | But burn their neighbour towns, and so persist | But burne their neighbor townes and so persist, |
| King John | KJ III.i.344 | Thy rage shall burn thee up, and thou shalt turn | Thy rage shall burne thee vp, & thou shalt turne |
| King John | KJ IV.i.39 | Must you with hot irons burn out both mine eyes? | Must you with hot Irons, burne out both mine eyes? |
| King John | KJ IV.i.59 | And with hot irons must I burn them out. | And with hot Irons must I burne them out. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.124 | With this same very iron to burn them out. | With this same very Iron, to burne them out. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.103 | They burn in indignation. I repent. | They burn in indignation: I repent: |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.168 | Do comfort, and not burn. 'Tis not in thee | Do comfort, and not burne. 'Tis not in thee |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.25 | Come o'er the burn, Bessy, to me. | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.40 | Burn itself out. If Edgar live, O, bless him! | Burne it selfe out. If Edgar liue, O blesse him: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.11 | Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. | Fire burne, and Cauldron bubble. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.21 | Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. | Fire burne, and Cauldron bubble. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.36 | Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. | Fire burne, and Cauldron bubble. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.3 | Revenges burn in them; for their dear causes | Reuenges burne in them: for their deere causes |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.50 | We burn daylight. Here, read, read. | Wee burne day-light: heere, read, read: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.61.1 | And burn him with their tapers. | And burne him with their Tapers. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.66 | will be like a jackanapes also, to burn the knight with | will be like a Iacke-an-Apes also, to burne the Knight with |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.89 | They burn him with their tapers | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.101 | Pinch him, and burn him, and turn him about, | Pinch him, and burne him, and turne him about, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.104 | And neigh, and bark, and grunt and roar and burn | And neigh, and barke, and grunt, and rore, and burne, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.73 | No; an he were, I would burn my study. But, | No, and he were, I would burne my study. But |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.161 | To burn the errors that these Princes hold | To burne the errors that these Princes hold |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.326.1 | Burn like the mines of sulphur. | Burne like the Mines of Sulphure |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.74 | That would to cinders burn up modesty, | That would to Cynders burne vp Modestie, |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.14 | That him and his they in his palace burn. | That him and his they in his Pallace burne: |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.34 | For violent fires soon burn out themselves. | For violent fires soone burne out themselues, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.108 | That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire | That hand shall burne in neuer-quenching fire, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.181 | The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. | The Lights burne blew. It is not dead midnight. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.43 | Up to the ears. Come, we burn daylight, ho! | Vp to the eares, come we burne day-light ho. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.44 | O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! | O she doth teach the Torches to burne bright: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.171 | This is the place. There, where the torch doth burn. | This is the place, There where the Torch doth burne |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.47 | And burn sweet wood to make the lodging sweet. | And burne sweet Wood to make the Lodging sweete: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.152 | Tranio, I burn, I pine, I perish, Tranio, | Tranio I burne, I pine, I perish Tranio, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.199 | And burn in many places. On the topmast, | And burne in many places; on the Top-mast, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.336 | That burn by day and night. And then I loved thee, | That burne by day, and night: and then I lou'd thee |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.96 | As rootedly as I. Burn but his books. | As rootedly as I. Burne but his Bookes, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.104 | Burn house! Sink Athens! Henceforth hated be | Burne house, sinke Athens, henceforth hated be |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.142 | Be strong in whore, allure him, burn him up; | Be strong in Whore, allure him, burne him vp, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.129 | Thou sun, that comforts, burn! Speak and be hanged. | Thou Sunne that comforts burne, / Speake and be hang'd: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.327 | And tapers burn so bright, and everything | And Tapers burne so bright, and euery thing |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.123 | First thrash the corn, then after burn the straw. | First thrash the Corne, then after burne the straw: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.37 | Doth burn the heart to cinders where it is. | Doth burne the hart to Cinders where it is. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.148 | To live and burn in everlasting fire, | To liue and burne in euerlasting fire, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.27 | stay the cooling too, or you may chance to burn your | stay the cooling too, or you may chance to burne your |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.183 | Come, come, I'll go burn some sack, 'tis too | Come, come, Ile go burne some Sacke, tis too |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.45 | Why, I tell thee, I care not though he burn himself | Why, I tell thee, I care not, though hee burne himselfe |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.23 | Lest it should burn above the bounds of reason. | Lest it should burne aboue the bounds of reason. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.155 | And with thy daring folly burn the world? | And with thy daring folly burne the world? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.43 | He will not suffer us to burn their bones, | He will not suffer us to burne their bones, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.3 | Burn bright with sacred fires, and the altars | Burne bright with sacred fires, and the Altars |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.155 | And call me father? Better burn it now | And call me Father? better burne it now, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.35.1 | Burn hotter than my faith. | Burne hotter then my Faith. |