| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.45 | You may be pleased to catch at mine intent | You may be pleas'd to catch at mine intent, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.156 | Go back, I warrant thee; but I'll catch thine eyes, | Go backe I warrant thee: but Ile catch thine eyes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.215 | Will catch at us like strumpets, and scald rhymers | Will catch at vs like Strumpets, and scald Rimers |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.345 | As she would catch another Antony | As she would catch another Anthony |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.198 | I would I were invisible, to catch the strong fellow | I would I were inuisible, to catch the strong fellow |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.15 | our very petticoats will catch them. | our very petty-coates will catch them. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.37 | Let him walk from whence he came, lest he catch cold on's feet. | Let him walke from whence he came, lest hee catch cold on's feet. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.80.1 | The very way to catch them. | The very way to catch them. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.164 | Britain, lest the bargain should catch cold and | Britaine, least the Bargaine should catch colde, and |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.115 | Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. I do know, | I, Springes to catch Woodcocks. I doe know |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.603 | Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King. | Wherein Ile catch the Conscience of the King. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.224 | obscene, greasy tallow-catch – | obscene greasie Tallow Catch. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.38 | night to catch my horse, if I did not think thou hadst | Night, to catch my Horse, if I did not thinke that thou hadst |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.45 | help to make the diseases, Doll. We catch of you, Doll, | helpe to make the Diseases (Dol) we catch of you (Dol) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.46 | we catch of you. Grant that, my poor virtue, grant that. | we catch of you: Grant that, my poore Vertue, grant that. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.177 | And pretty traps to catch the petty thieves. | And pretty traps to catch the petty theeues. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.308 | summer; and so I shall catch the fly, your cousin, in the | Summer; and so I shall catch the Flye, your Cousin, in the |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.371 | That makes him gasp, and stare, and catch the air, | That makes him gaspe, and stare, and catch the aire, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.16 | Like lime-twigs set to catch my winged soul. | Like Lime-twigs set to catch my winged soule: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.23 | Fight closer, or, good faith, you'll catch a blow. | Fight closer, or good faith you'le catch a Blow. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.179 | Torment myself to catch the English crown; | Torment my selfe, to catch the English Crowne: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.109 | And am right glad to catch this good occasion | And am right glad to catch this good occasion |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.119 | I'll say that like a glass they catch the sun, | Ile say that like a glas they catch the sunne, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.291 | This do I, and catch nothing but myself. | This do I, and catch nothing but my selfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.85 | Catch we the father after as we can. | Catch we the father after how we can. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.99 | And double gild my spurs, but I will catch him. | And double guild my spurs, but I will catch him, |
| King John | KJ I.i.173 | And have is have, however men do catch; | And haue is haue, how euer men doe catch: |
| King John | KJ II.i.136 | An 'a may catch your hide and you alone. | And a may catch your hide and yon alone: |
| King John | KJ II.i.139 | I'll smoke your skin-coat an I catch you right! | Ile smoake your skin-coat and I catch you right, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.101 | catch cold shortly. There, take my coxcomb! Why, this | catch colde shortly, there take my Coxcombe; why this |
| King Lear | KL III.i.9 | Catch in their fury and make nothing of: | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.70 | For every object that the one doth catch | For euery obiect that the one doth catch, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.16 | To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, | To catch the neerest way. Thou would'st be great, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.3 | Could trammel up the consequence, and catch | Could trammell vp the Consequence, and catch |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.25 | I'll catch it ere it come to ground; | Ile catch it ere it come to ground; |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.180 | O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint, | Oh cunning enemy, that to catch a Saint, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.43 | If I can catch him once upon the hip, | If I can catch him once vpon the hip, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.33 | Here, catch this casket; it is worth the pains. | Heere, catch this casket, it is worth the paines, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.187 | Yours would I catch, fair Hermia, ere I go. | Your words I catch, faire Hermia ere I go, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.188 | My ear should catch your voice, my eye your eye, | My eare should catch your voice, my eye, your eye, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.189 | My tongue should catch your tongue's sweet melody. | My tongue should catch your tongues sweet melodie, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.233 | Makes speed to catch the tiger – bootless speed, | Makes speed to catch the Tyger. Bootlesse speede, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.30 | Some sleeves, some hats. From yielders all things catch. | Some sleeues, some hats, from yeelders all things catch, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.90 | Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul, | Excellent wretch: Perdition catch my Soule |
| Pericles | Per II.i.66 | Canst thou catch any fishes then? | Canst thou catch any Fishes then? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.188 | Ready to catch each other by the throat, | Ready to catch each other by the throat, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.44 | That our swift-winged souls may catch the King's, | That our swift-winged Soules may catch the Kings, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.52 | To catch my death with jauncing up and down! | To catch my death with iaunting vp and downe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.204 | Too light for such a swain as you to catch, | Too light for such a swaine as you to catch, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.324 | No doubt but he hath got a quiet catch. | No doubt but he hath got a quiet catch: |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.118 | Let us be jocund! Will you troll the catch | Let vs be iocond. Will you troule the Catch |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.127 | This is the tune of our catch, played by the | This is the tune of our Catch, plaid by the |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.187.1 | For stale to catch these thieves. | For stale to catch these theeues. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.316 | And sail so expeditious, that shall catch | And saile, so expeditious, that shall catch |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.214 | May catch a wrench – would all were well – 'tis pity. | May catch a wrench; would all were well; tis pitty, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.202 | Whom I would imitate. Consumption catch thee! | Whom I would imitate. Consumption catch thee. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.354 | plague of company light upon thee! I will fear to catch | plague of Company light vpon thee: / I will feare to catch |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.136.1 | Could I but catch it for them. | Could I but catch it for them. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.8 | Happily you may catch her in the sea, | haply you may find her in the Sea, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.100 | great catch if he knock out either of your brains: he | great catch, if he knocke out either of your braines, he |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.183 | Since things in motion sooner catch the eye | Since things in motion begin to catch the eye, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.15.1 | You will catch cold, and curse me. | You will catch cold, and curse me. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.103 | I with great truth catch mere simplicity; | I, with great truth, catch meere simplicitie; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.249 | Think'st thou to catch my life so pleasantly | Think'st thou to catch my life so pleasantly, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.284 | Even so quickly may one catch the plague? | Euen so quickly may one catch the plague? |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.17 | Welcome, ass! Now let's have a catch. | Welcome asse, now let's haue a catch. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.56 | rouse the night-owl in a catch that will draw three souls | rowze the night-Owle in a Catch, that will drawe three soules |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.59 | catch. | Catch. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.60 | By'r lady, sir, and some dogs will catch well. | Byrlady sir, and some dogs will catch well. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.61 | Most certain. Let our catch be ‘ Thou | Most certaine: Let our Catch be, Thou |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.70 | Catch sung. Enter Maria | Catch sung / Enter Maria. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.117 | To catch one at my heart. O, pardon me! | To catch one at my heart. O pardon me, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.77 | catch her attention, for this her mind beats upon; other | catch her attention, for / This her minde beates upon; other |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.87 | Have skipped thy flame, at seventy thou canst catch, | Have skipt thy flame, at seaventy, thou canst catch |