| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.125 | My duty then shall pay me for my pains. | My dutie then shall pay me for my paines: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.16 | Which I will overpay, and pay again | Which I will ouer-pay, and pay againe |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.325 | Choose thou thy husband and I'll pay thy dower; | Choose thou thy husband, and Ile pay thy dower. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.334 | That you express content; which we will pay | That you expresse Content: which we will pay, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.7 | But pay me terms of honour, cold and sickly | But pay me tearmes of Honour: cold and sickly |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.37.1 | Does pay thy labour richly. Go. | Does pay thy labour richly: Go. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.90 | And thou shalt have to pay for it of us. | And thou shalt haue to pay for it of vs. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.56 | To pay the saddler for my mistress' crupper. | To pay the Sadler for my Mistris crupper: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.85 | If I should pay your worship those again, | If I should pay your worship those againe, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.81 | Yes, to pay a fine for a periwig, | Yes, to pay a fine for a perewig, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.73 | Either consent to pay this sum for me, | Either consent to pay this sum for me, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.75 | Consent to pay thee that I never had? | Consent to pay thee that I neuer had: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.10 | Here's that, I warrant you, will pay them all. | Here's that I warrant you will pay them all. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.119 | And, knowing how the debt grows, I will pay it. | And knowing how the debt growes I will pay it. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.131 | If any friend will pay the sum for him, | If any friend will pay the summe for him, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.285 | And pay the sum that may deliver me. | And pay the sum that may deliuer me. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.38 | A bribe to pay my sword. I do refuse it. | A Bribe, to pay my Sword: I doe refuse it, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.138 | And pay you for your voices. 'Tis no matter. | And pay you for your voyces. 'Tis no matter, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.35 | which I will be ever to pay, and yet pay still. | which I will be euer to pay, and yet pay still. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.13 | Britain's a world by itself, and we will nothing pay | Britaine's a world / By it selfe, and we will nothing pay |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.43 | Why tribute? Why should we pay tribute? If Caesar | Why Tribute? Why should we pay Tribute? If Casar |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.45 | moon in his pocket, we will pay him tribute for light: | Moon in his pocket, we will pay him Tribute for light: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.323 | First pay me for the nursing of thy sons, | First pay me for the Nursing of thy Sonnes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.463 | To pay our wonted tribute, from the which | To pay our wonted Tribute, from the which |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.106 | That you have ta'en these tenders for true pay | That you haue tane his tenders for true pay, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.99 | And 'scape detecting, I will pay the theft. | And scape detecting, I will pay the Theft. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.203 | To pay ourselves what to ourselves is debt. | To pay our selues, what to our selues is debt: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.20 | To pay five ducats, five, I would not farm it; | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.51 | Did I ever call for thee to pay thy part? | Did I euer call for thee to pay thy part? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.207 | And pay the debt I never promised, | And pay the debt I neuer promised; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.282 | Till he hath found a time to pay us home. | Till he hath found a time to pay vs home. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.126 | To fight against me under Percy's pay, | To fight against me vnder Percies pay, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.74 | He had his part of it, let him pay. | Hee had his part of it, let him pay. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.78 | cheeks, I'll not pay a denier. What, will you make a | Cheekes, Ile not pay a Denier. What, will you make a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.53 | Knows at what time to promise, when to pay. | Knowes at what time to promise, when to pay. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.84 | Shall pay full dearly for this encounter | Shall pay full dearely for this encounter, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.127 | 'Tis not due yet – I would be loath to pay him | 'Tis not due yet: I would bee loath to pay him |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.23 | We as the spring of all shall pay for all. | We as the Spring of all, shall pay for all: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.42 | Who never promiseth but he means to pay. | Who neuer promiseth, but he meanes to pay. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.117 | Pray thee, peace. Pay her the | Prethee peace: pay her the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.158 | gown. I hope you'll come to supper. You'll pay me all | Gowne. I hope you'l come to Supper: You'l pay me |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.368 | Pay the musicians, sirrah. Farewell, | Pay the Musitians, Sirrha: farewell |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.70 | This news of peace. Let them have pay, and part. | This newes of Peace: let them haue pay, and part: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.41 | Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously. | Shall (O deare Father) pay thee plenteously. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.10 | better. I meant indeed to pay you with this, which, if | Better: I did meane (indeede) to pay you with this, which if |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.14 | Bate me some, and I will pay you some, and, as most | Bate me some, and I will pay you some, and (as most |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.90 | You'll pay me the eight shillings I won of you at | You'l pay me the eight shillings I won of you at |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.102 | A noble shalt thou have, and present pay; | A Noble shalt thou haue, and present pay, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.154 | Although my body pay the price of it. | Although my body pay the price of it. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.46 | Let senses rule. The word is ‘ Pitch and pay!’ | Let Sences rule: The world is, Pitch and pay: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.192 | You pay him then! That's a perilous shot out | You pay him then: that's a perillous shot out |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.291 | Five hundred poor I have in yearly pay, | Fiue hundred poore I haue in yeerely pay, |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.61 | If I owe you anything, I will pay you in | If I owe you any thing, I will pay you in |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.148 | His ransom there is none but I shall pay. | His Ransome there is none but I shall pay. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.19 | Pay recompense, if you will grant my suit. | Pay recompence, if you will graunt my suite. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.73 | What ransom must I pay before I pass? | What ransome must I pay before I passe? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.77 | Why speakest thou not? What ransom must I pay? | Why speak'st thou not? What ransom must I pay? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.130 | To pay him tribute and submit thyself, | To pay him tribute, and submit thy selfe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.62 | For soldiers' pay in France, and never sent it? | For Souldiers pay in France, and neuer sent it? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.105 | And, being Protector, stayed the soldiers' pay, | And being Protector, stay'd the Souldiers pay, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.108 | I never robbed the soldiers of their pay, | I neuer rob'd the Souldiers of their pay, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.18 | What, think you much to pay two thousand crowns, | What thinke you much to pay 2000. Crownes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.19 | pay one-and-twenty fifteens, and one shilling to the | pay one and twenty Fifteenes, and one shilling to the |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.113 | on his shoulders, unless he pay me tribute; there shall | on his shoulders, vnlesse he pay me tribute: there shall |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.114 | not a maid be married, but she shall pay to me her | not a maid be married, but she shall pay to me her |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.47 | You shall have pay and everything you wish. | You shall haue pay, and euery thing you wish. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.133 | With promise of high pay and great rewards; | With promise of high pay, and great Rewards: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.114 | They shall have wars and pay for their presumption. | They shall haue Warres, and pay for their presumption. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.87 | And, that once gotten, doubt not of large pay. | And that once gotten, doubt not of large Pay. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.88 | With pay and thanks, and let's away to London, | With Pay and Thankes, and let's away to London, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.73 | They have done my poor house grace; for which I pay 'em | They haue done my poore house grace: / For which I pay 'em |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.182 | Does pay the act of it, as, i'th' contrary, | Does pay the Act of it, as i'th'contrary |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.76 | To you for gold to pay my legions. | To you for Gold to pay my Legions, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.102 | To this dead man than you shall see me pay. | To this dead man, then you shall see me pay. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.316 | That never pay the duty of their words. | That neuer pay the duetie of their words, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.5 | Quarter day? Ay, and quartering day, I fear. | Quarter day, I and quartering pay I feare: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.3 | We pay sour earnest for a sweeter life. | We pay sower earnest for a sweeter life, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.39 | In pay and service with Chattillon. | In pay and seruice with Chattillion. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.50 | I take thy gift to pay the debts I owe. | I take thy gift to pay the debts I owe: |
| King John | KJ I.i.48 | Our abbeys and our priories shall pay | Our Abbies and our Priories shall pay |
| King John | KJ II.i.247 | To pay that duty which you truly owe | To pay that dutie which you truly owe, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.22 | And with advantage means to pay thy love; | And with aduantage meanes to pay thy loue: |
| King John | KJ V.vii.110 | O, let us pay the time but needful woe, | Oh let vs pay the time: but needfull woe, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.334 | Pay him the due of ‘ honey-tongued Boyet.’ | Pay him the dutie of honie-tongued Boyet. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.102 | Not pay thee. | Not pay thee. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.22 | ‘ More is thy due than more than all can pay.’ | More is thy due, then more then all can pay. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.98 | Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath | Shall liue the Lease of Nature, pay his breath |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.131 | Our duties did his welcome pay. | Our duties, did his welcome pay. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.120 | Make us pay down for our offence by weight | Make vs pay downe, for our offence, by waight |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.269 | Pay with falsehood, false exacting, | Pay with falshood, false exacting, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.76 | he would pay him again when he was able. I think the | he would pay him againe when hee was able: I thinke the |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.26.1 | Or he shall pay for this. | Or he shall pay for this. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.299 | Pay him six thousand, and deface the bond. | Pay him sixe thousand, and deface the bond: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.307 | To pay the petty debt twenty times over. | To pay the petty debt twenty times ouer. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iii.36 | To see me pay his debt, and then I care not. | To see me pay his debt, and then I care not. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.208 | I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er | I will be bound to pay it ten times ore, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.278 | I'll pay it presently with all my heart. | Ile pay it instantly, with all my heart. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.315 | I take this offer then. Pay the bond thrice | I take this offer then, pay the bond thrice, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.115 | take all, pay all, go to bed when she list, rise when she | take all, pay all, goe to bed when she list, rise when she |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iii.8 | They shall have my horses, but I'll make them pay. | They shall haue my horses, but Ile make them pay: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.86 | Which now in some slight measure it will pay, | Which now in some slight measure it will pay, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.213 | That to pay grief must of poor patience borrow. | That to pay griefe, must of poore Patience borrow. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.102 | Or pay you with unthankfulness in thought, | Or pay you with vnthankfulnesse in thought, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.144 | I'll pay your bounties; till then rest your debtor. | Ile pay your bounties; till then, rest your debter. |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.10 | Therefore let's have fresh ones, whate'er we pay | Therefore lets haue fresh ones what ere wee pay |
| Pericles | Per V.i.73 | Thy sacred physic shall receive such pay | Thy sacred Physicke shall receiue such pay, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.60 | God for his Richard hath in heavenly pay | Heauen for his Richard hath in heauenly pay |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.126 | If we prevail, their heads shall pay for it. | If we preuaile, their heads shall pay for it. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.76 | To pay their awful duty to our presence? | To pay their awfull dutie to our presence? |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.259 | Your country's fat shall pay your pains the hire; | Your Countries Fat shall pay your paines the hyre. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.97 | Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace. | Your liues shall pay the forfeit of the peace. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.238 | I'll pay that doctrine, or else die in debt. | Ile pay that doctrine, or else die in debt. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.25 | And pay no worship to the garish sun. | And pay no worship to the Garish Sun. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.76 | I pay thy poverty and not thy will. | I pray thy pouerty, and not thy will. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.6 | You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? | You will not pay for the glasses you haue burst? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.162 | Tailor, I'll pay thee for thy gown tomorrow. | Tailor, Ile pay thee for thy gowne to morrow, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.76 | much for him. He shall pay for him that hath him, and | much for him; hee shall pay for him that hath him, and |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.70 | To him thou follow'st, I will pay thy graces | To him thou follow'st; I will pay thy graces |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.107 | Which he shall have. I'll pay the debt, and free him. | Which he shall haue. Ile pay the debt, and free him. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.171 | If I should pay you for't as 'tis extolled, | If I should pay you for't as 'tis extold, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.228 | Yes, he is worthy of thee, and to pay thee | Yes he is worthy of thee, and to pay thee |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.150.1 | To pay your present debts. | To pay your present debts. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.24 | Timon in this should pay more than he owes; | Timon in this, should pay more then he owes: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.76 | Methinks he should the sooner pay his debts, | Me thinkes he should the sooner pay his debts, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.127 | Shall pierce a jot. There's gold to pay thy soldiers. | Shall pierce a iot. There's Gold to pay thy Souldiers, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.157 | O, were the sum of these that I should pay | O were the summe of these that I should pay |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.158 | Countless and infinite, yet would I pay them. | Countlesse, and infinit, yet would I pay them. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.107 | Add to my clamour! Let us pay betimes | Adde to my clamour: let vs pay betimes |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.54 | Words pay no debts, give her deeds: but | Words pay no debts; giue her deedes: but |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.296 | will go one way or other; howsoever, he shall pay for | will goe one way or other; howsoeuer, he shall pay for |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vi.7 | And pay thy life thou owest me for my horse! | And pay thy life thou owest me for my horse. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.35 | To pay this debt of love but to a brother – | To pay this debt of loue but to a brother, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.53 | I prithee – and I'll pay thee bounteously – | I prethee (and Ile pay thee bounteously) |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.68 | I'll pay thy pleasure, then. | Ile pay thy pleasure then. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.16 | Are shuffled off with such uncurrent pay. | Are shuffel'd off with such vncurrant pay: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.38.1 | I shall pay dear. | I shall pay deere. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.3 | They owe bloomed May, and the Athenians pay it | They owe bloomd May, and the Athenians pay it |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.52.1 | I'll pay thee soundly. This I'll take. | Ile pay thee soundly: This ile take. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.111 | To call the maids, and pay the minstrels. | To call the Maides, and pay the Minstrels |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.32.1 | To give the service pay. | To give the Service pay. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.6 | means to pay Bohemia the visitation which he justly | meanes to pay Bohemia the Visitation, which hee iustly |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.17 | You pay a great deal too dear for what's given | You pay a great deale to deare, for what's giuen |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.10.1 | And pay them when you part. | And pay them when you part. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.53 | Not like a guest; so you shall pay your fees | Not like a Guest: so you shall pay your Fees |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.146 | If this prove true, they'll pay for't. By mine honour, | If this proue true, they'l pay for't. By mine Honor |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.312 | And you shall pay well for 'em. | And you shall pay well for 'em. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.719 | give us soldiers the lie; but we pay them for it with | giue vs (Souldiers) the Lye, but wee pay them for it with |