| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.91 | Whilst I can shake my sword or hear the drum. | Whilst I can shake my sword, or heare the drumme: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.166 | shake the snow from off their cassocks lest they shake | shake the snow from off their Cassockes, least they shake |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.28 | Though you in swearing shake the throned gods – | (Though you in swearing shake the Throaned Gods) |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.73.2 | Let me shake thy hand; | Let me shake thy hand, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.81 | No chance may shake it. Give me grace to lay | No chance may shake it. Giue me grace to lay |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.139 | Shake thou to look on't. Get thee back to Caesar. | Shake thou to looke on't. Get thee backe to Casar, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.20 | Do we shake hands. All come to this? The hearts | Do we shake hands? All come to this? The hearts |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.85 | But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, | But when he meant to quaile, and shake the Orbe, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.26 | will shake me up. | will shake me vp. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.16 | I could shake them off my coat; these burs are | I could shake them off my coate, these burs are |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.76 | The devil will shake her chain, and fright us with it. | the diuell will shake her Chaine, and fright vs with it. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.62 | Thou mad'st thine enemies shake, as if the world | Thou mad'st thine enemies shake, as if the World |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.178 | Hence, rotten thing! or I shall shake thy bones | Hence rotten thing, or I shall shake thy bones |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.125 | Let every feeble rumour shake your hearts; | Let euery feeble Rumor shake your hearts: |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.55 | If I could shake off but one seven years | If I could shake off but one seuen yeeres |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.100 | He'll shake your Rome about your ears. | Hee'l shake your Rome about your eares. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.101 | As Hercules did shake down mellow fruit. | As Hercules did shake downe Mellow Fruite: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.100 | Constrains them weep and shake with fear and sorrow, | Constraines them weepe, and shake with feare & sorow, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.52 | Did put the yoke upon's; which to shake off | Did put the yoake vpon's; which to shake off |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.55 | So horridly to shake our disposition | So horridly to shake our disposition, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.128 | I hold it fit that we shake hands and part: | I hold it fit that we shake hands, and part: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.174 | With arms encumbered thus, or this head-shake, | With Armes encombred thus, or thus, head shake; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.18 | I say the earth did shake when I was born. | I say the Earth did shake when I was borne. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.117 | And shake the peace and safety of our throne. | And shake the peace and safetie of our Throne. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.102 | Feel, masters, how I shake, look you, I warrant you. | Feele Masters, how I shake: looke you, I warrant you. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.207 | He doth unfasten so and shake a friend. | Hee doth vnfasten so, and shake a friend. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.217 | And you withal shall make all Gallia shake. | And you withall shall make all Gallia shake. |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.14 | Shake in their fear, and with pale policy | Shake in their feare, and with pale Pollicy |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.132 | He'll make your Paris Louvre shake for it, | Hee'le make your Paris Louer shake for it, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.17 | Now, Rouen, I'll shake thy bulwarks to the ground. | Now Roan, Ile shake thy Bulwarkes to the ground. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.20 | They shake their heads | They shake their heads. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.17 | Shake he his weapon at us and pass by. | Shake he his weapon at vs, and passe by. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.20 | Thus do I hope to shake King Henry's head. | Thus do I hope to shake King Henries head. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.47 | Dares stir a wing if Warwick shake his bells. | Dares stirre a Wing, if Warwick shake his Bells. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.78 | In the old time of war, would shake the press, | In the old time of Warre, would shake the prease |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.31 | Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, | Her Foes shake like a Field of beaten Corne, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.9.1 | Shake off their sterile curse. | Shake off their sterrile curse. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.121 | How he did shake; 'tis true, this god did shake; | How he did shake: Tis true, this God did shake, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.319 | For we will shake him, or worse days endure. | For wee will shake him, or worse dayes endure. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.100.1 | I can shake off at pleasure. | I can shake off at pleasure. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.185 | First, Marcus Brutus, will I shake with you; | First Marcus Brutus will I shake with you; |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.26 | Like to the empty ass, to shake his ears | (Like to the empty Asse) to shake his eares, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.96 | From whence we'll shake him with so rough a storm | From whence wele shake him with so rough a storme, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.148 | Did shake the very mountain where they stood; | Did shake the very Mountayne where they stood, |
| King John | KJ III.i.296 | So heavy as thou shalt not shake them off, | So heauy, as thou shalt not shake them off |
| King John | KJ III.iii.7 | And ere our coming see thou shake the bags | And ere our comming see thou shake the bags |
| King John | KJ III.iv.39 | Then with a passion would I shake the world, | Then with a passion would I shake the world, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.188 | And when they talk of him they shake their heads | And when they talke of him, they shake their heads, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.143 | In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake | In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.39 | To shake all cares and business from our age, | To shake all Cares and Businesse from our Age, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.85 | make a great gap in your own honour and shake in | make a great gap in your owne Honor, and shake in |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.294 | That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus, | That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.55 | That art incestuous. Caitiff, to pieces shake, | That art Incestuous. Caytiffe, to peeces shake |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.35 | That thou mayst shake the superflux to them | That thou maist shake the superflux to them, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.76.1 | I'd shake it on this quarrel. | I'ld shake it on this quarrell. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.36 | Shake patiently my great affliction off. | Shake patiently my great affliction off: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.120 | That minces virtue and does shake the head | that minces Vertue, & do's shake the head |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.241 | Might shake off fifty, looking in her eye. | Might shake off fiftie, looking in her eye: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.44 | Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between | Shake my fell purpose, nor keepe peace betweene |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.58.1 | Was feverous and did shake. | was Feuorous, / And did shake. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.73 | Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit, | Shake off this Downey sleepe, Deaths counterfeit, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.126 | To know it further. Fears and scruples shake us. | To know it further. Feares and scruples shake vs: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.19 | That shake us nightly; better be with the dead | That shake vs Nightly: Better be with the dead, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.49 | Thou canst not say I did it; never shake | Thou canst not say I did it: neuer shake |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.10 | Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear. | Shall neuer sagge with doubt, nor shake with feare. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.133 | Than faults may shake our frames – let me be bold. | Then faults may shake our frames) let me be bold; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iii.15 | To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield | To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yeeld |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.261 | Or I will shake thee from me like a serpent. | Or I will shake thee from me like a serpent. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.335 | Come, you shake the head at so long a | Come, you shake the head at so long a |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.123.1 | Will shake this island. | Will shake this Island. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.205 | And when she seemed to shake, and fear your looks, | And when she seem'd to shake, and feare your lookes, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.41 | instruction. It is not words that shake me thus! Pish! | Iustruction. It is not words that shakes me thus, (pish) |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.268 | Whom passion could not shake? Whose solid virtue | Whom Passion could not shake? Whose solid vertue |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.156 | And ever will – though he do shake me off | And euer will, (though he do shake me off |
| Othello | Oth V.i.118 | What, do you shake at that? | What, do you shake at that? |
| Othello | Oth V.i.119 | He supped at my house, but I therefore shake not. | He supt at my house, but I therefore shake not. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.22 | Shake off the golden slumber of repose. | Shake off the golden slumber of repose; |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.291 | If then we shall shake off our slavish yoke, | If then we shall shake off our slauish yoake, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.258 | They that stand high have many blasts to shake them, | They that stand high, haue many blasts to shake them, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.5 | Why do you look on us, and shake your head, | Why do you looke on vs, and shake your head, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.34 | Shake, quoth the dovehouse! 'Twas no need, I trow, | Shake quoth the Doue-house, 'twas no neede I trow |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.111 | And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars | And shake the yoke of inauspicious starres |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.139 | Confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair buds, | Confounds thy fame, as whirlewinds shake faire budds, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.206.1 | Yea, his dread trident shake. | Yea, his dread Trident shake. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.307.2 | Shake it off. Come on; | Shake it off: Come on, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.309 | Shake off slumber, and beware. | Shake off slumber and beware. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.83 | mouth. This will shake your shaking, I can tell you, and | mouth; this will shake your shaking, I can tell you, and |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.47 | Have I made shake, and by the spurs plucked up | Haue I made shake, and by the spurs pluckt vp |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.104 | I am not of that feather to shake off | I am not of that Feather, to shake off |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.207 | But they do shake their heads, and I am here | But they do shake their heads, and I am heere |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.25 | Let's yet be fellows. Let's shake our heads and say, | Let's yet be Fellowes. Let's shake our heads, and say |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.175 | Shake in and out the rivet – and at this sport | Shake in and out the Riuet: and at this sport |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.53 | Or else disdainfully, which shall shake him more | Or else disdainfully, which shall shake him more, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.51 | You shake, my lord, at something; will you go? | You shake my Lord at something; will you goe? |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.70 | Yes, and shall do, till the pangs of death shake | Yes, and shall do, till the pangs of death shake |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.121 | Go, shake your ears. | Go shake your eares. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.71 | Be pleased that I shake off these names you give me. | Be pleas'd that I shake off these names you giue mee: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.32 | will; if he shake his tail and say nothing, it will. | will: if hee shake his taile, and say nothing, it will. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.88.2 | Small winds shake him. | Small windes shake him, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.92 | Have said enough to shake me from the arm | Have saide enough to shake me from the Arme |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.102 | No more now must we hallow, no more shake | No more now must we halloa, no more shake |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.328 | I'll shake 'em so, ye shall not sleep; | Ile shake 'em so, ye shall not sleepe, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.302.2 | Come, shake hands again then, | Come shake hands againe then, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.5 | And shake to lose his honour – is like her | And shake to loose his honour) is like hir |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.17 | How will it shake the bones of that good man, | How will it shake the bones of that good man, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.428 | As or by oath remove or counsel shake | As (or by Oath) remoue, or (Counsaile) shake |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.566 | But as you shake off one to take another; | But as you shake off one, to take another: |