| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.398 | him, then forswear him; now weep for him, then spit | him, then forswear him: now weepe for him, then spit |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.69 | spit, and for lovers lacking – God warn us! – matter, the | spit, and for louers, lacking (God warne vs) matter, the |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.44 | The capon burns, the pig falls from the spit. | The Capon burnes, the Pig fals from the spit; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.143 | Wouldst thou not spit at me, and spurn at me, | Wouldst thou not spit at me, and spurne at me, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.43 | Than Hector's forehead when it spit forth blood | Then Hectors forhead, when it spit forth blood |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.222 | Spit, and throw stones, cast mire upon me, set | Spit, and throw stones, cast myre vpon me, set |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.189 | spit in my face, call me horse. Thou knowest my old | spit in my face, call me Horse: thou knowest my olde |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.213 | anything but a bottle – I would I might never spit white | any thing but my Bottle, would I might neuer spit white |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.52 | The Alps doth spit and void his rheum upon! | The Alpes doth spit, and void his rhewme vpon. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.61 | Tongues spit their duties out, and cold hearts freeze | Tongues spit their duties out, and cold hearts freeze |
| King John | KJ II.i.211 | And ready mounted are they to spit forth | And ready mounted are they to spit forth |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.14 | Rumble thy bellyful! Spit, fire! Spout, rain! | Rumble thy belly full: spit Fire, spowt Raine: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.18 | on a spit, or your hands in your pocket like a man after | on a spit, or your hands in your pocket, like a man after |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.81 | she spit in his face, so she defied him. | she spit in his face, so she defide him. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.109 | And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, | And spet vpon my Iewish gaberdine, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.128 | To spit on thee again, to spurn thee too. | To spet on thee againe, to spurne thee too. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.232 | have made Hercules have turned spit, yea, and have cleft | haue made Hercules haue turnd spit, yea, and haue cleft |
| Pericles | Per III.i.8 | Wilt thou spit all thyself? The seaman's whistle | Wilt thou speat all thy selfe? the sea-mans Whistle |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.126 | Thou mayst cut a morsel off the spit. | Thou maist cut a morsell off the spit. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.60 | I do defy him, and I spit at him, | I do defie him, and I spit at him, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.194 | And spit it bleeding in his high disgrace | And spit it bleeding in his high disgrace, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.75 | And spit upon him whilst I say he lies, | And spit vpon him, whilest I say he Lyes, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.144.3 | Why dost thou spit at me? | Why dost thou spit at me. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.56 | Seeking out Romeo, that did spit his body | Seeking out Romeo that did spit his body |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.39 | Spit in the hole, man, and tune again. | Spit in the hole man, and tune againe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.361 | Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon! | Would thou wert cleane enough / To spit vpon. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.145 | ‘ Wheak, wheak!’ – so cries a pig prepared to the spit. | Weeke, weeke, so cries a Pigge prepared to th'spit. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.173 | Must be the scene of mirth; to cough and spit, | Must be the Scene of myrth, to cough, and spit, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.103 | had but looked big and spit at him, he'd have run. | had but look'd bigge, and spit at him, hee'ld haue runne. |