| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.6 | tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of your | Tempest, and (as I may say) the Whirle-winde of |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.6 | Foretells a tempest and a blustering day. | Fortels a Tempest, and a blust'ring day. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.79 | man of good temper would endure this tempest of | man of good temper would endure this tempest of |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.358 | When tempest of commotion, like the south | When Tempest of Commotion, like the South, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.99 | Therefore in fierce tempest is he coming, | Therefore in fierce Tempest is he comming, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.351 | And this fell tempest shall not cease to rage | And this fell Tempest shall not cease to rage, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.102 | When from thy shore the tempest beat us back, | When from thy Shore, the Tempest beate vs backe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.176 | Like to the summer's corn by tempest lodged. | Like to the Summers Corne by Tempest lodged: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.32 | Like to a ship that, having 'scaped a tempest, | Like to a Ship, that hauing scap'd a Tempest, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.197 | To keep thee from the tempest of the field. | To keepe thee from the Tempest of the field. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.86 | Blown with the windy tempest of my heart, | Blowne with the windie Tempest of my heart, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.46 | Dogs howled, and hideous tempests shook down trees; | Dogs howl'd, and hiddeous Tempest shook down Trees: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.92 | Into a general prophecy – that this tempest, | Into a generall Prophesie; That this Tempest |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.72 | As the shrouds make at sea in a stiff tempest, | As the shrowdes make at Sea, in a stiffe Tempest, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.10 | Did I go through a tempest dropping fire. | Did I goe through a Tempest-dropping-fire. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.1 | So, by a roaring tempest on the flood, | So by a roaring Tempest on the flood, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.156 | Hold out this tempest. Bear away that child | Hold out this tempest. Beare away that childe, |
| King John | KJ V.i.17 | It was my breath that blew this tempest up, | It was my breath that blew this Tempest vp, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.50 | This shower, blown up by tempest of the soul, | This showre, blowne vp by tempest of the soule, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.279 | (storm and tempest) | Storme and Tempest. |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.62 | Some friendship will it lend you 'gainst the tempest. | Some friendship will it lend you 'gainst the Tempest: |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.12 | The body's delicate; this tempest in my mind | The bodies delicate: the tempest in my mind, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.24 | This tempest will not give me leave to ponder | This tempest will not giue me leaue to ponder |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.59 | ‘ Greensleeves.’ What tempest, I trow, threw this whale, | Greensleeues: What tempest (I troa) threw this Whale, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.21 | a tempest of provocation, I will shelter me here. | a tempest of prouocation, I will shelter mee heere. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.131 | Beteem them from the tempest of my eyes. | Beteeme them, from the tempest of mine eyes. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.21 | The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks | The desperate Tempest hath so bang'd the Turkes, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.34.1 | With foul and violent tempest. | With fowle and violent Tempest. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.179 | If after every tempest come such calms, | If after euery Tempest, come such Calmes, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.98 | How I might stop this tempest ere it came; | How I might stop this tempest ere it came, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.48 | Disgorges such a tempest forth | Disgorges such a tempest forth, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.18 | Born in a tempest when my mother died, | borne in a tempest, when my mother dide, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.30 | A tempest which his mortal vessel tears, | A Tempest which his mortall vessell teares. |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.33 | Like him you are. Did you not name a tempest, | like him you are, did you not name a tempest, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.187 | This lowering tempest of your home-bred hate, | This lowring tempest of your home-bred hate, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.263 | But, lords, we hear this fearful tempest sing | But Lords, we heare this fearefull tempest sing, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.46 | It is such crimson tempest should bedrench | It is, such Crimson Tempest should bedrench |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.44 | O then began the tempest to my soul! | O then, began the Tempest to my Soule. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.521 | The Britain navy is dispersed by tempest; | The Brittaine Nauie is dispers'd by Tempest. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.137 | Thy tempest-tossed body. How now, wife? | Thy tempest tossed body. How now wife? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.194 | Performed to point the tempest that I bade thee? | Performd to point, the Tempest that I bad thee. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.6 | When first I raised the tempest. Say, my spirit, | When first I rais'd the Tempest: say my Spirit, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.153 | In this last tempest. I perceive these lords | In this last Tempest. I perceiue these Lords |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.461 | That dies in tempest of thy angry frown. | That dies in tempest of thy angry frowne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.159 | To calm this tempest whirling in the court, | To calme this tempest whirling in the Court, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.26 | But in the wind and tempest of her frown, | But in the Winde and Tempest of her frowne, |