| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.78 | cuckold, they would make themselves whores but | Cuckold, they would make themselues Whores, but |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.67 | Up to a whore; who now are levying | Vp to a Whore, who now are leuying |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.13 | Like friends long lost. Triple-turned whore! 'Tis thou | Like Friends long lost. Triple-turn'd Whore, 'tis thou |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.221.1 | I'th' posture of a whore. | I'th'posture of a Whore. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.274 | But truly, these same whoreson devils do the gods great | But truly, these same whorson diuels doe the Gods great |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.22 | Thou whoreson, senseless | Thou whoreson senselesse |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.3 | pound on't: and then a whoreson jackanapes | pound on't: and then a whorson Iacke-an-Apes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.14 | Whoreson dog! I give him satisfaction! Would he | Whorson dog: I gaue him satisfaction? would he |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.128 | Is this: she hath bought the name of whore, thus dearly. | Is this: she hath bought the name of Whore, thus deerly |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.583 | Must like a whore unpack my heart with words | Must (like a Whore) vnpacke my heart with words, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.169 | water is a sore decayer of your whoreson dead body. | water, is a sore Decayer of your horson dead body. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.173 | A whoreson mad fellow's it was. Whose | A whoreson mad Fellowes it was; / Whose |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.64 | He that hath killed my King and whored my mother, | He that bath kil'd my King, and whor'd my Mother, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.83 | throats! Ah, whoreson caterpillars, bacon-fed knaves, | throats; a whorson Caterpillars: Bacon-fed Knaues, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.135 | Why, you whoreson round man, what's the | Why you horson round man? what's the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.223 | clay-brained guts, thou knotty-pated fool, thou whoreson, | Clay-brayn'd Guts, thou Knotty-pated Foole, thou Horson |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.456 | a whoremaster, that I utterly deny. If sack and sugar | a Whore-master, that I vtterly deny. If Sacke and Sugar |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.154 | picking thy pocket? Why, thou whoreson impudent | picking thy pocket? Why thou horson impudent |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.14 | no judgement. Thou whoreson mandrake, thou art | no iudgement. Thou horson Mandrake, thou art |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.34 | God his tongue be hotter! A whoreson Achitophel! A | may his Tongue be hotter, a horson Achitophel; a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.36 | and then stand upon security! The whoreson smoothy- | and then stand vpon Security? The horson smooth- |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.108 | into this same whoreson apoplexy. | into this same whorson Apoplexie. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.113 | the blood, a whoreson tingling. | the blood, a horson Tingling. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.81 | Away, you whoreson upright rabbit, away! | Away, you horson vpright Rabbet, away. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.141 | a poor whore's ruff in a bawdy-house? He a captain! | a poore Whores Ruffe in a Bawdy-house? Hee a Captaine? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.204 | you whoreson little valiant villain, you! | you whorson little valiant Villaine, you. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.213 | on, you whoreson chops! Ah, rogue, i'faith, I love thee. | on, you whorson Chops: Ah Rogue, I loue thee: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.226 | Thou whoreson little tidy Bartholomew boar-pig, when | thou whorson little tydie Bartholmew Bore-pigge, when |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.252 | Let's beat him before his whore. | Let vs beat him before his Whore. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.289 | Thou whoreson mad compound of majesty, | Thou whorson mad Compound of Maiestie: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.295 | You whoreson candle-mine you, how | You whorson Candle-myne you, how |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.178 | A whoreson cold, sir, a cough, sir, which I | A whorson cold sir, a cough sir, which I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.304 | and the whores called him mandrake. 'A came ever in | hee came euer in |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.35 | then he was rheumatic, and talked of the Whore of | then hee was rumatique, and talk'd of the Whore of |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.35 | Thou that givest whores indulgences to sin. | Thou that giu'st Whores Indulgences to sinne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.39 | There will be woe indeed, lords! The sly whoresons | There will be woe indeed Lords, the slye whorsons |
| King Lear | KL I.i.22 | was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be | was good sport at his making, and the horson must be |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.126 | thrusting-on. An admirable evasion of whoremaster | thrusting on. An admirable euasion of Whore-master- |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.79 | ‘ My lady's father,’ my lord's knave! You whoreson | My Ladies Father? my Lords knaue, you whorson |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.123 | Leave thy drink and thy whore | Leaue thy drinke and thy whore, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.16 | whoreson glass-gazing super-serviceable finical | whoreson glasse-gazing super-seruiceable finicall |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.29 | o'the moonshine of you, you whoreson cullionly | oth'Moonshine of you, you whoreson Cullyenly |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.62 | Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter! My | Thou whoreson Zed, thou vnnecessary letter: my |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.50 | Fortune, that arrant whore, | Fortune that arrant whore, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.92 | And bawds and whores do churches build – | And Baudes, and whores, do Churches build, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.19 | horse's health, a boy's love, or a whore's oath. | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.162 | Why dost thou lash that whore? Strip thy own back. | why dost thou lash that Whore? Strip thy owne backe, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.202 | Ah, you whoreson loggerhead, you were born to do me shame! | Ah you whoreson loggerhead, you were borne to doe me shame. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.15 | Showed like a rebel's whore. But all's too weak: | Shew'd like a Rebells Whore: but all's too weake: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.33 | warning. The deputy cannot abide a whoremaster. If he | warning: the Deputy cannot abide a Whore-master: if he |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.34 | be a whoremonger, and comes before him, he were as | be a Whore-monger, and comes before him, he were as |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.56 | Ever your fresh whore and your powdered bawd. An | Euer your fresh Whore, and your pouder'd Baud, an |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.34 | your whores, sir, being members of my occupation, | your Whores sir, being members of my occupation, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.512 | whore. Your highness said even now, I made you a | a Whore: your Highnesse said euen now I made you a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.58 | her! Never name her, child, if she be a whore. | her; neuer name her (childe) if she be a whore. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.356 | Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore; | Villaine, be sure thou proue my Loue a Whore; |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.176 | giv'n it his whore. | giu'n it his whore. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.20 | That cannot say as much. This is a subtle whore, | That cannot say as much. This is a subtile Whore: |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.71 | Made to write ‘ whore ’ upon? What committed! | Made to write Whore vpon? What commited, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.85.1 | What! Not a whore? | What, not a Whore? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.88 | I took you for that cunning whore of Venice | I tooke you for that cunning Whore of Venice, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.114 | Alas, Iago, my lord hath so bewhored her, | Alas (Iago) my Lord hath so bewhor'd her, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.119 | He called her whore: a beggar in his drink | He call'd her whore: a Begger in his drinke: |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.126 | To be called whore? Would it not make one weep? | To be call'd Whore? Would it not make one weepe? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.136 | Why should he call her whore? Who keeps her company? | Why should he call her Whore? / Who keepes her companie? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.160 | But never taint my love. I cannot say ‘ whore ’: | But neuer taynt my Loue. I cannot say Whore, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.133 | She turned to folly; and she was a whore. | She turn'd to folly: and she was a whore. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.227.2 | Villainous whore! | Villanous Whore. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.30 | good blade! a very tall man! a very good whore!’ Why, is | good blade, a very tall man, a very good whore. Why is |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iv.20 | Mass! and well said. A merry whoreson, ha! | Masse and well said, a merrie horson, ha, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.115 | You peasant swain, you whoreson malthorse drudge! | You pezant, swain, you horson malt-horse drudg |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.141 | You whoreson villain, will you let it fall? | you horson villaine, will you let it fall? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.143 | A whoreson, beetle-headed, flap-eared knave! | A horson beetle-headed flap-ear'd knaue: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.43 | Hang, cur, hang, you whoreson, insolent noise-maker! | Hang cur, hang, you whoreson insolent Noyse-maker, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.170 | None, man, all idle – whores | None (man) all idle; Whores |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.108 | whoremaster and a knave; which notwithstanding, thou | Whoremaster, and a Knaue, which notwithstanding thou |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.110 | What is a whoremaster, fool? | What is a Whoremaster Foole? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.43 | Thou common whore of mankind, that puts odds | Thou common whore of Mankinde, that puttes oddes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.62 | Then what should war be? This fell whore of thine | Then what should warre be? This fell whore of thine, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.84 | Be a whore still. They love thee not that use thee. | Be a whore still, they loue thee not that vse thee, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.134 | Enough to make a whore forswear her trade, | Enough to make a Whore forsweare her Trade, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.135 | And to make whores, a bawd. Hold up, you sluts, | And to make Whores, a Bawd. Hold vp you Sluts |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.140 | I'll trust to your conditions. Be whores still. | Ile trust to your Conditions, be whores still. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.142 | Be strong in whore, allure him, burn him up; | Be strong in Whore, allure him, burne him vp, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.148 | Wear them, betray with them, whore still. | Weare them, betray with them; Whore still, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.169 | More whore, more mischief first. I have given you earnest. | More whore, more Mischeefe first, I haue giuen you earnest. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.71 | Zounds, ye whore, is black so base a hue? | Out you whore, is black so base a hue? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.39 | You whoreson cur! | You horson Curre. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.71 | such knavery! All the argument is a whore and a | such knauerie: all the argument is a Cuckold and a |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.72 | cuckold; a good quarrel to draw emulous factions and | Whore, a good quarrel to draw emulations, factions, and |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.230 | A whoreson dog, that shall palter thus with us! | A horson dog, that shal palter thus with vs, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.67 | But he as you, each heavier for a whore. | But he as he, which heauier for a whore. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.17 | Why, his masculine whore. Now, the rotten | Why his masculine Whore. Now the rotten |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.25 | Why no, you ruinous butt, you whoreson | Why no, you ruinous But, you whorson |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.116 | Unless she said ‘ My mind is now turned whore.’ | Vnlesse she say, my minde is now turn'd whore. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.196 | this whore; the parrot will not do more for an almond | this whore: the Parrot will not doe more for an Almond, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.101 | A whoreson tisick, a whoreson rascally tisick | A whorson tisicke, a whorson rascally tisicke, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.6 | loves the whore there, might send that Greekish | loues the whore there, might send that Greekish |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.7 | whoremasterly villain with the sleeve back to the | whore-maisterly villaine, with the Sleeue, backe to the |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.24 | Hold thy whore, Grecian! Now for thy | Hold thy whore Grecian: now for thy |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.25 | whore, Trojan! Now the sleeve, now the sleeve! | whore Troian: Now the Sleeue, now the Sleeue. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.21 | the son of a whore fight for a whore, he tempts | the Sonne of a whore fight for a whore, he tempts |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.41 | Why, thou whoreson ass, thou mistakest me. | Why, thou whorson Asse, thou mistak'st me, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.41 | I hope thou wilt. (To Launce) How now, you whoreson peasant! | I hope thou wilt. / How now you whor-son pezant, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iii.5 | To be his whore is witless. Out upon't! | To be his whore, is witles; Out upon't; |