| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.235 | patient, there is no fettering of authority. I'll beat him, | patient, there is no fettering of authority. Ile beate him |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.63 | much sport out of him; by his authority he remains | much sport out of him, by his authoritie hee remaines |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.53 | Discredit my authority with yours, | Discredit my authority with yours, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.95 | your hand, Menas. If our eyes had authority, here they | your hand Menas, if our eyes had authority, heere they |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.127 | shall prove the immediate author of their variance. | shall proue the immediate Author of their variance. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.33 | That he his high authority abused, | That he his high Authority abus'd, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.90 | Authority melts from me. Of late, when I cried ‘ Ho!’, | Authority melts from me of late. When I cried hoa, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.347 | their barks; hangs odes upon hawthorns, and elegies on | their barkes; hangs Oades vpon Hauthornes, and Elegies on |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.15 | good. What authority surfeits on would relieve | good: what Authority surfets one, would releeue |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.236 | To him, or our authority's for an end. | To him, or our Authorities, for an end. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.23 | For they do prank them in authority | For they doe pranke them in Authoritie, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.109 | To know, when two authorities are up, | To know, when two Authorities are vp, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.207 | Or let us stand to our authority, | Or let vs stand to our Authoritie, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.36 | As if a man were author of himself | As if a man were Author of himself, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.442 | the author of affectation, but called it an honest method, | the Author of affectation, but cal'd it an honest method. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.ii.16 | his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the | his Rewards, his Authorities (but such Officers do the |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.81 | Next, your son gone, and he most violent author | Next your Sonne gone, and he most violent Author |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.58 | Wrested his meaning and authority. | Wrested his meaning, and Authoritie. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.82 | I gave bold way to my authority | I gaue bold way to my Authority, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.112 | the King, in some authority. | the King, in some Authority. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.26 | much cloyed with fat meat, our humble author will | much cloid with Fat Meate, our humble Author will |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.43 | Yet their own authors faithfully affirm | Yet their owne Authors faithfully affirme, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.150 | the author of the servant's damnation. But this is not so. | the author of the Seruants damnation: but this is not so: |
| Henry V | H5 Epil.chorus.2 | Our bending author hath pursued the story, | Our bending Author hath pursu'd the Story, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.18 | A man of great authority in France, | A man of great Authoritie in France, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.59 | That neither in birth or for authority | That neither in birth, or for authoritie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.135 | And yet, in substance and authority, | And yet in substance and authority, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.41 | And of such great authority in France | And of such great Authoritie in France, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.316 | Why, our authority is his consent, | Why, our Authoritie is his consent, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.24 | That hath authority over him that swears: | That hath authoritie ouer him that sweares. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.18 | He was the author, thou the instrument. | He was the Author, thou the Instrument. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.139.1 | That were the authors. | That were the Authors. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.4 | And on all sides th' authority allowed. | And on all sides th'Authority allow'd, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.234.1 | Authority so weighty. | Authority so weighty. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.35 | And the strong course of my authority | And the strong course of my Authority, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.417 | But to corrupt the author of my blood | But to corrupt the author of my blood, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.444 | An evil deed, done by authority, | An euill deed done by authoritie, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.30 | And stalls him in his own authority. | And stalls him in his owne authoritie: |
| King John | KJ II.i.113 | In any breast of strong authority | In any beast of strong authoritie, |
| King John | KJ II.i.118 | Alack, thou dost usurp authority. | Alack thou dost vsurpe authoritie. |
| King John | KJ III.i.160 | To him and his usurped authority. | To him and his vsurp'd authoritie. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.211 | And on the winking of authority | And on the winking of Authoritie |
| King John | KJ V.i.4 | Your sovereign greatness and authority. | Your Soueraigne greatnesse and authoritie. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.303 | If our father carry authority with such disposition as he | if our Father carry authority with such disposition as he |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.18 | That still would manage those authorities | |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.30 | Authority. | Authority. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.59 | By his authority I will proclaim it | By his authoritie I will proclaime it, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.45 | Through the sharp hawthorn blow the cold winds. | through the sharpe Hauthorne blow the windes. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.95 | Still through the hawthorn blows the cold wind, | Still through the Hauthorne blowes the cold winde: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.159 | mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog's | might'st behold the great image of Authoritie, a Dogg's |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.87 | Save base authority from others' books. | Saue base authoritie from others Bookes. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.65 | Most sweet Hercules! More authority, dear boy, | Most sweete Hercules: more authority deare Boy, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.285 | O, some authority how to proceed! | O some authority how to proceed, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.293 | And abstinence engenders maladies. | And abstinence ingenders maladies. / And where that you haue vow'd to studie (Lords) / In that each of you haue forsworne his Booke. / Can you still dreame and pore, and thereon looke. / For when would you my Lord, or you, or you, / Haue found the ground of studies excellence, / Without the beauty of a womans face; / From womens eyes this doctrine I deriue, / They are the Ground, the Bookes, the Achadems, / From whence doth spring the true Promethean fire. / Why, vniuersall plodding poysons vp / The nimble spirits in the arteries, / As motion and long during action tyres / The sinnowy vigour of the trauailer. / Now for not looking on a womans face, / You haue in that forsworne the vse of eyes: / And studie too, the causer of your vow. / For where is any Author in the world, / Teaches such beauty as a womans eye: / Learning is but an adiunct to our selfe, / And where we are, our Learning likewise is. / Then when our selues we see in Ladies eyes, / With our selues. / Doe we not likewise see our learning there? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.335 | Or for men's sake, the authors of these women, | Or for Mens sake, the author of these Women: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.65 | Authorized by her grandam. Shame itself! | Authoriz'd by her Grandam: shame it selfe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.119 | Thus can the demi-god Authority | Thus can the demy-god (Authority) |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.56 | And with full line of his authority, | (And with full line of his authority) |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.118 | Dressed in a little brief authority, | Drest in a little briefe authoritie, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.134 | Because authority, though it err like others, | Because Authoritie, though it erre like others, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.176 | Thieves for their robbery have authority | Theeues for their robbery haue authority, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.108 | When it is borne in high authority, | When it is borne in high Authority. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iv.5 | and reliver our authorities there? | and deliuer our authorities there? |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iv.24 | For my authority bears of a credent bulk | For my Authority beares of a credent bulke, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.289 | If law, authority, and power deny not, | If law, authoritie, and power denie not, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.212 | Wrest once the law to your authority, | Wrest once the Law to your authority. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.67 | these lisping hawthorn-buds that come like women in | these lisping-hauthorne buds, that come like women in |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.185 | When wheat is green, when hawthorn buds appear. | When wheate is greene, when hauthorne buds appeare, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.4 | hawthorn brake our tiring-house, and we will do it in | hauthorne brake our tyring house, and we will do it in |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.33 | O, what authority and show of truth | O what authoritie and shew of truth |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.89 | and Don John is the author of all, who is fled and gone. | and Don Iohn is the author of all, who is fled and gone: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.322 | why the power and corrigible authority of this lies | why the power, and Corrigeable authoritie of this lies |
| Othello | Oth II.i.143 | woman indeed? One that in the authority of her merit | woman indeed? One, that in the authorithy of her merit, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.2.2 | An unauthorized kiss. | An vnauthoriz'd kisse? |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.20 | I tell you what mine authors say. | I tell you what mine Authors saye: |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.32 | By turning o'er authorities, I have, | by turning ore Authorities, I haue |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.85 | my authority shall not see thee, or else look friendly | my authoritie shall not see thee, or else looke friendly |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.69 | O thou, the earthly author of my blood, | Oh thou the earthy author of my blood, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.23 | hand a rope more. Use your authority. If you cannot, | hand a rope more, vse your authoritie: If you cannot, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.143 | Yea, 'gainst th' authority of manners prayed you | Yea 'gainst th'Authoritie of manners, pray'd you |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.161 | Live with authority. So soon we shall drive back | Liue with Authoritie: so soone we shall driue backe |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.438 | I should be author to dishonour you. | I should be Authour to dishonour you. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.24 | Of author's pen or actor's voice, but suited | Of Authors pen, or Actors voyce; but suited |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.179 | As truth's authentic author to be cited, | (As truths authenticke author to be cited) |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.113 | It is familiar – but at the author's drift, | It is familiar; but at the Authors drift, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.147 | Bifold authority, where reason can revolt | By foule authoritie: where reason can reuolt |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.20 | Whereto thy speech serves for authority, | Whereto thy speech serues for authoritie |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.155 | open. I will be proud, I will read politic authors, I will | open, I will bee proud, I will reade politicke Authours, I will |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.351 | But when we know the grounds and authors of it, | But when we know the grounds, and authors of it, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.41 | As learned authors utter, washed a tile; | As learned Authours utter, washd a Tile, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.231 | Of more authority, I am sure more love; | Of more authority, I am sure more love, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.463 | It is in mine authority to command | It is in mine authoritie to command |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.53.2 | By his great authority; | By his great authority, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.795 | He seems to be of great authority. Close with | He seemes to be of great authoritie: close with |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.796 | him, give him gold; and though authority be a stubborn | him, giue him Gold; and though Authoritie be a stubborne |