| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.314 | Now boast thee, death, in thy possession lies | Now boast thee Death, in thy possession lyes |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.34 | boast of them. Come, warble, come. | boast of them. Come, warble, come. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.91 | It is no boast, being asked, to say we are. | It is no boast, being ask'd, to say we are. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.19 | And topping all others in boasting. | And topping all others in boasting. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.79 | Can justly boast of. What's your lordship's pleasure? | Can iustly boast of: what's your Lordships pleasure? |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.110.1 | You felt than make't my boast. | You felt, then make't my boast. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.18 | Further to boast were neither true nor modest, | Further to boast, were neyther true, nor modest, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.162 | For beauty, that made barren the swelled boast | For Beauty, that made barren the swell'd boast |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.76 | It is a conquest for a prince to boast of. | it is. / A Conquest for a Prince to boast of. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.60 | I could make as true a boast as that, if I had | I could make as true a boast as that, if I had |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.10 | Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs, | Steed threatens Steed, in high and boastfull Neighs |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.114 | To boast of this, or take the praise from God | To boast of this, or take that prayse from God, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.42 | That she may boast she hath beheld the man | That she may boast she hath beheld the man, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.103 | And set upon our boasting enemy. | And set vpon our boasting Enemie. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.23 | Nor should that nation boast it so with us, | Nor should that Nation boast it so with vs, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.44 | That doth presume to boast of gentle blood. | That doth presume to boast of Gentle blood. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.24 | Upon my death the French can little boast; | Vpon my death, the French can little boast; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.159 | Keep thou the napkin, and go boast of this; | Keepe thou the Napkin, and goe boast of this, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.75 | The confident and boist'rous boasting Scot, | The confident and boystrous boasting Scot, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.152 | And where the upper turf of earth doth boast | And where the vpper turfe of earth doth boast, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.193 | May better boast of than ever Roman might | May better boast of then euer Romaine might, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.143 | And boasting Edward triumphs with success. | And boasting Edward triumphs with successe; |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.54 | These men shall live to boast of clemency, | These men shall liue to boast of clemencie, |
| King John | KJ III.i.53 | Of nature's gifts thou mayst with lilies boast | Of Natures guifts, thou mayst with Lillies boast, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.58 | That you so oft have boasted to retain? | That you so oft haue boasted to retaine? |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.18 | Are gone with him toward Dover, where they boast | Are gone with him toward Douer; where they boast |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.102 | Well, say I am! Why should proud summer boast | Wel, say I am, why should proud Summer boast, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.152 | That trace him in his line. No boasting, like a fool; | That trace him in his Line. No boasting like a Foole, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.103 | And – which is more than all these boasts can be – | And (which is more then all these boasts can be) |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.20 | make no boast of it; and for your writing and reading, | make no boast of it, and for your writing and reading, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.20 | Which, when I know that boasting is an honour, | Which when I know, that boasting is an Honour, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.262 | Than twenty times your stop. but, O vain boast! – | Then twenty times your stop. But (oh vaine boast) |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.183 | With other virtues which I'll keep from boast, | with other vertues, which Ile keep from boast, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.52 | Yet can I not of such tame patience boast | Yet can I not of such tame patience boast, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.273 | Having my freedom, boast of nothing else | |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.308 | Where'er I wander, boast of this I can: | Where ere I wander, boast of this I can, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.9 | Do not smile at me that I boast her off, | Doe not smile at me, that I boast her of, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.11 | When everything doth make a gleeful boast? | When euerything doth make a Gleefull boast? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.98 | Cannot make boast to have that which he hath, | Cannot make boast to haue that which he hath; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.290 | O sir, to such as boasting show their scars | O sir, to such as boasting shew their scarres, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.109 | My duty will I boast of, nothing else. | My dutie will I boast of, nothing else. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.120 | To those that boast and have not, a defier; | To those that boast and have not; a defyer |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.170 | They call him Doricles, and boasts himself | They call him Doricles, and boasts himselfe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.96 | As every present time doth boast itself | As euery present Time doth boast it selfe |