| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.172 | That blinking Cupid gossips. Now shall he – | That blinking Cupid gossips. Now shall he: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.15 | my Cupid's knocked out, and I begin to love as an old | my Cupid's knock'd out, and I beginne to loue, as an old |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.207 | Stood pretty dimpled boys, like smiling Cupids, | Stood pretty Dimpled Boyes, like smiling Cupids, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.54 | Do as I bid you. – Where's this cup I called for? | Do as I bid you. Where's this Cup I call'd for? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.66 | No, Pompey, I have kept me from the cup. | No Pompey, I haue kept me from the cup, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.86 | Fill till the cup be hid. | Fill till the cup be hid. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.115 | Cup us till the world go round, | Cup vs till the world go round, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.116 | Cup us till the world go round! | Cup vs till the world go round. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.21 | Scant not my cups, and make as much of me | Scant not my Cups, and make as much of me, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.17 | The royal occupation; thou shouldst see | The Royall Occupation, thou should'st see |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.1 | Why cousin, why Rosalind, Cupid have mercy, | Why Cosen, why Rosaline: Cupid haue mercie, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.42 | love, it may be said of him that Cupid hath clapped him | loue, it may be said of him that Cupid hath clapt him |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.41 | of a cup into a glass, by filling the one doth empty the | of a cup into a glasse, by filling the one, doth empty the |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.271 | I think you all have drunk of Circe's cup. | I thinke you all haue drunke of Circes cup: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.98 | Still cupboarding the viand, never bearing | Still cubbording the Viand, neuer bearing |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.45 | one that loves a cup of hot wine with not a drop of allaying | one that loues a cup of hot Wine, with not a drop of alaying |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.231 | Pre-occupied with what you rather must do | pre-occupy'd with what you rather must do, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.14.1 | And occupations perish! | And Occupations perish. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.98 | Upon the voice of occupation and | Vpon the voyce of occupation, and |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.89 | I had forgot them – were two winking Cupids | (I had forgot them) were two winking Cupids |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.39 | You clasp young Cupid's tables. Good news, gods! | You claspe young Cupids Tables: good Newes Gods. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.71 | 'Tis strange he hides him in fresh cups, soft beds, | 'Tis strange he hides him in fresh Cups, soft Beds, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.283 | When that her golden couplets are disclosed, | When that her golden Cuplet are disclos'd; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.266 | And in the cup an union shall he throw | And in the Cup an vnion shal he throw |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.268 | In Denmark's crown have worn. Give me the cups, | In Denmarkes Crowne haue worne. / Giue me the Cups, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.277 | Here's to thy health. Give him the cup. | Here's to thy health. Giue him the cup, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.286 | It is the poisoned cup. It is too late. | It is the poyson'd Cup, it is too late. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.336.2 | As th' art a man, | As th'art a man, giue me the Cup. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.337 | Give me the cup. Let go. By heaven, I'll ha't! | Let go, by Heauen Ile haue't. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.7 | Unless hours were cups of sack, and minutes capons, | vnlesse houres were cups of Sacke, and minutes Capons, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.114 | soldest him on Good Friday last, for a cup of Madeira | soldest him on Good-Friday last, for a Cup of Madera, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.45 | cup of sack be my poison. When a jest is so forward – | Cup of Sacke be my poyson: when a iest is so forward, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.112 | too, marry and amen! Give me a cup of sack, boy. Ere I | too, marry and Amen. Giue me a cup of Sacke Boy. Ere I |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.115 | me a cup of sack, rogue. Is there no virtue extant? | me a Cup of Sacke, Rogue. Is there no Vertue extant? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.122 | a coward is worse than a cup of sack with lime in it. A | a Coward is worse then a Cup of Sack with lime. A |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.146 | backing, give me them that will face me! Give me a cup | backing: giue me them that will face me. Giue me a Cup |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.307 | O villain, thou stolest a cup of sack eighteen | O Villaine, thou stolest a Cup of Sacke eighteene |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.377 | thee, now shalt thou be moved. Give me a cup of sack to | thee now shalt thou be moued. Giue me a Cup of Sacke to |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.84 | How? The Prince is a Jack, a sneak-cup. | How? the Prince is a Iacke, a Sneake-Cuppe: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.108 | charge you with a cup of sack – do you discharge upon | charge you with a Cup of Sacke: doe you discharge vpon |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.144 | will make the word as odious as the word ‘ occupy ’, | will make the word Captaine odious: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.52 | And changes fill the cup of alteration | And Changes fill the Cuppe of Alteration |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.44 | Bardolph) A cup of wine, sir? | A cup of Wine, sir? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.45 | A cup of wine that's brisk and fine, | A Cup of Wine, that's briske and fine, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.52 | Fill the cup, and let it come, | Fill the Cuppe, and let it come. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.20.2 | 'Twould drink the cup and all. | 'Twould drinke the Cup and all. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.55 | Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered. | Be in their flowing Cups freshly remembred. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.37 | Owy, cuppele gorge, permafoy, | Owy, cuppele gorge permafoy |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.44 | and his cups, so also Harry Monmouth, being in his | and his Cuppes; so also Harry Monmouth being in his |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.60 | you in a cup of sack; and fear not, neighbour, you | you in a Cup of Sack; and feare not Neighbor, you |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.62 | And here, neighbour, here's a cup | And here Neighbour, here's a Cuppe |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.56 | How often hast thou waited at my cup, | How often hast thou waited at my cup, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.118 | Pene gelidus timor occupat artus; | Pine gelidus timor occupat artus, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.52 | His viands sparkling in a golden cup, | His Viands sparkling in a Golden Cup, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.264 | to cut. An I had been a man of any occupation, If I | to cut: and I had beene a man of any Occupation, if I |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.159 | Fill, Lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; | Fill Lucius, till the Wine ore-swell the Cup: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.91 | Before we could uncouple at their heels? | Before we could vncupple at their heeles. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.450 | That poison shows worst in a golden cup; | That poyson shewes worst in a golden cup, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.47 | To start the tender Cupid in my bosom? | To start the tender Cupid in my bosome, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.90 | Sir, 'tis my occupation to be plain. | Sir, 'tis my occupation to be plaine, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.138 | squiny at me? No, do thy worst, blind Cupid; I'll not | squiny at me? No, doe thy worst blinde Cupid, Ile not |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.302 | The cup of their deservings. – O, see, see! | The cup of their deseruings: O see, see. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.300 | And therefore welcome the sour cup of prosperity! | and therefore welcome the sowre cup of prosperitie, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.62 | scorn to sigh: methinks I should outswear Cupid. | scorne to sigh, me thinkes I should out-sweare Cupid. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.169 | had a very good wit. Cupid's butt-shaft is too hard for | had a very good witte. Cupids Butshaft is too hard for |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.241 | He is Cupid's grandfather, and learns news of him. | He is Cupids Grandfather, and learnes news of him. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.177 | This Signor-Junior, giant-dwarf, Dan Cupid, | This signior Iunios gyant drawfe, don Cupid, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.199 | That Cupid will impose for my neglect | That Cupid will impose for my neglect, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.21 | Shot, by heaven! Proceed, sweet Cupid. Thou | Shot by heauen: proceede sweet Cupid, thou |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.56 | O, rhymes are guards on wanton Cupid's hose; | O Rimes are gards on wanton Cupids hose, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.342 | Saint Cupid, then! And, soldiers, to the field! | Saint Cupid then, and Souldiers to the field. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.9 | That he was fain to seal on Cupid's name. | That he was faine to seale on Cupids name. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.87 | Saint Denis to Saint Cupid! What are they | Saint Dennis to S. Cupid: What are they, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.529 | I wish you the peace of mind, most royal couplement! | I wish you the peace of minde most royall cupplement. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.31 | look – do you call, sir, your occupation a mystery? | look: Doe you call sir, your occupation a Mysterie? |
| 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 IV.ii.35 | using painting, do prove my occupation a mystery. But | vsing painting, do proue my Occupation, a Misterie: but |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.98 | To his concup'scible intemperate lust, | To his concupiscible intemperate lust |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.38 | For if they could, Cupid himself would blush | For if they could, Cupid himselfe would blush |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.100 | Quick Cupid's post that comes so mannerly. | Quicke Cupids Post, that comes so mannerly. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.73 | as sip on a cup with the proudest of them all, and yet | as sippe on a cup with the prowdest of them all, and yet |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.131 | This punk is one of Cupid's carriers. | This Puncke is one of Cupids Carriers, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.28 | the Hunter? Why, now is Cupid a child of conscience; | the Hunter? Why, now is Cupid a child of conscience, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.169 | I swear to thee by Cupid's strongest bow, | I sweare to thee, by Cupids strongest bow, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.235 | And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. | And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blinde. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.31 | Creep into acorn cups and hide them there. | Creepe into Acorne cups and hide them there. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.157 | Cupid all armed. A certain aim he took | Cupid all arm'd; a certaine aime he tooke |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.161 | But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft | But I might see young Cupids fiery shaft |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.165 | Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell: | Yet markt I where the bolt of Cupid fell. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.103 | Hit with Cupid's archery, | Hit with Cupids archery, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.440 | Cupid is a knavish lad | Cupid is a knauish lad, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.72 | Dian's bud o'er Cupid's flower | Dians bud, or Cupids flower, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.37 | Cupid at the flight; and my uncle's fool, reading | Cupid at the Flight: and my Vnckles foole reading |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.38 | the challenge, subscribed for Cupid, and challenged him | the Challenge, subscrib'd for Cupid, and challeng'd him |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.172 | to tell us Cupid is a good hare-finder, and Vulcan a rare | to tell vs Cupid is a good Hare-finder, and Vulcan a rare |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.234 | Cupid. | Cupid. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.250 | Nay, if Cupid have not spent all his quiver in | Nay, if Cupid haue not spent all his Quiuer in |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.356 | love with Beatrice. If we can do this, Cupid is no | loue with Beatrice: if wee can doe this, Cupid is no |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.22 | Is little Cupid's crafty arrow made, | Is little Cupids crafty arrow made, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.106 | Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. | Some Cupid kills with arrowes, some with traps. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.10 | thrice cut Cupid's bowstring and the little hangman | thrice cut Cupids bow-string, and the little hang-man |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.266 | Of feathered Cupid seel with wanton dullness | Of feather'd Cupid, seele with wanton dulnesse |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.33 | O, they are our friends! But one cup; I'll drink for | Oh, they are our Friends: but one Cup, Ile drinke for |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.35 | I have drunk but one cup tonight, and that was | I haue drunke but one Cup to night, and that was |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.44 | If I can fasten but one cup upon him, | If I can fasten but one Cup vpon him |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.54 | Have I tonight flustered with flowing cups, | Haue I to night fluster'd with flowing Cups, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.298 | Every inordinate cup is unblessed and the ingredience | Euery inordinate cup is vnbless'd, and the Ingredient |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.354 | Farewell! Othello's occupation's gone. | Farewell: Othello's Occupation's gone. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.39 | Here they stand martyrs slain in Cupid's wars; | Heere they stand Martyrs slaine in Cupids Warres: |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.52 | O, let those cities that of plenty's cup | O let those Cities that of plenties cup, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.50 | Here with a cup that's stored unto the brim, | Heere, with a Cup that's stur'd vnto the brim, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.164 | Where art thou, keeper? Give me a cup of wine. | Where art thou Keeper? Giue me a cup of wine. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.209 | With Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit, | With Cupids arrow, she hath Dians wit: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.79 | Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine. Rest | Mountagues I pray come and crush a cup of wine. Rest |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.4 | We'll have no Cupid hoodwinked with a scarf, | Weele haue no Cupid, hood winkt with a skarfe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.17 | You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings | You are a Louer, borrow Cupids wings, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.7 | the court-cupboard; look to the plate. Good thou, save | the Court-cubbord, looke to the Plate: good thou, saue |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.13 | Young Abraham Cupid, he that shot so trim | Young Abraham Cupid he that shot so true, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.97 | meant indeed to occupy the argument no longer. | meant indeed to occupie the argument no longer. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.8 | And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings. | And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.8 | and by the operation of the second cup draws him on the | and by the operation of the second cup, drawes him on the |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.161 | What's here? A cup, closed in my true love's hand? | What's here? A cup clos'd in my true lo:es hand? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.2 | Will't please your lordship drink a cup of sack? | Wilt please your Lord drink a cup of sacke? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.151 | There, take it to you, trenchers, cups, and all. | There, take it to you, trenchers, cups, and all: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.157 | No occupation: all men idle, all, | No occupation, all men idle, all: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.120 | Enter Cupid | Enter Cupid with the Maske of Ladies. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.126 | Exit Cupid | |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.129.1 | Music. Enter Cupid with a Masque of Ladies as | Enter the Maskers of |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.154 | Exeunt Cupid and Ladies | Exeunt. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.108 | Cupid, Cupid, Cupid! | Cupid, Cupid, Cupid. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.13 | From Cupid's shoulder pluck his painted wings, | From Cupids shoulder plucke his painted wings, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.73 | Cupid's pageant there is presented no monster. | Cupids Pageant there is presented no monster. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.208 | And Cupid grant all tongue-tied maidens here | And Cupid grant all tong-tide Maidens heere, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.222 | Sweet, rouse yourself, and the weak wanton Cupid | Sweete, rouse your selfe; and the weake wanton Cupid |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.180 | He'll tickle it for his concupy. | Heele tickle it for his concupie. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.77 | O knight, thou lack'st a cup of canary. When | O knight, thou lack'st a cup of Canarie: when |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.85 | Loaden with kisses, armed with thousand Cupids, | Loden with kisses, armd with thousand Cupids |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.313 | His cupbearer – whom I from meaner form | His Cup-bearer, whom I from meaner forme |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.316 | How I am galled – mightst bespice a cup | How I am gall'd, might'st be-spice a Cup, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.345 | And with your queen. I am his cupbearer. | And with your Queene: I am his Cup-bearer, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.39 | In being so blest! There may be in the cup | In being so blest? There may be in the Cup |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.294 | occupation. Have at it with you. | occupation: Haue at it with you: |