| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.79 | No more than a fish loves water. Is not this a | No more then a fish loues water. Is not this a |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.8 | eat no fish of Fortune's buttering. Prithee, allow the | eate no Fish of Fortunes butt'ring. Prethee alow the |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.20 | not a musk-cat, that has fallen into the unclean fishpond | not a Muscat, that ha's falne into the vncleane fish-pond |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.4 | This is the news: he fishes, drinks, and wastes | This is the newes: He fishes, drinkes, and wastes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.12 | Tawny-finned fishes. My bended hook shall pierce | Tawny fine fishes, my bended hooke shall pierce |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.17 | Did hang a salt fish on his hook, which he | did hang a salt fish on his hooke which he |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.16 | I think so, Charmian. Dull of tongue, and dwarfish. | I thinke so Charmian: dull of tongue, & dwarfish |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.112 | By fishermen of Corinth, as we thought. | By Fishermen of Corinth, as we thought. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.116 | And would have reft the fishers of their prey | And would haue reft the Fishers of their prey, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.18 | The beasts, the fishes, and the winged fowls, | The beasts, the fishes, and the winged fowles |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.23 | Of more pre-eminence than fish and fowls, | Of more preheminence then fish and fowles, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.22 | O, Signor Balthasar, either at flesh or fish | Oh signior Balthazar, either at flesh or fish, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.79 | Ay, when fowls have no feathers, and fish have no fin. | I, when fowles haue no feathers, and fish haue no fin. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.82 | For a fish without a fin, there's a fowl without a feather. – | For a fish without a finne, ther's a fowle without a fether, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.358 | But by and by rude fishermen of Corinth | But by and by, rude Fishermen of Corinth |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.34 | As is the osprey to the fish, who takes it | As is the Aspray to the Fish, who takes it |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.36 | Poor tributary rivers as sweet fish: | Poore Tributary Riuers, as sweet Fish: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.153 | And tell the fishes he's the queen's son, Cloten. | And tell the Fishes, hee's the Queenes Sonne, Cloten, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.174 | Excellent well. You are a fishmonger. | Excellent, excellent well: y'are a Fishmonger. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.189 | a fishmonger. 'A is far gone, far gone. And truly in my | a Fishmonger: he is farre gone, farre gone: and truly in my |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.26 | A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.27 | king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.241 | neat's tongue, you bull's-pizzle, you stockfish! O for | Neats tongue, Bulles-pissell, you stocke-fish: O for |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.145 | And of a dragon and a finless fish, | And of a Dragon, and a finne-lesse Fish, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.125 | Why? She's neither fish nor flesh, a man knows | Why? She's neither fish nor flesh; a man knowes |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.200 | As fish are in a pond. But now the Bishop | As Fish are in a Pond. But now the Bishop |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.31 | with one Sampson Stockfish, a fruiterer, behind Gray's | with one Sampson Stock-fish, a Fruiterer, behinde Greyes- |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.91 | making many fish meals, that they fall into a kind of | and making many Fish-Meales, that they fall into a kinde of |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.107 | Pucelle or pussel, Dolphin or dogfish, | Puzel or Pussel, Dolphin or Dog-fish, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.1 | Up Fish Street! Down Saint Magnus' Corner! | Vp Fish-streete, downe Saint Magnes corner, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.22 | Showed like a mine. Their dwarfish pages were | Shew'd like a Mine. Their Dwarfish Pages were |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.79 | As ravenous fishes, do a vessel follow | As rau'nous Fishes doe a Vessell follow |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.86 | A very fresh fish here – fie, fie, fie upon | A very fresh Fish heere; fye, fye, fye vpon |
| King John | KJ V.ii.135 | To whip this dwarfish war, this pygmy arms, | To whip this dwarfish warre, this Pigmy Armes |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.17 | fish. | fish. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.17 | The fishermen that walk upon the beach | The Fishermen, that walk'd vpon the beach |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.22.1 | Upon a dwarfish thief. | Vpon a dwarfish Theefe. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.103 | he was begot between two stockfishes. But it is certain | he was begot betweene two Stock-fishes. But it is certaine, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.101 | But fish not with this melancholy bait | But fish not with this melancholly baite |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.48 | To bait fish withal. If it will feed nothing else, | To baite fish withall, if it will feede nothing else, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.20 | The luce is the fresh fish. The salt fish is an | The Luse is the fresh-fish, the salt-fish, is an |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.90 | liquor fishermen's boots with me. I warrant they would | liquor Fishermens-boots with me: I warrant they would |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.295 | Because I am so dwarfish and so low? | Because I am so dwarfish, and so low? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.111 | this fish will bite. | this fish will bite. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.26 | The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish | The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish |
| Pericles | Per II.i.12.2 | Enter three Fishermen | Enter three Fisher-men. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.25 | They say they're half fish, half flesh. A plague on them, | They say they're halfe fish, halfe flesh: / A plague on them, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.27 | marvel how the fishes live in the sea? | maruell how the Fishes liue in the Sea? |
| Pericles | Per II.i.49 | These fishers tell the infirmities of men, | These Fishers tell the infirmities of men, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.52 | Peace be at your labour, honest fishermen! | Peace be at your labour, honest Fisher-men. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.66 | Canst thou catch any fishes then? | Canst thou catch any Fishes then? |
| Pericles | Per II.i.70 | fish for't. | fish for't. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.81 | home, and we'll have flesh for holidays, fish for fasting-days, | home, and wee'le haue Flesh for all day, Fish for fasting-dayes |
| Pericles | Per II.i.94 | Exit Second and Third Fisherman | |
| Pericles | Per II.i.117 | Enter the two Fishermen, drawing up a net | Enter the two Fisher-men, drawing vp a Net. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.117 | Help, master, help! Here's a fish | Helpe Maister helpe; heere's a Fish |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.25 | A thousand men that fishes gnawed upon; | A thousand men that Fishes gnaw'd vpon: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.29 | 'Tis well thou art not fish; if thou hadst, thou | 'Tis well thou art not Fish: If thou had'st, thou |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.40 | yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his pencil | Yard, and the Tayler with his Last, the Fisher with his Pensill, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.90 | The fish lives in the sea, and 'tis much pride | The fish liues in the Sea, and 'tis much pride |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.38 | flesh, how art thou fishified! Now is he for the numbers | flesh, how art thou fishified? Now is he for the numbers |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.44 | Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves | Of ill shap'd fishes, and about his shelues, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.106 | That ‘ sort ’ was well fished for. | That sort was well fish'd for. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.114 | Of Naples and of Milan, what strange fish | Of Naples and of Millaine, what strange fish |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.24 | by pailfuls. What have we here? A man or a fish? Dead | by paile-fuls. What haue we here, a man, or a fish? dead |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.25 | or alive? A fish! He smells like a fish; a very ancient and | or aliue? a fish, hee smels like a fish: a very ancient and |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.26 | fishlike smell; a kind of not-of-the-newest poor-John. | fish-like smell: a kinde of, not of the newest poore-Iohn: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.27 | A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, | a strange fish: were I in England now (as once I was) |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.28 | and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but | and had but this fish painted; not a holiday-foole there but |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.35 | fish, but an islander that hath lately suffered by a | fish, but an Islander, that hath lately suffered by a |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.158 | I'll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough. | I'le fish for thee; and get thee wood enough. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.176 | No more dams I'll make for fish, | No more dams I'le make for fish, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.25 | case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, | case to iustle a Constable: why, thou debosh'd Fish |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.28 | being but half a fish and half a monster? | being but halfe a Fish, and halfe a Monster? |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.70 | I'll turn my mercy out o' doors, and make a stockfish of | Ile turne my mercie out o' doores, and make a / Stockfish of |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.266 | Is a plain fish, and no doubt marketable. | Is a plaine Fish, and no doubt marketable. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.425 | As beasts, and birds, and fishes. | As Beasts, and Birds, and Fishes. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.426 | Nor on the beasts themselves, the birds, and fishes; | Nor on the Beasts themselues, the Birds & Fishes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.91 | Than baits to fish, or honey-stalks to sheep, | Then baites to fish, or honystalkes to sheepe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.263 | very land-fish, languageless, a monster. A plague of | very land-fish, languagelesse, a monster: a plague of |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.102 | Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, | Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.18 | No, they are both as whole as a fish. | No; they are both as whole as a fish. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.115 | Must know the centre too; he that will fish | Must know the Center too; he that will fish |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.138 | Soon as they move, as ospreys do the fish, | Soone as they mooves as Asprayes doe the fish, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.64 | Through a small glade cut by the fishermen, | Through a small glade cut by the Fisher men, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.195 | And his pond fished by his next neighbour, by | And his Pond fish'd by his next Neighbor (by |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.273 | Here's another ballad, of a fish that appeared | Here's another ballad of a Fish, that appeared |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.277 | a woman, and was turned into a cold fish for she would | a Woman, and was turn'd into a cold fish, for she wold |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.82 | though not the fish – was when at the relation of the | though not the Fish) was, when at the Relation of the |