| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.34 | metal this counterfeit lump of ore will be melted, if you | mettle this counterfeyt lump of ours will be melted if you |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.33 | Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch | Let Rome in Tyber melt, and the wide Arch |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.34 | The gold I give thee will I melt and pour | The Gold I giue thee, will I melt and powr |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.78 | Melt Egypt into Nile, and kindly creatures | Melt Egypt into Nyle: and kindly creatures |
| 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, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.22 | Their wishes, do discandy, melt their sweets | Their wishes, do dis-Candie, melt their sweets |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.63 | The crown o'th' earth doth melt. My lord! | The Crowne o'th'earth doth melt. My Lord? |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.31 | parts melted away with rotten dews, the fourth would | parts melted away with rotten Dewes, the fourth would |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.83 | To melt the city leads upon your pates, | To melt the Citty Leades vpon your pates, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.32 | You are the musty chaff, and you are smelt | You are the musty Chaffe, and you are smelt |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.28 | Which can make gods forsworn? I melt, and am not | Which can make Gods forsworne? I melt, and am not |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.20 | Nay, followed him, till he had melted from | Nay, followed him, till he had melted from |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.16 | To have smelt like a fool. | To haue smell'd like a Foole. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.129 | O that this too too sullied flesh would melt, | Oh that this too too solid Flesh, would melt, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.86 | And melt in her own fire. Proclaim no shame | And melt in her owne fire. Proclaime no shame, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.197 | And smelt so? Pah! | And smelt so? Puh. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.117 | butter – pitiful-hearted Titan! – that melted at the sweet | Butter, pittifull hearted Titan that melted at the sweete |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.205 | Nay, if you melt, then will she run mad. | Nay, if thou melt, then will she runne madde. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.28 | assure him. What said Master Dommelton about the | assure him. What said M. Dombledon, about the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.359 | Borne with black vapour, doth begin to melt | Borne with black Vapour, doth begin to melt, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.48 | Weary of solid firmness, melt itself | (Wearie of solide firmenesse) melt it selfe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.32 | Open as day for melting charity; | Open (as Day) for melting Charitie: |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.50 | Rush on his host, as doth the melted snow | Rush on his Hoast, as doth the melted Snow |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.126 | For I should melt at an offender's tears, | For I should melt at an Offendors teares, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.223 | Free lords, cold snow melts with the sun's hot beams: | Free Lords: / Cold Snow melts with the Sunnes hot Beames: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.174 | And that will quickly dry thy melting tears. | And that will quickly drie thy melting Teares. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.170 | Have wrought the easy-melting King like wax. | Haue wrought the easie-melting King, like Wax. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.41 | Successful fortune, steel thy melting heart | Successefull Fortune steele thy melting heart, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.46 | I, that did never weep, now melt with woe | I that did neuer weepe, now melt with wo, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.6 | And, now I fall, thy tough commixture melts, | And now I fall. Thy tough Commixtures melts, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.51 | As red as fire! Nay, then her wax must melt. | As red as fire? nay then, her Wax must melt. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.12.1 | Melt and lament for her. | Melt and lament for her. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.122 | The melting spirits of women, then, countrymen, | The melting Spirits of women. Then Countrymen, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.42 | With that which melteth fools – I mean sweet words, | With that which melteth Fooles, I meane sweet words, |
| King John | KJ II.i.477 | Lest zeal, now melted by the windy breath | Least zeale now melted by the windie breath |
| King John | KJ V.ii.47 | My heart hath melted at a lady's tears, | My heart hath melted at a Ladies teares, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.102 | peace at my bidding; there I found 'em, there I smelt | peace at my bidding, there I found 'em, there I smelt |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.81 | Melted, as breath into the wind. Would they had stayed! | Melted, as breath into the Winde. Would they had stay'd. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.173 | though she smelt brown bread and garlic. Say that I | though she smelt browne-bread and Garlicke: say that I |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.63 | lust have melted him in his own grease. Did you ever | lust haue melted him in his owne greace: Did you euer |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.89 | they would melt me out of my fat drop by drop, and | they would melt mee out of my fat drop by drop, and |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.245 | So he dissolved, and showers of oaths did melt. | So he dissolu'd, and showres of oathes did melt, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.165 | Melted as the snow, seems to me now | (melted as the snow) / Seems to me now |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.215 | fire cannot melt out of me; I will die in it at the stake. | fire cannot melt out of me, I will die in it at the stake. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.165 | Against whose charms faith melteth into blood. | Against whose charmes, faith melteth into blood: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.314 | is melted into curtsies, valour into compliment, and | is melted into cursies, valour into complement, and |
| Othello | Oth II.i.8 | What ribs of oak, when mountains melt on them, | What ribbes of Oake, when Mountaines melt on them, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.190 | I think upon't, I think – I smell't – O villainy! | I thinke vpon't, I thinke: I smel't: O Villany: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.345 | Albeit unused to the melting mood, | Albeit vn-vsed to the melting moode, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.7 | Even women have cast off, melt thee, but be | euen women haue cast off, melt thee, but be |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.43 | Melt, and no more be seen. O, come, be buried | melt, and no more be seene, O come, be buried |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.261 | To melt myself away in water-drops! | To melt my selfe away in Water-drops. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.35 | The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, | The hearts of men, they must perforce haue melted, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.7 | Melting with tenderness and mild compassion, | Melted with tendernesse, and milde compassion, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.21 | For this, being smelt, with that part cheers each part; | For this being smelt, with that part cheares each part, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.285 | And melt ere they molest. Here lies your brother, | And melt ere they mollest: Heere lies your Brother, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.27 | Our worser genius can, shall never melt | Our worser Genius can, shall neuer melt |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.150 | Are melted into air, into thin air; | Are melted into Ayre, into thin Ayre, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.178 | As they smelt music. So I charmed their ears | As they smelt musicke, so I charm'd their eares |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.66 | Melting the darkness, so their rising senses | (Melting the darkenesse) so their rising sences |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.257 | In general riot, melted down thy youth | In generall Riot, melted downe thy youth |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.20 | In winter with warm tears I'll melt the snow | In Winter with warme teares Ile melt the snow, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.212 | When they do hug him in their melting bosoms. | When they do hug him in their melting bosomes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.51 | And tears will quickly melt thy life away. | And teares will quickly melt thy life away. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.160 | To melt in showers. Thy grandsire loved thee well: | To melt in showres: thy Grandsire lou'd thee well: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.224 | A sea of melting pearl, which some call tears; | A Sea of melting pearle, which some call teares; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.9 | A little time will melt her frozen thoughts, | A little time will melt her frozen thoughts, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.19 | chamber smelt him. ‘ Out with the dog!’ says one; | chamber smelt him: out with the dog (saies one) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.108 | Melts into drops; so sorrow wanting form | Melts into drops, so sorrow wanting forme |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.36 | She melted into air. Affrighted much, | She melted into Ayre. Affrighted much, |