| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.137 | Oft does them by the weakest minister. | Oft does them by the weakest minister: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.186 | That ministers thine own death if I die. | That ministers thine owne death if I die. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.33 | And debile minister, great power, great | And debile minister great power, great |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.88 | To do you justice, makes his ministers | To do you Iustice, makes his Ministers |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.23 | May be a coward's, whose ministers would prevail | May be a Cowards, whose Ministers would preuaile |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.20 | Not by a public minister of justice | Not by a publike minister of Iustice, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.4 | A minister of her will. And it is great | A minister of her will: and it is great |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.127 | That to your wanting may be ministered. | That to your wanting may be ministred. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.101 | And, mutually participate, did minister | And mutually participate, did minister |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.98 | Of dreaded justice, but on the ministers | Of dreaded Iustice, but on the Ministers |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.45 | As we do air, fast as 'twas ministered, | As we do ayre, fast as 'twas ministred, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.76 | To him the other two shall minister, | To him the other two shall minister, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.72 | Sweet words; or hath moe ministers than we | Sweet words; or hath moe ministers then we |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.39 | Angels and ministers of grace defend us! | Angels and Ministers of Grace defend vs: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.176 | That I must be their scourge and minister. | That I must be their Scourge and Minister. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.237 | A ministering angel shall my sister be | A Ministring Angell shall my Sister be, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.128 | patient. Your lordship may minister the potion of | Patient: your Lordship may minister the Potion of |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.86 | our minister was by then – ‘ Neighbour Quickly,’ says | our Minister, was by then: Neighbour Quickly (sayes |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.93 | Thou foul accursed minister of hell! | Thou fowle accursed minister of Hell. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.31 | And overjoy of heart doth minister. | And ouer ioy of heart doth minister. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.355 | And, for a minister of my intent, | And for a minister of my intent, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.34 | Whom angry heavens do make their minister, | Whom angry heauens do make their minister, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.86 | But minister communication of | But minister communication of |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.108 | A minister in his power. You know his nature, | A Minister in his Power. You know his Nature, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.137 | Whose minister you are, whiles here He lived | Whose Minister you are, whiles heere he liu'd |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.62 | Three ways these dreadful ministers of wrath | Three waies these dredfull ministers of wrath, |
| King John | KJ V.i.15 | That present medicine must be ministered, | That present medcine must be ministred, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.21 | But yet I call you servile ministers, | But yet I call you Seruile Ministers, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.46 | And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers, | And take my Milke for Gall, you murth'ring Ministers, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.40 | Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, | Can'st thou not Minister to a minde diseas'd, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.46 | Must minister to himself. | Must minister to himselfe. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.107 | Producing forth the cruel ministers | Producing forth the cruell Ministers |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.86 | With less respect than we do minister | With lesse respect then we doe minister |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.7 | The nature of their crimes, that I may minister | The nature of their crimes, that I may minister |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.v.6 | As cause doth minister. Go call at Flavius' house, | As cause doth minister: Goe call at Flauia's house, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.115 | Then, O you blessed ministers above, | Then oh you blessed Ministers aboue |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.206 | be any further afflicted, we two will still be the ministers. | be any further afflicted, wee two will still bee the ministers. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.291 | How sweetly you do minister to love, | How sweetly doe you minister to loue, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.342 | minister such assistance as I shall give you direction. | minister such assistance as I shall giue you direction. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.261 | more favourably minister. | more fauorably minister. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.8 | If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, | If I quench thee, thou flaming Minister, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.68 | That ministers a potion unto me | That ministers a potion vnto me: |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.8 | There's nothing can be ministered to nature | There's nothing can be ministred to Nature, |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.41 | An angry arm against His minister. | An angry arme against his Minister. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.182 | To keep the oath that we administer: | To keepe the Oath that we administer: |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.104 | And minister correction to thy fault! | And minister correction to thy Fault. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.46 | Avaunt, thou dreadful minister of hell! | Auant thou dreadfull minister of Hell; |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.293 | And all their ministers attend on him. | And all their Ministers attend on him. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.223 | Who made thee then a bloody minister | Who made thee then a bloudy minister, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.114 | Make us Thy ministers of chastisement, | Make vs thy ministers of Chasticement, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.25 | Subtly hath ministered to have me dead, | Subtilly hath ministred to haue me dead, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.131 | The ministers for th' purpose hurried thence | The ministers for th' purpose hurried thence |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.275 | By help of her more potent ministers, | By helpe of her more potent Ministers, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.177 | minister occasion to these gentlemen, who are of such | minister occasion to these Gentlemen, who are of such |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.62 | Are ministers of Fate. The elements, | Are ministers of Fate, the Elements |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.66 | One dowle that's in my plume. My fellow ministers | One dowle that's in my plumbe: My fellow ministers |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.88 | And observation strange, my meaner ministers | And obseruation strange, my meaner ministers |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.17 | With full and holy rite be ministered, | With full and holy right, be ministred, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.136 | And that unaptness made your minister | And that vnaptnesse made your minister |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.6 | And minister in their steads. To general filths | And minister in their steeds, to generall Filthes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.60 | These are my ministers, and come with me. | These are my Ministers, and come with me. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.61 | Are they thy ministers? What are they called? | Are them thy Ministers, what are they call'd? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.133 | And take my ministers along with me. | And take my Ministers along with me. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.4 | Fraught with the ministers and instruments | Fraught with the ministers and instruments |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.82 | and minister occasion to him, he is gagged. I protest I | and minister occasion to him, he is gag'd. I protest I |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.92 | darkness, send ministers to me – asses! – and do all they | darkenesse, send Ministers to me, Asses, and doe all they |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.94 | Advise you what you say. The minister is here. | Aduise you what you say: the Minister is heere. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.148 | And I must minister the like to you. | And I must minister the like to you. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.38 | From our kind air, to them unkind, and minister | From our kinde aire, to them unkinde, and minister |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.59 | minister to. | minister to. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.66.1 | Than minister to such harm! | Then minister to such harme, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.50 | But durst not tempt a minister of honour | But durst not tempt a minister of honour |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.158 | Camillo for the minister to poison | Camillo for the minister, to poyson |