| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.14.2 | Take this purse of gold, | Take this purse of Gold, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.42 | Hold thee, there's my purse. I give thee not this | Hold thee there's my purse, I giue thee not this |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.192 | pursed up his heart, upon the river of Cydnus. | purst vp his heart vpon the Riuer of Sidnis. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.11 | you, for I think you have no money in your purse. | you, for I thinke you haue no money in your purse. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.21 | Yes, I think he is not a pick-purse nor a horse-stealer, | Yes, I thinke he is not a picke purse, nor a horsestealer, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.106 | There is a purse of ducats. Let her send it. | There is a purse of Duckets, let her send it: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.29 | Here, go – the desk, the purse, sweet, now, make haste. |
Here goe: the deske, the purse, sweet now make haste. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.85 | Went'st not thou to her for a purse of ducats? | Wentst not thou to her for a purse of Duckets. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.385 | This purse of ducats I received from you, | This purse of Duckets I receiu'd from you, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.135 | In your despite, upon your purse – Revenge it. | In your despight, vpon your purse: reuenge it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.124 | Give me thy hand, here's my purse. Hast any of thy | Giue mee thy hand, heere's my purse. Hast any of thy |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.113 | This Cloten was a fool, an empty purse, | This Cloten was a Foole, an empty purse, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.164 | that you are paid too much: purse and brain, both | that you are payed too much: Purse and Braine, both |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.166 | purse too light, being drawn of heaviness. O, of this | Purse too light, being drawne of heauinesse. Oh, of this |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.70 | Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, | Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy; |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.100 | A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, | A Cutpurse of the Empire and the Rule. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.49 | I had my father's signet in my purse, | I had my fathers Signet in my Purse, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.129 | His purse is empty already. | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.14 | that take purses go by the moon and the seven stars, and | that take Purses, go by the Moone and seuen Starres, and |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.33 | moon. As for proof? Now, a purse of gold most resolutely | Moone: as for proofe. Now a Purse of Gold most resolutely |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.98 | Where shall we take a purse tomorrow, | Where shall we take a purse to morrow, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.103 | praying to purse-taking. | Praying, to Purse-taking. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.126 | London with fat purses. I have vizards for you all – you | London with fat Purses. I haue vizards for you all; you |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.130 | go, I will stuff your purses full of crowns. If you will | go, I will stuffe your Purses full of Crownes: if you will |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.49 | ‘ At hand, quoth pick-purse.’ | At hand quoth Pick-purse. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.52 | purses than giving direction doth from labouring. Thou | Purses, then giuing direction, doth from labouring. Thou |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.316 | Hot livers, and cold purses. | Hot Liuers, and cold Purses. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.402 | Shall the son of England prove a thief, and take purses? A | Shall the Sonne of England proue a Theefe, and take Purses? a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.236 | What money is in my purse? | What money is in my purse? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.239 | the purse; borrowing only lingers and lingers it out, | the purse. Borrowing onely lingers, and lingers it out, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.114 | and made her serve your uses both in purse and in | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.124 | Away, you cutpurse rascal, you filthy bung, away! | Away you Cut-purse Rascall, you filthy Bung, away: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.27 | i'th' court is better than a penny in purse. Use his men | i'th Court, is better then a penny in purse. Vse his men |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.10 | That he should, for a foreign purse, so sell | That he should for a forraigne purse, so sell |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.61 | remember him now – a bawd, a cutpurse. | remember him now: a Bawd, a Cut-purse. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.37 | And crowns for convoy put into his purse. | And Crownes for Conuoy put into his Purse: |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.82 | And something lean to cutpurse of quick hand. | and something leane to Cut-purse of quicke hand: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.64 | O'ercharging your free purses with large fines; | O're-charging your free Purses with large Fines; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.110 | Agrees not with the leanness of his purse. | Agrees not with the leannesse of his purse. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.33 | pursuivant presently. We'll hear more of your matter | Purseuant presently: wee'le heare more of your matter |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.117 | Have I disbursed to the garrisons, | Haue I dis-pursed to the Garrisons, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.115.1 | Enter Cardinal Wolsey, the purse borne before him, | Enter Cardinall Wolsey, the Purse borne before him, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.1.7 | purse, with the great seal, and a cardinal's hat; then | Purse, with the great Seale, and a Cardinals Hat: Then |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.5 | 3. Lord Chancellor, with purse and mace before him | 3 Lord Chancellor, with Purse and Mace before him. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.23 | Who holds his state at door, 'mongst pursuivants, | Who holds his State at dore 'mongst Purseuants, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.116 | Go, Lod'wick, put thy hand into thy purse, | King. Goe Lodwike, put thy hand into thy purse, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.61 | Into the purse of rich prosperity | Into the purse of rich prosperity |
| King Lear | KL III.i.45 | Than my out-wall, open this purse and take | Then my out-wall; open this Purse, and take |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.90 | Nor cutpurses come not to throngs, | Nor Cut-purses come not to throngs; |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.63 | Here, take this purse, thou whom the heavens' plagues | Here take this purse, yu whom the heau'ns plagues |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.28 | Here, friend, 's another purse; in it a jewel | Heere Friend's another purse: in it, a Iewell |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.147 | nor no money in your purse? Your eyes are in a heavy | nor no mony in your purse? Your eyes are in a heauy |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.148 | case, your purse in a light; yet you see how this world | case, your purse in a light, yet you see how this world |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.246 | Slave, thou hast slain me. Villain, take my purse. | Slaue thou hast slaine me: Villain, take my purse; |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.207 | Are pick-purses in love, and we deserve to die. | Are picke-purses in Loue, and we deserue to die. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.69 | purse of wit, thou pigeon-egg of discretion. O, an the | purse of wit, thou Pidgeon-egge of discretion. O & the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.488.1 | For every one pursents three. | For euerie one pursents three. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.138 | My purse, my person, my extremest means | My purse, my person, my extreamest meanes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.171 | And I will go and purse the ducats straight, | And I will goe and purse the ducats straite. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.49 | His borrowed purse. Well, Jessica, go in. | His borrowed purse. Well Iessica goe in, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.141 | Pistol, did you pick Master Slender's purse? | Pistoll, did you picke M. Slenders purse? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.148 | No, it is false, if it is a pick-purse. | No, it is false, if it is a picke-purse. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.49 | her husband's purse. He hath a legion of angels. | her husbands Purse: he hath a legend of Angels. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.63 | another letter to her. She bears the purse too. She is a | another letter to her: She beares the Purse too: She is a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.178 | There is either liquor in his pate or money in his purse | there is eyther liquor in his pate, or mony in his purse, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.128 | There's my purse – I am yet thy debtor. Boy, go along | there's my purse, I am yet thy debter: Boy, goe along |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.135 | into a halfpenny purse, nor into a pepperbox. But, lest | into a halfe-penny purse, nor into a Pepper-Boxe: But least |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.14 | money enough in his purse, such a man would win any | money enough in his purse, such a man would winne any |
| Othello | Oth I.i.2 | That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse | That thou (Iago) who hast had my purse, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.336 | now. Put money in thy purse. Follow thou these wars; | now. Put Money in thy purse: follow thou the Warres, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.338 | money in thy purse. It cannot be that Desdemona should | Money in thy purse. It cannot be long that Desdemona should |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.340 | purse – nor he his to her. It was a violent commencement, | purse: nor he his to her. It was a violent Commencement in her, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.342 | put but money in thy purse. These Moors are changeable | put but Money in thy purse. These Moores are changeable |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.343 | in their wills – fill thy purse with money. The food | in their wils: fill thy purse with Money. The Food |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.348 | purse. If thou wilt needs damn thyself, do it a more | purse. If thou wilt needs damne thy selfe, do it a more |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.375 | Go to; farewell. Put money enough in your purse. | |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.377 | Thus do I ever make my fool my purse: | Thus do I euer make my Foole, my purse: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.112 | And didst contract and purse thy brow together, | And didd'st contract, and purse thy brow together, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.156 | Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; | Who steales my purse, steales trash: / 'Tis something, nothing; |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.25 | Believe me, I had rather have lost my purse | Beleeue me, I had rather haue lost my purse |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.45 | Your personal pain, but even your purse, still open, | your personall payne, / But euen your Purse still open, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.129 | Lies in their purses, and whoso empties them | Lies in their purses, and who so empties them, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.129 | O, in the Duke of Gloucester's | O, in the Duke of Glousters purse. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.130 | purse. | |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.131 | When he opens his purse to give us | When hee opens his purse to giue vs |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.142 | restore a purse of gold that by chance I found. It beggars | restore a Pursse of Gold that (by chance) I found: It beggars |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.106 | Throws him his purse | Throwes him his Purse. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.514 | There is my purse to cure that blow of thine. | There is my Purse, to cure that Blow of thine. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.56 | Crowns in my purse I have, and goods at home, | Crownes in my purse I haue, and goods at home, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.167 | Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor, | Our purses shall be proud, our garments poore: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.193 | Nor will he know his purse, or yield me this, | Nor will he know his Purse, or yeeld me this, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.70 | And kept his credit with his purse, | And kept his credit with his purse: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.15 | 'Tis deepest winter in Lord Timon's purse; | 'Tis deepest Winter in Lord Timons purse, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.12 | Like empty purses picked. And his poor self, | Like empty purses pickt; and his poore selfe |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.6.2 | Thou, trumpet, there's my purse. | Thou, Trumpet, ther's my purse; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.29 | flap for a sore eye, thou tassel of a prodigal's purse, | flap for a sore eye, thou tassell of a Prodigals purse |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.273 | I am no fee'd post, lady; keep your purse. | I am no feede poast, Lady; keepe your purse, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.39 | It doth not fit me. Hold, sir, here's my purse. | It doth not fit me: hold sir, here's my purse, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.44 | Why I your purse? | Why I your purse? |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.48 | I'll be your purse-bearer, and leave you for | Ile be your purse-bearer, and leaue you |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.326 | Makes me to ask you for my purse? It grieves me | Makes me to aske you for my purse. It greeues mee |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.88 | While one would wink; denied me mine own purse | While one would winke: denide me mine owne purse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.125 | And yet it cannot overtake your slow purse. | And yet it cannot ouer-take your slow purse. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.128 | Open your purse, that the money and the matter | Open your purse, that the money, and the matter |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.340 | she is slow of; of her purse, she shall not, for that I'll | she is slow of: of her purse, shee shall not, for that ile |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.173 | Here, youth; there is my purse; I give thee this | Here youth: there is my purse; I giue thee this |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.267 | Thou art baser in it than a cutpurse. | Thou art baser in it then a Cutpurse; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.36 | usurers' grease, amongst a whole million of cutpurses, | Vsurers grease, amongst a whole million of / Cutpurses, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.32 | He gives Gaoler his purse | |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.36.1 | They give their purses | They give their purses. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.116 | Your purse is not hot enough to purchase your spice. | Your purse is not hot enough to purchase your Spice: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.599 | the buyer; by which means I saw whose purse was best | the buyer: by which meanes, I saw whose Purse was best |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.607 | geld a codpiece of a purse; I would have filed keys off | gueld a Cod-peece of a Purse: I would haue fill'd Keyes of |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.611 | purses; and had not the old man come in with a hubbub | Purses: And had not the old-man come in with a Whoo-bub |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.613 | choughs from the chaff, I had not left a purse alive in | Chowghes from the Chaffe, I had not left a Purse aliue in |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.668 | for a cutpurse; a good nose is requisite also, to smell out | for a Cut-purse; a good Nose is requisite also, to smell out |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.798 | inside of your purse to the outside of his hand, and no | in-side of your Purse to the out-side of his hand, and no |