| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.164 | Moist Hesperus hath quenched her sleepy lamp, | Moist Hesperus hath quench'd her sleepy Lampe: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.173 | Great pails of puddled mire to quench the hair. | Great pailes of puddled myre to quench the haire; |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.196 | This is the way to kindle, not to quench. | this is the way to kindle, not to quench. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.69 | here's water to quench it. I was hardly moved to come | heere's water to quench it. I was hardly moued to come |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.47 | She will not quench, and let instructions enter | She will not quench, and let instructions enter |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.195 | 'Twixt amorous and villainous. Being thus quenched | 'Twixt Amorous, and Villanous. Being thus quench'd |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.26 | Quenching the flame of bold rebellion | Quenching the flame of bold Rebellion, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.28 | I dare your quenchless fury to more rage; | I dare your quenchlesse furie to more rage: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.80 | Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heart; | Scarse serues to quench my Furnace-burning hart: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.84 | And burns me up with flames that tears would quench. | And burnes me vp with flames, that tears would quench. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.8 | Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench. | Which being suffer'd, Riuers cannot quench. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.148 | If with the sap of reason you would quench | If with the sap of reason you would quench, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.80 | Which God's dew quench! Therefore I say again, | (Which Gods dew quench) therefore, I say againe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.15 | To quench mine honour. They would shame to make me | To quench mine Honor; they would shame to make me |
| King John | KJ III.i.345 | To ashes, ere our blood shall quench that fire. | To ashes, ere our blood shall quench that fire: |
| King John | KJ IV.i.63 | And quench his fiery indignation | And quench this fierie indignation, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.60 | And quenched the stelled fires; | And quench'd the Stelled fires: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.2 | What hath quenched them hath given me fire. – Hark! – Peace! | What hath quench'd them, hath giuen me fire. Hearke, peace: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.242 | in all reason should have quenched her love, hath, like | in all reason should haue quenched her loue) hath (like |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.162 | Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, | Quencht in the chaste beames of the watry Moone; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.237 | Will quench the wonder of her infamy; | Will quench the wonder of her infamie. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.15 | And quench the guards of th' ever-fixed Pole. | And quench the Guards of th'euer-fixed Pole: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.8 | If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, | If I quench thee, thou flaming Minister, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.4 | That were to blow at fire in hope to quench it, | That were to blow at fire in hope to quench it, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.5 | Thy deafening, dreadful thunders, gently quench | Thy deafning dreadfull thunders, gently quench |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.119 | blushes of hers must be quenched with some present | blushes of hers must bee quencht with some present |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.108 | That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire | That hand shall burne in neuer-quenching fire, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.84 | That quench the fire of your pernicious rage | That quench the fire of your pernitious Rage, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.29 | And quench the fire, the room is grown too hot. | And quench the fire, the Roome is growne too hot. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.24 | And with satiety seeks to quench his thirst. | And with sacietie seekes to quench his thirst. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.134 | And bid the owners quench them with their tears. | And bid the Owners quench them with the teares: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.65 | I extend my hand to him thus – quenching | I extend my hand to him thus: quenching |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.20 | As seek to quench the fire of love with words. | As seeke to quench the fire of Loue with words. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.21 | I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, | I doe not seeke to quench your Loues hot fire, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.61 | With labour, and the thing she took to quench it: | With labour, and the thing she tooke to quench it |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.67 | Come, quench your blushes and present yourself | Come, quench your blushes, and present your selfe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.107 | Would she begin a sect, might quench the zeal | Would she begin a Sect, might quench the zeale |