| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.43 | The April's in her eyes; it is love's spring, | The Aprill's in her eyes, it is Loues spring, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.18 | In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, | In the spring time, the onely pretty rang time. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.20 | Sweet lovers love the spring. | Sweet Louers loue the spring, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.24 | In spring time, the only pretty ring time, | In spring time, &c. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.26 | Sweet lovers love the spring. | |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.30 | In spring time, the only pretty ring time, | In spring time, &c. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.32 | Sweet lovers love the spring. | |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.36 | In spring time, the only pretty ring time, | In spring time, &c. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.38 | Sweet lovers love the spring. | |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.3 | Even in the spring of love thy love-springs rot? | Euen in the spring of Loue, thy Loue-springs rot? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.55 | It is a fault that springeth from your eye. | It is a fault that springeth from your eie. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.236 | How long continued, and what stock he springs of – | How long continued, and what stock he springs of, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.46 | And in's spring became a harvest; lived in court – | And in's Spring, became a Haruest: Liu'd in Court |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.47 | To th' trunk again, and shut the spring of it. | To'th'Truncke againe, and shut the spring of it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.21 | His steeds to water at those springs | His Steeds to water at those Springs |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.39 | The canker galls the infants of the spring | The Canker Galls, the Infants of the Spring |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.115 | Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. I do know, | I, Springes to catch Woodcocks. I doe know |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.9 | Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels. | Keepes wassels and the swaggering vpspring reeles, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.76 | O, this is the poison of deep grief. It springs | Oh this is the poyson of deepe greefe, it springs |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.20 | Work like the spring that turneth wood to stone, | Would like the Spring that turneth Wood to Stone, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.236 | May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest, | May Violets spring. I tell thee (churlish Priest) |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.300 | Why, as a woodcock to mine own springe, Osrick. | Why as a Woodcocke / To mine Sprindge, Osricke, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.156 | Farewell, the latter spring! Farewell, | Farwell the latter Spring. Farewell |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.23 | We as the spring of all shall pay for all. | We as the Spring of all, shall pay for all: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.38 | Lives so in hope – as in an early spring | Liues so in hope: As in an early Spring, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.35 | As flaws congealed in the spring of day. | As Flawes congealed in the Spring of day. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.40 | That shall first spring and be most delicate. | That shall first spring, and be most delicate. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.85 | Spring crestless yeomen from so deep a root? | Spring Crestlesse Yeomen from so deepe a Root? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.168 | From whence you spring by lineal descent. | From whence you spring, by Lineall Descent. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.177 | And as my duty springs, so perish they | And as my dutie springs, so perish they, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.31 | Now 'tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted; | Now 'tis the Spring, and Weeds are shallow-rooted, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.101 | The purest spring is not so free from mud | The purest Spring is not so free from mudde, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.337 | Faster than springtime showers comes thought on thought, | Faster thẽ Spring-time showres, comes thoght on thoght, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.72 | Troubles the silver spring where England drinks; | Troubles the siluer Spring, where England drinkes: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.163 | But when we saw our sunshine made thy spring, | But when we saw, our Sunshine made thy Spring, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.47 | That winter should cut off our springtime so. | That Winter should cut off our Spring-time so. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.50 | From whence that tender spray did sweetly spring: | From whence that tender spray did sweetly spring, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.126 | That from his loins no hopeful branch may spring, | That from his Loynes no hopefull Branch may spring, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.12 | Why, say, fair Queen, whence springs this deep despair? | Why say, faire Queene, whence springs this deepe despaire? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.67 | Springs not from Edward's well-meant honest love, | Springs not from Edwards well-meant honest Loue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.18 | For love of Edward's offspring in my womb. | For loue of Edwards Off-spring in my wombe: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.55 | Now stops thy spring; my sea shall suck them dry, | Now stops thy Spring, my Sea shall suck them dry, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.13.1 | Or springhalt reigned among 'em. | A Spring-halt rain'd among 'em. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.8 | There had made a lasting spring. | There had made a lasting Spring. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.116 | Springs out into fast gait; then stops again, | Springs out into fast gate, then stops againe, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.155 | To spring from ordure and corruption's side. | To spring from ordure, and corruptions side: |
| King John | KJ II.i.13 | The rather that you give his offspring life, | The rather, that you giue his off-spring life, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.185 | That good effects may spring from words of love. – | That good effects may spring from words of loue: |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.277 | And from her derogate body never spring | And from her derogate body, neuer spring |
| King Lear | KL IV.iv.17 | Spring with my tears! Be aidant and remediate | Spring with my teares; be aydant, and remediate |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.97 | The spring is near when green geese are a-breeding. | The Spring is neare when greene geesse are a breeding. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.101 | That bites the first-born infants of the spring. | That bites the first borne infants of the Spring. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.293 | And abstinence engenders maladies. | And abstinence ingenders maladies. / And where that you haue vow'd to studie (Lords) / In that each of you haue forsworne his Booke. / Can you still dreame and pore, and thereon looke. / For when would you my Lord, or you, or you, / Haue found the ground of studies excellence, / Without the beauty of a womans face; / From womens eyes this doctrine I deriue, / They are the Ground, the Bookes, the Achadems, / From whence doth spring the true Promethean fire. / Why, vniuersall plodding poysons vp / The nimble spirits in the arteries, / As motion and long during action tyres / The sinnowy vigour of the trauailer. / Now for not looking on a womans face, / You haue in that forsworne the vse of eyes: / And studie too, the causer of your vow. / For where is any Author in the world, / Teaches such beauty as a womans eye: / Learning is but an adiunct to our selfe, / And where we are, our Learning likewise is. / Then when our selues we see in Ladies eyes, / With our selues. / Doe we not likewise see our learning there? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.880 | This side is Hiems, winter; this Ver, the spring; the | This side is Hiems, Winter. / This Ver, the Spring: the |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.27 | So, from that spring whence comfort seemed to come, | So from that Spring, whence comfort seem'd to come, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.95 | The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood | The Spring, the Head, the Fountaine of your Blood |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.67 | Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds | Foule whisp'rings are abroad: vnnaturall deeds |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.121 | With bated breath and whispering humbleness, | With bated breath, and whispring humblenesse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.42 | What says that fool of Hagar's offspring, ha? | What saies that foole of Hagars off-spring? ha. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.82 | And never since the middle summer's spring | And neuer since the middle Summers spring |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.111 | Is as in mockery set. The spring, the summer, | Is as in mockry set. The Spring, the Sommer, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.13 | See where she comes, apparelled like the spring, | See where she comes, appareled like the Spring, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.35 | Who withered in her spring of year. | Who withered in her spring of yeare: |
| Pericles | Per V.i.27 | But the main grief springs from the loss | but the mayne griefe springs fro the losse |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.97 | Fetch from false Mowbray, their first head and spring. | Fetch'd from false Mowbray their first head and spring. |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.13 | Or seven fair branches springing from one root. | Or seuen faire branches springing from one roote: |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.214 | Four lagging winters and four wanton springs | Foure lagging Winters, and foure wanton springs |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.108 | Currents that spring from one most gracious head, | (Currents that spring from one most gracious Head) |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.48 | He that hath suffered this disordered spring | He that hath suffer'd this disorder'd Spring, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.47 | That strew the green lap of the new-come spring? | That strew the greene lap of the new-come Spring? |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.50 | Well, bear you well in this new spring of time, | Well, beare you well in this new-spring of time |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.224 | When gallant-springing brave Plantagenet, | When gallant springing braue Plantagenet, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.68 | All springs reduce their currents to mine eyes, | All Springs reduce their currents to mine eyes, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.94 | (aside) Short summers lightly have a forward spring. | Short Summers lightly haue a forward Spring. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.137 | (To Richmond) Thou offspring of the house of Lancaster, | To Richm. Thou off-spring of the house of Lancaster |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.102 | Back, foolish tears, back to your native spring! | Backe foolish teares, backe to your natiue spring, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.218 | And know their spring, their head, their true descent. | And know their spring, their head, their true descent, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.240 | But slow in speech, yet sweet as springtime flowers. | But slow in speech: yet sweet as spring-time flowers. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.338 | The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile. | The fresh Springs, Brine-pits; barren place and fertill, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.157 | I'll show thee the best springs. I'll pluck thee berries. | I'le shew thee the best Springs: I'le plucke thee / Berries: |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.114 | Spring come to you at the farthest | Spring come to you at the farthest, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.420 | Within this mile break forth a hundred springs; | Within this Mile breake forth a hundred Springs: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.21 | And keep eternal springtime on thy face, | And keepe erernall springtime on thy face, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.79 | Accursed the offspring of so foul a fiend! | Accur'st the off-spring of so foule a fiend. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.169 | Here stands the spring whom you have stained with mud, | Here stands the spring whom you haue stain'd with mud, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.166 | How many thousand times hath these poor lips, | Shed yet some small drops from thy tender Spring, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.176 | And I'll spring up in his tears, an 'twere a | And Ile spring vp in his teares , an'twere a |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.208 | You valiant offspring of great Priamus. | You valiant off-spring of great Priamus, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.146 | (To Viola) Cesario, by the roses of the spring, | Cesario, by the Roses of the Spring, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.84 | O, how this spring of love resembleth | Oh, how this spring of loue resembleth |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.8 | Merry springtime's harbinger, | Merry Spring times Herbinger, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.82 | Like a too timely spring; here age must find us, | Like a too-timely Spring; here age must finde us, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.217 | (aside) They're here with me already: whispering, rounding, | They're here with me already; whisp'ring, rounding: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.34 | If the springe hold, the cock's mine. | If the sprindge hold, the Cocke's mine. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.113 | I would I had some flowers o'th' spring, that might | I would I had some Flowres o'th Spring, that might |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.247 | whisp'ring. Clamour your tongues, and not a word more. | whispring: clamor your tongues, and not a word more. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.151 | As is the spring to th' earth! And hath he too | As is the Spring to th' Earth. And hath he too |