| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.16 | You wagered on your angling; when your diver | you wager'd on your Angling, when your diuer |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.3 | Of semblable import – but he hath waged | Of semblable import, but he hath wag'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.31 | Ay, and to wage this battle at Pharsalia, | I, and to wage this Battell at Pharsalia, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.31.1 | Waged equal with him. | wag'd equal with him. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.67 | And ere we have thy youthful wages spent | And ere we haue thy youthfull wages spent, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.91 | And we will mend thy wages: I like this place, | And we will mend thy wages: / I like this place, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.1 | Yonder comes news. A wager they have met. | Yonder comes Newes: / A Wager they haue met. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.73 | countrymen. The good gods assuage thy wrath and turn | Countrimen. The good Gods asswage thy wrath, and turne |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.40 | He waged me with his countenance as if | He wadg'd me with his Countenance, as if |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.107 | but I make my wager rather against your | but I make my wager rather against your |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.129 | I will wage against your gold, gold to it: my ring I | I will wage against your Gold, Gold to |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.166 | wagers recorded. | Wagers recorded. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.18 | Have lost the wager. Boldness be my friend! | Haue lost the wager. Boldnesse be my Friend: |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.192 | To have them in safe stowage: may it please you | To haue them in safe stowage: May it please you |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.95.1 | The wager you have laid. | The wager you haue laid. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.72 | Could never go so slow: I have heard of riding wagers, | Could neuer go so slow: I haue heard of Riding wagers, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.261 | Home art gone and ta'en thy wages. | Home art gon, and tane thy wages. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.182 | Made scruple of his praise, and wagered with him | Made scruple of his praise, and wager'd with him |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.48 | and ‘ You owe me a quarter's wages,’ and ‘ My coat | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.133 | And wager on your heads. He, being remiss, | And wager on your heads, he being remisse, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.154 | We'll make a solemn wager on your cunnings – | Wee'l make a solemne wager on your commings, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.102 | signify to you that 'a has laid a great wager on your head. | signifie to you, that he ha's laid a great wager on your head: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.145 | The King, sir, hath wagered with him six Barbary | The sir King ha's wag'd with him six Barbary |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.203 | You will lose this wager, my lord. | You will lose this wager, my Lord. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.247 | And will this brothers' wager frankly play. | And will this Brothers wager frankely play. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.254.1 | You know the wager? | Cousen Hamlet, you know the wager. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.20 | To wage an instant trial with the King. | To wage an instant tryall with the King. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.21 | wages, about the sack he lost at Hinckley fair? | Wages, about the Sacke he lost the other day, at HinckleyFayre? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.180 | Respecting this our marriage with the dowager, | Respecting this our Marriage with the Dowager, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.70 | Shall be called Queen, but Princess Dowager, | Shall be call'd Queene, but Princesse Dowager, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.23 | The Princess Dowager? How goes her business? | The Princesse Dowager? How goes her businesse? |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.1.1 | Enter Katherine, Dowager, sick, led between | Enter Katherine Dowager, sicke, lead betweene |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.150 | That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, | That they may haue their wages, duly paid 'em, |
| King John | KJ I.i.266 | The aweless lion could not wage the fight, | The awlesse Lion could not wage the fight, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.156 | To wage against thine enemies; nor fear to lose it, | To wage against thine enemies, nere feare to loose it, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.204 | To wage against the enmity o'th' air, | To wage against the enmity oth'ayre, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.301 | The wages of their virtue, and all foes | Taste the wages of their vertue,and all Foes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.62 | With that we lack. I'll hold thee any wager, | With that we lacke; Ile hold thee any wager |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.75 | And on the wager lay two earthly women, | And on the wager lay two earthly women, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.29 | brewage. | brewage. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.5 | Like to a stepdame or a dowager | Like to a Step-dame, or a Dowager, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.157 | I have a widow aunt, a dowager, | I haue a Widdow Aunt, a dowager, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.30 | To wake and wage a danger profitless. | To wake, and wage a danger profitlesse. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.11 | I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, | I durst (my Lord) to wager, she is honest: |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.29 | nor the commodity wages not with the danger. Therefore, | nor the commoditie wages not with the daunger: therefore |
| Pericles | Per V.i.40 | We have a maid in Mytilene, I durst wager, | we haue a maid in Metiliue, I durst wager |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.69 | Shall win the wager which we will propose. | Shall win the wager which we will propose. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.70.1 | Content. What's the wager? | Content, what's the wager? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.111 | The wager thou hast won, and I will add | The wager thou hast won, and I will adde |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.115 | Nay, I will win my wager better yet, | Nay, I will win my wager better yet, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.185 | (to Lucentio) 'Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white, | 'Twas I wonne the wager, though you hit the white, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.30 | Which, of he or Adrian, for a good wager, | Which, of he, or Adrian, for a good wager, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.34 | Done. The wager? | Done: The wager? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.72 | Has paid his men their wages. He ne'er drinks | Has paid his men their wages. He ne're drinkes, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.91 | wages followest thy master, thy master for wages follows | wages followest thy Master, thy Master for wages followes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.269 | serves for wages. She hath more qualities than a | serues for wages. Shee hath more qualities then a |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.165.2 | Dowagers, take hands. | Dowagers, take hands |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.94 | Our praises are our wages. You may ride's | Our prayses are our Wages. You may ride's |