| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.68 | The blushes in my cheeks thus whisper me: | The blushes in my cheekes thus whisper mee, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.287 | I'll whisper with the General and know | Ile whisper with the Generall, and knowe |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.39.2 | Forbear me till anon. | Forbeare me till anon. Whispers in's Eare. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.53.1 | Menas whispers to Pompey | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.193 | She whispers to Charmian | |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.196 | As you have whispered faithfully you were, | As you haue whisper'd faithfully you were, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.7 | A private whisper – no, not with such friends | a priuat whisper, no not with such frends |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.54 | (whispering) | |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.80 | At least the whisper goes so. Our last King, | At least the whisper goes so: Our last King, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.41 | Whose whisper o'er the world's diameter, | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.83 | Thick and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers | Thicke and vnwholsome in their thoughts, and whispers |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.3 | Will whisper music to my weary spirit. | Will whisper Musicke to my wearie Spirit. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.7 | The secret whispers of each other's watch. | The secret Whispers of each others Watch. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.59 | Come hither, captain. (He whispers) You perceive my mind? | Come hither Captaine, you perceiue my minde. Whispers. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.60 | The English whisper together in counsel | They whisper together in counsell. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.375 | And whispers to his pillow, as to him, | And whispers to his pillow, as to him, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.149 | Why whisper you, my lords, and answer not? | Why whisper you, my Lords, and answer not? |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.179 | To whisper Wolsey – here makes visitation. | To whisper Wolsey) here makes visitation, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.82 | He whispers with the masquers | Whisper. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.120 | Walks and whispers | Walkes and whispers. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.135.1 | The King takes his seat, whispers Lovell, who goes to | King takes his Seat, whispers Louell, who goes to |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.203.2 | throng after him, smiling and whispering | throng after him smiling, and whispering. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.101 | They whisper apart | They whisper. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.100 | If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper, | If Casar hide himselfe, shall they not whisper |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.6 | He whispers | |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.1 | He whispers | |
| King John | KJ I.i.42 | So much my conscience whispers in your ear, | So much my conscience whispers in your eare, |
| King John | KJ I.i.44.1 | Enter a sheriff, who whispers to Essex | Enter a Sheriffe. |
| King John | KJ II.i.475 | Mark, how they whisper. Urge them while their souls | Marke how they whisper, vrge them while their soules |
| King John | KJ II.i.504 | He whispers with Blanche | Whispers with Blanch. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.189 | And whisper one another in the ear; | And whisper one another in the eare. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.7 | abroad – I mean the whispered ones, for they are yet but | abroad, I meane the whisper'd ones, for they are yet but |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.436 | What did you whisper in your lady's ear? | What did you whisper in your Ladies eare? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.443 | What did the Russian whisper in your ear? | What did the Russian whisper in your eare? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.663.1 | Berowne steps forth and whispers to Costard | Berowne steppes forth. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.210 | Whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break. | Whispers the o're-fraught heart, and bids it breake. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.67 | Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds | Foule whisp'rings are abroad: vnnaturall deeds |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.38 | With whispering and most guilty diligence, | With whispering, and most guiltie diligence, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.121 | With bated breath and whispering humbleness, | With bated breath, and whispring humblenesse, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.65 | whisper. | whisper. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.133 | To whisper. At the which let no man wonder. | To whisper. At the which, let no man wonder. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.158 | Did whisper often, very secretly. | Did whisper often, very secretly. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.162 | Through which the fearful lovers are to whisper. | Through which the fearefull Louers are to whisper. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.4 | Whisper her ear, and tell her I and Ursula | Whisper her eare, and tell her I and Vrsula, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.165 | whisper. With as little a web as this will I ensnare as | whisper. With as little a web as this, will I ensnare as |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.6.1 | What! Did they never whisper? | What? Did they neuer whisper? |
| Pericles | Per III.i.9 | Is as a whisper in the ears of death, | Is as a whisper in the eares of death, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.95 | And whispers in mine ear ‘ Go not till he speak.’ | and whispers in mine eare, go not till he speake. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.11 | And lean-looked prophets whisper fearful change. | And leane-look'd Prophets whisper fearefull change; |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.111 | He whispers in his ear | |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.79 | Whispers | Whispers. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.193 | Whisper the spirits of thine enemies | Whisper the Spirits of thine Enemies, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.24 | A whispering tale in a fair lady's ear, | A whispering tale in a faire Ladies eare: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.123 | They whisper in his ear | |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.124.1 | Makes this place Paradise. | Makes this place Paradise. Iuno and Ceres whisper seriously, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.124 | Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employment | Iuno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employment. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.125 | Juno and Ceres whisper seriously. | |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.84 | Rain sacrificial whisperings in his ear, | Raine Sacrificiall whisperings in his eare, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.11 | Some devil whisper curses in my ear, | Some deuill whisper curses in my eare, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.250 | Nor I from Troy come not to whisper him; | Nor I from Troy come not to whisper him, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.9 | She whispers to him | |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.369 | We'll whisper o'er a couplet or two of most sage saws. | Weel whisper ore a couplet or two of most sage sawes. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.43 | To whisper and conspire against my youth? | To whisper, and conspire against my youth? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.87 | The horses of the sun, but whispered to | The Horses of the Sun, but whisperd too |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.81 | And turn th' alarm to whispers; that canst make | And turne th'allarme to whispers, that canst make |
| 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 I.ii.284.2 | Is whispering nothing? | Is whispering nothing? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.437 | Your followers I will whisper to the business, | Your Followers I will whisper to the Businesse, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.792 | tender your persons to his presence, whisper him in | tender your persons to his presence, whisper him in |