| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.55 | Look on his letter, madam: here's my passport. | Looke on his Letter Madam, here's my Pasport. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.33 | There would he anchor his aspect, and die | There would he anchor his Aspect, and dye |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.46 | And with those hands that grasped the heaviest club | And with those hands that graspt the heauiest Club, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.292 | Have I the aspic in my lips? Dost fall? | Haue I the Aspicke in my lippes? Dost fall? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.302 | Which is my heaven to have. (To an asp) Come, thou mortal wretch, | Which is my heauen to haue. Come thou mortal wretch, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.312 | She applies another asp to her arm | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.321.1 | She applies an asp to herself | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.349 | This is an aspic's trail; and these fig leaves | This is an Aspickes traile, / And these Figge-leaues |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.350 | Have slime upon them, such as th' aspic leaves | haue slime vpon them, such / As th'Aspicke leaues |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.70 | To the last gasp with truth and loyalty. | To the last gaspe with truth and loyaltie, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.10 | By the stern brow and waspish action | By the sterne brow, and waspish action |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.54 | Would they work in mild aspect? | Would they worke in milde aspect? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.32 | If you will jest with me, know my aspect, | If you will iest with me, know my aspect, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.120 | Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects. | Some other Mistresse hath thy sweet aspects: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.143 | their rich aspect to the hot breath of Spain, who | their rich Aspect to the hot breath of Spaine, who |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.34 | As is the osprey to the fish, who takes it | As is the Aspray to the Fish, who takes it |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.32 | Hath an aspect of intercession which | Hath an Aspect of intercession, which |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.53 | Is at last gasp. Return he cannot, nor | Is at last gaspe. Returne he cannot, nor |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.39 | You clasp young Cupid's tables. Good news, gods! | You claspe young Cupids Tables: good Newes Gods. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.552 | Tears in his eyes, distraction in his aspect, | Teares in his eyes, distraction in's Aspect, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.96 | Malevolent to you in all aspects, | Maleuolent to you in all Aspects: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.186 | And now I will unclasp a secret book, | And now I will vnclaspe a Secret booke, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.233 | Why, what a wasp-stung and impatient fool | Why what a Waspe-tongu'd & impatient foole |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.82 | Slept in his face, and rendered such aspect | Slept in his Face, and rendred such aspect |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.208 | Gasping for life under great Bolingbroke; | Gasping for life, vnder great Bullingbrooke, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.105 | aspen leaf. I cannot abide swaggerers. | Aspen Leafe: I cannot abide Swaggerers. |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.9 | Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; | Then lend the Eye a terrible aspect: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.36 | Let him depart: his passport shall be made, | Let him depart, his Pasport shall be made, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.142 | But, before God, Kate, I cannot look greenly, nor gasp | But before God Kate, I cannot looke greenely, nor gaspe |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.225 | outside, with an aspect of iron, that when I come to woo | out-side, with an aspect of Iron, that when I come to wooe |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.127 | Fight till the last gasp; I'll be your guard. | Fight till the last gaspe: Ile be your guard. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.19 | A second Hector, for his grim aspect | A second Hector, for his grim aspect, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.38 | And in his bosom spend my latter gasp. | And in his Bosome spend my latter gaspe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.99 | Betwixt our nation and the aspiring French; | Betwixt our Nation, and the aspyring French; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.97 | They, knowing Dame Eleanor's aspiring humour, | They (knowing Dame Elianors aspiring humor) |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.172 | His hands abroad displayed, as one that grasped | His hands abroad display'd, as one that graspt |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.371 | That makes him gasp, and stare, and catch the air, | That makes him gaspe, and stare, and catch the aire, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.372 | Blaspheming God, and cursing men on earth. | Blaspheming God, and cursing men on earth. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.97 | Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff, | Thy Hand is made to graspe a Palmers staffe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.85 | I would speak blasphemy ere bid you fly; | I would speake blasphemy ere bid you flye: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.53 | To aspire unto the crown and reign as king. | To aspire vnto the Crowne, and reigne as King. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.108 | Where your brave father breathed his latest gasp, | Where your braue Father breath'd his latest gaspe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.132 | And bloody steel grasped in their ireful hands, | And bloody steele graspt in their yrefull hands |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.41 | And to the latest gasp cried out for Warwick, | And to the latest gaspe, cry'd out for Warwicke: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.61 | What! Will the aspiring blood of Lancaster | What? will the aspiring blood of Lancaster |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.55 | There be more wasps that buzz about his nose | There be moe Waspes that buz about his Nose, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.368 | There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, | There is betwixt that smile we would aspire too, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.369 | That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, | That sweet Aspect of Princes, and their ruine, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.88 | 'Tis his aspect of terror. All's not well. | 'Tis his Aspect of Terror. All's not well. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.26 | For so much trash as may be grasped thus? | For so much trash, as may be grasped thus? |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.50.1 | When you are waspish. | When you are Waspish. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.423 | Why then, give sin a passport to offend | Why then giue sinne a pasport to offend, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.67 | But, drawing near, their glorious bright aspect, | But drawing neere, their glorious bright aspect, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.25 | And this it is: procure me but a passport | And this it is, procure me but a pasport, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.17 | To claim a passport how it pleaseth himself. | To clayme a pasport how it pleaseth himselfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.53 | And send this passport first unto the earl, | And send this pasport first vnto the Earle, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.17 | In shining plate, that now the aspiring hill | In shining plate, that now the aspiring hill, |
| King John | KJ II.i.250 | Save in aspect, hath all offence sealed up; | Saue in aspect, hath all offence seal'd vp: |
| King John | KJ III.i.161 | Brother of England, you blaspheme in this. | Brother of England, you blaspheme in this. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.72 | Lives in his eye; that close aspect of his | Liues in his eye: that close aspect of his, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.224 | But taking note of thy abhorred aspect, | But taking note of thy abhorr'd Aspect, |
| King John | KJ V.i.56 | Show boldness and aspiring confidence! | Shew boldnesse and aspiring confidence: |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.104 | Under th' allowance of your great aspect, | Vnder th'allowance of your great aspect, |
| King Lear | KL V.i.60 | Exasperates, makes mad, her sister Gonerill, | Exasperates, makes mad her Sister Gonerill, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.258 | Should ravish doters with a false aspect; | Should rauish doters with a false aspect: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.38 | Hath so exasperate the King that he | Hath so exasperate their King, that hee |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.26 | Liver of blaspheming Jew, | Liuer of Blaspheming Iew, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.36 | For the whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp, | For the whole Space that's in the Tyrants Graspe, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.108 | And does blaspheme his breed? Thy royal father | And do's blaspheme his breed? Thy Royall Father |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.38 | You do blaspheme the good in mocking me. | You doe blaspheme the good, in mocking me. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.131 | Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. | Which in the Souldier is flat blasphemie. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.54 | And other of such vinegar aspect | And other of such vineger aspect, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.8 | I tell thee, lady, this aspect of mine | I tell thee Ladie this aspect of mine |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.97 | Fed in heart, whose flames aspire, | Fed in heart whose flames aspire, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.302 | And in her bosom I'll unclasp my heart, | And in her bosome Ile vnclaspe my heart, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.43 | comprehended two aspicious persons, and we would | comprehended two aspitious persons, & we would |
| Othello | Oth I.i.127 | To the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor – | To the grosse claspes of a Lasciuious Moore: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.447.1 | For 'tis of aspics' tongues! | For 'tis of Aspickes tongues. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.129 | By your untimely claspings with your child, | By your vntimely claspings with your Child, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.5 | For who digs hills because they do aspire | For who digs hills because they doe aspire? |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.106.2 | Unclasp, unclasp! | vnclaspe, vnclaspe. |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.57 | Then you love us, we you, and we'll clasp hands. | Then you loue vs, we you, & wee'le claspe hands: |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.64 | With full bags of spices! A passport too! | with full bagges of Spices, a Pasport to |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.56 | And, clasping to the mast, endured a sea | and clasping to the Mast, endured a |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.127 | And for our eyes do hate the dire aspect | And for our eyes do hate the dire aspect |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.130 | Of sky-aspiring and ambitious thoughts | |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.209 | I see thy grieved heart. Thy sad aspect | I see thy greeued heart: thy sad aspect, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.65 | And I, a gasping new-delivered mother, | And I a gasping new deliuered mother, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.9 | Which his aspiring rider seemed to know, | Which his aspiring Rider seem'd to know, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.23 | Whose ugly and unnatural aspect | Whose vgly and vnnaturall Aspect |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.154 | Shamed their aspects with store of childish drops. | Sham'd their Aspects with store of childish drops: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.328 | Put in her tender heart th' aspiring flame | Put in her tender heart, th'aspiring Flame |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.93 | That in gold clasps locks in the golden story. | That in Gold claspes, Lockes in the Golden storie: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.117 | That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds, | That Gallant spirit hath aspir'd the Cloudes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.209 | Come, come, you wasp, i'faith, you are too angry. | Come, come you Waspe, y'faith you are too angrie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.210 | If I be waspish, best beware my sting. | If I be waspish, best beware my sting. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.213 | Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? | Who knowes not where a Waspe does weare his sting? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.40 | A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, | A poxe o'your throat, you bawling, blasphemous |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.18 | No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall | No sweet aspersion shall the heauens let fall |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.99 | Her waspish-headed son has broke his arrows, | Her waspish headed sonne, has broke his arrowes, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.218 | This fellow could not drown. Now, blasphemy, | This fellow could not drowne: Now blasphemy, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.28 | Put on a most importunate aspect, | Put on a most importunate aspect, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.252 | With favour never clasped. But, bred a dog, | With fauour neuer claspt: but bred a Dogge. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.180 | That hath aspired to Solon's happiness | That hath aspir'd to Solons Happines, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.132 | Let not this wasp outlive, us both to sting. | Let not this Waspe out-liue vs both to sting. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.168.1 | (clasping Tamora) | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.45 | Tremble like aspen leaves upon a lute | Tremble like Aspen leaues vpon a Lute, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.92 | Corrects the ill aspects of planets evil, | Corrects the ill Aspects of Planets euill, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.168 | Grasps in the comer: the welcome ever smiles, | Graspes in the commer: the welcome euer smiles, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.13 | As hideously as hell, but flies the grasps of love | As hidiously as hell; but flies the graspes of loue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.16 | In aspiration lifts him from the earth. | In aspiration lifts him from the earth. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.60 | And wide unclasp the tables of their thoughts | And wide vnclaspe the tables of their thoughts, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.204 | Most reverend Nestor, I am glad to clasp thee. | Most reuerend Nestor, I am glad to claspe thee. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.27 | No! Why art thou then exasperate, thou idle | No? why art thou then exasperate, thou idle, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.13 | Thou knowest no less but all. I have unclasped | Thou knowst no lesse, but all: I haue vnclasp'd |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.28 | Than in a nuncio's of more grave aspect. | Then in a Nuntio's of more graue aspect. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.18 | only to exasperate you, to awake your dormouse valour, | onely to exasperate you, to awake your dormouse valour, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.106 | Injurious wasps, to feed on such sweet honey, | Iniurious Waspes, to feede on such sweet hony, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.154 | Wilt thou aspire to guide the heavenly car, | Wilt thou aspire to guide the heauenly Car? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.138 | Soon as they move, as ospreys do the fish, | Soone as they mooves as Asprayes doe the fish, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.86 | Shall never clasp our necks; no issue know us; | Shall never claspe our neckes, no issue know us, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.264 | To be one hour at liberty, and grasp | To be one howre at liberty, and graspe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.172 | Unclasp thy mystery. – I hope she's pleased; | Vnclaspe thy Misterie: I hope she's pleas'd, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.45 | Has a most menacing aspect; his brow | Has a most menacing aspect, his brow |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.23 | And too ambitious, to aspire to him. | And too ambitious to aspire to him; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.329 | Is goads, thorns, nettles, tails of wasps; | Is Goades, Thornes, Nettles, Tayles of Waspes) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.107 | With an aspect more favourable. Good my lords, | With an aspect more fauorable. Good my Lords, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.165 | Unclasped my practice, quit his fortunes here – | Vnclasp'd my practise, quit his fortunes here |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.24 | And, gasping to begin some speech, her eyes | And (gasping to begin some speech) her eyes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.781 | wasp's nest; then stand till he be three-quarters and a | Waspes Nest, then stand till he be three quarters and a |