| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.36 | Feeds beast as man. The nobleness of life | Feeds Beast as Man; the Noblenesse of life |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.63 | Which beasts would cough at. Thy palate then did deign | Which Beasts would cough at. Thy pallat thẽ did daine |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.50.1 | Was beastly dumbed by him. | Was beastly dumbe by him. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.1 | I think he be transformed into a beast, | I thinke he be transform'd into a beast, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.46 | but the wood, no assembly but horn-beasts. But what | but the wood, no assembly but horne-beasts. But what |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.50 | Meaning me a beast. | Meaning me a beast. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.118 | The royal disposition of that beast | The royall disposition of that beast |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.37 | very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools. | verie strange beasts, which in all tongues, are call'd Fooles. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.18 | The beasts, the fishes, and the winged fowls, | The beasts, the fishes, and the winged fowles |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.86 | bestows on beasts, and what he hath scanted men in | bestowes on beasts, and what he hath scanted them in |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.88 | beast – not that, I being a beast, she would have me, | beast, not that I beeing a beast she would haue me, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.89 | but that she, being a very beastly creature, lays claim | but that she being a verie beastly creature layes claime |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.84 | To be disturbed would mad or man or beast. | To be disturb'd, would mad or man, or beast: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.6 | Nature teaches beasts to know their friends. | Nature teaches Beasts to know their Friends. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.90 | of the beastly plebeians. I will be bold to take my leave | of the Beastly Plebeans. I will be bold to take my leaue |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.1 | Come, leave your tears. A brief farewell. The beast | Come leaue your teares: a brief farwel: the beast |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.123 | How? Was't we? We loved him, but, like beasts | How? Was't we? We lou'd him, / But like Beasts, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.153 | His beastly mind to us, he hath a court | His beastly minde to vs; he hath a Court |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.40 | We are beastly: subtle as the fox for prey, | We are beastly; subtle as the Fox for prey, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.27 | Like beasts which you shun beastly, and may save | Like beasts, which you shun beastly, and may saue |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.150 | O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason | (O Heauen! A beast that wants discourse of Reason |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.42 | Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, | I that incestuous, that adulterate Beast |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.448 | ‘ The rugged Pyrrhus, like th' Hyrcanian beast – ’ | The rugged Pyrrhus like th' Hyrcanian Beast. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.35 | Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more. | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.87 | Without the which we are pictures or mere beasts; | Without the which we are Pictures, or meere Beasts. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.87 | With the brave beast. So far he topped my thought | With the braue Beast, so farre he past my thought, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.87 | fertile. Let a beast be lord of beasts, and his crib shall | fertile; let a Beast be Lord of Beasts, and his Crib shall |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.44 | Such beastly shameless transformation | Such beastly, shamelesse transformation, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.438 | humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen | Humors, that Boulting-Hutch of Beastlinesse, that swolne |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.120 | Setting thy womanhood aside, thou art a beast | Setting thy woman-hood aside, thou art a beast |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.122 | Say, what beast, thou knave, thou? | Say, what beast, thou knaue thou? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.123 | What beast? Why – an otter. | What beast? Why an Otter. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.95 | Thou, beastly feeder, art so full of him | Thou (beastly Feeder) art so full of him, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.14 | in mine own house, most beastly, in good faith. 'A cares | in mine owne house, and that most beastly: he cares |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.36 | and a beast, to bear every knave's wrong. | and a Beast, to beare euery Knaues wrong. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.19 | And of the heat of the ginger. It is a beast for | And of the heat of the Ginger. It is a Beast for |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.23 | indeed a horse, and all other jades you may call beasts. | indeede a Horse, and all other Iades you may call Beasts. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.94 | While the beast lived, was killed with hunting him. | While the beast liu'd, was kill'd with hunting him. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.12 | Even of the bonny beast he loved so well. | Euen of the bonnie beast he loued so well. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.12 | Not to the beast that would usurp their den. | Not to the Beast, that would vsurpe their Den. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.64 | Why birds and beasts from quality and kind, | Why Birds and Beasts, from qualitie and kinde, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.40 | They could not find a heart within the beast. | They could not finde a heart within the beast. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.42 | Caesar should be a beast without a heart | Casar should be a Beast without a heart |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.105 | O judgement! thou art fled to brutish beasts, | O Iudgement! thou are fled to brutish Beasts, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.447 | Adds but the greater scorn unto the beast. | Adds but the greater scorne vnto the beast: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.95 | Back with the beast unto the beast that sent him! | Back with the beast vnto the beast that sent him |
| King John | KJ II.i.113 | In any breast of strong authority | In any beast of strong authoritie, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.153 | As doth a raven on a sick-fallen beast, | As doth a Rauen on a sicke-falne beast, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.67 | You beastly knave, know you no reverence? | You beastly knaue, know you no reuerence? |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.9 | Brought near to beast. My face I'll grime with filth, | Brought neere to beast; my face Ile grime with filth, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.262 | Man's life is cheap as beast's. Thou art a lady; | Mans life is cheape as Beastes. Thou art a Lady; |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.101 | worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the | Worme no Silke; the Beast, no Hide; the Sheepe, no Wooll; the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.231 | the sixth hour; when beasts most graze, birds best peck, | thesixt houre, When beasts most grase, birds best pecke, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.208.2 | Not so, gentle beast. | Not so gentle beast. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.47.2 | What beast was't then | What Beast was't then |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.208 | you, so that, in the beastliest sense, you are Pompey the | you, so that in the beastliest sence, you are Pompey the |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.139.2 | O you beast! | Oh you beast, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.2 | needs buy and sell men and women like beasts, we shall | needes buy and sell men and women like beasts, we shall |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.22 | From their abominable and beastly touches | From their abhominable and beastly touches |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.31 | Ere this rude beast will profit. | Ere this rude beast will profit. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.84 | worst he is little better than a beast. An the worst fall | worst, he is little better then a beast: and the worst fall |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.18 | It agrees well, passant. It is a familiar beast to man, and | it agrees well passant: It is a familiar beast to man, and |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.107 | John Falstaff from my two mistresses. What a beast am | Iohn Falstaffe from my two Mistresses: what a beast am |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.5 | respects makes a beast a man, in some other a man a | respects makes a Beast a Man: in som other, a Man a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.6 | beast. You were also, Jupiter, a swan for the love of | beast. / You were also (Iupiter) a Swan, for the loue of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.9 | beast – O Jove, a beastly fault – and then another fault | beast, (O Ioue, a beastly fault:) and then another fault, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.228 | And leave thee to the mercy of wild beasts. | And leaue thee to the mercy of wilde beasts. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.101 | For beasts that meet me run away for fear. | For beasts that meete me, runne away for feare, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.138 | This grisly beast – which Lion hight by name – | This grizly beast (which Lyon hight by name) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.214 | two noble beasts in: a man and a lion. | two noble beasts, in a man and a Lion. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.223 | A very gentle beast, of a good conscience. | A verie gentle beast, and of good conscience. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.224 | The very best at a beast, my lord, that e'er I. | The verie best at a beast, my Lord, ytere I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.131 | A bird of my tongue is better than a beast of | A bird of my tongue, is better than a beast of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.47 | When he would play the noble beast in love. | When he would play the noble beast in loue. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.117 | and the Moor are now making the beast with two | and the Moore, are making the Beast with two |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.284 | and applause transform ourselves into beasts! | and applause, transforme our selues into Beasts. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.297 | man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast! O, strange! | man, by and by a Foole, and presently a Beast. Oh strange! |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.62 | A horned man's a monster and a beast. | A Horned man's a Monster, and a Beast. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.63 | There's many a beast then in a populous city, | Ther's many a Beast then in a populous Citty, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.34 | Which art a lion and a king of beasts? | Which art a Lyon, and a King of Beasts? |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.35 | A king of beasts indeed! If aught but beasts | A King of Beasts indeed: if aught but Beasts, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.71 | No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. | No Beast so fierce, but knowes some touch of pitty. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.72 | But I know none, and therefore am no beast. | But I know none, and therefore am no Beast. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.266 | Not to relent is beastly, savage, devilish! | Not to relent, is beastly, sauage, diuellish: |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.80 | And bestial appetite in change of lust, | And beastiall appetite in change of Lust, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.83 | Will they not hear? What, ho – you men, you beasts, | Will they not heare? What hoe, you Men, you Beasts, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.95 | O, what a beast was I to chide at him! | O what a beast was I to chide him? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.111 | The unreasonable fury of a beast. | The vnreasonable Furie of a beast. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.113 | And ill-beseeming beast in seeming both! | And ill beseeming beast in seeming both, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.32 | O monstrous beast, how like a swine he lies! | Oh monstrous beast, how like a swine he lyes. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.20 | know'st winter tames man, woman, and beast; for it | know'st winter tames man, woman, and beast: for it |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.23 | Away, you three-inch fool! I am no beast. | Away you three inch foole, I am no beast. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.34 | Fie on her! See how beastly she doth court him. | Fie on her, see how beastly she doth court him. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.371.1 | That beasts shall tremble at thy din. | That beasts shall tremble at thy dyn. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.329.2 | Heavens keep him from these beasts! | Heauens keepe him from these Beasts: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.30 | make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. | make a man: any strange beast there, makes a man: |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.140 | Of the beast Caliban and his confederates | Of the beast Calliban, and his confederates |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.45 | What a wicked beast was I to disfurnish myself | What a wicked Beast was I to disfurnish my self |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.50 | I am not able to do – the more beast, I say! I was sending | I am not able to do (the more beast I say) I was sending |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.72 | To overcome him. In that beastly fury | To ouercome him. In that Beastly furie, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.98 | Of man and beast the infinite malady | Of Man and Beast, the infinite Maladie |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.36 | Th' unkindest beast more kinder than mankind. | Th'vnkindest Beast, more kinder then Mankinde. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.50 | A beast, as thou art. The canker gnaw thy heart | A Beast as thou art. The Canker gnaw thy hart |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.325 | Give it the beasts, to be rid of the men. | Giue it the Beasts, to be rid of the men. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.327 | men, and remain a beast with the beasts? | men, and remaine a Beast with the Beasts. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.329 | A beastly ambition, which the gods grant thee | A beastly Ambition, which the Goddes graunt thee |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.345 | beast couldst thou be that were not subject to a beast? | Beast could'st thou bee, that were not subiect to a Beast: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.346 | And what a beast art thou already, that seest not thy | and what a Beast art thou already, that seest not thy |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.350 | of Athens is become a forest of beasts. | of Athens, is become / A Forrest of Beasts. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.373 | Beast! | Beast. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.393 | Set them into confounding odds, that beasts | Set them into confounding oddes, that Beasts |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.425 | As beasts, and birds, and fishes. | As Beasts, and Birds, and Fishes. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.426 | Nor on the beasts themselves, the birds, and fishes; | Nor on the Beasts themselues, the Birds & Fishes, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.172 | Of contumelious, beastly, mad-brained war, | Of contumelious, beastly, mad-brain'd warre: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iii.4 | Some beast read this; there does not live a man. | Some Beast reade this; There do's not liue a Man. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.182 | No grace? No womanhood? Ah, beastly creature, | No Garace, / No womanhood? Ah beastly creature, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.34 | O that I knew thy heart, and knew the beast, | Oh that I knew thy hart, and knew the beast |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.97 | O barbarous, beastly villains, like thyself! | Oh barbarous beastly villaines like thyselfe! |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.197 | But throw her forth to beasts and birds to prey. | But throw her foorth to Beasts and Birds of prey: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.198 | Her life was beastly and devoid of pity, | Her life was Beast-like, and deuoid of pitty, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.19 | This man, lady, hath robbed many beasts | This man Lady, hath rob'd many beasts |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vi.30 | But I'll be master of it. Wilt thou not, beast, abide? | But Ile be maister of it: wilt thou not beast abide? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.5 | In beastly sort, dragged through the shameful field. | In beastly sort, drag'd through the shamefull Field. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.34 | I would have been a breakfast to the beast, | I would haue beene a break-fast to the Beast, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.153 | 'Tis like a beast, methinks. I find the court here; | Tis like a Beast me thinkes: I finde the Court here, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.6 | You shall not die thus beastly. Here, sir, drink, | You shall not dye thus beastly, here Sir drinke |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.47.1 | You are a beast now. | you are a Beast now: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.130 | Then the beest-eating clown, and next the fool, | Then the beast eating Clowne, and next the foole, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.51 | wife howl together – I were a beast an I'd call it good | wiffe, howle together: I were a beast and il'd call it good |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.60 | She is horribly in love with him, poor beast, | She is horribly in love with him, poore beast, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.27 | The shapes of beasts upon them: Jupiter | The shapes of Beasts vpon them. Iupiter, |