| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.20 | Wilt thou needs be a beggar? | Wilt thou needes be a begger? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.332 | The King's a beggar, now the play is done. | THe Kings a Begger, now the Play is done, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.15 | There's beggary in the love that can be reckoned. | There's beggery in the loue that can be reckon'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.65 | Shall die a beggar. Ink and paper, Charmian. | shall dye a Begger. Inke and paper Charmian. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.203 | It beggared all description. She did lie | It beggerd all discription, she did lye |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.8 | The beggar's nurse and Caesar's. | The beggers Nurse, and Casars. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.16 | Would have a queen his beggar, you must tell him | Would haue a Queece his begger, you must tell him, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.48.1 | Worth many babes and beggars! | Worth many Babes and Beggers. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.26 | the beggarly thanks. Come, sing; and you that will not, | the beggerly thankes. Come sing; and you that wil not |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.76 | married under a bush like a beggar? Get you to church, | married vnder a bush like a begger? Get you to church, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.204 | not furnished like a beggar; therefore to beg will not | not furnish'd like a Begger, therefore to begge will not |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.35 | nay, I bear it on my shoulders, as a beggar wont her | nay I beare it on my shoulders, as a begger woont her |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.74.1 | Which they have given to beggars. | Which they haue giuen to Beggers. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.117 | The glasses of my sight! A beggar's tongue | The Glasses of my sight: A Beggars Tongue |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.72 | Thou took'st a beggar, wouldst have made my throne | Thou took'st a Begger, would'st haue made my / Throne, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.21 | taking a beggar without less quality. But how comes | taking a Begger without lesse quality. But how comes |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.115 | The beggary of his change: but 'tis your graces | The Beggery of his change: but 'tis your Graces' |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.118 | But brats and beggary – in self-figured knot, | But Brats and Beggery) in selfe-figur'd knot, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.120 | beggar Posthumus, thou canst not in the course of | Begger Posthumus, thou canst not in the course of |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.8 | Where they should be relieved. Two beggars told me | Where they should be releeu'd. Two Beggers told me, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.14 | Is worse in kings than beggars. My dear lord, | Is worse in Kings, then Beggers. My deere Lord, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.10.1 | But beggary and poor looks. | But beggery, and poore lookes. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.262 | Then are our beggars bodies, and our monarchs | Then are our Beggers bodies; and our Monarchs |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.263 | and outstretched heroes the beggars' shadows. Shall | and out-stretcht Heroes the Beggers Shadowes: shall |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.272 | Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks. | Begger that I am, I am euen poore in thankes; |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.23 | fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service – | fat King, and your leane Begger is but variable seruice |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.30 | progress through the guts of a beggar. | Progresse through the guts of a Begger. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.93 | Wherein necessity, of matter beggared, | Where in necessitie of matter Beggard, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.67 | exceeding poor and bare, too beggarly. | exceeding poore and bare, too beggarly. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.81 | Nor moody beggars starving for a time | Nor moody Beggars, staruing for a time |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.35 | And countenanced by boys and beggary; | And countenanc'd by Boyes, and Beggerie: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.7 | Barren, barren, barren; beggars all, beggars | Barren, barren, barren: Beggers all, beggers |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.249 | Canst thou, when thou command'st the beggar's knee, | Canst thou, when thou command'st the beggers knee, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.41 | Big Mars seems bankrupt in their beggared host, | Bigge Mars seemes banqu'rout in their begger'd Hoast, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.34 | manhood, what an arrant, rascally, beggarly, lousy knave | Manhood, what an arrant rascally, beggerly, lowsie Knaue |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.5 | Gower: the rascally, scauld, beggarly, lousy, pragging | Gower; the rascally, scauld, beggerly, lowsie, pragging |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.101 | And to conclude, reproach and beggary | And to conclude, Reproach and Beggerie, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.51 | 'A must needs, for beggary is valiant. | A must needs, for beggery is valiant. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.134 | Was by a beggar-woman stolen away; | Was by a begger-woman stolne away, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.127 | That beggars mounted run their horse to death. | That Beggers mounted, runne their Horse to death. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.154 | But when he took a beggar to his bed | But when he tooke a begger to his bed, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.28 | Made it a fool and beggar. The two Kings, | Made it a Foole, and Begger. The two Kings |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.122 | Not wake him in his slumber. A beggar's book | Not wake him in his slumber. A Beggers booke, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.83 | Am yet a courtier beggarly, nor could | (Am yet a Courtier beggerly) nor could |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.30 | When beggars die, there are no comets seen; | When Beggers dye, there are no Comets seen, |
| King John | KJ II.i.570 | Of kings, of beggars, old men, young men, maids – | Of kings, of beggers, old men, yong men, maids, |
| King John | KJ II.i.592 | Like a poor beggar raileth on the rich. | Like a poore begger, raileth on the rich. |
| King John | KJ II.i.593 | Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail | Well, whiles I am a begger, I will raile, |
| King John | KJ II.i.596 | To say there is no vice but beggary. | To say there is no vice, but beggerie: |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.14 | proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, | proud, shallow, beggerly, three-suited-hundred pound, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.19 | composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and | composition of a Knaue, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.14 | Of Bedlam beggars, who, with roaring voices, | Of Bedlam beggers, who with roaring voices, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.259 | O, reason not the need! Our basest beggars | O reason not the need: our basest Beggers |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.30 | So beggars marry many. | so Beggers marry many. |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.29.2 | Is it a beggar-man? | Is it a Beggar-man? |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.30 | Madman and beggar too. | Madman, and beggar too. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.68.2 | A poor unfortunate beggar. | A poore vnfortunate Beggar. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.156 | beggar? | Beggar? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.105 | Beggar? | Begger? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.69 | beggar Zenelophon, and he it was that might rightly | Begger Zenelophon: and he it was that might rightly |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.74 | see? To overcome. To whom came he? To the beggar. | did he see? to ouercome. To whom came he? to the Begger. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.75 | What saw he? The beggar. Who overcame he? The beggar. | What saw he? the Begger. Who ouercame he? the Begger. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.77 | captive is enriched. On whose side? The beggar's. The | captiue is inricht: On whose side? the Beggers. The |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.80 | the comparison, thou the beggar, for so witnesseth thy | the comparison) thou the Begger, for so witnesseth thy |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.90.1 | And beggared yours for ever? | and begger'd / Yours for euer? |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.89 | the state, and usurp the beggary he was never born to. | the State, and vsurpe the beggerie hee was neuer borne to: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.119 | Who? Not the Duke? Yes, your beggar of fifty, | Who, not the Duke? Yes, your beggar of fifty: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.172 | yet, and I say to thee, he would mouth with a beggar, | yet (and I say to thee) hee would mouth with a beggar, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.11 | which now peaches him a beggar. Then have we here | which now peaches him a beggar. Then haue we heere, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.19 | Lean, rent, and beggared by the strumpet wind. | Leane, rent, and begger'd by the strumpet winde? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.42 | a beggar that was used to come so smug upon the mart! | a begger that was vsd to come so smug vpon the Mart: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.437 | You teach me how a beggar should be answered. | You teach me how a beggar should be answer'd. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.53 | Of learning, late deceased in beggary. | of learning, late deceast in beggerie. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.27 | not marriage honourable in a beggar? Is not your lord | not marriage honourable in a beggar? is not your Lord |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.130 | Took up a beggar's issue at my gates, | Tooke vp a beggars issue at my gates, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.119 | He called her whore: a beggar in his drink | He call'd her whore: a Begger in his drinke: |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.157 | To beggarly divorcement – love him dearly, | To beggerly diuorcement) Loue him deerely, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.90 | Why, are your beggars whipped then? | Why, are you Beggers whipt then? |
| Pericles | Per II.i.92 | all your beggars were whipped, I would wish no better | all your Beggers were whipt, I would wish no better |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.189 | Or with pale beggar-fear impeach my height | Or with pale beggar-feare impeach my hight |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.77 | A beggar begs that never begged before. | A Begger begs, that neuer begg'd before. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.79 | And now changed to ‘ The Beggar and the King.’ | And now chang'd to the Begger, and the King. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.25 | Nor shall not be the last; like seely beggars, | Nor shall not be the last. Like silly Beggars, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.33 | Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar; | Then Treason makes me wish my selfe a Beggar, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.42 | And spurn upon thee, beggar, for thy boldness. | And spurne vpon thee Begger for thy boldnesse. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.251 | My dukedom to a beggarly denier | My Dukedome, to a Beggerly denier! |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.142 | restore a purse of gold that by chance I found. It beggars | restore a Pursse of Gold that (by chance) I found: It beggars |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.270 | A begging prince what beggar pities not? | A begging Prince, what begger pitties not. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.112 | A beggar, brother? | A Begger, Brother? |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.119 | In weightier things you'll say a beggar nay. | In weightier things you'le say a Begger nay. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.53 | Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary. | Delay leds impotent and Snaile-pac'd Beggery: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.330 | These famished beggars, weary of their lives, | These famish'd Beggers, weary of their liues, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.14 | When King Cophetua loved the beggar maid. | When King Cophetua lou'd the begger Maid, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.32 | They are but beggars that can count their worth. | They are but beggers that can count their worth, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.45 | A beggarly account of empty boxes, | A beggerly account of emptie boxes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.56 | Being holiday, the beggar's shop is shut. | Being holy day, the beggers shop is shut. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.71 | Contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back. | Contempt and beggery hangs vpon thy backe: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.39 | Would not the beggar then forget himself? | Would not the begger then forget himselfe? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.121 | No better than a poor and loathsome beggar. | No better then a poore and loathsome begger: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.123 | The rest were ragged, old, and beggarly. | The rest were ragged, old, and beggerly, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.4 | Beggars that come unto my father's door | Beggers that come vnto my fathers doore, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.31 | When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, | when they will not giue a doit to relieue a lame Begger, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.142 | Mine heir from forth the beggars of the world, | Mine heyre from forth the Beggers of the world, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.194 | To show him what a beggar his heart is, | To shew him what a Begger his heart is, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.5 | If I want gold, steal but a beggar's dog | If I want Gold, steale but a beggers Dogge, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.77 | What charitable men afford to beggars. | What charitable men affoord to Beggers. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.44 | me I was so unfortunate a beggar. | me, I was so vnfortunate a Beggar. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.13 | A dedicated beggar to the air, | A dedicated Beggar to the Ayre, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.9 | Raise me this beggar and deject that lord – | Raise me this Begger, and deny't that Lord, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.11 | The beggar native honour. | The Begger Natiue Honor. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.243 | Wert thou not beggar. Willing misery | Wert thou not Beggar: willing misery |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.274 | To some she-beggar and compounded thee | To some shee-Begger, and compounded thee |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.358 | be welcome. I had rather be a beggar's dog than | be welcome. / I had rather be a Beggers Dogge, / Then |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.532 | Ere thou relieve the beggar. Give to dogs | Ere thou releeue the Begger. Giue to dogges |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.92 | Beggar the estimation which you prized | Begger the estimation which you priz'd, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.143 | As misers do by beggars, neither gave to me | as mysers doe by beggars, / Neither gaue to me |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.269 | professes not answering; speaking is for beggars; he | professes not answering; speaking is for beggers: he |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.8 | So thou mayst say the king lies by a beggar, if a | So thou maist say the Kings lyes by a begger, if a |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.9 | beggar dwell near him; or the Church stands by thy | begger dwell neer him: or the Church stands by thy |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.54 | beggar – Cressida was a beggar. My lady is within, sir. | begger: Cressida was a begger. My Lady is within sir. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.24 | to speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. You were | to speake puling, like a beggar at Hallow-Masse: You were |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.87 | Betwixt the prince and beggar. I have said | Betwixt the Prince and Begger:) I haue said |