| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.i.9.1 | Against our borrowing prayers. | Against our borrowing prayers. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.11 | By the good aid that I of you shall borrow, | By the good ayde that I of you shall borrow, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.107 | Or, if you borrow one another's love for the | Or if you borrow one anothers Loue for the |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.218 | You must borrow me Gargantua's mouth first: | You must borrow me Gargantuas mouth first: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.154 | Beg thou or borrow to make up the sum, | Beg thou, or borrow, to make vp the summe, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.80 | Well, I'll break in. Go borrow me a crow. | Well, Ile breake in: go borrow me a crow. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.4 | must take me up for swearing, as if I borrowed mine | must take me vp for swearing, as if I borrowed mine |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.173 | And with what imitation you can borrow | (And with what imitation you can borrow |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.75 | Neither a borrower nor a lender be, | Neither a borrower, nor a lender be; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.77 | And borrowing dulleth edge of husbandry. | And borrowing duls the edge of Husbandry. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.166 | And thirty dozen moons with borrowed sheen | And thirtie dozen Moones with borrowed sheene, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.18 | that I borrowed – three of four times. Lived well, and in | that I borrowed, three or foure times; liued well, and in |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.23 | A borrowed title hast thou bought too dear. | A borrowed Title hast thou bought too deere. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.239 | the purse; borrowing only lingers and lingers it out, | the purse. Borrowing onely lingers, and lingers it out, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.93 | in to borrow a mess of vinegar, telling us she had a good | in to borrow a messe of Vinegar: telling vs, she had a good |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.109 | ready as a borrower's cap: ‘ I am the King's poor | ready as a borrowed cap: I am the Kings poore |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.28 | And I dare swear you borrow not that face | And I dare sweare, you borrow not that face |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.13 | borrowed of you. But 'tis no matter; this poor show doth | borrowed of you. But it is no matter, this poore shew doth |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.79 | The borrowed glories that by gift of heaven, | The borrowed Glories, that by gift of Heauen, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.75 | Seems he a dove? His feathers are but borrowed, | Seemes he a Doue? his feathers are but borrow'd, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.85 | I'll take away those borrowed plumes of his, | Ile take away those borrowed plumes of his, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.57 | Whether a borrowed aid will serve or no; | Whether a borrowed aid will serue or no, |
| King John | KJ I.i.4 | The borrowed majesty, of England here. | The borrowed Maiesty of England heere. |
| King John | KJ I.i.5 | A strange beginning – ‘ borrowed majesty ’! | A strange beginning: borrowed Maiesty? |
| King John | KJ V.i.51 | That borrow their behaviours from the great, | That borrow their behauiours from the great, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.1 | If but as well I other accents borrow | If but as will I other accents borrow, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.180 | This is a slave whose easy-borrowed pride | This is a Slaue, whose easie borrowed pride |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.693 | borrow my arms again. | borrow my Armes againe. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.108.1 | In borrowed robes? | in borrowed Robes? |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.26 | I must become a borrower of the night | I must become a borrower of the Night, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.359 | We'll borrow place of him. (To Angelo) Sir, by your leave. | We'll borrow place of him; Sir, by your leaue: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.75 | borrowed a box of the ear of the Englishman and swore | borrowed a boxe of the eare of the Englishman, and swore |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.58 | Shylock, although I neither lend nor borrow | Shylocke, albeit I neither lend nor borrow |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.66 | Methought you said you neither lend nor borrow | Me thoughts you said, you neither lend nor borrow |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.49 | His borrowed purse. Well, Jessica, go in. | His borrowed purse. Well Iessica goe in, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.37 | pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the | plucke the borrowed vaile of modestie from the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.37 | Articles are borrowed of the pronoun, and be | Articles are borrowed of the Pronoune; and be |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.296 | hanging by it, and borrows money in God's name, the | hanging by it, and borrowes monie in Gods name, the |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.213 | That to pay grief must of poor patience borrow. | That to pay griefe, must of poore Patience borrow. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.24 | This borrowed passion stands for true old woe, | This borrowed passion stands for true olde woe: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.23 | And never borrow any tear of thee. | And neuer borrow any Teare of thee. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.17 | You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings | You are a Louer, borrow Cupids wings, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.104 | And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death | And in this borrowed likenesse of shrunke death |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.248 | To help to take her from her borrowed grave, | To helpe to take her from her borrowed graue, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.94 | Why, she comes to borrow nothing of them. | Why she comes to borrow nothing of them. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.103 | borrow of your masters, they approach sadly and go | borrow of your Masters, they approach sadly, and go |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.183 | And try the argument of hearts, by borrowing, | And try the argument of hearts, by borrowing, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.12 | to borrow so many talents, nay, urged extremely for't, | to borrow so many Talents, nay vrg'd extreamly for't, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.15 | when he sent to borrow of me, that my provision was | when he sent to borrow of mee, that my Prouision was |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.20 | borrowed of you? | borrowed of you? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.75 | were your godheads to borrow of men, men would forsake | were your Godheads to borrow of men, men would forsake |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.101 | Stay, I will lend thee money, borrow none. | Stay I will lend thee money, borrow none. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.70.1 | There were no suns to borrow of. | There were no Sunnes to borrow of. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.133 | That any drop thou borrowed'st from thy mother, | That any drop thou borrwd'st from thy mother, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.90 | sun borrows of the moon when Diomed keeps his | Sunne borrowes of the Moone when Diomed keepes his |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.3 | For youth is bought more oft than begged or borrowed. | For youth is bought more oft, then begg'd, or borrow'd. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.37 | Sir Thurio borrows his wit from your ladyship's looks, | Sir Thurio borrows his wit from your Ladiships lookes, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.38 | and spends what he borrows kindly in your company. | And spends what he borrowes kindly in your company. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.152 | When Cynthia with her borrowed light, etc. | When Cinthia with her borrowed light, &c. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.39 | The borrow of a week. When at Bohemia | The borrow of a Weeke. When at Bohemia |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.23 | Should I, in these my borrowed flaunts, behold | Should I (in these my borrowed Flaunts) behold |