| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.187 | If I break time, or flinch in property | If I breake time, or flinch in property |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.88 | I shall not break your bidding, good my lord. | I shall not breake your bidding, good my Lord: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.10 | endless liar, an hourly promise-breaker, the owner of no | endlesse Lyar, an hourely promise-breaker, the owner of no |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.46 | serve the turn, or the breaking of my Spanish sword. | serue the turne, or the breaking of my Spanish sword. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.246 | not keeping of oaths; in breaking 'em he is stronger than | not keeping of oaths, in breaking em he is stronger then |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iv.11 | I am supposed dead. The army breaking, | I am supposed dead, the Army breaking, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.72 | For, as it is a heartbreaking to see a handsome man | For, as it is a heart-breaking to see a handsome man |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.117 | (aside) These strong Egyptian fetters I must break, | These strong Egyptian Fetters I must breake, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.129 | I must from this enchanting queen break off. | I must from this enchanting Queene breake off, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.178 | Have notice what we purpose. I shall break | Haue notice what we purpose. I shall breake |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.31.1 | Which break themselves in swearing! | Which breake themselues in swearing. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.184 | Eight wild boars roasted whole at a breakfast, | Eight Wilde-Boares rosted whole at a breakfast: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.79 | Your letters did withhold our breaking forth, | your Letters did with-holde our breaking forth |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vi.35 | If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean | If swift thought breake it not: a swifter meane |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.17 | Which, being dried with grief, will break to powder, | Which being dried with greefe, will breake to powder, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.31 | Then in the midst a tearing groan did break | Then in the midd'st a tearing grone did breake |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.44 | That the false housewife Fortune break her wheel, | That the false Huswife Fortune, breake her Wheele, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.14 | The breaking of so great a thing should make | The breaking of so great a thing, should make |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.309.2 | O, break! O, break! | O breake! O breake! |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.137 | break his neck as his finger. And thou wert best look | breake his necke as his finger. And thou wert best looke |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.20 | honour I will, and when I break that oath, let me turn | honor I will, and when I breake that oath, let mee turne |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.128 | the first time that ever I heard breaking of ribs was sport | the first time that euer I heard breaking of ribbes was sport |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.133 | rib-breaking? Shall we see this wrestling, cousin? | rib-breaking? Shall we see this wrastling Cosin? |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.272 | Will suddenly break forth. Sir, fare you well; | Will sodainly breake forth: Sir, fare you well, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.54 | till I break my shins against it. | till I breake my shins against it. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.37 | speaks brave words, swears brave oaths and breaks | speakes braue words, sweares braue oathes, and breakes |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.40 | side breaks his staff like a noble goose. But all's brave | side, breakes his staffe like a noble goose; but all's braue |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.39 | Break an hour's promise in love? He that will | Breake an houres promise in loue? hee that will |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.40 | divide a minute into a thousand parts, and break but a | diuide a minute into a thousand parts, and breake but a |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.176 | if you break one jot of your promise, or come one minute | if you breake one iot of your promise, or come one minute |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.178 | break-promise, and the most hollow lover, and the most | breake-promise, and the most hollow louer, and the most |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.56 | binds and blood breaks. A poor virgin, sir, an | binds and blood breakes: a poore virgin sir, an |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.97 | Nay, forward, old man; do not break off so, | Nay forward old man, doe not breake off so, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.79 | Or I shall break that merry sconce of yours | Or I shall breake that merrie sconce of yours |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.78 | Back, slave, or I will break thy pate across. | Backe slaue, or I will breake thy pate a-crosse. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.100 | But, too unruly deer, he breaks the pale | But, too vnruly Deere, he breakes the pale, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.135 | A drop of water in the breaking gulf, | A drop of water in the breaking gulfe, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.147 | And break it with a deep-divorcing vow? | And breake it with a deepe-diuorcing vow? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.228 | Ay, and let none enter, lest I break your pate. | I, and let none enter, least I breake your pate. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.73 | Go fetch me something. I'll break ope the gate. | Go fetch me something, Ile break ope the gate. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.74 | Break any breaking here, and I'll break your knave's pate. | Breake any breaking here, and Ile breake your knaues pate. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.75 | A man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind; | A man may breake a word with your sir, and words are but winde: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.76 | Ay, and break it in your face, so he break it not behind. | I and breake it in your face, so he break it not behinde. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.77 | It seems thou wantest breaking. Out upon thee, hind! | It seemes thou want'st breaking, out vpon thee hinde. |
| 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. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.98 | If by strong hand you offer to break in | If by strong hand you offer to breake in |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.31 | – he that brings any man to answer it that breaks his | he that brings any man to answer it that breakes his |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.1 | Fear me not, man. I will not break away. | Feare me not man, I will not breake away, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.209 | To break the heart of generosity | To breake the heart of generosity, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.16 | Are bringing forth our youth. We'll break our walls | Are bringing forth our youth: Wee'l breake our Walles |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.viii.2.1 | Worse than a promise-breaker. | Worse then a Promise-breaker. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.138 | Break ope the locks o'th' Senate and bring in | Breake ope the Lockes a'th' Senate, and bring in |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.313 | Lest parties – as he is beloved – break out | Least parties (as he is belou'd) breake out, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.30.1 | With us to break his neck. | With vs to breake his necke. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.23 | for the violent breaking out. | for the violent breaking out. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.17 | On a dissension of a doit, break out | On a dissention of a Doit, breake out |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.49.1 | The Volsces dare break with us. | The Volces dare breake with vs. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.25 | That which shall break his neck or hazard mine | That which shall breake his necke, or hazard mine, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.25 | All bond and privilege of nature, break! | All bond and priuiledge of Nature breake; |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.33 | and, he returning to break our necks, they respect not us. | and he returning to breake our necks, they respect not vs. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.95 | Breaking his oath and resolution like | Breaking his Oath and Resolution, like |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.5 | That makes thee stare thus? Wherefore breaks that sigh | That makes thee stare thus? Wherefore breaks that sigh |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.44 | To break it with a fearful dream of him, | To breake it with a fearfull dreame of him, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.75 | A law-breaker, a villain: yield thee, thief. | A Law-breaker, a Villaine: yeeld thee Theefe. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.140 | As it is like him – might break out, and swear | (As it is like him) might breake out, and sweare |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.40 | Peace, break thee off. Look where it comes again. | Peace, breake thee of: Looke where it comes againe. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.169 | Break we our watch up. And by my advice | Breake we our Watch vp, and by my aduice |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.159 | But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue. | But breake my heart, for I must hold my tongue. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.28 | Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, | |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.33 | The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind, | The flash and out-breake of a fiery minde, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.493 | Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, | Breake all the Spokes and Fallies from her wheele, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.569 | Who calls me villain? Breaks my pate across? | Who calles me Villaine? breakes my pate a-crosse? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.197 | But what we do determine oft we break. | But what we do determine, oft we breake: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.234 | If she should break it now! | If she should breake it now. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.197 | And break your own neck down. | And breake your owne necke downe. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.28 | That inward breaks, and shows no cause without | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.30 | Break not your sleeps for that. You must not think | Breake not your sleepes for that, / You must not thinke |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.117 | have his bargain, for he was never yet a breaker of | haue his bargaine, for he was neuer yet a Breaker of |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.200 | By breaking through the foul and ugly mists | By breaking through the foule and vgly mists |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.234 | Art thou to break into this woman's mood, | Art thou, to breake into this Womans mood, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.30 | 'twere not as good deed as drink to break the pate on | t'were not as good a deed as drinke, to break the pate of |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.13 | afoot, I shall break my wind. Well, I doubt not but to | a foote, I shall breake my winde. Well, I doubt not but to |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.90 | In faith, I'll break thy little finger, Harry, | Indeede Ile breake thy little finger Harry, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.102 | dozen of Scots at a breakfast, washes his hands, and says | dozen of Scots at a Breakfast, washes his hands, and saies |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.238 | sanguine coward, this bed-presser, this horse-back-breaker, | sanguine Coward, this Bed-presser, this Hors-back-breaker, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.24 | Diseased nature oftentimes breaks forth | Diseased Nature oftentimes breakes forth |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.138 | Break with your wives of your departure hence. | Breake with your Wiues, of your departure hence: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.159 | Ere break the smallest parcel of this vow. | Ere breake the smallest parcell of this Vow. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.149 | an I do, I pray God my girdle break. | if I do, let my Girdle breake. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.169 | breakfast, love thy husband, look to thy servants, | Breakfast, loue thy Husband, / Looke to thy Seruants, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.202 | Rare words! Brave world! Hostess, my breakfast, come! | Rare words! braue world. Hostesse, my breakfast, come: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.34 | For you my staff of office did I break | For you, my staffe of Office did I breake |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.37 | Of his oath-breaking – which he mended thus, | Of his Oath-breaking: which he mended thus, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.142 | Impatient of his fit, breaks like a fire | Impatient of his Fit, breakes like a fire |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.73 | Shall break into corruption ’ – so went on, | Shall breake into Corruption: so went on, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.29 | break Scoggin's head at the court gate, when 'a was a | breake Scoggan's Head at the Court-Gate, when hee was a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.85 | Not to break peace, or any branch of it, | Not to breake Peace, or any Branch of it, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.221.1 | Grow stronger for the breaking. | Grow stronger, for the breaking. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.112.1 | Will you thus break your faith? | Will you thus breake your faith? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.29 | One time or other break some gallows' back. | One time, or other, breake some Gallowes back. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.120 | So thin that life looks through and will break out. | So thinne, that Life lookes through, and will breake out. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.118 | Pluck down my officers, break my decrees; | Plucke downe my Officers, breake my Decrees; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.11 | like an ill venture it come unluckily home, I break, and | (like an ill Venture) it come vnluckily home, I breake; and |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.226 | Or break it all to pieces. Or there we'll sit, | Or breake it all to peeces. Or there wee'l sit, |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.10 | I will bestow a breakfast to make you friends, | I will bestow a breakfast to make you friendes, |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.35 | the means whereof 'a breaks words, and keeps whole | the meanes whereof, a breakes Words, and keepes whole |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.40 | Do break the clouds, as did the wives of Jewry | Doe breake the Clouds; as did the Wiues of Iewry, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.142 | that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. | that dare eate his breakefast on the Lippe of a Lyon. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.22 | Break up their drowsy grave and newly move | Breake vp their drowsie Graue, and newly moue |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.85 | breaks yonder? | breakes yonder? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.106 | Break out into a second course of mischief, | Breake out into a second course of mischiefe, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.145 | never break for urging. If thou canst love a fellow of this | neuer breake for vrging. If thou canst loue a fellow of this |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.242 | therefore, Queen of all, Katherine, break thy mind to | Therefore Queene of all, Katherine, breake thy minde to |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.119 | To keep the horsemen off from breaking in. | To keepe the Horsemen off, from breaking in. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.13 | Break up the gates; I'll be your warrantise. | Breake vp the Gates, Ile be your warrantize; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.58 | Thus contumeliously should break the peace! | Thus contumeliously should breake the Peace. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.80 | Cardinal, I'll be no breaker of the law; | Cardinall, Ile be no breaker of the Law: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.81 | But we shall meet and break our minds at large. | But we shall meet, and breake our minds at large. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.71 | Then how or which way should they first break in? | Then how, or which way, should they first breake in? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.1 | The day begins to break and night is fled, | The Day begins to breake, and Night is fled, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.193 | And will at last break out into a flame. | And will at last breake out into a flame, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.50 | What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, | What will you doe, good gray-beard? / Breake a Launce, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.31 | He dies, we lose; I break my warlike word; | He dies, we loose: I breake my warlike word: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.91 | Drive you to break your necks or hang yourselves! | Driue you to break your necks, or hang your selues. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.92 | Break thou in pieces and consume to ashes, | Breake thou in peeces, and consume to ashes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.164 | Although you break it when your pleasure serves. | Although you breake it, when your pleasure serues. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.33 | That he that breaks a stick of Gloucester's grove | That he that breakes a sticke of Glosters groue, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.18 | And spirits walk, and ghosts break up their graves, | And Spirits walke, and Ghosts breake vp their Graues; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.40.4 | and break in | and breake in. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.74 | A sorry breakfast for my Lord Protector. | A sorry Breakfast for my Lord Protector. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.77 | My lord, break we off; we know your mind at full. | My Lord, breake we off; we know your minde at full. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.325 | And so break off, the day is almost spent. | And so breake off, the day is almost spent, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.278 | An answer from the King, or we will all break in! | An answer from the King, or wee will all breake in. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.320 | And even now my burdened heart would break, | And euen now my burthen'd heart would breake |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iii.14 | If we mean to thrive and do good, break open the | If we meane to thriue, and do good, breake open the |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.103 | and then break into his son-in-law's house, Sir James | and then breake into his Sonne in Lawes house, Sir Iames |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.27 | in slavery to the nobility. Let them break your backs with | in slauerie to the Nobility. Let them breake your backes with |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.31 | Is't not enough to break into my garden, | Is't not enough to breake into my Garden, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.8 | Charged our main battle's front, and, breaking in, | Charg'd our maine Battailes Front: and breaking in, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.265 | Hath made her break out into terms of rage! | Hath made her breake out into termes of Rage. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.17 | I would break a thousand oaths to reign one year. | I would breake a thousand Oathes, to reigne one yeere. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.75 | Ah, would she break from hence, that this my body | Ah, would she breake from hence, that this my body |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.110 | Break off the parley; for scarce I can refrain | Breake off the parley, for scarse I can refraine |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.78 | Be blind with tears, and break o'ercharged with grief. | Be blinde with teares, and break ore-charg'd with griefe |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.72 | But did you never swear, and break an oath? | But did you neuer sweare, and breake an Oath. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.89 | But do not break your oaths; for of that sin | But do not breake your Oathes, for of that sinne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.39 | While we bethink a means to break it off. | While we bethinke a meanes to breake it off. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.24 | And heave it shall some weight or break my back. | And heaue it shall some waight, or breake my backe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.167.1 | Did break i'th' wrenching. | Did breake ith'wrenching. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.190 | And break the foresaid peace. Let the King know, | And breake the foresaid peace. Let the King know |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.27 | Language unmannerly, yea, such which breaks | Language vnmannerly; yea, such which breakes |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.240 | My comfort comes along. (to them) Break up the court; | My comfort comes along: breake vp the Court; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.198 | Should the approach of this wild river break, | Should the approach of this wilde Riuer breake, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.202 | And after, this; and then to breakfast with | And after this, and then to Breakfast with |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.83 | Go break among the press, and find a way out | Go breake among the preasse, and finde away out |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.101 | Here lies the east; doth not the day break here? | Here lyes the East: doth not the Day breake heere? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.116 | If these be motives weak, break off betimes, | If these be Motiues weake, breake off betimes, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.139 | If he do break the smallest particle | If he do breake the smallest Particle |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.150 | O, name him not; let us not break with him, | O name him not; let vs not breake with him, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.98 | ‘ Break up the Senate till another time, | Breake vp the Senate, till another time: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.42 | All this? Ay, more: fret till your proud heart break; | All this? I more: Fret till your proud hart break. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.269 | If thou dost nod, thou break'st thy instrument; | If thou do'st nod, thou break'st thy Instrument, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.262 | You break a greater honour than yourself. | You breake a greater honor then your selfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.268 | It is a penalty to break your statutes, | It is a pennalty to breake your statutes, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.331 | That breaks the sacred warrant of an oath. | That breake the sacred warrant of an oath, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.332 | What wilt thou say to one that breaks an oath? | What wilt thou say to one that breaks an othe, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.336 | To break a lawful and religious vow? | To breake a lawfull and religious vowe. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.339 | Or break thy oath or cancel all the bonds | Or breake thy oth or cancell all the bondes, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.347 | Thy oath break hers, or let thy sovereign die. | Thy oth breake hers or let thy souereigne dye. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.351 | To break a vow made by the name of God. | To breake a vowe made by the name of God, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.49 | Go, break the thund'ring parchment-bottom out, | Go breake the thundring parchment bottome out, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.2 | Have made a breakfast to our foe by sea, | Haue made a breakfast to our foe by Sea, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.86 | Did break from anchor straight, and, puffed with rage | Did breake from Anchor straight, and puft with rage, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.129 | Breaks in extremity of lightning flash, | Breakes in extremitie of lightning flash, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.163 | As did the gushing moisture break into | As did her gushing moysture breake into, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.15 | Before they break so far into the realm. | Before they breake so far into the Realme. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.50 | That, if he break out, Nestor's years on earth | That if he breaketh out, Nestors yeares on earth, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.36 | And not to break a promise with his foe? | And not to breake a promise with his foe? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.69 | And flintstones rise and break the battle 'ray, | and flint stones rise and breake the battell ray: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.76 | Should ever rise and break the battle 'ray, | Should euer rise and breake the battaile ray, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.58 | With all endeavour sought to break our ranks | With all indeuor sought to breake our rankes, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.78 | Than break the stable verdict of a prince. | Than break the stable verdict of a prince, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.81 | What canst thou promise that I cannot break? | What canst thou promise that I cannot breake? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.85 | Nor that same man doth never break his word | Nor that same man doth neuer breake his worde, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.88 | Which, if thyself without consent do break, | Which if thy selfe without consent doo breake, |
| King John | KJ II.i.150 | Women and fools, break off your conference! | Women & fooles, breake off your conference. |
| King John | KJ II.i.568 | That broker that still breaks the pate of faith, | That Broker, that still breakes the pate of faith, |
| King John | KJ II.i.569 | That daily break-vow, he that wins of all, | That dayly breake-vow, he that winnes of all, |
| King John | KJ II.i.597 | Since kings break faith upon commodity, | Since Kings breake faith vpon commoditie, |
| King John | KJ III.i.93 | No bargains break that are not this day made; | No bargaines breake that are not this day made; |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.54 | To break into this dangerous argument: | To breake into this dangerous argument. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.79 | His passion is so ripe it needs must break. | His passion is so ripe, it needs must breake. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.80 | And when it breaks, I fear will issue thence | And when it breakes, I feare will issue thence |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.101 | This must not be thus borne; this will break out | This must not be thus borne, this will breake out |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.210 | To break within the bloody house of life, | To breake within the bloody house of life, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.235 | Deep shame had struck me dumb, made me break off, | Deepe shame had struck me dumbe, made me break off, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.6 | If I get down, and do not break my limbs, | If I get downe, and do not breake my limbes, |
| King John | KJ V.iv.32 | Behold another daybreak in the east. | Behold another day breake in the East: |
| King John | KJ V.vi.14 | That any accent breaking from thy tongue | That any accent breaking from thy tongue, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.167 | On thine allegiance hear me! | That thou hast sought to make vs breake our vowes, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.168 | Since thou hast sought to make us break our vow, | |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.198 | Do hourly carp and quarrel, breaking forth | Do hourely Carpe and is Quarrell, breaking forth |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.295 | That these hot tears which break from me perforce | That these hot teares, which breake from me perforce |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.70 | a hill, lest it break thy neck with following. But the great | a hill, least it breake thy necke with following. But the great |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.280 | Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws | shal break into a hundred thousand flawes |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.4.2 | Wilt break my heart? | Wilt breake my heart? |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.5 | I had rather break mine own. Good my lord, enter. | I had rather breake mine owne, / Good my Lord enter. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.143 | And my heart breaks at it. | and my heart breakes at it. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.167 | And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; | and the strong Lance of Iustice, hurtlesse breakes: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.310.1 | Break, heart; I prithee break. | Breake heart, I prythee breake. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.66 | Study to break it and not break my troth. | Studie to breake it, and not breake my troth. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.131 | This article, my liege, yourself must break; | This Article my Liedge your selfe must breake, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.151 | If I break faith, this word shall speak for me: | If I breake faith, this word shall breake for me, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.154 | And he that breaks them in the least degree | And he that breakes them in the least degree, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.100 | Why, will shall break it; will, and nothing else. | Why, will shall breake it will, and nothing els. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.106 | And sin to break it. | And sinne to breake it: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.59.1 | Break up this capon. | Breake vp this Capon. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.62 | Break the neck of the wax, and every one give ear. | Breake the necke of the Waxe, and euery one giue eare. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.141 | You would for paradise break faith and troth; | You would for Paradise breake Faith and troth, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.176 | To break the vow I am engaged in, | To breake the vow I am ingaged in. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.109 | breaking out of mirth, as it were, I have acquainted | breaking out of myrth (as it were) I haue acquainted |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.262 | Not one word more, my maids; break off, break off! | Not one word more my maides, breake off, breake off. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.348 | The virtue of your eye must break my oath. | The vertue of your eie must breake my oth. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.350 | For virtue's office never breaks men's troth. | For vertues office neuer breakes men troth. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.355 | So much I hate a breaking cause to be | So much I hate a breaking cause to be |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.441 | Despise me when I break this oath of mine. | Despise me when I breake this oath of mine. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.48 | That made you break this enterprise to me? | That made you breake this enterprize to me? |
| 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.vi.61 | And break it to our hope. I'll not fight with thee. | And breake it to our hope. Ile not fight with thee. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.3 | And those eyes, the break of day, | And those eyes: the breake of day |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.7 | Break off thy song, and haste thee quick away. | Breake off thy song, and haste thee quick away, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.432 | Her brother's ghost his paved bed would break, | Her Brothers ghost, his paued bed would breake, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.61 | I'll break a custom. (To Bassanio) Is he yet possessed | Ile breake a custome: is he yet possest |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.133 | Who if he break, thou mayst with better face | Who if he breake, thou maist with better face |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.160 | If he should break his day, what should I gain | If he should breake his daie, what should I gaine |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.10 | An it shall please you to break up this, it | And it shall please you to breake vp this, shall it |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.105 | break. | breake. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.51 | As are those dulcet sounds in break of day | As are those dulcet sounds in breake of day, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.29 | My mistress will before the break of day | My Mistresse will before the breake of day |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.248 | I never more will break an oath with thee. | I neuer more will breake an oath with thee. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.253 | Will never more break faith advisedly. | Will neuer more breake faith aduisedlie. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.292 | their hearts they may effect, they will break their | their hearts they may effect; they will breake their |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.50 | with Mistress Anne, and I would not break with her for | with Mistris Anne, / And I would not breake with her for |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.218 | breakfast. After, we'll a-birding together. I have a fine | breakfast: after we'll a Birding together, I haue a fine |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.22 | Break their talk, Mistress Quickly. My kinsman | Breake their talke Mistris Quickly, / My Kinsman |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.iii.10 | than a great deal of heartbreak. | then a great deale of heart-breake. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.29 | Shall break the locks | shall break the locks |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.79 | And make him with fair Aegles break his faith, | And make him with faire Eagles breake his faith |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.258 | Seem to break loose, take on as he would follow, | seeme to breake loose; / Take on as you would follow, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.446 | Here will I rest me till the break of day. | Here will I rest me till the breake of day, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.15 | honey bag break not, I would be loath to have you overflown | hony bag breake not, I would be loth to haue yon ouer-flowne |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.391 | Now until the break of day | Now vntill the breake of day, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.412 | Meet me all by break of day. | Meet me all by breake of day. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.23 | Did he break out into tears? | Did he breake out into teares? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.288 | And I will break with her and with her father | And I will breake with her: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.305 | Then after, to her father will I break, | Then after, to her father will I breake, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.14 | break with you of it. | breake with you of it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.132 | Do, do; he'll but break a comparison or two | Do, do, hee'l but breake a comparison or two |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.142 | withdrawn her father to break with him about it. The | withdrawne her father to breake with him about it: the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.192 | peace; if he break the peace, he ought to enter into a | peace, if hee breake the peace, hee ought to enter into a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.68 | For my life, to break with him about Beatrice. | For my life to breake with him about Beatrice. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.179 | leave you now to your gossip-like humour; you break | leaue you now to your gossep-like humor, you breake |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.55 | Breaks out to savage madness. Look, he stirs. | Breakes out to sauage madnesse. Looke, he stirres: |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.88 | Or else break out in peevish jealousies, | Or else breake out in peeuish Iealousies, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.17 | Justice to break her sword! One more, one more. | Iustice to breake her Sword. One more, one more: |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.121 | Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both. | Who shuns not to breake one, will cracke both. |
| Pericles | Per II.v.12 | And on her virgin honour will not break it. | And on her Virgin honour, will not breake it. |
| Pericles | Per III.i.76 | By break of day, if the wind cease. | By breake of day, if the Wind cease. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.121 | breakfast in the cheapest country under the cope, shall | breakefast in the cheapest countrey vnder the coap, shall |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.51 | They may break his foaming courser's back | That they may breake his foaming Coursers backe, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.228 | My heart is great, but it must break with silence | My heart is great: but it must break with silence, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.150 | And let him never see joy that breaks that oath. | And let him neu'r see Ioy, that breakes that Oath. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.168 | For I am loath to break our country's laws. | For I am loth to breake our Countries Lawes: |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.3 | After your late tossing on the breaking seas? | After your late tossing on the breaking Seas? |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.101 | They break their faith to God as well as us. | They breake their Faith to God, as well as vs: |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.59 | Shalt break into corruption. Thou shalt think, | Shall breake into corruption: thou shalt thinke, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.2 | When weeping made you break the story off, | When weeping made you breake the story off, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.44 | Open the door, or I will break it open. | Open the doore, or I will breake it open. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.88 | Since pride must have a fall – and break the neck | (Since Pride must haue a fall) and breake the necke |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.76 | Sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hours, | Sorrow breakes Seasons, and reposing houres, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.203 | To hurl upon their heads that break His law. | To hurle vpon their heads that breake his Law. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.209 | Didst break that vow, and with thy treacherous blade | Did'st breake that Vow, and with thy treacherous blade, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.125 | The new-healed wound of malice should break out, | The new-heal'd wound of Malice should breake out, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.47 | You break not sanctuary in seizing him: | You breake not Sanctuarie, in seizing him: |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.54 | You break no privilege nor charter there. | You breake no Priuiledge, nor Charter there: |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.177 | Be thou so too, and so break off the talk, | Be thou so too, and so breake off the talke, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.177 | To breakfast once, forth of my company. | To Breakefast once, forth of my company. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.365 | Harp on it still shall I till heart-strings break. | Harpe on it still shall I, till heart-strings breake. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.378 | If thou didst fear to break an oath with Him, | If thou didd'st feare to breake an Oath with him, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.381 | If thou hadst feared to break an oath by Him, | If thou had'st fear'd to breake an oath by him, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.87 | And flaky darkness breaks within the east. | And flakie darkenesse breakes within the East. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.2 | But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? | But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.57 | O, break, my heart! Poor bankrupt, break at once! | O breake my heart, / Poore Banckrout breake at once, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.168 | Or by the break of day disguised from hence. | Or by the breake of day disguis'd from hence, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.74 | Then be not poor, but break it and take this. | Then be not poore, but breake it, and take this. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.95 | You break into some merry passion | You breake into some merrie passion, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.264 | And if you break the ice and do this feat, | And if you breake the ice, and do this seeke, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.147 | Why then, thou canst not break her to the lute? | Why then thou canst not break her to the Lute? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.78 | Or else my heart concealing it will break, | Or els my heart concealing it wil breake, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.169 | And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, | And as the Sunne breakes through the darkest clouds, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.72 | Like pleasant travellers, to break a jest | Like pleasant trauailors to breake a Iest |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.26 | I had rather crack my sinews, break my back, | I had rather cracke my sinewes, breake my backe, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.15 | If thou dost break her virgin-knot before | If thou do'st breake her Virgin-knot, before |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.31 | My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore, | My Charmes Ile breake, their sences Ile restore, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.54 | This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, | This Ayrie-charme is for, I'le breake my staffe, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.164 | Not a relation for a breakfast, nor | Not a relation for a break-fast, nor |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.74 | You had rather be at a breakfast of enemies than | You had rather be at a breakefast of Enemies, then |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.24 | But must not break my back to heal his finger. | But must not breake my backe, to heale his finger. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.35 | Will knit and break religions, bless th' accursed, | Will knit and breake Religions, blesse th'accurst, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.335 | livedst but as a breakfast to the wolf. If thou wert the | liu'dst but as a Breakefast to the Wolfe. If thou wert the |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.420 | Within this mile break forth a hundred springs; | Within this Mile breake forth a hundred Springs: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.449 | Break open shops – nothing can you steal | Breake open shoppes, nothing can you steale |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.9 | Then this breaking of his has been but a try for his | Then this breaking of his, / Ha's beene but a Try for his |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.12 | And pursy insolence shall break his wind | And pursie Insolence shall breake his winde |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.60 | Or if not so, thy noble heart to break: | Or if not so, thy noble heart to breake: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.214 | And do not break into these deep extremes. | And do not breake into these deepe extreames. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.132 | Make poor men's cattle break their necks, | Make poore mens Cattell breake their neckes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.19 | Rome's emperor and nephew, break the parle; | Romes Emperour & Nephewe breake the parle |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.90 | And break my utt'rance even in the time | And breake my very vttrance, euen in the time |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.148 | Breaks scurril jests, | Breakes scurrill Iests, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.38 | as a sailor breaks a biscuit. | as a Sailor breakes a bisket. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.215 | The fool slides o'er the ice that you should break. | The foole slides ore the Ice that you should breake. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.258 | undone for ever, for if Hector break not his neck | vndone for euer; for if Hector breake not his necke |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.259 | i'th' combat, he'll break't himself in vainglory. He | i'th'combat, heele break't himselfe in vaine-glory. He |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.107 | Crack my clear voice with sobs, and break my heart | Cracke my cleere voyce with sobs, and breake my heart |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.16 | Why sigh'st thou without breaking?’ | why sighest thou without breaking? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.39 | An oath that I have sworn. I will not break it. | An Oath that I haue sworne. I will not breake it, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.52.1 | You will break out. | you will breake out. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.71 | I must not break my faith. | I must not breake my faith: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.32 | a plague break thy neck – for frighting me! What's | a plague breake thy necke---for frighting me: what's |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.22 | That if one break, the other will hold; or if both | That if one breake, the other will hold: or if both |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.23 | break, your gaskins fall. | breake, your gaskins fall. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.124 | break promise with him and make a fool of him. | breake promise with him, and make a foole of him. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.75 | Nay, patience, or we break the sinews of our plot. | Nay patience, or we breake the sinewes of our plot? |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.40 | He breaks free and draws his sword | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.44 | And in good time; now will we break with him. | And in good time: now will we breake with him. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.139 | Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep, | Now can I breake my fast, dine, sup, and sleepe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.59 | I am to break with thee of some affairs | I am to breake with thee of some affaires |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.139 | I'll be so bold to break the seal for once. | Ile be so bold to breake the seale for once. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.317 | Well, that fault may be mended with a breakfast. | Well: that fault may be mended with a breakfast: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.11 | In breaking faith with Julia, whom I loved; | In breaking faith with Iulia, whom I lou'd; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.127 | And full of new-found oaths, which he will break | And full of new-found oathes, which he will breake |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.i.4 | She will not fail, for lovers break not hours | She will not faile; for Louers breake not houres, |
| 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 I.ii.73 | From me with leeches! Let them break and fall | From me with Leeches, Let them breake and fall |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.42 | break from one of them; when the other presently gives | breake from one of them. / When the other presently gives |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.9 | Her bright eyes break each morning 'gainst thy window | Her bright eyes breake each morning gainst thy window, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.24.1 | Breaks through his baser garments. | Breakes through his baser garments. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.62.1 | Should break out, though i'th' sanctuary. | Should breake out, though i'th Sanctuary. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.45.1 | Darest thou break first? | Dar'st thou breake first? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.19 | Break comely out before him; like true lovers, | break comly out before him: like true lovers, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.48 | She swore by wine and bread she would not break. | She swore by wine, and bread, she would not breake. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.84.1 | Break from the troop. | Breake from the Troope. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.114 | For breaking prison, and I, if you reveal me, | For breaking prison, and I, if you reveale me, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.30 | barley-break, we of the blessed. Alas, 'tis a sore life they | Barly breake, / We of the blessed; alas, tis a sore life they |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.55 | The masoned turrets, that both makest and breakest | The masond Turrets, that both mak'st, and break'st |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.74 | When neither curb would crack, girth break, nor differing plunges | When neither Curb would cracke, girth breake nor diffring plunges |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.288 | Of breaking honesty. Horsing foot on foot? | Of breaking Honestie) horsing foot on foot? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.363 | To me a break-neck. Happy star reign now! | To me a breake-neck. Happy Starre raigne now, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.128 | You have not dared to break the holy seal, | You haue not dar'd to breake the holy Seale, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.130 | Break up the seals and read. | Breake vp the Seales, and read. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.172.1 | Break too! | Breake too. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.26 | Did this break from her: ‘ Good Antigonus, | Did this breake from her. Good Antigonus, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.199 | and break a foul gap into the matter, he makes the | and breake a fowle gap into the Matter, hee makes the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.488 | In unknown fathoms, will I break my oath | In vnknowne fadomes, will I breake my oath |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.766 | will break the back of man, the heart of monster. | will breake the back of Man, the heart of Monster. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.42 | As my Antigonus to break his grave | As my Antigonus to breake his Graue, |