| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.73 | That's able to breathe life into a stone, | That's able to breath life into a stone, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.253 | beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe | beate thee: I thinke thou wast created for men to breath |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.237 | And, breathless, power breathe forth. | And breathlesse powre breath forth. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.21.1 | A statue than a breather. | A Statue, then a Breather. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.14 | To let him breathe between the heavens and earth, | To let him breath betweene the Heauens and Earth |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.177 | I will be treble-sinewed, hearted, breathed, | I will be trebble-sinewed, hearted, breath'd, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.211 | Uplift us to the view. In their thick breaths, | Vplift vs to the view. In their thicke breathes, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.205 | breathed. | breath'd. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.272 | I will chide no breather in the world but myself, | I wil chide no breather in the world but my selfe |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.181 | I have not breathed almost since I did see it. | I haue not breath'd almost since I did see it. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.1 | Breathe you, my friends. Well fought! We are come off | Breath you my friends, wel fought, we are come off, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.238.1 | Breathe not where princes are. | Breath not where Princes are. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.31 | That's not my meaning. But breathe his faults so quaintly | That's not my meaning: but breath his faults so quaintly, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.44 | The youth you breathe of guilty, be assured | The youth you breath of guilty, be assur'd |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.396 | When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out | When Churchyards yawne, and Hell it selfe breaths out |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.199 | And breath of life, I have no life to breathe | And breath of life: I haue no life to breath |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.65 | And for his death no wind of blame shall breathe, | And for his death no winde of blame shall breath, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.3 | And breathe short-winded accents of new broils | And breath shortwinded accents of new broils |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.101 | Three times they breathed, and three times did they drink | Three times they breath'd, and three times did they drink |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.15 | ‘ dyeing scarlet,’ and when you breathe in your watering | dying Scarlet; and when you breath in your watering, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.244 | Well, breathe awhile, and then to it again, | Well, breath a-while, and then to't againe: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.11 | No man so potent breathes upon the ground | No man so potent breathes vpon the ground, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.44 | O Hal, I prithee give me leave to breathe | O Hal, I prethee giue me leaue to breath |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.14 | We breathe too long: come, cousin Westmorland, | We breath too long: Come cosin Westmerland, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.46 | Stay and breathe a while. | Stay, and breath awhile. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.38 | That stopped by me to breathe his bloodied horse. | That stopp'd by me, to breath his bloodied horse. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.108 | Rendering faint quittance, wearied and out-breathed, | Rend'ring faint quittance (wearied, and out-breath'd) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.112 | That need to be revived and breathed in me? | That need to be reuiu'd, and breath'd in me? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.183 | That ever I shall breathe. God knows, my son, | That euer I shall breath: Heauen knowes, my Sonne) |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.145 | A night is but small breath and little pause | A Night is but small breathe, and little pawse, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.127 | And suffer you to breathe in fruitful peace, | And suffer you to breath in fruitfull peace, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.287 | He shall not breathe infection in this air | He shall not breathe infection in this ayre, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.345 | Through whom a thousand sighs are breathed for thee. | Through whom a thousand sighes are breath'd for thee. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.391 | Here could I breathe my soul into the air, | Heere could I breath my soule into the ayre, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.398 | Or I should breathe it so into thy body, | Or I should breathe it so into thy body, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.7 | Breathe foul contagious darkness in the air. | Breath foule contagious darknesse in the ayre: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.13 | By giving the house of Lancaster leave to breathe, | By giuing the House of Lancaster leaue to breathe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.43 | Breathe out invectives 'gainst the officers. | Breathe out Inuectiues 'gainst the Officers. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.108 | And, whilst we breathe, take time to do him dead. | And whilest we breathe, take time to doe him dead. |
| 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.iii.2 | I lay me down a little while to breathe; | I lay me downe a little while to breath: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.31 | Now breathe we, lords; good fortune bids us pause, | Now breath we Lords, good fortune bids vs pause, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.81 | Why, am I dead? Do I not breathe a man? | Why? Am I dead? Do I not breath a Man? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.112 | Ha! Durst the traitor breathe out so proud words? | Ha? durst the Traytor breath out so prowd words? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.40 | Ah, Warwick! Montague hath breathed his last; | Ah Warwicke, Mountague hath breath'd his last, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iii.16 | If she have time to breathe, be well assured | If she haue time to breathe, be well assur'd |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.23 | This day I breathed first. Time is come round, | This day I breathed first, Time is come round, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.34 | Breathes from the wall an angel's note from heaven | Breathes from the wall, an Angels note from Heauen: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.211 | Whenas he breathed his blessings on his sons. | When as he breathed his blessings on his sonnes, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.16 | And here a season let us breathe ourselves. | And heere a season let vs breath our selues, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.15 | No ghosts, my lord, but men that breathe a life | No ghosts my Lord, but men that breath a life, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.4 | Breathe, then, and to it again. The amazed French | Breath then, and too it againe, the amazed French |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.239 | Peruse your spoils; and after we have breathed | Peruse your spoiles, and after we haue breathd |
| King John | KJ III.i.256 | Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, | Or let the Church our mother breathe her curse, |
| King John | KJ III.ii.4 | While Philip breathes. | While Philip breathes. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.36 | We breathed our counsel. But it pleased your highness | We breath'd our Councell: but it pleas'd your Highnes |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.138 | Under the tide; but now I breathe again | Vnder the tide; but now I breath againe |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.246 | This kingdom, this confine of blood and breath, | This kingdome, this Confine of blood, and breathe |
| King John | KJ V.ii.127 | By all the blood that ever fury breathed, | By all the bloud that euer fury breath'd, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.65 | You breathe these dead news in as dead an ear. | You breath these dead newes in as dead an eare |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.51 | Thou'dst shivered like an egg; but thou dost breathe, | Thou'dst shiuer'd like an Egge: but thou do'st breath: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.141 | And that thy tongue some 'say of breeding breathes, | And that thy tongue (some say) of breeding breathes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.267 | Tapers they are, with your sweet breaths puffed out. | Tapers they are, with your sweete breathes puft out. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.651 | A man so breathed that certain he would fight, yea, | A man so breathed, that certaine he would fight: yea |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.660 | breathed, he was a man. But I will forward with my | But I will forward with my |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.718 | For mine own part, I breathe free breath. I have | For mine owne part, I breath free breath: I haue |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.78 | And mercy then will breathe within your lips, | And mercie then will breathe within your lips |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iv.26 | But it confounds the breather. He should have lived, | But it confounds the breather. He should haue liu'd, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.27 | I have toward heaven breathed a secret vow | I haue toward heauen breath'd a secret vow, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.2 | Speak, breathe, discuss; brief, short, quick, snap. | speake, breathe, discusse: breefe, short, quicke, snap. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.74 | And now have toiled their unbreathed memories | And now haue toyled their vnbreathed memories |
| Othello | Oth II.i.251 | so near with their lips that their breaths embraced | so neere with their lippes, that their breathes embrac'd |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.272 | He's that he is: I may not breathe my censure | He's that he is: I may not breath my censure. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.92 | Nature awakes. A warmth breathes out of her. | Nature awakes a warmth breath out of her; |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.173.1 | Which breathed this poison. | Which breath'd this poyson. |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.24 | Made him a man; and though thou livest and breathest | Made him a man: and though thou liu'st, and breath'st, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.153 | Breathe I against thee upon pain of life. | Breath I against thee, vpon paine of life. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.257 | To breathe the abundant dolour of the heart. | To breath th' abundant dolour of the heart. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.1 | Will the King come, that I may breathe my last | Will the King come, that I may breath my last |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.8 | For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain. | For they breath truth, that breath their words in paine. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.92 | I am in health. I breathe, and see thee ill. | I am in health, I breath, I see thee ill. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.82 | To breathe this news. Yet what I say is true. | To breath these newes; yet what I say, is true; |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.73 | If I dare eat, or drink, or breathe, or live, | If I dare eate, or drinke, or breathe, or liue, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.128 | Be judged by subject and inferior breath | Be iudg'd by subiect, and inferior breathe, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.161 | Clarence still breathes; Edward still lives and reigns; | Clarence still breathes, Edward stillliues and raignes, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.140 | His better doth not breathe upon the earth. | His better doth not breath vpon the earth. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.239 | Thus have you breathed your curse against yourself. | Thus haue you breath'd your Curse against your self. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.285 | The lips of those that breathe them in the air. | The lips of those that breath them in the ayre. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.26 | That breathed upon this earth a Christian; | That breath'd vpon the Earth, a Christian. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.115 | Else wherefore breathe I in a Christian land? | Else wherefore breathe I in a Christian Land. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.110 | Which, as he breathed defiance to my ears, | Which as he breath'd defiance to my eares, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.10 | To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear, | To breath such vowes as Louers vse to sweare, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.34 | To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in, | To whose foule mouth no healthsome ayre breaths in, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.8 | And breathed such life with kisses in my lips | And breath'd such life with kisses in my lips, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.15 | Breathe Merriman, the poor cur is embossed, | Brach Meriman, the poore Curre is imbost, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.29 | What's here? One dead, or drunk? See, doth he breathe? | What's heere? One dead, or drunke? See doth he breath? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.30 | He breathes, my lord. Were he not warmed with ale, | He breath's my Lord. Were he not warm'd with Ale, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.47 | As breathed stags, ay, fleeter than the roe. | As breathed Stags: I fleeter then the Roe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.8 | Here let us breathe and haply institute | Heere let vs breath, and haply institute |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.49 | The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. | The ayre breathes vpon vs here most sweetly. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.61 | and it shall be said so again, while Stephano breathes at | and it shall be said so againe, while Stephano breathes at' |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.45 | And breathe twice, and cry, ‘ So, So,’ | And breathe twice; and cry, so, so: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.10 | A most incomparable man, breathed, as it were, | A most incomparable man, breath'd as it were, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.32 | The worst that man can breathe, | The worst that man can breath, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.60.1 | You breathe in vain. | You breath in vaine. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.7 | Have wandered with our traversed arms, and breathed | Haue wander'd with our trauerst Armes, and breath'd |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.56 | That he hath breathed in my dishonour here. | That he hath breath'd in my dishonour heere. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.210 | Or with our sighs we'll breathe the welkin dim | Or with our sighs weele breath the welkin dimme, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.248 | Where life hath no more interest but to breathe. | Where life hath no more interest but to breath. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.6 | That breathes upon a bank of violets, | That breathes vpon a banke of Violets; |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.39 | What thriftless sighs shall poor Olivia breathe! | What thriftlesse sighes shall poore Oliuia breath? |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.112 | My soul the faithfull'st offerings hath breathed out | My soule the faithfull'st offrings haue breath'd out |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.239 | If so, I pray thee breathe it in mine ear, | If so: I pray thee breath it in mine eare, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.132 | I dare thee but to breathe upon my love. | I dare thee, but to breath vpon my Loue. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.27 | They might have been recovered. Yet they breathe, | They might have bin recovered; Yet they breathe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.28 | Thou knewest my mistress breathed on me, and that | Thou knew'st my Mistris breathd on me, and that |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.44 | That sigh was breathed for Emily. Base cousin, | That sigh was breathd for Emily; base Cosen, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.357 | But not delivered. O, hear me breathe my life | But not deliuer'd. O heare me breath my life |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.64 | Would you not deem it breathed, and that those veins | Would you not deeme it breath'd? and that those veines |