| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.140 | nature. Virginity breeds mites, much like a cheese, consumes | Nature. Virginitie breedes mites, much like a Cheese, consumes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.140 | Adoption strives with nature, and choice breeds | Adoption striues with nature, and choise breedes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.2 | height of your breeding. | height of your breeding. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.113 | She had her breeding at my father's charge. | Shee had her breeding at my fathers charge: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.132 | And these breed honour; that is honour's scorn | And these breed honour: that is honours scorne, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.193 | The sides o'th' world may danger. Much is breeding | The sides o'th'world may danger. Much is breeding, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.48 | Breed scrupulous faction; the hated, grown to strength, | Breed scrupulous faction: The hated growne to strength |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.4 | breed me well; and there begins my sadness. My | breed mee well: and there begins my sadnesse: My |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.28 | by nature nor art may complain of good breeding, or | by Nature, nor Art, may complaine of good breeding, or |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.75 | And will you, being a man of your breeding, be | And wil you (being a man of your breeding) be |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.163 | child herself, for she will breed it like a fool. | childe her selfe, for she will breed it like a foole. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.227 | increase tailors, and breed ballad-makers. | encrease Taylors, / and breed Ballad-makers. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.42 | Breeds him, and makes him of his bed-chamber, | Breedes him, and makes him of his Bed-chamber, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.21 | Plenty and peace breeds cowards: hardness ever | Plentie, and Peace breeds Cowards: Hardnesse euer |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.25 | O worthiness of nature! Breed of greatness! | O worthinesse of Nature, breed of Greatnesse! |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.35 | Th' emperious seas breed monsters; for the dish | Th'emperious Seas breeds Monsters; for the Dish, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.26 | Who find in my exile the want of breeding, | Who finde in my Exile, the want of Breeding; |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.17 | So long a breeding as his white beard came to, | So long a breeding, as his white beard came to, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.340 | Could put into them. My breeding was, sir, as | Could put into them. My breeding was (Sir) / As |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.181 | For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, | For if the Sun breed Magots in a dead dogge, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.122 | breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest, but | breeder of Sinners? I am my selfe indifferent honest, but |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.323 | of the right breed. If it shall please you to make me a | of the right breed. If it shall please you to make me a |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.15 | Dangerous conjectures in ill-breeding minds. | dangerous coniectures / In ill breeding minds. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.90 | see't. Did these bones cost no more the breeding but | see't. Did these bones cost no more the breeding, but |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.22 | chamber-lye breeds fleas like a loach. | Chamber-lye breeds Fleas like a Loach. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.7 | He'll breed revengement and a scourge for me. | Hee'le breede Reuengement, and a Scourge for me: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.68 | And breed a kind of question in our cause. | And breede a kinde of question in our cause: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.34 | breeding than thine. | breeding then thine. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.244 | smooth like unto the sign of the leg, and breeds no bate | smooth, like vnto the Signe of the Legge; and breedes no bate |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.74 | I have bestowed to breed this present peace | I haue bestow'd, To breede this present Peace, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.107 | Honest gentleman, I know not your breeding. | Honest Gentleman, I know not your breeding. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.46 | Breed, by his sufferance, more of such a kind. | Breed (by his sufferance) more of such a kind. |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.28 | That you are worth your breeding – which I doubt not; | That you are worth your breeding: which I doubt not: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.137 | That island of England breeds very valiant | That Iland of England breedes very valiant |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.103 | The smell whereof shall breed a plague in France. | The smell whereof shall breed a Plague in France. |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.10 | place where I could not breed no contention with him; | place where I could not breed no contention with him; |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.203 | and thou must therefore needs prove a good soldier-breeder. | and thou must therefore needes proue a good Souldier-breeder: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.30 | England all Olivers and Rolands bred | England all Oliuers and Rowlands breed, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.196 | So will this base and envious discord breed. | So will this base and enuious discord breed. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.11 | One sudden foil shall never breed distrust. | One sudden Foyle shall neuer breed distrust. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.193 | But more when envy breeds unkind division. | But more, when Enuy breeds vnkinde deuision, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.4 | Do breed love's settled passions in my heart; | Do breed Loues setled passions in my heart, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.204 | Because in York this breeds suspicion; | Because in Yorke this breedes suspition; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.42 | You love the breeder better than the male. | You loue the Breeder better then the Male. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.43 | And see where comes the breeder of my sorrow! | And see where comes the breeder of my sorrow. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.182 | Breed him some prejudice, for from this league | Breed him some preiudice; for from this League, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.4 | best breed in the north. When they were ready to set out for | best breed in the North. When they were ready to set out for |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.51 | I am sorry my integrity should breed – | I am sorry my integrity should breed, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.134 | Beseeching him to give her virtuous breeding. | Beseeching him to giue her vertuous breeding. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.150 | Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods! | Rome, thou hast lost the breed of Noble Bloods. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.101 | Should breed thy fellow. Friends, I owe more tears | Should breed thy fellow. Friends I owe mo teares |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.159 | That she breeds sweets as plenteous as the sun, | That shee breeds sweets as plenteous as the sunne, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.17 | Too bright a morning brings a louring day. | Too bright a morning breeds a louring daie. |
| King John | KJ II.i.275 | Twice fifteen thousand hearts of England's breed – | Twice fifteene thousand hearts of Englands breed. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.170 | And, O, what better matter breeds for you | And O, what better matter breeds for you, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.8 | His breeding, sir, hath been at my charge. | His breeding Sir, hath bin at my charge. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.57 | write this? a heart and brain to breed it in? When came | write this? A heart and braine to breede it in? When came |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.25 | I would breed from hence occasions, and I shall, | |
| King Lear | KL III.i.40 | I am a gentleman of blood and breeding, | |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.75 | Then let them anatomize Regan, see what breeds | Then let them Anatomize Regan: See what breeds |
| 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 I.i.97 | The spring is near when green geese are a-breeding. | The Spring is neare when greene geesse are a breeding. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.266 | Are these the breed of wits so wondered at? | Are these the breed of wits so wondred at? |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.9 | Where they most breed and haunt I have observed | Where they must breed, and haunt: I haue obseru'd |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.29 | Hath nature that in time will venom breed, | Hath Nature that in time will Venom breed, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.108 | And does blaspheme his breed? Thy royal father | And do's blaspheme his breed? Thy Royall Father |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.68 | Do breed unnatural troubles; infected minds | Do breed vnnaturall troubles: infected mindes |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.142 | Such sense that my sense breeds with it. Fare you well. | That my Sence breeds with it; fare you well. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.80 | Between these woolly breeders in the act, | Betweene these woolly breeders in the act, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.93 | I cannot tell, I make it breed as fast. | I cannot tell, I make it breede as fast, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.131 | A breed for barren metal of his friend? | A breede of barraine mettall of his friend? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.33 | In graces, and in qualities of breeding; | In graces, and in qualities of breeding: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.12 | nor no breed-bate. His worst fault is that he is given to | nor no breede-bate: his worst fault is, that he is giuen to |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.218 | excellent breeding, admirable discourse, of great | excellent breeding, admirable discourse, of great |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.4 | breeds; therefore the sadness is without limit. | breeds, therefore the sadnesse is without limit. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.237.1 | As levels with her breeding. | As leuels with her breeding. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.98 | That I extend my manners. 'Tis my breeding | That I extend my Manners. 'Tis my breeding, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.16 | Or breed itself so out of circumstance, | Or breede it selfe so out of Circumstances, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.377 | I'll love no friend, sith love breeds such offence. | Ile loue no Friend, sith Loue breeds such offence. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.73 | The worms were hallowed that did breed the silk, | The Wormes were hallowed, that did breede the Silke, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.97 | I think it is. And doth affection breed it? | I thinke it is: and doth Affection breed it? |
| Pericles | Per I.i.66 | On mother's flesh which did me breed. | On mothers flesh which did me breed: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.134 | On sweetest flowers, yet they poison breed. | On sweetest Flowers, yet they Poyson breed. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.5 | The tomb where grief should sleep, can breed me quiet? | The tombe where griefe stould sleepe can breed me quiet, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.45 | This happy breed of men, this little world, | This happy breed of men, this little world, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.52 | Feared by their breed, and famous by their birth, | Fear'd by their breed, and famous for their birth, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.78 | Watching breeds leanness; leanness is all gaunt. | Watching breeds leannesse, leannesse is all gaunt. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.8 | A generation of still-breeding thoughts, | A generation of still breeding Thoughts; |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.424 | Where, in that nest of spicery, they will breed | Where in that Nest of Spicery they will breed |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.76.1 | On that which breeds between 'em. | On that which breeds betweene 'em. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.284 | But breeds the giver a return exceeding | But breeds the giuer a returne: exceeding |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.1 | O blessed breeding sun, draw from the earth | O blessed breeding Sun, draw from the earth |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.443 | That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen | That feeds and breeds by a composture stolne |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.83 | Make war breed peace, make peace stint war, make each | Make war breed peace; make peace stint war, make each |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.96 | Here never shines the sun, here nothing breeds, | Heere neuer shines the Sunne, heere nothing breeds, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.146 | (To Chiron) Yet every mother breeds not sons alike: | Yet euery Mother breeds not Sonnes alike, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.68 | Amongst the fair-faced breeders of our clime. | Among'st the fairest breeders of our clime, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.177 | That hath been breeder of these dire events. | That hath beene breeder of these dire euents. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.319 | Or, shedding, breed a nursery of like evil | Or shedding breed a Nursery of like euil |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.125 | He eats nothing but doves, love, and that breeds | He eates nothing but doues loue, and that breeds |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.65 | Are pleased to breed out your inheritors. | Are pleas'd to breede out your inheritors: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.183 | good capacity and breeding; his employment between | good capacity, and breeding: his employment betweene |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.185 | letter, being so excellently ignorant, will breed no terror | Letter being so excellently ignorant, will breed no terror |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.320 | So far beneath your soft and tender breeding, | So farre beneath your soft and tender breeding, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.243 | Time is the nurse and breeder of all good; | Time is the Nurse, and breeder of all good; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.1 | How use doth breed a habit in a man! | How vse doth breed a habit in a man? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.190 | Which breeds a deeper longing, cure their surfeit | Which breeds a deeper longing, cure their surfeit |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.119 | You talk of feeding me to breed me strength; | You talke of feeding me to breed me strength |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.17 | Drink a good hearty draught, it breeds good blood, man. | Drinke a good hearty draught, it breeds good blood man. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.240 | Might breed the ruin of my name, opinion. | Might breed the ruine of my name; Opinion, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.10 | It has a noble breeder, and a pure, | It has a noble Breeder, and a pure, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.12 | Or breed upon our absence. That may blow | Or breed vpon our absence, that may blow |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.374 | So leaves me to consider what is breeding | So leaues me, to consider what is breeding, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.47 | Which may, if fortune please, both breed thee, pretty, | Which may if Fortune please, both breed thee (pretty) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.103 | Desire to breed by me. Here's flowers for you: | Desire to breed by me. Here's flowres for you: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.577 | She is as forward of her breeding as | She's as forward, of her Breeding, as |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.714 | names, your ages, of what having, breeding, and | names? your ages? of what hauing? breeding, and |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.37 | nature shows above her breeding, and many other | Nature shewes aboue her Breeding, and many other |