| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.52 | flowery way that leads to the broad gate and the great | flowrie way that leads to the broad gate, and the great |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.36 | How 'tis abroad. Pompey is strong at sea, | How 'tis abroad. Pompey is strong at Sea, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.82 | Of stirs abroad, I shall beseech you, sir, | Of stirres abroad, I shall beseech you Sir |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.29 | And wrinkled deep in time. Broad-fronted Caesar, | And wrinkled deepe in time. Broad-fronted Casar, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.42 | It is shaped, sir, like itself, and it is as broad | It is shap'd sir like it selfe, and it is as broad |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.4 | abroad so wholesome as that you vent. | abroad so wholesome as that you vent. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.199.1 | I must abroad tomorrow. | I must aboord to morrow. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.179 | And, doubling that, most holy. Your means abroad: | And doubling that, most holy. Your meanes abroad: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.101 | No company's abroad? | No Companie's abroad? |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.130.1 | Discover you abroad? | Discouer you abroad? |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.162 | And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; | And then (they say) no Spirit can walke abroad, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.81 | With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May; | With all his Crimes broad blowne, as fresh as May, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.2 | Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with, | Tell him his prankes haue been too broad to beare with, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.326 | There's villainous news abroad. Here was Sir John | There's villanous Newes abroad; heere was Sir Iohn |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.29 | To noise abroad that Harry Monmouth fell | To noyse abroad, that Harry Monmouth fell |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.94 | time of day. I am glad to see your lordship abroad; I | time of the day. I am glad to see your Lordship abroad: I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.96 | goes abroad by advice. Your lordship, though not clean | goes abroad by aduise. Your Lordship (though not clean |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.177 | Fear we broadsides? No, let the fiend give fire! | Feare wee broad-sides? No, let the Fiend giue fire: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.11 | abroad? How doth the King? | abroad? How doth the King? |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.178 | While that the armed hand doth fight abroad, | While that the Armed hand doth fight abroad, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.192 | Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad; | Others, like Merchants venter Trade abroad: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.135 | Till by broad spreading it disperse to naught. | Till by broad spreading, it disperse to naught. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.36 | I'll canvass thee in thy broad cardinal's hat | Ile canuas thee in thy broad Cardinalls Hat, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.15 | Is this the Talbot so much feared abroad | Is this the Talbot, so much fear'd abroad? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.172 | His hands abroad displayed, as one that grasped | His hands abroad display'd, as one that graspt |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.95 | How now, fair lords! What fare? What news abroad? | How now faire Lords? What faire? What newes abroad? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.70 | Unless abroad they purchase great alliance? | Vnlesse abroad they purchase great allyance? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.96 | As I will meet thee, if thou stir abroad – | (As I will meet thee, if thou stirre abroad) |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.86 | For I will buzz abroad such prophecies | For I will buzze abroad such Prophesies, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.5 | One care abroad. He would have all as merry | One care abroad: hee would haue all as merry: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.83.1 | To come abroad? | to come abroad? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.391.1 | What news abroad? | What Newes abroad? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.252 | To walk abroad and recreate yourselves. | To walke abroad, and recreate your selues. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.95 | Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords | Thy Spirit walkes abroad, and turnes our Swords |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.8 | Either to be wooed with broad untuned oaths, | Either to be wooed with broad vntuned othes, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.29 | ‘ Even thus,’ quoth she, ‘ he spake,’ and then spoke broad, | Euen thus quoth she, he spake, and then spoke broad, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.21 | The trumpets sound; the King is now abroad. | The Trumpets sound, the king is now abroad, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.6 | Have ye not heard the news that flies abroad? | Haue we not heard the newes that flies abroad? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.38 | Besides, there goes a prophecy abroad, | Besides, there goes a Prophesie abroad, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.60 | Now might we hear of our affairs abroad. | Now might we heare of our affaires abroad, |
| King John | KJ I.i.232 | There's toys abroad. Anon I'll tell thee more. | There's toyes abroad, anon Ile tell thee more. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.160 | Hearest thou the news abroad, who are arrived? | Hear'st thou the newes abroad, who are arriu'd? |
| King John | KJ V.vi.16 | Come, come! Sans compliment, what news abroad? | Come, come: sans complement, What newes abroad? |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.167 | There's my key. If you do stir abroad, go armed. | there's my key: if you do stirre abroad, goe arm'd. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.7 | abroad – I mean the whispered ones, for they are yet but | abroad, I meane the whisper'd ones, for they are yet but |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.186 | villainy abroad. This letter will tell you more. | villanie abroad, this letter will tell you more. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.22 | Doth noise abroad Navarre hath made a vow, | Doth noyse abroad Nauar hath made a vow, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.17 | Against those honours deep and broad wherewith | Against those Honors deepe, and broad, / Wherewith |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.22 | As broad and general as the casing air; | As broad, and generall, as the casing Ayre: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.21 | But, peace! For from broad words, and 'cause he failed | But peace; for from broad words, and cause he fayl'd |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.67 | Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deeds | Foule whisp'rings are abroad: vnnaturall deeds |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.105 | As calling home our exiled friends abroad | As calling home our exil'd Friends abroad, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.78 | Then, Pompey, nor now. What news abroad, | Then Pompey, nor now: what newes abroad |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.211 | What news abroad i'th' world? | What newes abroad i'th World? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.17 | Be with my hopes abroad. I should be still | Be with my hopes abroad. I should be still |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.21 | hath squandered abroad. But ships are but boards, | hath squandred abroad, but ships are but boords, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iii.10 | To come abroad with him at his request. | To come abroad with him at his request. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.295 | What need the bridge much broader than the flood? | What need ye bridge much broder then the flood? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.381 | And it is thought abroad that 'twixt my sheets | And it is thought abroad, that 'twixt my sheets |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.25 | Or heard him say – as knaves be such abroad, | Or heard him say (as Knaues be such abroad, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.39 | Then thieves and robbers range abroad unseen | Then Theeues and Robbers raunge abroad vnseene, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.50 | The weeds which his broad-spreading leaves did shelter, | The Weeds that his broad-spreading Leaues did shelter, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.134 | What news abroad? | What newes abroad? |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.135 | No news so bad abroad as this at home: | No newes so bad abroad, as this at home: |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.3.1 | Hear you the news abroad? | Heare you the newes abroad? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.49 | Come hither, Catesby. Rumour it abroad | Come hither Catesby, rumor it abroad, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.120 | A troubled mind drive me to walk abroad; | A troubled mind draue me to walke abroad, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.83 | an inch narrow to an ell broad! | an ynch narrow, to an ell broad. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.84 | I stretch it out for that word ‘ broad ’, which, added | I stretch it out for that word, broad, which added |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.85 | to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. | to the Goose, proues thee farre and wide, abroad Goose. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.2 | The day is hot, the Capels are abroad. | The day is hot, the Capulets abroad: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.16 | Be patient, for the world is broad and wide. | Be patient, for the world is broad and wide. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.190 | What should it be, that is so shrieked abroad? | What should it be that they so shrike abroad? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.57 | And so am come abroad to see the world. | And so am come abroad to see the world. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.52 | And my dear father. How features are abroad | And my deere Father: how features are abroad |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.167 | And subjects none abroad. Pray you, look in. | And Subiects none abroad: pray you looke in: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.64 | and that's revenge enough. Who can speak broader than | and that's reuenge enough. Who can speake broader, then |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.48 | Abroad? Why then women are more valiant | Abroad? Why then, Women are more valiant |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.195 | And set abroad new business for you all? | And set abroad new businesse for you all. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.17 | I have been broad awake two hours and more. | I haue bene awake two houres and more. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.104 | Will blow these sands like Sibyl's leaves abroad, | Will blow these sands like Sibels leaues abroad, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.117 | But to the sport abroad, are you bound thither? | But to the sport abroad, are you bound thither? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.27 | Distinction, with a broad and powerful fan, | Distinction with a lowd and powrefull fan, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.190 | As broad Achilles; keeps his tent like him, | As broad Achilles, and keepes his Tent like him; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.6 | To see the wonders of the world abroad | To see the wonders of the world abroad, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.152 | It is to live abroad, and everywhere! | It is to live abroade? and every where: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.38.1 | Else there be tales abroad; you'll pledge her? | Else there be tales abroade, you'l pledge her? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.41 | And a broad beech – and thereby hangs a tale – | And a broade Beech: and thereby hangs a tale: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.115 | Is blown abroad, help me, thy poor well-willer, | Is blowne abroad; helpe me thy poore well willer, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.110 | Do, very early; I must be abroad else | Doe, very rarely, I must be abroad else |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.84 | Like ravens' wings; his shoulders broad and strong, | Like Ravens wings: his shoulders broad, and strong, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.5 | Though I have for the most part been aired abroad, I | though I haue (for the most part) bin ayred abroad, I |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.252 | And indeed, sir, there are cozeners abroad: | And indeed Sir, there are Cozeners abroad, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.269 | Why should I carry lies abroad? | Why should I carry lyes abroad? |