| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.135 | As this ingrate and cankered Bolingbroke. | As this Ingrate and Cankred Bullingbrooke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.174 | And plant this thorn, this canker Bolingbroke? | And plant this Thorne, this Canker Bullingbrooke? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.226 | Save how to gall and pinch this Bolingbroke. | Saue how to gall and pinch this Bullingbrooke, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.238 | Of this vile politician Bolingbroke. | Of this vile Politician Bullingbrooke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.243 | Unto this king of smiles, this Bolingbroke – | Vnto this King of Smiles, this Bullingbrooke: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.241 | neat's tongue, you bull's-pizzle, you stockfish! O for | Neats tongue, Bulles-pissell, you stocke-fish: O for |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.255 | and still run and roared, as ever I heard bull-calf. What | and still ranne and roar'd, as euer I heard Bull-Calfe. What |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.60 | Three times hath Henry Bolingbroke made head | Three times hath Henry Bullingbrooke made head |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.49 | Others would say, ‘ Where, which is Bolingbroke?’ | Others would say; Where, Which is Bullingbrooke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.103 | Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. | Wanton as youthfull Goates, wilde as young Bulls. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.208 | Gasping for life under great Bolingbroke; | Gasping for life, vnder great Bullingbrooke, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.92 | Didst thou beat heaven with blessing Bolingbroke, | Did'st thou beate heauen with blessing Bullingbrooke, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.105 | After th' admired heels of Bolingbroke, | After th' admired heeles of Bullingbrooke, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.151 | to the town bull. Shall we steal upon them, Ned, at | to the Towne-Bull? Shall we steale vpon them (Ned) at |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.168 | From a God to a bull? A heavy descension! | From a God, to a Bull? A heauie declension: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.111 | bullets. | Bullets. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.114 | Come, I'll drink no proofs, nor no bullets. I'll | Come, Ile drinke no Proofes, nor no Bullets: I will |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.67 | My cousin Bolingbroke ascends my throne ’ – | My Cousin Bullingbrooke ascends my Throne: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.1 | Enter Justice Shallow and Justice Silence | Enter Shallow and Silence: with Mouldie, Shadow, Wart, Feeble, Bull-calfe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.37 | die. How a good yoke of bullocks at Stamford fair? | dye. How a good Yoke of Bullocks at Stamford Fayre? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.169 | Peter Bullcalf o'th' green! | Peter Bulcalfe of the Greene. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.170 | Enter Bullcalf | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.170 | Yea, marry, let's see Bullcalf. | Yea marry, let vs see Bulcalfe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.172 | 'Fore God, a likely fellow! Come, prick Bullcalf | Trust me, a likely Fellow. Come, pricke me Bulcalfe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.238 | three pound to free Mouldy and Bullcalf. | three pound, to free Mouldie and Bull-calfe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.242 | Marry, then, Mouldy, Bullcalf, Feeble, and | Marry then, Mouldie, Bull-calfe, Feeble, and |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.244 | Mouldy and Bullcalf: for you, Mouldy, stay at | Mouldie, and Bull-calfe: for you Mouldie, stayat |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.246 | Bullcalf, grow till you come unto it. I will none of you. | Bull-calfe, grow till you come vnto it: I will none of you. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.295 | of his youth, and the feats he hath done about Turnbull | of his Youth, and the Feates hee hath done about Turnball- |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.115 | And then that Henry Bolingbroke and he, | And then, that Henry Bullingbrooke and hee |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.122 | My father from the breast of Bolingbroke, | My Father from the Breast of Bullingbrooke; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.127 | Have since miscarried under Bolingbroke. | Haue since mis-carryed vnder Bullingbrooke. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.33 | or a bullet? Have I in my poor and old motion the | or a Bullet? Haue I, in my poore and olde Motion, the |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.48 | I love the lovely bully. What is thy name? | I loue the louely Bully. What is thy Name? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.105 | That being dead, like to the bullet's crasing, | That being dead, like to the bullets crasing, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.9 | They want their porridge and their fat bull-beeves. | They want their Porredge, & their fat Bul Beeues: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.83 | Succeeding his father Bolingbroke, did reign, | (Succeeding his Father Bullingbrooke) did reigne; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.79 | O, were mine eyeballs into bullets turned, | Oh were mine eye-balles into Bullets turn'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.1.2 | Hume and Southwell, and Bolingbroke | and Bullingbrooke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.22.2 | circle. Bolingbroke or Southwell reads ‘Conjuro | Circle, Bullingbrooke or Southwell reades, Coniuro |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.21 | Till Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, | Till Henry Bullingbrooke, Duke of Lancaster, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.39 | This Edmund, in the reign of Bolingbroke, | This Edmond, in the Reigne of Bullingbrooke, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.126 | And Warwick rages like a chafed bull. | And Warwicke rages like a chafed Bull: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.1.2 | a longer table for the guests. Then enter Anne Bullen | a longer Table for the Guests. Then Enter Anne Bullen, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.74 | They choose ladies; the King chooses Anne Bullen | Choose Ladies, King and An Bullen. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.92 | An't please your grace, Sir Thomas Bullen's daughter, | An't please your Grace, / Sir Thomas Bullens Daughter, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.1.1 | Enter Anne Bullen and an Old Lady | |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.36 | A creature of the Queen's, Lady Anne Bullen.’ | A Creature of the Queenes, Lady Anne Bullen. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.87 | Anne Bullen? No, I'll no Anne Bullens for him; | Anne Bullen? No: Ile no Anne Bullens for him, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.88 | There's more in't than fair visage. Bullen! | There's more in't then faire Visage. Bullen? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.89 | No, we'll no Bullens. Speedily I wish | No, wee'l no Bullens: Speedily I wish |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.178 | So did the Black Snake of Boulogne, than which | So did the blacke snake of Bullen, then which |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.126 | Will choke our foes, though bullets hit them not. | Will choake our foes, though bullets hit them not. |
| King John | KJ II.i.227 | And now, instead of bullets wrapped in fire, | And now insteed of bulletts wrapt in fire |
| King John | KJ II.i.412 | Shall rain their drift of bullets on this town. | Shall raine their drift of bullets on this Towne. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.62 | He reputes me a cannon; and the bullet, that's he. | He reputes me a Cannon, and the Bullet that's he: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.261 | Fleeter than arrows, bullets, wind, thought, swifter things. | Fleeter then arrows, bullets wind, thoght, swifter things |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.2 | What says my bully rook? Speak scholarly and | What saies my Bully Rooke? speake schollerly, and |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.6 | Discard, bully Hercules, cashier. Let them wag; | Discard, (bully Hercules) casheere; let them wag; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.11 | Said I well, bully Hector? | said I well (bully Hector?) |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.180 | How now, bully rook? Thou'rt a gentleman. | How now Bully-Rooke: thou'rt a Gentleman |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.185 | Tell him, cavaliero justice; tell him, bully rook. | Tell him Caueleiro-Iustice: tell him Bully-Rooke. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.189 | What sayest thou, my bully rook? | What saist thou, my Bully-Rooke? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.200 | My hand, bully. Thou shalt have egress and | My hand, (Bully:) thou shalt haue egresse and |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.16 | Bless thee, bully doctor! | 'Blesse thee, bully-Doctor. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.25 | my Francisco? Ha, bully? What says my Aesculapius? | my Francisco? ha Bully? what saies my Esculapius? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.26 | My Galen? My heart of elder? Ha? Is he dead, bully | my Galien? my heart of Elder? ha? is he dead bully- |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.55 | Mockwater, in our English tongue, is valour, bully. | Mock-water, in our English tongue, is Valour (Bully.) |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.59 | He will clapper-claw thee tightly, bully. | He will Clapper-claw thee tightly (Bully.) |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.66 | And moreover, bully, – (Aside to the others) But | And moreouer, (Bully) but first, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.14 | call. Bully knight! Bully Sir John! Speak from thy | call. Bully-Knight, Bully Sir Iohn: speake from thy |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.19 | of thy fat woman. Let her descend, bully, let her descend. | of thy fat-woman: Let her descend (Bully) let her descend: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.3 | me! Remember, Jove, thou wast a bull for thy Europa. | me: / Remember Ioue, thou was't a Bull for thy Europa, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.180 | Be it on lion, bear, or wolf, or bull, | (Be it on Lyon, Beare, or Wolfe, or Bull, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.7 | What sayest thou, Bully Bottom? | What saist thou, bully Bottome? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.121 | Crook-kneed, and dewlapped like Thessalian bulls; | Crooke kneed, and dew-lapt, like Thessalian Buls, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.18 | O, sweet Bully Bottom! Thus hath he lost sixpence | O sweet bully Bottome: thus hath he lost sixepence |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.241 | ‘ In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.’ | In time the sauage / Bull doth beare tne yoake. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.242 | The savage bull may; but if ever the sensible | The sauage bull may, but if euer the sensible |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.243 | Benedick bear it, pluck off the bull's horns and set them | Benedicke beare it, plucke off the bulles hornes, and set them |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.179 | they sell bullocks. But did you think the Prince would | they sel Bullockes: but did you thinke the Prince wold |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.233 | and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a | and sentences, and these paper bullets of the braine awe a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.174 | But when shall we set the savage bull's | But when shall we set the sauage Bulls |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.43 | I think he thinks upon the savage bull. | I thinke he thinkes vpon the sauage bull: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.48 | Bull Jove, sir, had an amiable low; | Bull Ioue sir, had an amiable low, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.49 | And some such strange bull leaped your father's cow, | And some such strange bull leapt your fathers Cow, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.20.1 | Enter Bolingbroke and Mowbray | Enter Bullingbrooke and Mowbray. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.124 | Then, Bolingbroke, as low as to thy heart | Then Bullingbrooke, as low as to thy heart. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.201 | No, Bolingbroke, if ever I were traitor | No Bullingbroke: If euer I were Traitor, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.167 | Nor the prevention of poor Bolingbroke | Nor the preuention of poore Bullingbrooke, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.49 | The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, | The banish'd Bullingbrooke repeales himselfe, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.61 | To Bolingbroke. | to Bullinbrook |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.63 | And Bolingbroke my sorrow's dismal heir. | And Bullinbrooke my sorrowes dismall heyre: |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.143 | That's as York thrives to beat back Bolingbroke. | That's as Yorke thriues to beate back Bullinbroke |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.1.1 | Enter Bolingbroke, York, Northumberland, with | Enter Bullingbrooke, Yorke, Northumberland, Rosse, Percie, Willoughby, with |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.32 | Than Bolingbroke to England. Lords, farewell. | Then Bullingbrooke to England. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.34 | Whilst Bolingbroke through our security | Whilest Bullingbrooke through our securitie, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.47 | So when this thief, this traitor Bolingbroke, | So when this Theefe, this Traytor Bullingbrooke, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.58 | For every man that Bolingbroke hath pressed | For euery man that Bullingbrooke hath prest, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.74 | Are gone to Bolingbroke – dispersed and fled. | Are gone to Bullingbrooke, disperst, and fled. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.97 | Strives Bolingbroke to be as great as we? | Striues Bullingbrooke to be as Great as wee? |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.110 | Of Bolingbroke, covering your fearful land | Of Bullingbrooke, couering your fearefull Land |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.127 | I warrant they have made peace with Bolingbroke. | I warrant they haue made peace with Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.151 | Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke's, | Our Lands, our Liues, and all are Bullingbrookes, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.188 | Thou chidest me well. Proud Bolingbroke, I come | Thou chid'st me well: proud Bullingbrooke I come |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.200 | Your uncle York is joined with Bolingbroke, | Your Vnckle Yorke is ioyn'd with Bullingbrooke, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.218 | From Richard's night to Bolingbroke's fair day. | From Richards Night, to Bullingbrookes faire Day. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.1.1 | Enter with drum and colours Bolingbroke, York, | Enter with Drum and Colours, Bullingbrooke, Yorke, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.35 | Henry Bolingbroke | Henry Bullingbrooke |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.45 | The which how far off from the mind of Bolingbroke | The which, how farre off from the mind of Bullingbrooke |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.91 | Tell Bolingbroke – for yon methinks he stands – | Tell Bullingbrooke, for yond me thinkes he is, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.104 | Harry Bolingbroke doth humbly kiss thy hand; | Harry Bullingbrooke, doth humbly kisse thy hand, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.142 | Northumberland comes back from Bolingbroke. | Northumberland comes backe from Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.173 | What says King Bolingbroke? Will his majesty | What sayes King Bullingbrooke? Will his Maiestie |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.175 | You make a leg, and Bolingbroke says ‘ Ay.’ | You make a Legge, and Bullingbrooke sayes I. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.52 | Are plucked up, root and all, by Bolingbroke – | Are pull'd vp, Root and all, by Bullingbrooke: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.54.2 | They are; and Bolingbroke | They are, / And Bullingbrooke |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.84 | Of Bolingbroke. Their fortunes both are weighed. | Of Bullingbrooke, their Fortunes both are weigh'd: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.87 | But in the balance of great Bolingbroke | But in the Ballance of great Bullingbrooke, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.99 | Should grace the triumph of great Bolingbroke? | Should grace the Triumph of great Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.1.1 | Enter Bolingbroke with the Lords Aumerle, Northumberland, | Enter as to the Parliament, Bullingbrooke, Aumerle, Northumberland, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.17 | Than Bolingbroke's return to England, | Then Bullingbrookes returne to England; |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.180.1 | To Henry Bolingbroke. | To Henry Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.260 | Standing before the sun of Bolingbroke, | Standing before the Sunne of Bullingbrooke, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.285 | That was at last outfaced by Bolingbroke? | That was at last out-fac'd by Bullingbrooke? |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.4 | Is doomed a prisoner by proud Bolingbroke. | Is doom'd a Prisoner, by prowd Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.27 | Transformed and weakened? Hath Bolingbroke | Transform'd, and weaken'd? Hath Bullingbrooke |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.51 | My lord, the mind of Bolingbroke is changed. | My Lord, the mind of Bullingbrooke is chang'd. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.56 | The mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne, | The mounting Bullingbrooke ascends my Throne, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.7 | Then, as I said, the Duke, great Bolingbroke, | Then, as I said, the Duke, great Bullingbrooke, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.11 | Whilst all tongues cried ‘ God save thee, Bolingbroke!’ | While all tongues cride, God saue thee Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.17 | ‘ Jesu preserve thee, welcome Bolingbroke,’ | Iesu preserue thee, welcom Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.39 | To Bolingbroke are we sworn subjects now, | To Bullingbrooke, are we sworne Subiects now, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.118 | Till Bolingbroke have pardoned thee. Away, be gone! | Till Bullingbrooke haue pardon'd thee: Away be gone. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.1.1 | Enter Bolingbroke, now King Henry, with Harry | Enter Bullingbrooke, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.37 | Think that I am unkinged by Bolingbroke, | Thinke that I am vn-king'd by Bullingbrooke, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.59 | Runs posting on in Bolingbroke's proud joy, | Runs poasting on, in Bullingbrookes proud ioy, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.78 | When Bolingbroke rode on roan Barbary, | When Bullingbrooke rode on Roane Barbary, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.84 | So proud that Bolingbroke was on his back! | So proud, that Bullingbrooke was on his backe; |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.94 | Spurred, galled, and tired by jauncing Bolingbroke. | Spur-gall'd, and tyrd by iauncing Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.1.1 | Flourish. Enter King Henry with the Duke of York, | Flourish. Enter Bullingbrooke, Yorke, with |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.317 | Like bulls, or rather lions. Did't not wake you? | Like Buls, or rather Lyons, did't not wake you? |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.46 | Dewlapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at 'em | Dew-lapt, like Buls, whose throats had hanging at 'em |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.258 | bully-monster, coragio! | Bully-Monster Coragio. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.71 | The Bull, being galled, gave Aries such a knock | The Bull being gal'd, gaue Aries such a knocke, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.31 | But where the bull and cow are both milk-white, | But where the Bull and Cow are both milk-white, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.244 | Bull-bearing Milo his addition yield | Bull-bearing Milo: his addition yeelde |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.51 | there, his brother, the bull, the primitive statue and | there his Brother, the Bull, the primatiue Statue, and |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.10 | it. Now, bull! Now, dog! 'Loo, Paris, 'loo! Now, my | now bull, now dogge, lowe; Paris lowe; now my |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.11 | double-horned Spartan! 'Loo, Paris, 'loo! – The bull | double hen'd sparrow; lowe Paris, lowe; the bull |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.88 | that you deem cannon bullets. There is no slander | that you deeme Cannon bullets: There is no slander |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.84 | A wreath of bulrush rounded; about her stuck | A wreake of bull-rush rounded; about her stucke |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.28 | Became a bull, and bellowed; the green Neptune | Became a Bull, and bellow'd: the greene Neptune |