| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.100 | Think him a great way fool, solely a coward, | Thinke him a great way foole, solie a coward, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.9 | my kinsman, he's a most notable coward, an infinite and | my kinsman, hee's a most notable Coward, an infinite and |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.280 | evil. He excels his brother for a coward, yet his brother | euill. He excels his Brother for a coward, yet his Brother |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.311 | Rossillion? An I were not a very coward I'd compel it of | Rossillion, and I were not a verie Coward, I'de compell it of |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.97 | When it concerns the fool or coward. On. | When it concernes the Foole or Coward: On. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.7 | I have fled myself, and have instructed cowards | I haue fled my selfe, and haue instructed cowards |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.23 | May be a coward's, whose ministers would prevail | May be a Cowards, whose Ministers would preuaile |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.56 | Not cowardly put off my helmet to | Not Cowardly put off my Helmet to |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.119 | As many other mannish cowards have | As manie other mannish cowards haue, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.13 | Who shut their coward gates on atomies, | Who shut their coward gates on atomyes, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.201 | Yet are they passing cowardly. But, I beseech you, | Yet are they passing Cowardly. But I beseech you, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.34 | ‘ Come on, you cowards! You were got in fear, | Come on you Cowards, you were got in feare |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.3 | Nor cowardly in retire. Believe me, sirs, | Nor Cowardly in retyre: Beleeue me Sirs, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.102 | And by his rare example made the coward | And by his rare example made the Coward |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.124 | And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, | and Cowardly Nobles, / Gaue way vnto your Clusters, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.74.1 | But now thou seem'st a coward. | But now thou seem'st a Coward. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.21 | Plenty and peace breeds cowards: hardness ever | Plentie, and Peace breeds Cowards: Hardnesse euer |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.26 | Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base; | "Cowards father Cowards, & Base things Syre Bace; |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.37 | But that of coward hares, hot goats, and venison! | But that of Coward Hares, hot Goats, and Venison? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.12 | With dead men, hurt behind, and cowards living | With deadmen, hurt behinde, and Cowards liuing |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.35 | Part shame, part spirit renewed, that some, turned coward | Part shame, part spirit renew'd, that some turn'd coward |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.43 | The strides they victors made: and now our cowards | The strides the Victors made: and now our Cowards |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.568 | A damned defeat was made. Am I a coward? | A damn'd defeate was made. Am I a Coward? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.83 | Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; | Thus Conscience does make Cowards of vs all, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.43 | And ever three parts coward – I do not know | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.182 | cowards as ever turned back; and for the third, if | Cowards as euer turn'd backe: and for the third if |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.62 | So cowardly, and but for these vile guns | So Cowardly. And but for these vile Gunnes, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.64 | What, a coward, Sir John Paunch? | What, a Coward Sir Iohn Paunch? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.66 | but yet no coward, Hal. | but yet no Coward, Hal. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.98 | arrant cowards there's no equity stirring. There's no | arrand Cowards, there's no equity stirring. There's no |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.17 | shallow cowardly hind, and you lie. What a lack-brain is | shallow cowardly Hinde, and you Lye. What a lacke-braine is |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.46 | valiant as to play the coward with thy indenture, and | valiant, as to play the coward with thy Indenture, & |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.111 | A plague of all cowards, I say, and a vengeance | A plague of all Cowards I say, and a Vengeance |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.114 | them and foot them too. A plague of all cowards! Give | them too. A plague of all cowards. Giue |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.122 | a coward is worse than a cup of sack with lime in it. A | a Coward is worse then a Cup of Sack with lime. A |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.123 | villainous coward! Go thy ways, old Jack, die when thou | villanous Coward, go thy wayes old Iacke, die when thou |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.129 | psalms – or anything. A plague of all cowards, I say still. | all manner of songs. A plague of all Cowards, I say still. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.137 | Are not you a coward? Answer me to that – | Are you not a Coward? Answer me to that, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.139 | Zounds, ye fat paunch, an ye call me coward by | Ye fat paunch, and yee call mee Coward, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.141 | I call thee coward? I'll see thee damned ere I | I call thee Coward? Ile see thee damn'd ere I |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.142 | call thee coward, but I would give a thousand pound I | call the Coward: but I would giue a thousand pound I |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.151 | cowards, still say I. | Cowards still, say I. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.165 | not do. A plague of all cowards! Let them speak. If they | not doe. A plague of all Cowards: let them speake; if they |
| 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 II.iv.266 | Instinct is a great matter; I was now a coward on | Instinct is a great matter. I was a Coward on |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.479 | And thou a natural coward without | And thou a naturall Coward, without |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.15.1 | Shaked like a coward. | Shak'd like a Coward. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.321 | cowardice doth not make thee wrong this virtuous | Cowardise, doth not make thee wrong this vertuous |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.93 | get wenches. They are generally fools and cowards – | get Wenches. They are generally Fooles, and Cowards; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.104 | and cowardice; but the sherris warms it, and makes it | and Cowardize: but the Sherris warmes it, and makes it |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.92 | Puff i'thy teeth, most recreant coward base! | puffe in thy teeth, most recreant Coward base. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.75 | That have so cowarded and chased your blood | That haue so cowarded and chac'd your blood |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.69 | Turn head, and stop pursuit, for coward dogs | Turne head, and stop pursuit: for coward Dogs |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.38 | his prayers, lest 'a should be thought a coward; but his | his Prayers, lest a should be thought a Coward: but his |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.6 | cowardly rascals that ran from the battle ha' done this | Cowardly Rascalls that ranne from the battaile ha' done this |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.66 | Go, go, you are a counterfeit cowardly knave. | Go, go, you are a counterfeit cowardly Knaue, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.131 | If Sir John Falstaff had not played the coward. | If Sir Iohn Falstaffe had not play'd the Coward. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.134 | Cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. | Cowardly fled, not hauing struck one stroake. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.23 | Dogs! Cowards! Dastards! I would ne'er have fled | Dogges, Cowards, Dastards: I would ne're haue fled, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.16 | Coward of France! How much he wrongs his fame, | Coward of France, how much he wrongs his fame, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.31 | Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, | Let him that is no Coward, nor no Flatterer, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.55 | And twit with cowardice a man half dead? | And twit with Cowardise a man halfe dead? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.109 | Cowardly knight, ill fortune follow thee! | Cowardly Knight,ill fortune follow thee. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.28 | Or whether that such cowards ought to wear | Or whether that such Cowards ought to weare |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.52 | And make the cowards stand aloof at bay. | And make the Cowards stand aloofe at bay: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.27 | By forfeiting a traitor and a coward. | By forfeyting a Traitor, and a Coward: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.47 | The coward horse that bears me fall and die! | The Coward Horse that beares me, fall and dye: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.220 | I would, false murderous coward, on thy knee | I would, false murd'rous Coward, on thy Knee |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.307 | Fie, coward woman and soft-hearted wretch! | Fye Coward woman, and soft harted wretch, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.43 | And I proclaimed a coward through the world. | And I proclaim'd a Coward through the world. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.77 | O monstrous coward! What, to come behind folks? | O monstrous Coward! What, to come behinde Folkes? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.72 | all the world to be cowards; for I, that never feared any, | all the World to be Cowards: For I that neuer feared any, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.41 | And bashful Henry deposed, whose cowardice | And bashfull Henry depos'd, whose Cowardize |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.40 | So cowards fight when they can fly no further; | So Cowards fight, when they can flye no further, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.47 | And bite thy tongue, that slanders him with cowardice | And bite thy tongue, that slanders him with Cowardice, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.114 | Ay, like a dastard and a treacherous coward, | I like a Dastard, and a treacherous Coward, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.7 | And welcome, Somerset. I hold it cowardice | And welcome Somerset: I hold it cowardize, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.40 | Should, if a coward heard her speak these words, | Should, if a Coward heard her speake these words, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.122 | His coward lips did from their colour fly, | His Coward lippes did from their colour flye, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.121 | To kindle cowards and to steel with valour | To kindle Cowards, and to steele with valour |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.129 | Swear priests and cowards and men cautelous, | Sweare Priests and Cowards, and men Cautelous |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.32 | Cowards die many times before their deaths; | Cowards dye many times before their deaths, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.41 | The gods do this in shame of cowardice: | The Gods do this in shame of Cowardice: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.193 | Either a coward, or a flatterer. | Either a Coward, or a Flatterer. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.103 | But I do find it cowardly and vile, | But I do finde it Cowardly, and vile, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.4 | I slew the coward, and did take it from him. | I slew the Coward, and did take it from him. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.34 | O, coward that I am, to live so long, | O Coward that I am, to liue so long, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.46 | But call them cowards that they ran away, | But call them cowards that they ran away, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.174 | Of resolution and of cowardice, | Of resolution and of a cowardize: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.83 | My mercy on his coward burgonet. | My mercie on his coward burgonet. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.96 | Tell him I cannot sit a coward's horse. | Tell him I cannot sit a cowards horse, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.23 | Coward, what flight? Thou liest, there needs no flight. | Coward what flight? thou liest there needs no flight. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.33 | Cowardly works confusion on itself. | Cowardly workes confusion on it selfe. |
| King John | KJ II.i.158 | Than e'er the coward hand of France can win. | Then ere the coward hand of France can win; |
| King John | KJ III.i.115 | That bloody spoil. Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward! | That bloudy spoyle: thou slaue thou wretch, yu coward, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.61 | Bringing the murderous coward to the stake; | Bringing the murderous Coward to the stake: |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.19 | composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and | composition of a Knaue, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.51 | cowardly rascal, nature disclaims in thee: a tailor made | cowardly Rascall, nature disclaimes in thee: a Taylor made |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.122.2 | None of these rogues and cowards | None of these Rogues, and Cowards |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.42 | He raised the house with loud and coward cries. | He rais'd the house, with loud and coward cries, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.86 | Or hide your heads like cowards and fly hence. | Or hide your heads like Cowards, and flie hence. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.43 | And live a coward in thine own esteem, | And liue a Coward in thine owne Esteeme? |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.62 | Then yield thee, coward; | Then yeeld thee Coward, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.140 | O faithless coward! O dishonest wretch! | Oh faithlesse Coward, oh dishonest wretch, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.332 | fool, and a coward, as you then reported him to be? | foole, and a coward, as you then reported him to be? |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.497 | (To Lucio) You, sirrah, that knew me for a fool, a coward, | You sirha, that knew me for a foole, a Coward, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.83 | How many cowards whose hearts are all as false | How manie cowards, whose hearts are all as false |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.28 | By gar, he is de coward Jack priest of de vorld. He | By gar, he is de Coward-Iack-Priest of de vorld: he |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.62 | Galen – and he is a knave besides, a cowardly knave as | Galen, and hee is a knaue besides: a cowardly knaue, as |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.76 | By gar, you are de coward, de Jack dog, John ape. | By-gar, you are de Coward: de Iack dog: Iohn Ape. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.234 | When cowardice pursues, and valour flies. | When cowardise pursues, and valour flies. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.187 | patience well. That same cowardly, giantlike Oxbeef | patience well: that same cowardly gyant-like Oxe beefe |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.302 | I am a right maid for my cowardice! | I am a right maide for my cowardize; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.405 | Thou runaway, thou coward – art thou fled? | Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou fled? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.407 | Thou coward, art thou bragging to the stars, | Thou coward, art thou bragging to the stars, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.421 | Ho, ho, ho, coward! Why comest thou not? | Ho, ho, ho; coward, why com'st thou not? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.145 | cowardice. You have killed a sweet lady, and her death | cowardise: you haue kill'd a sweete Ladie, and her death |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.54 | shortly hear from him, or I will subscribe him a coward. | shortly heare from him, or I will subscribe him a coward, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.25.1 | And of how coward a spirit. | and of how coward a spirit. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.61 | Call him a slanderous coward, and a villain; | Call him a slanderous Coward, and a Villaine: |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.69 | Pale, trembling coward, there I throw my gage, | Pale trembling Coward, there I throw my gage, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.102 | And consequently, like a traitor coward, | And consequently, like a Traitor Coward, |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.34 | Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts. | Is pale cold cowardice in noble brests: |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.84 | Awake, thou coward majesty; thou sleepest. | Awake thou sluggard Maiestie, thou sleepest: |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.41 | Thou darest not, coward, live to see that day. | Thou dar'st not (Coward) liue to see the day. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.102 | No. He'll say 'twas done cowardly | No: hee'l say 'twas done cowardly, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.137 | man a coward. A man cannot steal, but it accuseth him; | man a Coward: A man cannot steale, but it accuseth him: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.265 | Relent? No: 'tis cowardly and womanish. | Relent? no: 'Tis cowardly and womanish. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.282 | So do not I. Go, coward as thou art. | So do not I: go Coward as thou art. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.87 | Pray God, I say, I prove a needless coward! | Pray God (I say) I proue a needlesse Coward. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.180 | O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! | O coward Conscience! how dost thou afflict me? |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.310 | Conscience is but a word that cowards use, | For Conscience is a word that Cowards vse, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.71 | Have at thee, coward! | Haue at thee Coward. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.26 | thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so | thou, was there euer man a Coward, that hath drunk so |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.16 | Nor did he soil the fact with cowardice – | Nor did he soyle the fact with Cowardice, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.30 | Base noble, old young, coward valiant. | Base, Noble; Old, young; Coward, valiant. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.1 | Sound to this coward and lascivious town | Sound to this Coward, and lasciuious Towne, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.58 | Foul-spoken coward, that thund'rest with thy tongue | Foule spoken Coward, / That thundrest with thy tongue, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.132 | Thy counsel, lad, smells of no cowardice. | Thy counsell Lad smells of no cowardise. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.23 | In fortune's love: for then the bold and coward, | In Fortunes loue: for then, the Bold and Coward, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.197 | They tax our policy, and call it cowardice, | They taxe our policy, and call it Cowardice, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.43.1 | Troilus! Thou coward Troilus! | Troylus, thou coward Troylus. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vi.1 | Troilus, thou coward Troilus, show thy head! | Troylus, thou coward Troylus, shew thy head. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.23 | The devil take thee, coward! | The diuell take thee coward. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.26 | I'll through and through you! – And, thou great-sized coward, | Ile through, and through you; & thou great siz'd coward: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.28 | the gift of a coward to allay the gust he hath in quarrelling, | the gift of a Coward, to allay the gust he hath in quarrelling, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.37 | in Illyria. He's a coward and a coistrel that will not | in Illyria: he's a Coward and a Coystrill that will not |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.377 | coward than a hare. His dishonesty appears in leaving | coward then a Hare, his dishonesty appeares, in leauing |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.379 | cowardship, ask Fabian. | cowardship aske Fabian. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.380 | A coward, a most devout coward, religious in it! | A Coward, a most deuout Coward, religious in it. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.178 | took him for a coward, but he's the very devil | tooke him for a Coward, but hee's the verie diuell, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.32 | With falsehood, cowardice, and poor descent – | With falsehood, cowardize, and poore discent: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.21 | She needs not, when she knows it cowardice. | She needes not, when she knowes it cowardize. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.309 | And if he lose her then, he's a cold coward. | And if he lose her then, he's a cold Coward; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.12 | Make talk for fools and cowards. To your health! | Make talke for Fooles, and Cowards, To your health, &c. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.104 | If I fall, curse me, and say I was a coward, | If I fall, curse me, and say I was a coward, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.243 | If thou inclin'st that way, thou art a coward, | If thou inclin'st that way, thou art a Coward, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.102 | Not a more cowardly rogue in all Bohemia. If you | Not a more cowardly Rogue in all Bohemia; If you |