| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.56 | measure, such are to be followed. After them, and take a | measure, such are to be followed: after them, and take a |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.255 | This is hard and undeserved measure, my | This is hard and vndeserued measure my |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.32 | measure of his own judgements wherein so curiously he | measure of his owne iudgements, wherein so curiously he |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.2 | O'erflows the measure. Those his goodly eyes, | Ore-flowes the measure: those his goodly eyes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.37 | Measures of wheat to Rome; this 'greed upon, | Measures of Wheate to Rome: this greed vpon, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.8 | He vented them, most narrow measure lent me; | He vented then most narrow measure: lent me, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.35 | Knowing all measures, the full Caesar will | Knowing all measures, the full Casar will |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vi.2 | Here lie I down and measure out my grave. Farewell, | Heere lie I downe, / And measure out my graue. Farwel |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.55 | in some little measure draw a belief from you to do | in some little measure draw a beleefe from you, to do |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.43 | my purgation. I have trod a measure, I have flattered a | my purgation, I haue trod a measure, I haue flattred a |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.84 | so we measured swords and parted. | so wee measur'd swords, and parted. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.172 | According to the measure of their states. | According to the measure of their states. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.176 | With measure heaped in joy, to th' measures fall. | With measure heap'd in ioy, to'th Measures fall. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.190 | I am for other than for dancing measures. | I am for other, then for dancing meazures. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.116 | not measure her from hip to hip. | not measure her from hip to hip. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.9 | And therewithal took measure of my body. | And therewithall tooke measure of my body. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.121 | He cannot but with measure fit the honours | He cannot but with measure fit the Honors |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.140.1 | Enough, with over measure. | Enough, with ouer measure. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.47 | Must have that thanks from Rome after the measure | Must haue that thankes from Rome, after the measure |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.10 | Loved me above the measure of a father, | Lou'd me, aboue the measure of a Father, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.103 | Measureless liar, thou hast made my heart | Measurelesse Lyar, thou hast made my heart |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.27.1 | His measure duly. | His measure duly. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.22 | So would I, till you had measured how | So would I, till you had measur'd how |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.113.1 | O, above measure false! | O, aboue measure false. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.37 | Think us no churls: nor measure our good minds | Thinke vs no Churles: nor measure our good mindes |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.139 | Being sick, have in some measure made me well. | Being sicke, haue in some measure, made me well. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.176 | the capacities of us that are young; you do measure the | the capacities of vs that are yong: you measure the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.76 | Shall as a pattern or a measure live | Shall as a Patterne, or a Measure, liue, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.65 | I am assured, if I be measured rightly, | I am assur'd (if I be measur'd rightly) |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.124 | Who hath measured the ground? | Who hath measur'd the ground? |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.134 | one, I have neither words nor measure; and for the | one I haue neither words nor measure; and for the |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.135 | other, I have no strength in measure, yet a reasonable | other, I haue no strength in measure, yet a reasonable |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.136 | measure in strength. If I could win a lady at leapfrog, | measure in strength. If I could winne a Lady at Leape-frogge, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.105 | And now, to add more measure to your woes, | And now to adde more measure to your woes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.32 | Or fortune given me measure of revenge. | Or Fortune giuen me measure of Reuenge. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.55 | Measure for measure must be answered. | Measure for measure, must be answered. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.120 | Tell me for truth the measure of his love | Tell me for truth, the measure of his Loue |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.106 | To drink to these fair ladies, and a measure | To drinke to these faire Ladies, and a measure |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.150 | Shrunk to this little measure? Fare thee well. | Shrunke to this little Measure? Fare thee well. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.63 | Do tread the measures of their tragic march: | Do tread the measuers of their tragicke march, |
| King John | KJ II.i.556 | If not fill up the measure of her will, | (If not fill vp the measure of her will) |
| King John | KJ II.i.557 | Yet in some measure satisfy her so | Yet in some measure satisfie her so, |
| King John | KJ III.i.304 | Clamours of hell, be measures to our pomp? | Clamors of hell, be measures to our pomp? |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.196 | Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, | Who with his Sheeres, and Measure in his hand, |
| King John | KJ V.v.3 | When English measured backward their own ground | When English measure backward their owne ground |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.89 | differences. Away, away! If you will measure your | differences: away, away, if you will measure your |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.3 | And every measure fail me. | And euery measure faile me. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.360 | And justice always whirls in equal measure. | And Iustice alwaies whirles in equall measure: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.184 | Say to her, we have measured many miles | Say to her we haue measur'd many miles, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.185 | To tread a measure with her on this grass. | To tread a Measure with you on the grasse. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.186 | They say that they have measured many a mile | They say that they haue measur'd many a mile, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.187 | To tread a measure with you on this grass. | To tread a Measure with you on this grasse. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.189 | Is in one mile. If they have measured many, | Is in one mile? If they haue measur'd manie, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.190 | The measure then of one is easily told. | The measure then of one is easlie told. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.191 | If to come hither you have measured miles, | If to come hither, you haue measur'd miles, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.194 | Tell her we measure them by weary steps. | Tell her we measure them by weary steps. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.209 | Then in our measure vouchsafe but one change. | Then in our measure, vouchsafe but one change. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.221 | Curtsy, sweet hearts. And so the measure ends. | Curtsie sweet hearts, and so the Measure ends. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.222 | More measure of this measure! Be not nice. | More measure of this measure, be not nice. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.17.1 | In measureless content. | in measurelesse content. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.11 | Be large in mirth. Anon we'll drink a measure | Be large in mirth, anon wee'l drinke a Measure |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.84 | Must not be measured by his worth, for then | Must not be measur'd by his worth, for then |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.112 | We will perform in measure, time, and place. | We will performe in measure, time, and place: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.232 | He professes to have received no sinister measure | He professes to haue receiued no sinister measure |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.408 | Like doth quit like, and Measure still for Measure. | Like doth quit like, and Measure still for Measure: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.11 | His tedious measures with the unbated fire | His tedious measures with the vnbated fire, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.112 | In measure rain thy joy, scant this excess, | In measure raine thy ioy, scant this excesse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.84 | For we must measure twenty miles today. | For we must measure twentie miles to day. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.115 | Jarteer to measure our weapon. By gar, I will myself | Iarteer to measure our weapon: by gar, I wil my selfe |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.79 | To guide our measure round about the tree. | To guide our Measure round about the Tree. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.24 | move storms. I will condole, in some measure. To the | mooue stormes; I will condole in some measure. To the |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.86 | Which now in some slight measure it will pay, | Which now in some slight measure it will pay, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.429 | To measure out my length on this cold bed. | To measure out my length on this cold bed, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.24 | In great measure. | In great measure. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.2 | out of measure sad? | out of measure sad? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.3 | There is no measure in the occasion that | There is no measure in the occasion that |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.63 | tell him there is measure in everything and so dance | tell him there is measure in euery thing, & so dance |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.65 | and repenting, is as a Scotch jig, a measure, and a | & repenting, is as a Scotch ijgge, a measure, and a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.68 | as a measure, full of state and ancientry; and | (as a measure) full of state & aunchentry, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.145 | ‘ I measure him,’ says she, ‘ by my own spirit; for I | I measure him, saies she, by my owne spirit, for I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.11 | Measure his woe the length and breadth of mine, | Measure his woe the length and bredth of mine, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.28 | Cyprus gallants that would fain have a measure to the | Cyprus Gallants, that would faine haue a measure to the |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.72 | ring, nor for measures of lawn, nor for gowns, petticoats, | Ring, nor for measures of Lawne, nor for Gownes, Petticoats, |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.103 | And that their measures are as excellent. | And that their Measures are as excellent. |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.26 | In some large measure to thy father's death | In some large measure to thy Fathers death, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.291 | Than a delightful measure or a dance; | |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.125 | Measure our confines with such peaceful steps? | Measure our Confines with such peacefull steps? |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.7 | My legs can keep no measure in delight | My Legges can keepe no measure in Delight, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.8 | When my poor heart no measure keeps in grief. | When my poore Heart no measure keepes in Griefe. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.8 | Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. | Our dreadfull Marches, to delightfull Measures. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.9 | But, let them measure us by what they will, | But let them measure vs by what they will, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.10 | We'll measure them a measure and be gone. | Weele measure them a Measure, and be gone. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.50 | The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand | The measure done, Ile watch her place of stand, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.24 | Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy | Ah Iuliet, if the measure of thy ioy |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.125 | There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, | There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.71 | Taking the measure of an unmade grave. | Taking the measure of an vnmade graue. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.89 | And shrewd and froward so beyond all measure | And shrow'd, and froward, so beyond all measure, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.224 | Carouse full measure to her maidenhead, | Carowse full measure to her maiden-head, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.29 | Measures my husband's sorrow by his woe. | Measures my husbands sorrow by his woe: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.264 | Measure us back to Naples? Keep in Tunis, | Measure vs backe to Naples? keepe in Tunis, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.122.1 | Be measured or confined. | Be measur'd, or confin'd. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.179 | Whose womb unmeasurable and infinite breast | Whose wombe vnmeasureable, and infinite brest |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.4 | With all licentious measure, making your wills | With all Licentious measure, making your willes |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.202 | When fitness calls them on, and know by measure | When fitnesse call them on, and know by measure |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.44 | company; fair desires, in all fair measure, fairly guide | company: faire desires in all faire measure fairely guide |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.36 | tripping measure; or the bells of Saint Bennet, sir, may | tripping measure, or the belles of S. Bennet sir, may |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.197 | Then he's a rogue and a passy-measures pavin. | Then he's a Rogue, and a passy measures panyn: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.10 | To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps; | To measure Kingdomes with his feeble steps, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.128 | Come not within the measure of my wrath; | Come not within the measure of my wrath: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.33 | shrewd measure; take heed! If one be mad, or hang or | shrowd / Measure, take heede; if one be mad, or hang or |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.114 | Shall best instruct you measure me; and so | Shall best instruct you, measure me; and so |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.727 | Hath not my gait in it the measure of the court? | Hath not my gate in it, the measure of the Court? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.144 | Measured to look upon you, whom he loves – | Measur'd, to looke vpon you; whom he loues |