| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.119 | That all the miseries which nature owes | That all the miseries which nature owes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.21 | seduced by them, and the misery is, example, that so | seduced by them, and the miserie is example, that so |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.112 | O, misery on't! – the wise gods seel our eyes, | (Oh misery on't) the wise Gods seele our eyes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.51 | The miserable change now at my end | The miserable change now at my end, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.51 | ‘ 'Tis right,’ quoth he, ‘ thus misery doth part | 'Tis right quoth he, thus miserie doth part |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.13 | A motley fool – a miserable world! – | A motley Foole (a miserable world:) |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.271 | misery? | miserie. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.133 | From miserable slumber I awaked. | From miserable slumber I awaked. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.59 | dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house, as your pearl in | dwels like a miser sir, in a poore house, as your Pearle in |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.323 | Thou shamest to acknowledge me in misery. | Thou sham'st to acknowledge me in miserie. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.19 | that afflicts us, the object of our misery, is as an inventory | that afflicts vs, the obiect of our misery, is as an inuentory |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.125 | Than misery itself would give, rewards | Then Miserie it selfe would giue, rewards |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.91 | And make my misery serve thy turn. So use it | And make my misery serue thy turne: So vse it, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.102 | you, be that you are, long; and your misery increase | you, bee that you are, long; and your misery encrease |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.55 | Is to exchange one misery with another, | Is to exchange one misery with another, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.6 | As my two brothers, happy: but most miserable | As my two Brothers, happy: but most miserable |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.64 | Still going? This is a lord! O noble misery, | Still going? This is a Lord: Oh Noble misery |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.86 | take off his miseries. | take off his miseries. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.144 | Posthumus end his miseries, Britain be fortunate, | Posthumus end his miseries, Britaine be fortunate, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.442 | shall Posthumus end his miseries, Britain be fortunate, | shall Posthumus end his miseries, Britaine be fortunate, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.178 | Poor miserable wretches, to your death; | (Poore miserable wretches) to your death: |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.47 | Doth like a miser spoil his coat with scanting | Doth like a Miser spoyle his Coat, with scanting |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.12 | O, prenez miséricorde! Ayez pitié de | O prennes miserecordie aye pitez de |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.88 | To weep their intermissive miseries. | To weepe their intermissiue Miseries. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.29 | Just Death, kind umpire of men's miseries, | Iust Death, kinde Vmpire of mens miseries, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.137 | For that's the end of human misery. | For that's the end of humane miserie. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.7 | Decrepit miser! Base ignoble wretch! | Decrepit Miser, base ignoble Wretch, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.16 | My tear-stained eyes to see her miseries. | My teare-stayn'd eyes, to see her Miseries. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.200 | My body round engirt with misery; | My Body round engyrt with miserie: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.201 | For what's more miserable than discontent? | For what's more miserable then Discontent? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.10 | O miserable age! Virtue is not regarded in | O miserable Age: Vertue is not regarded in |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.159 | O gross and miserable ignorance! | O grosse and miserable ignorance. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.42 | He be as miserably slain as I. | He be as miserably slaine as I. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.85 | I should lament thy miserable state. | I should lament thy miserable state. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.88 | O, pity, God, this miserable age! | O pitty God, this miserable Age! |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.151 | O, miserable thought! And more unlikely | Oh miserable Thought! and more vnlikely, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.264 | Not that I pity Henry's misery, | Not that I pitty Henries misery, |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.30 | How soon this mightiness meets misery. | How soone this Mightinesse, meets Misery: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.108 | I will not wish ye half my miseries; | I will not wish ye halfe my miseries, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.389 | To endure more miseries and greater far | To endure more Miseries, and greater farre |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.429 | In all my miseries, but thou hast forced me, | In all my Miseries: But thou hast forc'd me |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.219 | Is bound in shallows and in miseries. | Is bound in Shallowes, and in Miseries. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.28 | Beholds us now low brought through misery, | Beholds vs now low brought through miserie, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.35 | And buss thee as thy wife. Misery's love, | And busse thee as thy wife: Miseries Loue, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.110 | The mysteries of Hecat and the night, | The miseries of Heccat and the night: |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.164 | But misery. I know 'tis from Cordelia, | But miserie. I know 'tis from Cordelia, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.101 | We scarcely think our miseries our foes. | |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.75 | And I'll repair the misery thou dost bear | And Ile repayre the misery thou do'st beare |
| King Lear | KL IV.v.12 | In pity of his misery, to dispatch | In pitty of his misery, to dispatch |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.63 | When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage | When misery could beguile the Tyranrs rage, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.47 | To send the old and miserable King | To send the old and miserable King |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.178 | How have you known the miseries of your father? | How haue you knowne the miseries of your Father? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.66 | beauteous, truer than truth itself, have commiseration on | beautious, truer then truth it selfe: haue comiseration on |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.103 | No, not to live! O nation miserable, | No not to liue. O Natiõ miserable! |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.2 | The miserable have no other medicine | The miserable haue no other medicine |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.3 | You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries | You would be sweet Madam, if your miseries |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.30 | And pluck commiseration of his state | And plucke commiseration of his state |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.269 | Of such misery doth she cut me off. | Of such miserie, doth she cut me off: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.234 | But miserable most, to love unloved: | (But miserable most, to loue vnlou'd) |
| Othello | Oth II.i.137 | laugh i'th' alehouse. What miserable praise hast thou for | laugh i'th'Alehouse. What miserable praise hast thou for |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.169 | O misery! | O miserie. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.55 | The misery of Tarsus may be theirs. | The miserie of Tharsus may be theirs. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.66 | Taking advantage of our misery, | Taking aduantage of our miserie, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.88 | We have heard your miseries as far as Tyre | Wee haue heard your miseries as farre as Tyre, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.30 | misers to nothing so fitly as to a whale; 'a plays and | Misers to nothing so fitly, / As to a Whale; a playes and |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.41 | Makes my past miseries sports; you shall do well | makes my past miseries sports, you shall doe well |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.85 | No, misery makes sport to mock itself. | No, misery makes sport to mocke it selfe: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.27 | More miserable by the life of him | More miserable by the death of him, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.257 | What 'twere to lose it and be miserable! | What 'twere to lose it, and be miserable. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.2 | O, I have passed a miserable night, | O, I haue past a miserable night, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.103 | O bloody Richard! Miserable England! | O bloody Richard: miserable England, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.52 | O ill-dispersing wind of misery! | O ill dispersing Winde of Miserie. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.75 | More miserable by the life of thee | More miserable, by the Life of thee, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.17 | So many miseries have crazed my voice | So many miseries haue craz'd my voyce, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.129 | Poor breathing orators of miseries, | Poore breathing Orators of miseries, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.58 | Ay, mine own fortune in my misery. | I mine owne fortune in my miserie. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.145 | Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable. | Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.44 | Most miserable hour that e'er time saw | Most miserable houre, that ere time saw |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.41 | Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. | Sharpe miserie had worne him to the bones: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.34 | That triumph thus upon my misery! | That triumph thus vpon my misery: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.33 | hanged, our case is miserable. | hang'd, our case is miserable. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.39 | Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. I | Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellowes: I |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.32 | Since riches point to misery and contempt? | Since Riches point to Misery and Contempt? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.77 | I have heard in some sort of thy miseries. | I haue heard in some sort of thy Miseries. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.235.3 | Thou flatterest misery. | Thou flatter'st misery. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.243 | Wert thou not beggar. Willing misery | Wert thou not Beggar: willing misery |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.249 | Thou shouldst desire to die, being miserable. | Thou should'st desire to dye, being miserable. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.250 | Not by his breath that is more miserable. | Not by his breath, that is more miserable. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.397.2 | Live, and love thy misery. | Liue, and loue thy misery. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.459 | no time so miserable but a man may be true. | no time so miserable, but a man may be true. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.527 | Here, take. The gods, out of my misery, | Heere take: the Gods out of my miserie |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.108 | And leave me to this miserable death. | And leaue me to this miserable death. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.57 | O, could our mourning ease thy misery. | Oh could our mourning ease thy misery. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.134 | Plot some device of further misery | Plot some deuise of further miseries |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.218 | If there were reason for these miseries, | If there were reason for these miseries, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.242 | These miseries are more than may be borne. | These miseries are more then may be borne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.9 | Who, when my heart, all mad with misery, | Who when my hart all mad with misery, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.28 | How Troy was burnt and he made miserable? | How Troy was burnt, and he made miserable? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.18 | Ah, Rome! Well, well, I made thee miserable | Ah Rome! Well, well, I made thee miserable, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.66 | Have miserable, mad, mistaking eyes. | Haue miserable mad mistaking eyes: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.92 | And force you to commiseration. | Lending your kind hand Commiseration. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.143 | As misers do by beggars, neither gave to me | as mysers doe by beggars, / Neither gaue to me |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.340 | Can lack persuasion? Do not tempt my misery, | Can lacke perswasion. Do not tempt my misery, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.34 | Or else I often had been miserable. | Or else I often had beene often miserable. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.28 | O miserable, unhappy that I am! | O miserable, vnhappy that I am. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.34 | freedom out of bondage, making misery their mirth and | freedome out of Bondage, making misery their / Mirth, and |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.56 | Why, strong enough to laugh at misery, | Why strong inough to laugh at misery, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.110 | Even from the bottom of these miseries, | Even from the bottom of these miseries |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.151 | With my captivity. What a misery | With my Captivity: what a misery |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iii.28 | And me as much to see his misery. | And me as much to see his misery. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.142 | This miserable prince, that cuts away | This miserable Prince, that cuts away |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.7 | The loathsome misery of age, beguile | The loathsome misery of age, beguile |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.86 | O miserable end of our alliance! | O miserable end of our alliance |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.351 | O miserable lady! But, for me, | O miserable Lady. But for me, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.121 | The flatness of my misery; yet with eyes | The flatnesse of my miserie; yet with eyes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.565 | To miseries enough: no hope to help you, | To Miseries enough: no hope to helpe you, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.788 | rascals, whose miseries are to be smiled at, their offences | Rascals, whose miseries are to be smil'd at, their offences |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.136 | Though bearing misery, I desire my life | (Though bearing Miserie) I desire my life |