| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.250 | thy lower part where thy nose stands. By mine honour, | thy lower part where thy nose stands. By mine Honor, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.17 | nose-herbs. | nose-hearbes. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.10 | Nay, you need not to stop your nose, sir. I | Nay you neede not to stop your nose sir: I |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.13 | nose, or against any man's metaphor. Prithee, get thee | nose, or against any mans Metaphor. Prethe get thee |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.62 | Not in my husband's nose. | Not in my Husbands nose. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.39 | Against the blown rose may they stop their nose | Against the blowne Rose may they stop their nose, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.39 | Coursed one another down his innocent nose | Cours'd one another downe his innocent nose |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.160 | With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, | With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.141 | O, sir, upon her nose, all o'er | Oh sir, vpon her nose, all ore |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.144 | sent whole armadoes of carracks to be ballast at her nose. | sent whole Armadoes of Carrects to be ballast at her nose. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.47 | For that I have not washed my nose that bled, | for that I haue not wash'd / My Nose that bled, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.84 | To see your wives dishonoured to your noses – | To see your Wiues dishonour'd to your Noses. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.28 | And still to nose th' offence. | And still to nose th' offence. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.14 | for wearing our own noses. | For wearing our owne Noses. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.38 | have crooked noses, but to owe such straight arms, | haue crook'd Noses, but to owe such straite Armes, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.571 | Tweaks me by the nose? Gives me the lie i'th' throat | Tweakes me by'th'Nose? giues me the Lye i'th'Throate, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.35 | month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into | moneth, you shall nose him as you go vp the staires into |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.38 | He gave his nose, and took it away again – | He gaue his Nose, and took't away againe: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.96 | We must have bloody noses, and cracked crowns, | We must haue bloodie Noses, and crack'd Crownes, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.302 | Yea, and to tickle our noses with spear-grass, | Yea, and to tickle our Noses with Spear-grasse, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.26 | the poop, but 'tis in the nose of thee. Thou art the | the Poope, but 'tis in the Nose of thee; thou art the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.77 | you rich? Let them coin his nose, let them coin his | you Rich? Let them coyne his Nose, let them coyne his |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.44 | stolen from my host at Saint Alban's, or the red-nose | stolne from my Host of S. Albones, or the Red-Nose |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.37 | Yonder he comes, and that arrant malmsey-nose knave | Yonder he comes, and that arrant Malmesey-Nose |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.325 | nose, of the wicked? | Nose) of the Wicked? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.40 | that I may justly say, with the hook-nosed fellow of | that I may iustly say with the hooke-nos'd fellow of |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.16 | nose was as sharp as a pen, and 'a babbled of green | Nose was as sharpe as a Pen, and a Table of greene |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.38 | Bardolph's nose, and 'a said it was a black soul burning in | Bardolphs Nose, and a said it was a blacke Soule burning in |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.101 | at his nose, and it is like a coal of fire, sometimes plue, | at his nose, and it is like a coale of fire, sometimes plew, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.102 | and sometimes red; but his nose is executed, and his | and sometimes red, but his nose is executed, and his |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.34 | Rear up his body; wring him by the nose. | Rere vp his Body, wring him by the Nose. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.25 | But when the fox hath once got in his nose, | But when the Fox hath once got in his Nose, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.9 | Their very noses had been counsellors | Their very noses had been Councellours |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.55 | There be more wasps that buzz about his nose | There be moe Waspes that buz about his Nose, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.42 | reign in's nose; all that stand about him are under the | reigne in's Nose; all that stand about him are vnder the |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.45 | nose discharged against me; he stands there like a | Nose discharged against mee; hee stands there like a |
| King Lear | KL I.v.19 | Thou canst tell why one's nose stands i'the middle on's | thou canst tell why ones nose stands i'th'middle on's |
| King Lear | KL I.v.22 | Why, to keep one's eyes of either side's nose; that | Why to keepe ones eyes of either side's nose, that |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.67 | noses are led by their eyes, but blind men; and there's | noses, are led by their eyes, but blinde men, and there's |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.68 | not a nose among twenty but can smell him that's | not a nose among twenty, but can smell him that's |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.70 | Were two full moons; he had a thousand noses, | Were two full Moones: he had a thousand Noses, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.14 | love with singing love, sometime through the nose as if | loue with singing, loue sometime through: nose as if |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.562 | Your nose says no, you are not; for it stands too right. | Your nose saies no, you are not: / For it stands too right. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.563 | Your nose smells ‘ no ’ in this, most tender-smelling knight. | Your nose smels no, in this most tender smelling Knight. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.913 | And Marian's nose looks red and raw, | And Marrians nose lookes red and raw: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.26 | Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine. | Marry, Sir, Nose-painting, Sleepe, and Vrine. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.29 | Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips, | Nose of Turke, and Tartars lips: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.29 | And liberty plucks justice by the nose; | And libertie, plucks Iustice by the nose; |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.112 | That thus can make him bite the law by th' nose, | That thus can make him bite the Law by th' nose, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.337 | the nose for thy speeches? | the nose, for thy speeches? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.24 | for nothing that my nose fell a-bleeding on Black Monday | for nothing that my nose fell a bleeding on blacke monday |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.49 | And others, when the bagpipe sings i'th' nose, | And others, when the bag-pipe sings i'th nose, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.34 | Knacks, trifles, nosegays, sweetmeats – messengers | Knackes, trifles, Nose-gaies, sweet meats (messengers |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.323 | This cherry nose, | this cherry nose, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.114 | We had like to have had our two noses snapped | Wee had likt to haue had our two noses snapt |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.395 | And will as tenderly be led by th' nose | And will as tenderly be lead by'th'Nose |
| Othello | Oth III.i.4 | Naples, that they speak i'th' nose thus? | Naples, that they speake i'th'Nose thus? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.42 | Noses, ears, and lips! Is't possible? – Confess? | Noses, Eares, and Lippes: is't possible. Confesse? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.142 | my chamber. O, I see that nose of yours, but not that | my Chamber: oh, I see that nose of yours, but not that |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.76 | Heaven stops the nose at it, and the moon winks; | Heauen stoppes the Nose at it, and the Moone winks: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.58 | Over men's noses as they lie asleep. | ouer mens noses as they lie asleepe: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.77 | Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier's nose, | Sometime she gallops ore a Courtiers nose, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.80 | Tickling a parson's nose as 'a lies asleep; | tickling a Parsons nose as a lies asleepe, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.119 | I'll slit the villain's nose, that would have sent | Ile slit the villaines nose that would haue sent |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.177 | Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses | Aduanc'd their eye-lids, lifted vp their noses |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.200 | my nose is in great indignation. | My nose is in great indignation. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.158 | And not believes himself. Down with the nose, | And not beleeues himselfe. Downe with the Nose, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.94 | And borne her cleanly by the keeper's nose? | And borne her cleanly by the Keepers nose? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.107 | copper nose. | copper nose. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.124 | In love, i'faith, to the very tip of the nose. | In loue yfaith to the very tip of the nose. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.34 | That noseless, handless, hacked and chipped, come to him, | That noselesse, handlesse, hackt and chipt, come to him; |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.25 | I did impetticoat thy gratillity; for Malvolio's nose | I did impeticos thy gratillity: for Maluolios nose |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.54 | To hear by the nose, it is dulcet in contagion. | To heare by the nose, it is dulcet in contagion. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.156 | I have't in my nose too. | I hau't in my nose too. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.8 | is not my nose, neither. Nothing that is so, is so. | is not my nose neyther: Nothing that is so, is so. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.129 | As a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a steeple! | As a nose on a mans face, or a Wethercocke on a steeple: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.110 | His nose stands high, a character of honour; | His Nose stands high, a Character of honour. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.26 | a nosegay; then let him mark me – then – | a Nosegay, then let him marke me,---then. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.121 | Why, that's my bawcock. What, hast smutched thy nose? | Why that's my Bawcock: what? has't smutch'd thy Nose? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.285 | Is leaning cheek to cheek? Is meeting noses? | Is leaning Cheeke to Cheeke? is meating Noses? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.14 | Nay, that's a mock. I have seen a lady's nose | Nay, that's a mock: I haue seene a Ladies Nose |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.152 | As is a dead man's nose; but I do see't and feel't | As is a dead-mans nose: but I do see't, and feel't, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.99 | And copy of the father: eye, nose, lip; | And Coppy of the Father: (Eye, Nose, Lippe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.40 | me four-and-twenty nosegays for the shearers, | me four and twenty Nose-gayes for the shearers |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.223 | Masks for faces, and for noses; | Maskes for faces, and for noses: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.668 | for a cutpurse; a good nose is requisite also, to smell out | for a Cut-purse; a good Nose is requisite also, to smell out |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.728 | Receives not thy nose court-odour from me? Reflect I not | Receiues not thy Nose Court-Odour from me? Reflect I not |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.797 | bear, yet he is oft led by the nose with gold. Show the | Beare, yet hee is oft led by the Nose with Gold: shew the |