| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.19 | You barely leave our thorns to prick ourselves, | You barely leaue our thornes to pricke our selues, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.108 | Must find love's prick and Rosalind. | must finde Loues pricke, & Rosalinde. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.86 | sensible as your finger, that you might leave pricking it | sensible as your finger, that you might leaue pricking it |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.99 | Myself by with a needle, that I might prick | My selfe by with a Needle, that I might pricke |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.83 | Thereto pricked on by a most emulate pride, | (Thereto prick'd on by a most emulate Pride) |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.88 | To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at once. | To pricke and sting her. Fare thee well at once; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.129 | calls not on me? Well, 'tis no matter, honour pricks | call's not on me? Well, 'tis no matter, Honor prickes |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.130 | me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I | me on. But how if Honour pricke me off when I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.106 | they never prick their finger but they say ‘ There's some | they neuer pricke their finger, but they say, there is som |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.327 | The fiend hath pricked down Bardolph | The Fiend hath prickt downe Bardolph |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.110 | Prick him. | Pricke him. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.111 | I was pricked well enough before, an you could | I was prickt well enough before, if you could |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.114 | not to have pricked me; there are other men fitter to | not to haue prickt me, there are other men fitter to |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.133 | Shadow will serve for summer. Prick him, for | Shadow will serue for Summer: pricke him: For |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.141 | Shall I prick him, Sir John? | Shall I pricke him downe, Sir Iohn? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.144 | Prick him no more. | prick him no more. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.150 | Shall I prick him, sir? | Shall I pricke him, sir? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.152 | he'd ha' pricked you. Wilt thou make as many holes in | he would haue prick'd you. Wilt thou make as many holes in |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.158 | wrathful dove or most magnanimous mouse. Prick the | wrathfull Doue, or most magnanimous Mouse. Pricke the |
| 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.175 | What, dost thou roar before thou art pricked? | What? do'st thou roare before th'art prickt. |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.32 | honestly by the prick of their needles but it will be | honestly by the pricke of their Needles, but it will bee |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.39 | Pish for thee, Iceland dog! thou prick-eared cur of Iceland! | Pish for thee, Island dogge: thou prickeard cur of Island. |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.55 | prick your guts a little, in good terms, as I may, and | pricke your guts a little in good tearmes, as I may, and |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.49 | Prick not your finger as you pluck it off, | Prick not your finger as you pluck it off, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.78 | Pricked on by public wrongs sustained in France, | Prickt on by publike Wrongs sustain'd in France, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.34 | And made an evening at the noontide prick. | And made an Euening at the Noone-tide Prick. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.55 | To prick thy finger, though to wound his heart. | To prick thy finger, though to wound his heart. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.13 | What! Can so young a thorn begin to prick? | What? can so young a Thorne begin to prick? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.164 | The archbishopric of Toledo, this is purposed. | The Archbishopricke of Toledo, this is purpos'd. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.171 | Scruple, and prick, on certain speeches uttered | Scruple, and pricke, on certaine Speeches vtter'd |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.124 | To prick us to redress? What other bond | To pricke vs to redresse? What other Bond, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.216 | Will you be pricked in number of our friends, | Will you be prick'd in number of our Friends, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.1 | These many then shall die; their names are pricked. | These many then shall die, their names are prickt |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.3.2 | Prick him down, Antony. | Pricke him downe Antony. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.16 | And took his voice who should be pricked to die | And tooke his voyce who should be prickt to dye |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.110 | Is far more thorny-pricking than this blade; | Is farre more thornie pricking than this blade. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.48 | My liege, as we were pricking on the hills | My liege, as we were pricking on the hils, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.17 | Against the mind, the which he pricks and wounds | Against the winde, the which he prickes and wounds |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.16 | Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary; | Pins, Wodden-prickes, Nayles, Sprigs of Rosemarie: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.56 | I feel this pin-prick. Would I were assured | I feele this pin pricke, would I were assur'd |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.256 | ever-esteemed duty pricks me on – have sent to thee, to | euer esteemed dutie prickes me on) haue sent to thee, to |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.124 | Will you prick't with your eye? | Will you prick't with your eye. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.133 | Let the mark have a prick in't, to mete at if it may be. | Let the mark haue a pricke in't, to meat at, if it may be. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.139 | She's too hard for you at pricks, sir. Challenge her to bowl. | She's too hard for you at pricks, sir challenge her to boule. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.12 | 'Twas not an awd grey doe, 'twas a pricket. | 'Twas not a haud credo, 'twas a Pricket. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.21 | pricket. | Pricket. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.49 | that 'twas a pricket that the Princess killed. | that, 'twas a Pricket that the Princesse kill'd. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.52 | ignorant, call I the deer the Princess killed a pricket. | ignorant call'd the Deare, the Princesse kill'd a Pricket. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.57 | The preyful Princess pierced and pricked a pretty pleasing pricket; | The prayfull Princesse pearst and prickt a prettie pleasing Pricket, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.60 | Or pricket, sore, or else sorel, the people fall a-hooting. | Or Pricket-sore, or else Sorell, the people fall a hooting. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.541 | Cannot pick out five such, take each one in his vein. | Cannot pricke out fiue such, take each one in's vaine. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.26 | To prick the sides of my intent but only | To pricke the sides of my intent, but onely |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.44 | By the pricking of my thumbs, | By the pricking of my Thumbes, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.14 | Go prick thy face and overred thy fear, | Go pricke thy face, and ouer-red thy feare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.58 | summer as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not | Sommmer as a Christian is: if you pricke vs doe we not |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.69 | There thou prickest her with a thistle. | There thou prickst her with a thissell. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.409 | Pricked to't by foolish honesty and love – | (Prick'd too't by foolish Honesty, and Loue) |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.207 | And prick my tender patience to those thoughts | And pricke my tender patience to those thoughts |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.78 | The Duke of York, to know what pricks you on | The Duke of Yorke, to know what pricks you on |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.26 | Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn. | Too rude, too boysterous, and it pricks like thorne. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.28 | Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down. | Pricke loue for pricking, and you beat loue downe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.69 | Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid. | prickt from the Lazie-finger of a man. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.21 | you sing pricksong: keeps time, distance, and proportion. | you sing pricksong, keeps time, distance, and proportion, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.110 | the dial is now upon the prick of noon. | the Dyall is now vpon the pricke of Noone. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.66 | list; an old hat, and the humour of forty fancies pricked | list; an old hat, & the humor of forty fancies prickt |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.69 | 'Tis some odd humour pricks him to this fashion. | 'Tis some od humor pricks him to this fashion, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.12 | Their pricks at my footfall. Sometime am I | Their pricks at my foot-fall: sometime am I |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.176 | At which, like unbacked colts, they pricked their ears, | At which like vnback't colts they prickt their eares, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.180 | Toothed briars, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and thorns, | Tooth'd briars, sharpe firzes, pricking gosse, & thorns, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.343 | And in such indexes, although small pricks | And in such Indexes, although small prickes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.8 | My duty pricks me on to utter that | My dutie pricks me on to vtter that |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iv.25 | O for a prick now, like a nightingale, | O for a pricke now like a Nightingale, |