| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.95 | It ripens towards it. Strike the vessels, ho! | It ripen's towards it: strike the Vessells hoa. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.152 | Hence with thy stripes, be gone! | Hence with thy stripes, be gone. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.26 | And so from hour to hour we ripe, and ripe, | And so from houre to houre, we ripe, and ripe, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.115 | i'th' country: for you'll be rotten ere you be half ripe, | i'th country: for you'l be rotten ere you bee halfe ripe, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.121 | A little riper and more lusty red | A little riper, and more lustie red |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.88 | Like a ripe sister; the woman low | Like a ripe sister: the woman low |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.20 | A ripe age. Is thy name William? | A ripe age: Is thy name William? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.78 | And left the ship, then sinking-ripe, to us. | And left the ship then sinking ripe to vs. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.79 | Now humble as the ripest mulberry | Now humble as the ripest Mulberry, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.20 | they are in a ripe aptness to take all power from the | they are in a ripe aptnesse, to take al power from the |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.18 | of his face sours ripe grapes. When he walks, he moves | of his face, sowres ripe Grapes. When he walks, he moues |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.108 | Who wears my stripes impressed upon him, that | Who weares my stripes imprest vpon him, that |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.106 | That mount the Capitol: join gripes, with hands | That mount the Capitoll: Ioyne gripes, with hands |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.41 | We have yet many among us can gripe as hard as | We haue yet many among vs, can gripe as hard as |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.22 | How it goes here. It fits us therefore ripely | How it goes heere. It fits vs therefore ripely |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.200 | Which now, like fruit unripe, sticks on the tree, | Which now like Fruite vnripe stickes on the Tree, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.63 | To an exploit now ripe in my device, | To an exployt now ripe in my Deuice, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.288 | When time is ripe, which will be suddenly, | When time is ripe, which will be sodainly: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.57 | To gripe the general sway into your hand, | To gripe the generall sway into your hand, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.13 | He is retired to ripe his growing fortunes | Hee is retyr'd, to ripe his growing Fortunes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.12 | And ripens in the sunshine of his favour, | And ripens in the Sunne-shine of his fauor, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.97 | Before thy hour be ripe? O foolish youth! | Before thy howre be ripe? O foolish Youth! |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iv.8 | thee what, thou damned tripe-visaged rascal, an the | thee what, thou damn'd Tripe-visag'd Rascall, if the |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.61 | And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best | And holesome Berryes thriue and ripen best, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.121 | Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. | Ripe for Exploits and mightie Enterprises. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.121 | ripe. Now we speak upon our cue, and our voice is | ripe. Now wee speake vpon our Q. and our voyce is |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.22 | And, with a feeble grip, says, ‘ Dear my lord, | And with a feeble gripe, sayes: Deere my Lord, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.99 | Were growing time once ripened to my will. | Were growing time once ripened to my will. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.1 | Why droops my lord like overripened corn, | Why droopes my Lord like ouer-ripen'd Corn, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.171 | To see how inly sorrow gripes his soul. | To see how inly Sorrow gripes his Soule. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.172 | What, weeping-ripe, my Lord Northumberland? | What, weeping ripe, my Lord Northumberland? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.134 | We live not to be griped by meaner persons. | We liue not to be grip'd by meaner persons. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.357 | His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, | His Greatnesse is a ripening, nippes his roote, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.51 | He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one, | He was a Scholler, and a ripe, and good one: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.100 | Out of the gripes of cruel men, and give it | Out of the gripes of cruell men, and giue it |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.20 | Which time shall bring to ripeness. She shall be – | Which Time shall bring to ripenesse: She shall be, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.213 | Our legions are brimful, our cause is ripe. | Our Legions are brim full, our cause is ripe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.148 | For, whether ripe or rotten, drop we shall, | For whether ripe or rotten, drop we shall, |
| King John | KJ II.i.472 | That yon green boy shall have no sun to ripe | That yon greene boy shall haue no Sunne to ripe |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.79 | His passion is so ripe it needs must break. | His passion is so ripe, it needs must breake. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.190 | And he that speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist, | And he that speakes, doth gripe the hearers wrist, |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.20 | That played on her ripe lip seemed not to know | |
| King Lear | KL V.ii.11.1 | Ripeness is all. Come on. | Ripenesse is all come on. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.4 | blood; ripe as the pomewater, who now hangeth like a | blood, ripe as a Pomwater, who now hangeth like a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.274 | The King was weeping-ripe for a good word. | The King was weeping ripe for a good word. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.61 | And put a barren sceptre in my grip, | And put a barren Scepter in my Gripe, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.237 | Is ripe for shaking, and the powers above | Is ripe for shaking, and the Powres aboue |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.116 | Keep me in patience, and with ripened time | Keepe me in patience, and with ripened time |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.60 | Yet to supply the ripe wants of my friend, | Yet to supply the ripe wants of my friend, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.80 | Let vultures gripe thy guts! For gourd and fullam holds, | Let Vultures gripe thy guts: for gourd, and Fullam holds: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.43 | And when the doctor spies his vantage ripe, | And when the Doctor spies his vantage ripe, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.123 | Things growing are not ripe until their season; | Things growing are not ripe vntill their season; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.124 | So I, being young, till now ripe not to reason. | So I being yong, till now ripe not to reason, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.139 | Crystal is muddy! O, how ripe in show | Christall is muddy, O how ripe in show, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.42 | There is a brief how many sports are ripe. | There is a breefe how many sports are rife: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.8 | Where honeysuckles, ripened by the sun, | Where hony-suckles ripened by the sunne, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.366 | Yet fruits that blossom first will first be ripe. | Yet Fruites that blossome first, will first be ripe: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.418 | And then, sir, would he gripe and wring my hand, | And then (Sir) would he gripe, and wring my hand: |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.12 | When wit's more ripe, accept my rhymes, | When Witts more ripe, accept my rimes; |
| Pericles | Per I.i.50 | Gripe not at earthly joys as erst they did, | Gripe not at earthly ioyes as earst they did; |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.17 | Even ripe for marriage-rite. This maid | Euen right for marriage sight : this Maid |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.7 | Who, when they see the hours ripe on earth, | Who when they see the houres ripe on earth, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.153 | The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he. | The ripest fruit first fals, and so doth he, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.189 | Seek you to seize and grip into your hands | Seeke you to seize, and gripe into your hands |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.10 | Some unborn sorrow ripe in fortune's womb | Some vnborne sorrow, ripe in fortunes wombe |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.43 | Which elder days shall ripen and confirm | Which elder dayes shall ripen, and confirme |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.48 | And as my fortune ripens with thy love | And as my Fortune ripens with thy Loue, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.80 | Can grip the sacred handle of our sceptre | Can gripe the sacred Handle of our Scepter, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.218 | O let them keep it till thy sins be ripe, | O let them keepe it, till thy sinnes be ripe, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.14 | And, in his full and ripened years, himself, | And in his full and ripened yeares, himselfe |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.157 | As my ripe revenue and due of birth, | As the ripe Reuenue, and due of Birth: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.11 | Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride. | Ere we may thinke her ripe to be a Bride. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.121 | This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, | This bud of Loue by Summers ripening breath, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.20 | How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled? | How say you to a fat Tripe finely broyl'd? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.345 | Whom stripes may move, not kindness! I have used thee, | Whom stripes may moue, not kindnes: I haue vs'd thee |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.279 | And Trinculo is reeling ripe. Where should they | And Trinculo is reeling ripe: where should they |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.23 | On Athens, ripe for stroke. Thou cold sciatica, | On Athens ripe for stroke. Thou cold Sciatica, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.230 | And ripen justice in this commonweal. | And ripen Iustice in this Common-weale: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.24 | And there the strawy Greeks, ripe for his edge, | And there the straying Greekes, ripe for his edge, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.127 | Come, boy, with me, my thoughts are ripe in mischief. | Come boy with me, my thoughts are ripe in mischiefe: |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.152 | Reveals before 'tis ripe – what thou dost know | Reueales before 'tis ripe: what thou dost know |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.68 | His head unmellowed, but his judgement ripe; | His head vn-mellowed, but his Iudgement ripe; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.91 | If I were ripe for your persuasion, you | If I were ripe for your perswasion, you |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.96 | Is, as a ripe grape, ruddy; he has felt | Is (as a ripe grape) ruddy: he has felt |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.332 | Without ripe moving to't? Would I do this? | Without ripe mouing to't? Would I doe this? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.56 | more than the stripes I have received, which are mighty | more then the stripes I haue receiued, which are mightie |