| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.84 | Bear him ashore. – I'll pledge it for him, Pompey. | Beare him ashore, / Ile pledge it for him Pompey. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.124.2 | I'll try you on the shore. | Ile try you on the shore. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.128.1 | Menas, I'll not on shore. | Menas: Ile not on shore, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.11 | The varying shore o'th' world! O Antony, | The varrying shore o'th'world. O Antony, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.156 | An if the wind blow any way from shore | And if the winde blow any way from shore, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.1 | I would thou grew'st unto the shores o'th' haven, | I would thou grew'st vnto the shores o'th'Hauen, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.34 | | [Q1 replaces this scene with the following] Enter Horatio and the Queene. HOR. Madame, your sonne is safe arriv'de in Denmarke, This letter I euen now receiv'd of him, Whereas he writes how he escap't the danger, And subtle treason that the king had plotted, Being crossed by the contention of the windes, He found the Packet sent to the king of England, Wherein he saw himselfe betray'd to death, As at his next conuersion with your grace, He will relate the circumstance at full. QUEENE. Then I perceiue there's treason in his lookes That seem'd to sugar o're his villanie: But I will soothe and please him for a time, For murderous mindes are alwayes jealous, But know not you Horatio where he is? HOR. Yes Madame, and he hath appoynted me To meete him on the east side of the Cittie To morrow morning. QUEENE. O faile not, good Horatio, and withall, commend me A mothers care to him, bid him a while Be wary of his presence, lest that he Faile in that he goes about. HOR. Madam, neuer make doubt of that: I thinke by this the news be come to court: He is arriv'de, obserue the king, and you shall Quickely finde, Hamlet being here, Things fell not to his minde. QUEENE. But what became of Gilderstone and Rossencraft? HOR. He being set ashore, they went for England, And in the Packet there writ down that doome To be perform'd on them poynted for him: And by great chance he had his fathers Seale, So all was done without discouerie. QUEENE. Thankes be to heauen for blessing of the prince, Horatio once againe I take my leaue, With thowsand mothers blessings to my sonne. HORAT. Madam adue. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.72 | All westward, Wales beyond the Severn shore, | All Westward, Wales, beyond the Seuerne shore, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.59 | My father gave him welcome to the shore. | My Father gaue him welcome to the shore: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.77 | Upon the naked shore at Ravenspurgh; | Vpon the naked shore at Rauenspurgh: |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.26 | As send precepts to the leviathan | As send Precepts to the Leuiathan, to come ashore. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.27 | To come ashore. Therefore, you men of Harfleur, | Therefore, you men of Harflew, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.258 | That beats upon the high shore of this world – | That beates vpon the high shore of this World: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.342 | Of France and England, whose very shores look pale | Of France and England, whose very shoares looke pale, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.87 | Nor set no footing on this unkind shore?’ | Nor set no footing on this vnkinde Shore. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.90 | And bid them blow towards England's blessed shore, | And bid them blow towards Englands blessed shore, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.95 | Knowing that thou wouldst have me drowned on shore | Knowing that thou wouldst haue me drown'd on shore |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.102 | When from thy shore the tempest beat us back, | When from thy Shore, the Tempest beate vs backe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.11 | Or with their blood stain this discoloured shore. | Or with their blood staine this discoloured shore. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.136 | And spies a far-off shore where he would tread, | And spyes a farre-off shore, where hee would tread, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.158 | As shore of rock. Attend: this holy fox, | As shore of Rocke: attend. This holy Foxe, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.47 | Made in her concave shores? | Made in her Concaue Shores? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.60 | Do kiss the most exalted shores of all. | Do kisse the most exalted Shores of all. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.101 | The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, | The troubled Tyber, chafing with her Shores, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.61 | Or hacked a-pieces when thou comest ashore. | Or hackt a peeces when thou comest a shore. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.61 | I'll pitch my tent near to the sandy shore. | Ile pitch my tent neere to the sandy shore. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.5 | Murmur no wonted greeting to their shores. | Murmure no wonted greeting to their shores, |
| King John | KJ I.i.105 | But truth is truth. Large lengths of seas and shores | But truth is truth, large lengths of seas and shores |
| King John | KJ II.i.23 | Together with that pale, that white-faced shore, | Together with that pale, that white-fac'd shore, |
| King John | KJ II.i.338 | With course disturbed, even thy confining shores, | With course disturb'd euen thy confining shores, |
| King John | KJ II.i.443 | And two such shores to two such streams made one, | And two such shores, to two such streames made one, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.36 | And grapple thee unto a pagan shore, | And cripple thee vnto a Pagan shore, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.240 | laboured for the poor gentleman to the extremest shore | labour'd for the poore Gentleman, to the extremest shore |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.97 | Thus ornament is but the guiled shore | Thus ornament is but the guiled shore |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.75 | Sail like my pinnace to these golden shores. | Saile like my Pinnasse to these golden shores. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.60 | with so many tuns of oil in his belly, ashore at Windsor? | (with so many Tuns of oyle in his belly) a'shoare at Windsor? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.13 | drowned but that the shore was shelvy and shallow – a | drown'd, but that the shore was sheluy and shallow: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.332 | Since you have shore | since you haue shore |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.62 | One foot in sea and one on shore, | One foote in Sea, and one on shore, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.11 | For do but stand upon the banning shore, | For do but stand vpon the Foaming Shore, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.28 | Is come on shore; the Moor himself at sea, | Is come on Shore: the Moore himselfe at Sea, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.83 | The riches of the ship is come on shore! | The Riches of the Ship is come on shore: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.275 | must fetch his necessaries ashore. Farewell. | must fetch his Necessaries a Shore. Farewell. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.205 | Shore his old thread in twain. Did he live now, | Shore his old thred in twaine. Did he liue now, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.60 | We have descried, upon our neighbouring shore, | Wee haue descryed vpon our neighbouring shore, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.38 | Threw him ashore, to give him glad. | Threw him a shore, to giue him glad: |
| Pericles | Per II.i.6 | Washed me from shore to shore, and left my breath | Washt me from shore to shore, and left my breath |
| Pericles | Per II.i.106 | is his court distant from this shore? | is his Court distant from this shore? |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.85 | And after shipwreck driven upon this shore. | and after shipwracke, driuen vpon this shore. |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.89 | Bereft of ships and men, cast on this shore. | Bereft of Shippes and Men, cast on this shore. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.49 | Did the sea toss up upon our shore this chest. | did the sea tosse vp vpon our shore / This Chist; |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.58.1 | As tossed it upon shore. | as tost it vpon shore. |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.35 | We'll bring your grace e'en to the edge o'th' shore, | Weel bring your Grace ene to the edge ath shore, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.43 | Make raging battery upon shores of flint. | Make raging Battery vpon shores of flint. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.174 | Or common shores of filth; | or common-shores of filthe, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.16 | Being on shore, honouring of Neptune's triumphs, | beeing on shore, honoring of Neptunes triumphs, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.102.1 | Here of these shores? | heare of these shewes? |
| Pericles | Per V.i.102.2 | No, nor of any shores, | No, nor of any shewes, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.194 | O'erbear the shores of my mortality | ore-beare the shores of my mortalitie, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.255 | Shall we refresh us, sir, upon your shore, | shall we refresh vs sir vpon your shore, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.258 | With all my heart; and when you come ashore, | with all my heart, and when you come a shore, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.10 | Brought her to Mytilene; 'gainst whose shore | brought her to Meteline, gainst whose shore |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.23 | Thrown upon this shore. I oped the coffin, | throwne vpon this shore. I op't the coffin, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.62 | Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege | Whose rocky shore beates backe the enuious siedge |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.288 | And shortly mean to touch our northern shore. | And shortly meane to touch our Northerne shore: |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.107 | Which makes the silver rivers drown their shores | Which make the Siluer Riuers drowne their Shores, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.73 | That trudge betwixt the King and Mistress Shore. | That trudge betwixt the King, and Mistris Shore. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.93 | We say that Shore's wife hath a pretty foot, | We say, that Shores Wife hath a pretty Foot, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.98 | Naught to do with Mistress Shore? I tell thee, fellow, | Naught to do with Mistris Shore? |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.185 | Give Mistress Shore one gentle kiss the more. | Giue Mistresse Shore one gentle Kisse the more. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.71 | Consorted with that harlot, strumpet Shore, | Consorted with that Harlot, Strumpet Shore, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.31 | I mean, his conversation with Shore's wife – | I meane, his Conuersation with Shores Wife, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.50 | After he once fell in with Mistress Shore. | After he once fell in with Mistresse Shore: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.434 | Rideth a puissant navy; to our shores | Rideth a puissant Nauie: to our Shores |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.439 | Of Buckingham to welcome them ashore. | Of Buckingham, to welcome them ashore. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.481 | Are they not now upon the western shore, | Are they not now vpon the Westerne Shore, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.523 | Unto the shore to ask those on the banks | Vnto the shore, to aske those on the Banks, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.83 | As that vast shore washed with the farthest sea, | As that vast-shore-washet with the farthest Sea, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.42 | If, Biondello, thou wert come ashore, | If Biondello thou wert come ashore, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.228 | For in a quarrel since I came ashore | For in a quarrell since I came a shore, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.158.2 | How came we ashore? | How came we a shore? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.180 | Brought to this shore; and by my prescience | Brought to this shore: And by my prescience |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.216.1 | But was not this nigh shore? | But was not this nye shore? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.122 | To th' shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bowed, | To th' shore; that ore his waue-worne basis bowed |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.42 | Here shall I die ashore. | here shall I dye ashore. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.121 | tree, with mine own hands, since I was cast ashore. | Tree, with mine owne hands, since I was cast a'shore. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.125 | Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim | Swom ashore (man) like a Ducke: I can swim |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.13 | ere I could recover the shore, five-and-thirty leagues off | ere I could recouer the shore, fiue and thirtie Leagues off |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.75 | Incensed the seas and shores, yea, all the creatures | Incens'd the Seas, and Shores; yea, all the Creatures |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.81 | Will shortly fill the reasonable shore | Will shortly fill the reasonable shore |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.137 | Were wracked upon this shore; where I have lost – | Were wrackt vpon this shore? where I haue lost |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.161 | Upon this shore, where you were wracked, was landed | Vpon this shore (where you were wrackt) was landed |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.219 | That swear'st grace o'erboard, not an oath on shore? | That swear'st Grace ore-boord, not an oath on shore, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.91 | To hover on the dreadful shore of Styx? | To houer on the dreadfull shore of Stix? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.105 | Peaceful commerce from dividable shores, | Peacefull Commerce from diuidable shores, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.112 | Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, | Should lift their bosomes higher then the Shores, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.65 | Two traded pilots 'twixt the dangerous shores | Two traded Pylots 'twixt the dangerous shores |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.246 | Which, like a bourn, a pale, a shore, confines | Which like a bourne, a pale, a shore confines |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.271 | The Captain that did bring me first on shore | The Captaine that did bring me first on shore |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.147 | Being destined to a drier death on shore. | Being destin'd to a drier death on shore: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.54 | From the far shore, thick-set with reeds and sedges, | From the far shore, thicke set with reedes, and Sedges, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.87 | rages, how it takes up the shore – but that's not to the | rages, how it takes vp the shore, but that's not to the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.496 | With her who here I cannot hold on shore; | With her, who heere I cannot hold on shore: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.564 | To unpathed waters, undreamed shores, most certain | To vnpath'd Waters, vndream'd Shores; most certaine, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.831 | him. If he think it fit to shore them again, and that the | him: if he thinke it fit to shoare them againe, and that the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.163 | I have from your Sicilian shores dismissed; | I haue from your Sicilian Shores dismiss'd; |