| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.7 | For speedy aid; wherein our dearest friend | For speedie ayde: wherein our deerest friend |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.114 | in, which I held my duty speedily to acquaint you | in, which I held my dutie speedily to acquaint you |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.73 | Ay, madam, with the swiftest wing of speed. | I Madam, with the swiftest wing of speed. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.109 | That ride upon the violent speed of fire, | That ride vpon the violent speede of fire, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.37 | Hearing so much, will speed her foot again, | Hearing so much, will speede her foote againe, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.62 | the attempt for a worthy exploit. If you speed well in it | the attempt for a worthy exploit: if you speede well in it, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.44 | Let us assay our plot, which, if it speed, | Let vs assay our plot, which if it speed, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.i.34 | I will come after you with what good speed | I will come after you with what good speede |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.152 | Go speedily, and bring again the Count. | Go speedily, and bring againe the Count. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.36 | Under his chance. If we draw lots, he speeds; | Vnder his chance, if we draw lots he speeds, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.74 | But we keep whole by land. This speed of Caesar's | But we keepe whole by Land. This speede of Casars |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.67 | And with your speediest bring us what she says | And with your speediest bring vs what she sayes, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.197 | Now Hercules be thy speed, young man! | Now Hercules, be thy speede yong man. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.110 | Was carried with more speed before the wind, | Was carried with more speed before the winde, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.79 | I will wish her speedy strength and visit her | I will wish her speedy strength, and visite her |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.90 | Of shame seen through thy country, speed thee straight | Of shame seene through thy Country, speed thee straight |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.62 | Speed how it will. I shall ere long have knowledge | Speed how it will. I shall ere long, haue knowledge |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.31.1 | The speediness of your return. | The speedinesse of your returne. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.27 | But must be looked to speedily, and strongly. | But must be look'd too speedily, and strongly. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.162 | You heavenly blessings, on her! This fool's speed | You Heauenly blessings on her: This Fooles speede |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.185 | peril: and how you shall speed in your journey's | perill: and how you shall speed in your iournies |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.156 | She married. O, most wicked speed, to post | She married. O most wicked speed, to post |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.111 | I am sorry that with better heed and judgement | I am sorrie that with better speed and iudgement |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.170 | Thus set it down: he shall with speed to England | Thus set it downe. He shall with speed to England |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.24 | Arm you, I pray you, to this speedy voyage. | Arme you, I pray you to this speedie Voyage; |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.56 | Follow him at foot. Tempt him with speed aboard. | Follow him at foote, / Tempt him with speed aboord: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.23 | with as much speed as thou wouldst fly death. I have words | with as much hast as thou wouldestflye death. I haue words |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.32 | And do't the speedier that you may direct me | And do't the speedier, that you may direct me |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.104 | But come yourself with speed to us again, | But come your selfe with speed to vs againe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.118 | Send me your prisoners with the speediest means – | Send me your Prisoners with the speediest meanes, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.277 | And 'tis no little reason bids us speed, | And 'tis no little reason bids vs speed, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.338 | He that rides at high speed, and with his | Hee that rides at high speede, and with a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.184 | Well, I am schooled – good manners be your speed! | Well, I am school'd: / Good-manners be your speede; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.191 | Shall follow in your conduct speedily. | Shall follow in your Conduct speedily. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.162 | How now, good Blunt? Thy looks are full of speed. | How now good Blunt? thy Lookes are full of speed. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.92 | Or hitherwards intended speedily, | Or hither-wards intended speedily, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.133 | Come, let us take a muster speedily. | Come, let vs take a muster speedily: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.48 | He bids you name your griefs, and with all speed | He bids you name your Griefes, and with all speed |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.35 | And to prevent the worst, Sir Michael, speed. | And to preuent the worst, Sir Michell speed; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.75 | Arm, arm with speed! And fellows, soldiers, friends, | Arme, arme with speed. And Fellow's, Soldiers, Friends, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.54 | Which would have been as speedy in your end | Which would haue bene as speedy in your end, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.36 | Towards York shall bend you with your dearest speed | Towards Yorke shall bend you, with your deerest speed |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.37 | A gentleman almost forspent with speed, | A Gentleman (almost fore-spent with speed) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.120 | Upon enforcement flies with greatest speed, | Vpon enforcement, flyes with greatest speede, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.133 | A speedy power to encounter you, my lord, | A speedy power, to encounter you my Lord, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.214 | Get posts and letters, and make friends with speed – | Get Posts, and Letters, and make Friends with speed, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.3 | And well consider of them. Make good speed. | And well consider of them: make good speed. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.59 | My lord, these griefs shall be with speed redressed, | My Lord, these Griefes shall be with speed redrest: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.34 | expedition of thought? I have speeded hither with the | expedition of Thought? I haue speeded hither with the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.79 | And we with sober speed will follow you. | And wee with sober speede will follow you. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.141 | Dispatch us with all speed, lest that our King | Dispatch vs with all speed, least that our King |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.36 | Where is Montjoy the Herald? Speed him hence, | Where is Montioy the Herald? speed him hence, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.68 | My sovereign lord, bestow yourself with speed. | My Soueraign Lord, bestow your selfe with speed: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.182 | be my speed! – donc vôtre est France, et vous êtes mienne. | bee my speede) Donc vostre est Fraunce, & vous estes mienne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.60 | God speed the parliament; who shall be the Speaker? | God speed the Parliament: who shall be the Speaker? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.1 | Are not the speedy scouts returned again | Are not the speedy scouts return'd againe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.5 | You speedy helpers that are substitutes | You speedy helpers, that are substitutes |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.8 | This speedy and quick appearance argues proof | This speedy and quicke appearance argues proofe |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.71 | Come, let us in, and with all speed provide | Come, let vs in, and with all speede prouide |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.207 | And craves your company for speedy counsel. | And craues your company, for speedy counsell. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.135 | Nay, stay not to expostulate, make speed; | Nay, stay not to expostulate, make speed, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.58 | And leave your brothers to go speed elsewhere. | And leaue your Brothers to goe speede elsewhere. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.61 | Be sent for, to return from France with speed; | Be sent for, to returne from France with speed: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.64 | It shall be done, my sovereign, with all speed. | It shall bee done, my Soueraigne, with all speede. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.102 | Come, therefore, let's about it speedily. | Come therefore, let's about it speedily. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.52 | The devil speed him! No man's pie is freed | The diuell speed him: No mans Pye is freed |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.40 | Have got a speeding trick to lay down ladies. | Haue got a speeding tricke to lay downe Ladies. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.89 | No, we'll no Bullens. Speedily I wish | No, wee'l no Bullens: Speedily I wish |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.6 | Forget not, in your speed, Antonius, | Forget not in your speed Antonio, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.88 | For let the gods so speed me as I love | For let the Gods so speed mee, as I loue |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.41 | The heavens speed thee in thine enterprise! | The Heauens speede thee in thine enterprize. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.287 | Post back with speed, and tell him what hath chanced. | Post backe with speede, / And tell him what hath chanc'd: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.53 | Bethink your highness speedily herein: | Bethinke your highnes speedely herein, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.3 | Let us encamp, to wait their happy speed. – | Let vs incampe to wait their happie speede: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.185 | Then rests there nothing but with present speed | Then rests there nothing but with present speede, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.98 | And put the multitude to speedy flight. | And put the multitude to speedy flyght: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.23 | But how do you imagine then to speed? | But how do you imagine then to speed? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.56 | Be such his soldiers, howsoever he speed! | Be such his souldiers, howsoeuer he speede. |
| King John | KJ I.i.178 | Come, madam, and come, Richard, we must speed | Come Madam, and come Richard, we must speed |
| King John | KJ II.i.233 | Forwearied in this action of swift speed, | Fore-wearied in this action of swift speede, |
| King John | KJ II.i.297 | Speed then, to take advantage of the field. | Speed then to take aduantage of the field. |
| King John | KJ II.i.554 | Some speedy messenger bid her repair | Some speedy Messenger bid her repaire |
| King John | KJ III.iv.11 | So hot a speed, with such advice disposed, | So hot a speed, with such aduice dispos'd, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.113 | The copy of your speed is learned by them; | The Copie of your speede is learn'd by them: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.125 | Withhold thy speed, dreadful occasion! | With-hold thy speed, dreadfull Occasion: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.176 | The spirit of the time shall teach me speed. | The spirit of the time shall teach me speed. |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.157 | And follow me with speed; I'll to the King. | And follow me with speed: Ile to the King: |
| King John | KJ V.vii.50 | And spleen of speed to see your majesty! | And spleene of speede, to see your Maiesty. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.19 | Well, my ‘ legitimate,’ if this letter speed | Well, my Legittimate, if this Letter speed, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.164 | forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower; and, | forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower: and |
| King Lear | KL I.v.4 | If your diligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore | if your Dilligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore |
| King Lear | KL III.i.36 | To make your speed to Dover, you shall find | |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.1 | Post speedily to my lord your | Poste speedily to my Lord your |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.80 | So speedily can venge! But, O, poor Gloucester! | So speedily can venge. But (O poore Glouster) |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.82 | This letter, madam, craves a speedy answer. | This Leter Madam, craues a speedy answer: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.208.2 | Sir, speed you; what's your will? | Sir, speed you: what's your will? |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.213 | Near, and on speedy foot. The main descry | Neere, and on speedy foot: the maine descry |
| King Lear | KL V.i.65 | His speedy taking off. As for the mercy | His speedy taking off. As for the mercie |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.736 | All causes to the purpose of his speed, | All causes to the purpose of his speed: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.789 | Your oath I will not trust; but go with speed | Your oth I will not trust: but go with speed |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.33 | One of my fellows had the speed of him, | One of my fellowes had the speed of him; |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.84.2 | But speedily. | But speedily. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.17 | To some more fitter place, and that with speed. | To some more fitter place; and that with speed. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.63 | Therefore your best appointment make with speed; | Therefore your best appointment make with speed, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.262 | It lies much in your holding up. Haste you speedily | It lies much in your holding vp: haste you speedily |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.103.2 | I'll make all speed. | Ile make all speede. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.v.10.2 | It shall be speeded well. | It shall be speeded well. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.37 | Bassanio told him he would make some speed | Bassanio told him he would make some speede |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.49 | In speed to Padua. See thou render this | In speed to Mantua, see thou render this |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.52 | Bring them, I pray thee, with imagined speed | Bring them I pray thee with imagin'd speed |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.56 | Madam, I go with all convenient speed. | Madam, I goe with all conuenient speed. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.115 | Which speed we hope the better for our words. | Which speed we hope the better for our words, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.254 | Come you to me at night, you shall know how I speed. | come you to me at night, you shall know how I speed. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.12 | No, heaven so speed me in my time to come! | No, heauen so speed me in my time to come, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.124 | shall know how I speed; and the conclusion shall be | shall know how I speede: and the conclusion shall be |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.180 | God speed, fair Helena! Whither away? | God speede faire Helena, whither away? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.233 | Makes speed to catch the tiger – bootless speed, | Makes speed to catch the Tyger. Bootlesse speede, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.133 | I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, | I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iii.32 | And Hymen now with luckier issue speed's | And Hymen now with luckier issue speeds, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.274 | And speed must answer it. You must hence tonight. | And speed must answer it. Sen.You must away to night. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.67 | He's had most favourable and happy speed: | Ha's had most fauourable, and happie speed: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.77 | A se'nnight's speed. Great Jove, Othello guard, | A Senights speed. Great Ioue, Othello guard, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.108.1 | How quickly should you speed! | How quickely should you speed? |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.115 | Tomorrow all for speeding do their best. | To morrow all for speeding do their best. |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.66 | With all good speed at Pleshey visit me. | With all good speed at Plashie visit mee. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.32 | A brace of draymen bid God speed him well, | A brace of Dray-men bid God speed him well, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.54 | With all swift speed you must away to France. | With all swift speed, you must away to France. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.6.1 | Neighbours, God speed! | Neighbours, God speed. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.60 | Good lords, make all the speedy haste you may. | Good Lords, make all the speedie hast you may. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.17 | And with all speed post with him toward the north | And with all speed post with him toward the North, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.102 | Go, Lovel, with all speed to Doctor Shaw; | Goe Louell with all speed to Doctor Shaw, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.358 | An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. | An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.103 | Once more adieu. Be valiant, and speed well! | Once more Adieu, be valiant, and speed well. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.123 | In this resolve. I'll send a friar with speed | In this resolue, Ile send a Frier with speed |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.141 | With speedy help doth lend redress.’ | with speedy helpe doth lend redresse. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.60 | A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear | A dram of poyson, such soone speeding geare, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.12 | So that my speed to Mantua there was stayed. | So that my speed to Mantua there was staid. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.121 | Saint Francis be my speed! How oft tonight | St. Francis be my speed, how oft to night |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.244 | Though Paris came, in hope to speed alone. | Though Paris came, in hope to speed alone. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.138 | Well mayst thou woo, and happy be thy speed. | Well maist thou woo, and happy be thy speed: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.274 | Now, Signor Petruchio, how speed you with my daughter? | Now Signior Petruchio, how speed you with my daughter? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.276 | It were impossible I should speed amiss. | It were impossible I should speed amisse. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.294 | Is this your speeding? Nay then, good night our part. | Is this your speeding? nay thẽ godnight our part. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.32 | your speedy payment. | your speedy payment. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.63 | And he that's once denied will hardly speed. | And he that's once deny'de, will hardly speede. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.375 | Speak thou no more, if all the rest will speed. | Speake thou no more if all the rest will speede. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.101 | That both should speed? | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.110 | A speedier course than ling'ring languishment | A speedier course this lingring languishment |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.329 | 'Tis dry enough – will, with great speed of judgement, | 'Tis dry enough, wil with great speede of iudgement, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.6 | Frown on, you heavens, effect your rage with speed! | Frowne on you heauens, effect your rage with speede: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.73 | God send you, sir, a speedy infirmity for the better | God send you sir, a speedie Infirmity, for the better |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.1 | Enter Valentine and Proteus | Valentine: Protheus, and Speed. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.70 | Enter Speed | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.111 | Speed nods | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.131 | He gives Speed money | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.37 | Even with the speediest expedition | Euen with the speediest expedition, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.1.1 | Enter Valentine and Speed | Enter Valentine, Speed, Siluia. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.1 | Enter Silvia, Thurio, Valentine, and Speed | Enter Valentine, Siluia, Thurio, Speed, Duke, Protheus. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.4 | (to Speed) | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.6 | (to Speed) | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.1.1 | Enter Speed and Launce, meeting | Enter Speed and Launce. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.1 | Enter the Duke of Milan, Thurio, and Proteus | Enter Duke, Thurio, Protheus, Valentine, Launce, Speed |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.169 | But, as thou lovest thy life, make speed from hence. | But as thou lou'st thy life, make speed from hence. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.276 | Enter Speed | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.292 | There; and Saint Nicholas be thy speed! | There: and S. Nicholas be thy speed. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.293 | He hands over the paper from which Speed reads | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.1.1 | Enter certain Outlaws | Enter Valentine, Speed, and certaine Out-lawes. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.3.1 | Enter Valentine and Speed | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.104 | As, heaven it knows, I would not have him speed. | As (heauen it knowes) I would not haue him speed. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.5 | To dure ill-dealing fortune. Speed to him; | To dure ill-dealing fortune; speede to him, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.12 | To our all-royal brother, for whose speed | To our all royall Brother, for whose speede |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.83 | And this high-speeded pace is but to say | And this high speeded-pace, is but to say |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.37 | Prisoners to us then death. Bear 'em speedily | Prisoners to us, then death; Beare 'em speedily |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.41 | Yea, the speed also – to go on, I mean; | Yea the speed also, to goe on, I meane: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.373 | A lip of much contempt, speeds from me, and | A Lippe of much contempt, speedes from me, and |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.196.2 | So please you, sir, their speed | So please you (Sir) their speed |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.198 | They have been absent. 'Tis good speed; foretells | They haue beene absent: 'tis good speed: fore-tells |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.13 | As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy, | As it hath beene to vs, rare, pleasant, speedie, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.143.1 | Of the Queen's speed, is gone. | Of the Queenes speed, is gone. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.45 | Of its right father. Blossom, speed thee well! | Of it's right Father. Blossome, speed thee well, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.23 | I now name to you; and with speed so pace | I now name to you: and with speed so pace |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.663.2 | Fortune speed us! | Fortune speed vs: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.665 | The swifter speed the better. | The swifter speed, the better. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.209 | That ‘ once,’ I see by your good father's speed, | That once (I see) by your good Fathers speed, |