| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.13 | I, his despiteful Juno, sent him forth | I his despightfull Iuno sent him forth, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.22 | To scourge th' ingratitude that despiteful Rome | To scourge th'ingratitude, that despightfull Rome |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.25 | despite of a fall. But turning these jests out of service, | dispight of a fall: but turning these iests out of seruice, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.44 | yesterday in despite of my invention. | yesterday in despight of my Inuention. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.75 | To seem despiteful and ungentle to you. | To seeme despightfull and vngentle to you: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.198 | This is the fairy land. O spite of spites, | This is the Fairie land, oh spight of spights |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.108 | And in despite of mirth mean to be merry. | And in despight of mirth meane to be merrie: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.118 | Be it for nothing but to spite my wife – | (Be it for nothing but to spight my wife) |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.8 | He meant he did me none, the more my spite. |
He meant he did me none: the more my spight |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.163.2 | Thou wretch, despite o'erwhelm thee! | Thou wretch, despight ore-whelme thee: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.139 | As he hath followed you, with all despite; | As he hath follow'd you, with all despight |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.85 | I would have 'voided thee; but in mere spite, | I would haue voided thee. But in meere spight |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.135 | In your despite, upon your purse – Revenge it. | In your despight, vpon your purse: reuenge it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.14 | yet this imperseverant thing loves him in my despite. | yet this imperseuerant Thing loues him in my despight. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.31 | thy spite on mortal flies: | thy spight, on Mortall Flies: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.58 | Grew shameless-desperate, opened – in despite | Grew shamelesse desperate, open'd (in despight |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.188 | The time is out of joint. O, cursed spite, | The time is out of ioynt: Oh cursed spight, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.193 | No, in despite of sense and secrecy, | No in despight of Sense and Secrecie, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.186 | This is the deadly spite that angers me, | This is the deadly spight, that angers me, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.151 | The ragged'st hour that time and spite dare bring | The ragged'st houre, that Time and Spight dare bring |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.17 | On whom, as in despite, the sun looks pale, | On whom, as in despight, the Sunne lookes pale, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.50 | In spite of Pope or dignities of Church, | In spight of Pope, or dignities of Church, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.37 | In spite of us or aught that we could do. | In spight of vs, or ought that we could doe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.106 | For these my friends in spite of thee shall wear. | For these, my friends in spight of thee shall weare. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.52 | Foul fiend of France and hag of all despite, | Foule Fiend of France, and Hag of all despight, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.73 | In spite of Burgundy and all his friends. | In spight of Burgonie and all his friends. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.170 | After some respite will return to Calais; | After some respit, will returne to Calice; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.185 | More rancorous spite, more furious raging broils, | More rancorous spight, more furious raging broyles, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.8 | Till with thy warlike sword, despite of fate, | Till with thy Warlike Sword,despight of Fate, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.22 | In thy despite shall 'scape mortality. | In thy despight shall scape Mortalitie. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.92 | Crowned in Paris in despite of foes? | Crowned in Paris in despight of foes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.177 | Despite Duke Humphrey or the Cardinal. | Despite Duke Humfrey, or the Cardinall. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.153 | As for your spiteful false objections, | As for your spightfull false Obiections, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.212 | pity my case. The spite of man prevaileth against me. O | pitty my case: the spight of man preuayleth against me. O |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.59 | no staying. – In despite of the devils and hell, have | no staying: in despight of the diuels and hell, haue |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.33 | Climbing my walls in spite of me the owner, | Climbing my walles inspight of me the Owner, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.206 | That keeps his leaves in spite of any storm, | That keepes his leaues inspight of any storme, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.210 | Despite the bearard that protects the bear. | Despight the Bearard, that protects the Beare. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.213 | Fie, charity, for shame! Speak not in spite, | Fie, Charitie for shame, speake not in spight, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.154 | Deposed he shall be, in despite of all. | Depos'd he shall be, in despight of all. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.158 | Can set the Duke up in despite of me. | Can set the Duke vp in despight of me. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.59 | Who crowned the gracious Duke in high despite, | Who crown'd the gracious Duke in high despight, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.5 | And, spite of spite, needs must I rest a while. | And spight of spight, needs must I rest a-while. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.81 | That I in all despite might rail at him, | That I (in all despight) might rayle at him, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.145 | Ay, in despite of all that shall withstand you. | I, in despight of all that shall withstand you. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.44 | Yet, Warwick, in despite of all mischance, | Yet Warwicke, in despight of all mischance, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.19 | Therefore, that I may conquer Fortune's spite | Therefore that I may conquer Fortunes spight, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.18 | O, unbid spite! Is sportful Edward come? | Oh vnbid spight, is sportfull Edward come? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.177 | I mean the Bishop – did require a respite, | (I meane the Bishop) did require a respite, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.181 | Sometimes our brother's wife. This respite shook | Sometimes our Brothers Wife. This respite shooke |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.219 | A way, if it take right, in spite of fortune | A way, if it take right, in spight of Fortune |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.87 | Then, Edward, here, in spite of all thy lords, | Then Edward here in spight of all thy Lords, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.98 | Or railing execrations of despite. | Or rayling execrations of despight, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.97 | That, in despite, I carved my passage forth, | That in despight I craud my passage forth, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.15 | The two days' respite is not yet expired, | The two daies respit is not yet expirde, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.52 | Then, in despite of brooded watchful day, | Then, in despight of brooded watchfull day, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.9 | O'erbearing interruption, spite of France? | Ore-bearing interruption spight of France? |
| King John | KJ IV.i.34 | Turning dispiteous torture out of door! | Turning dispitious torture out of doore? |
| King John | KJ V.iv.5 | In spite of spite, alone upholds the day. | In spight of spight, alone vpholds the day. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.32 | Delivered letters, spite of intermission, | Deliuer'd Letters spight of intermission, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.130 | Despite thy victor sword and fire-new fortune, | Despise thy victor-Sword, and fire new Fortune, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.242 | Despite of mine own nature. Quickly send – | Despight of mine owne Nature. Quickly send, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.4 | When, spite of cormorant devouring Time, | when spight of cormorant deuouring Time, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.129 | Despite of suit, to see a lady's face. | Despight of sute, to see a Ladies face. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.110.1 | To spite the world. | To spight the World. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.12 | Spiteful and wrathful, who, as others do, | Spightfull, and wrathfull, who (as others do) |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.85.1 | And sleep in spite of thunder. | And sleepe in spight of Thunder. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.24 | Ay, why not? Grace is grace, despite of all | I, why not? Grace, is Grace, despight of all |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.26 | villain, despite of all grace. | villaine, despight of all Grace. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.41 | That respites me a life whose very comfort | That respits me a life, whose very comfort |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.157 | four days' respite, for the which you are to do me both a | foure daies respit: for the which, you are to do me both a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.125 | received belief, in despite of the teeth of all rhyme and | receiu'd beleefe, in despight of the teeth of all rime and |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.138 | O spite! – too old to be engaged to young. | O spight! too old to be ingag'd to yong. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.145 | O spite! O hell! I see you all are bent | O spight! O hell! I see you are all bent |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.194 | To fashion this false sport in spite of me. | To fashion this false sport in spight of me. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.420 | I'll find Demetrius and revenge this spite. | Ile finde Demetrius, and reuenge this spight. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.112 | Consider then we come but in despite. | Consider then, we come but in despight. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.268 | But stay – O spite! | But stay: O spight! |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.217 | despite of beauty. | despight of Beautie. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.354 | helps, will so practise on Benedick that, in despite of | helpes, will so practise on Benedicke, that in despight of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.28 | Only to despite them, I will endeavour | Onely to despight them, I will endeauour |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.61 | Yes, and his ill conditions; and, in despite of all, | Yes, and his ill conditions, and in despight of all, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.81 | despite of his heart, he eats his meat without grudging; | despight of his heart he eates his meat without grudging, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.75 | Despite his nice fence and his active practice, | Despight his nice fence, and his actiue practise, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.63 | In spite of your heart, I think; alas, poor | In spight of your heart I think, alas poore |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.64 | heart! If you spite it for my sake, I will spite it for yours; | heart, if you spight it for my sake, I will spight it for yours, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.17.2 | Let him do his spite: | Let him do his spight; |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.96 | Blushed at herself: and she, in spite of nature, | Blush'd at her selfe, and she, in spight of Nature, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.70 | O, 'tis the spite of hell, the fiend's arch-mock, | Oh, 'tis the spight of hell, the Fiends Arch-mock, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.115 | Thrown such despite and heavy terms upon her | Throwne such dispight, and heauy termes vpon her |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.90 | Or scant our former having in despite – | Or scant our former hauing in despight) |
| Pericles | Per I.i.117 | Forty days longer we do respite you, | Fourtie dayes longer we doe respite you, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.156 | And spite of all the rapture of the sea | And spight of all the rupture of the Sea, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.31 | But curb it, spite of seeing. O, my lord, | but curbe it spight of seeing: O my Lord |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.168 | Despite of death that lives upon my grave, | Despight of death, that liues vpon my graue |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.28 | Hath power to keep you king in spite of all. | Hath power to keepe you King, in spight of all. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.36 | Despiteful tidings! O unpleasing news! | Despightfull tidings, O vnpleasing newes. |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.19 | Is the determined respite of my wrongs. | Is the determin'd respit of my wrongs: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.78 | And flourishes his blade in spite of me. | And flourishes his Blade in spight of me. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.62 | A villain, that is hither come in spite | A Villaine that is hither come in spight, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.27 | That were some spite. My invocation | That were some spight. / My inuocation |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.31 | For it was bad enough before their spite. | For it was bad inough before their spight. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.55 | Beguiled, divorced, wronged, spited, slain! | Beguild, diuorced, wronged, spighted, slaine, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.48 | And in despite I'll cram thee with more food. | And in despight, Ile cram thee with more food. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.126 | Shall in despite enforce a watery eye. | Shall in despight enforce a waterie eie: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.126 | tarry in despite of the flesh and the blood. | tarrie in despight of the flesh & the blood |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.141 | I'll keep mine own despite of all the world. | Ile keepe mine owne despite of all the world. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.14 | O despiteful love, unconstant womankind! | Oh despightful Loue, vnconstant womankind, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.2 | The more my wrong, the more his spite appears. | The more my wrong, the more his spite appears. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.11 | And that which spites me more than all these wants, | And that which spights me more then all these wants, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.136 | With poisonous spite and envy. | With poysonous Spight and Enuy. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.229 | Whose naked natures live in all the spite | Whose naked Natures liue in all the spight |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.273 | Must be thy subject; who in spite put stuff | Must be thy subiect; who in spight put stuffe |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.364 | What, would you bury him in my despite? | What would you bury him in my despight? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.50 | Despiteful and intolerable wrongs! | Despightfull and intollerable wrongs, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.7 | spiteful execrations. Then there's Achilles – a rare | spitefull execrations. Then ther's Achilles, a rare |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.33 | This is the most despiteful'st gentle greeting, | This is the most, despightful'st gentle greeting; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.41 | As if that luck, in very spite of cunning, | As if that luck in very spight of cunning, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.218 | not; but thy intercepter, full of despite, bloody as the | not: but thy intercepter full of despight, bloody as the Hunter, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.126 | Where he sits crowned in his master's spite. | Where he sits crowned in his masters spight. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.129 | To spite a raven's heart within a dove. | To spight a Rauens heart within a Doue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.67 | Ay; that change is the spite. | I: that change is the spight. |