| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.29 | But on us both did haggish age steal on, | But on vs both did haggish Age steale on, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.29 | An thy mind stand to't, boy, steal away bravely. | And thy minde stand too't boy, / Steale away brauely. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.33 | But one to dance with. By heaven, I'll steal away! | But one to dance with: by heauen, Ile steale away. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.81 | But, like a timorous thief, most fain would steal | But like a timorous theefe, most faine would steale |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.129 | For with the dark, poor thief, I'll steal away. | For with the darke (poore theefe) Ile steale away. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.85 | Certain it is that he will steal himself into a man's | certaine it is that he will steale himselfe into a mans |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.244 | He will steal, sir, an egg out of a cloister. For | He will steale sir an Egge out of a Cloister: for |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.42 | Steals ere we can effect them. You remember | Steales, ere we can effect them. You remember |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.101 | No slander; they steal hearts. | No slander, they steale hearts. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.127 | But, cousin, what if we assayed to steal | But Cosen, what if we assaid to steale |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.30 | Did steal behind him as he lay along | Did steale behinde him as he lay along |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.21 | Yes, I think he is not a pick-purse nor a horse-stealer, | Yes, I thinke he is not a picke purse, nor a horsestealer, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.7 | Or if you like elsewhere, do it by stealth – | Or if you like else-where doe it by stealth, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.52 | The hour steals on. I pray you, sir, dispatch. | The houre steales on, I pray you sir dispatch. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.59 | That time comes stealing on by night and day? |
That time comes stealing on by night and day? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.248 | To gnaw their garners. (Citizens steal away) Worshipful mutineers, | To gnaw their Garners. Worshipfull Mutiners, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.248 | Exeunt Patricians. Sicicnius and Brutus stay behind | Exeunt. Citizens steale away. Manet Sicin. &Brutus. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.69 | Their deer to th' stand o'th' stealer: and 'tis gold | Their Deere to'th'stand o'th'Stealer: and 'tis Gold |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.125 | All sworn, and honourable: they induced to steal it? | All sworne, and honourable: they induc'd to steale it? |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.63 | How we may steal from hence: and for the gap | How we may steale from hence: and for the gap |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.16.1 | Stealing so poorly. | Stealing so poorely. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.348 | Unto my end of stealing them. But gracious sir, | Vnto my end of stealing them. But gracious Sir, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.98 | If 'a steal aught the whilst this play is playing, | If he steale ought the whil'st this Play is Playing, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.343 | And do still, by these pickers and stealers. | So I do still, by these pickers and stealers. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.135 | Why, look you there! Look how it steals away! | Why look you there: looke how it steals away: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.71 | But age with his stealing steps | But Age with his stealing steps |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.29 | under whose countenance we steal. | vnder whose countenance we steale. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.289 | I'll steal to Glendower, and Lord Mortimer, | Ile steale to Glendower, and loe, Mortimer, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.87 | We steal as in a castle, cock-sure. We have the receipt | We steale as in a Castle, cocksure: we haue the receit |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.89 | From whom you now must steal and take no leave, | From whom you now must steale, and take no leaue, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.186 | find one that can steal well? O for a fine thief of the age | finde one that can steale well? O, for a fine theefe |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.57 | steal cream. | steale Creame. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.58 | I think, to steal cream indeed, for thy theft | I thinke to steale Creame indeed, for thy theft |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.151 | to the town bull. Shall we steal upon them, Ned, at | to the Towne-Bull? Shall we steale vpon them (Ned) at |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.50 | To steal his sweet and honeyed sentences. | To steale his sweet and honyed Sentences: |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.41 | was against a post, when he was drunk. They will steal | was against a Post, when he was drunke. They will steale |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.72 | steal anything adventurously. I must stay with the | steale any thing aduenturously. I must stay with the |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.83 | To England will I steal, and there I'll – steal; | To England will I steale, and there Ile steale: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.176 | The King from Eltham I intend to steal | The King from Eltam I intend to send, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.55 | The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb. | The Fox barkes not, when he would steale the Lambe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.79 | Who cannot steal a shape that means deceit? | Who cannot steale a shape, that meanes deceit? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.32 | Or rather of stealing a cade of herrings. | Or rather of stealing a Cade of Herrings. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.59 | being burnt i'th' hand for stealing of sheep. | being burnt i'th hand for stealing of Sheepe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.212.1 | I'll steal away. | Ile steale away. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.v.17 | Stand you thus close to steal the Bishop's deer? | Stand you thus close to steale the Bishops Deere? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.43 | But whiles he thought to steal the single ten, | But whiles he thought to steale the single Ten, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.140 | To steal from spiritual leisure a brief span | To steale from Spirituall leysure, a briefe span |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.264 | And will he steal out of his wholesome bed | And will he steale out of his wholsome bed |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.217 | I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; | I come not (Friends) to steale away your hearts, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.95 | Crept up by stealth unto the eagle's nest, | Crept vp by stelth vnto the Eagles nest, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.90 | What, are the stealing foxes fled and gone | What are the stealing Foxes fled and gone |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.134 | More than the sun steals mine own light from me. | More then the Sunne steales myne owne light from mee: |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.136 | Be guilty of the stealing that sweet breath | Be guiltie of the stealing that sweete breath |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.11 | Who in the lusty stealth of nature take | Who in the lustie stealth of Nature, take |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.90 | stealth, wolf in greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey. | stealth, Wolfe in greedinesse, Dog in madnes, Lyon in prey. |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.59 | prince of dumbness; Mahu, of stealing; | |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.54 | Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, | Whose howle's his Watch, thus with his stealthy pace, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.13 | English tailor come hither for stealing out of a French | English Taylor come hither, for stealing out of a French |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.143 | Which steals itself when there's no mercy left. | Which steales it selfe, when there's no mercie left. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.10 | ‘ Thou shalt not steal ’? | Thou shalt not Steale? |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.14 | They put forth to steal. There's not a soldier of | they put forth to steale: There's not a Souldier of |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.153 | The stealth of our most mutual entertainment | The stealth of our most mutuall entertainment |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.177 | When judges steal themselves. What, do I love her, | When Iudges steale themselues: what, doe I loue her, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.88 | It was a mad fantastical trick of him to steal from | It was a mad fantasticall tricke of him to steale from |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.87 | And thrift is blessing if men steal it not. | And thrift is blessing if men steale it not. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.12 | Except to steal your thoughts, my gentle queen. | Except to steale your thoughts my gentle Queene. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.6 | To seal love's bonds new-made than they are wont | To steale loues bonds new made, then they are wont |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.125 | Methinks it should have power to steal both his | Me thinkes it should haue power to steale both his |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.244 | That steals the colour from Bassanio's cheek: | That steales the colour from Bassianos cheeke, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.15 | Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew, | Did Iessica steale from the wealthy Iewe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.19 | Stealing her soul with many vows of faith, | Stealing her soule with many vowes of faith, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.25 | The good humour is to steal at a minute's rest. | The good humor is to steale at a minutes rest. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.26 | ‘ Convey ’, the wise it call. ‘ Steal!’ Foh, | Conuay: the wise it call: Steale? foh: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.72 | Shall Master Slender steal my Nan away | Shall M. Slender steale my Nan away, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.103.2 | Caius comes one way, and steals away a boy in green; | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.103.4 | and Fenton comes, and steals away Anne Page. A noise | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.164 | Steal forth thy father's house tomorrow night, | Steale forth thy fathers house to morrow night: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.213 | Through Athens gates have we devised to steal. | Through Athens gates, haue we deuis'd to steale. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.163 | The honey bags steal from the humble bees, | The honie-bags steale from the humble Bees, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.310 | I told him of your stealth unto this wood. | I told him of your stealth vnto this wood. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.436 | Steal me awhile from mine own company. | Steale me a while from mine owne companie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.159 | My lord, fair Helen told me of their stealth, | My Lord, faire Helen told me of their stealth, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.205 | companion, and he steals it. | companion, and he steales it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.207 | transgression is in the stealer. | transgression is in the stealer. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.7 | And bid her steal into the pleached bower, | And bid her steale into the pleached bower, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.58 | show himself what he is and steal out of your company. | shew himselfe what he is, and steale out of your company. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.206 | The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief; | The rob'd that smiles, steales something from the Thiefe, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.282 | men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away | men should put an Enemie in their mouthes, to steale away |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.39 | That he would sneak away so guilty-like, | That he would steale away so guilty-like, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.156 | Who steals my purse, steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; | Who steales my purse, steales trash: / 'Tis something, nothing; |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.290 | Wooed me to steal it; but she so loves the token – | Woo'd me to steale it. But she so loues the Token, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.306 | That which so often you did bid me steal. | That which so often you did bid me steale. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.227.1 | He begged of me to steal it. | He begg'd of me, to steale't. |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.40 | That excellent complexion which did steal | that excellent complexion, which did steale |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.81 | Unless he do profane, steal, or usurp. | Vnlesse he doe prophane, steale, or vsurpe. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.137 | man a coward. A man cannot steal, but it accuseth him; | man a Coward: A man cannot steale, but it accuseth him: |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.27 | Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shape | Ah! that Deceit should steale such gentle shape, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.167 | Which, mellowed by the stealing hours of time, | Which mellow'd by the stealing howres of time, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.86 | So much for that. The silent hours steal on | So much for that. The silent houres steale on, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.137 | Away from light steals home my heavy son | Away from light steales home my heauy Sonne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.8 | And she steal love's sweet bait from fearful hooks. | And she steale Loues sweet bait from fearefull hookes: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.37 | And steal immortal blessing from her lips, | And steale immortall blessing from her lips, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.216 | Or if he do, it needs must be by stealth. | Or if he do, it needs must be by stealth. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.139 | 'Twere good methinks to steal our marriage, | 'Twere good me-thinkes to steale our marriage, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.239 | Do, do! We steal by line and level, an't like | Doe, doe; we steale by lyne and leuell, and't like |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.243 | this country. ‘ Steal by line and level ’ is an excellent | this / Country: Steale by line and leuell, is an excellent |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.65 | And as the morning steals upon the night, | And as the morning steales vpon the night |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.5 | If I want gold, steal but a beggar's dog | If I want Gold, steale but a beggers Dogge, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.29 | And now ingratitude makes it worse than stealth. | And now Ingratitude, makes it worse then stealth. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.10 | And cut your trusters' throats. Bound servants, steal. | And cut your Trusters throates. Bound Seruants, steale, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.449 | Break open shops – nothing can you steal | Breake open shoppes, nothing can you steale |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.450 | But thieves do lose it. Steal less for this I give you, | But Theeues do loose it: steale lesse, for this I giue you, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.87 | Of a cut loaf to steal a shive, we know. | Of a cut loafe to steale a shiue we know: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.7 | Stealing and giving odour. Enough, no more! | Stealing, and giuing Odour. Enough, no more, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.286 | With an invisible and subtle stealth, | With an inuisible, and subtle stealth |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.158 | Should from her vesture chance to steal a kiss, | Should from her vesture chance to steale a kisse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.11 | This night intends to steal away your daughter; | This night intends to steale away your daughter: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.48 | For practising to steal away a lady, | For practising to steale away a Lady, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.9 | trencher and steals her capon's leg. O, 'tis a foul thing | Trencher, and steales her Capons-leg: O, 'tis a foule thing, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.74 | seem to steal in than be permitted; take upon you, | seeme to steale in, then be permitted; take / Vpon you |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.61 | wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, | wenches with childe, wronging the Auncientry, stealing, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.627 | Why, be so still: here's nobody will steal that | Why, be so still: here's no body will steale that |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.674 | of iniquity – stealing away from his father, with his clog | of Iniquitie (stealing away from his Father, with his Clog |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.115.1 | He thus should steal upon us. | He thus should steale vpon vs. |