| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.219 | For general sovereignty; and that he willed me | For generall soueraigntie: and that he wil'd me |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.51 | (to Charmian) Go, you wild bedfellow, you cannot | Go you wilde Bedfellow, you cannot |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.184 | Eight wild boars roasted whole at a breakfast, | Eight Wilde-Boares rosted whole at a breakfast: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.122 | Spleets what it speaks. The wild disguise hath almost | Spleet's what it speakes: the wilde disguise hath almost |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.154 | Even make me wild. O slave, of no more trust | Euen make me wilde. Oh Slaue, of no more trust |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.313 | In this vile world? So, fare thee well. | In this wilde World? So fare thee well: |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.86 | Why then my taxing like a wild goose flies, | why then my taxing like a wild-goose flies |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.156 | And to the skirts of this wild wood he came, | And to the skirts of this wilde Wood he came; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.21 | Lord of the wide world and wild watery seas, | Lord of the wide world, and wilde watry seas, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.110 | Pretty and witty; wild, and yet, too, gentle. | Prettie and wittie; wilde, and yet too gentle; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.88 | When he demeaned himself rough, rude, and wildly. | When he demean'd himselfe, rough, rude, and wildly, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.2 | Death on the wheel or at wild horses' heels, | Death on the Wheele, or at wilde Horses heeles, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.36 | More than a wild exposture to each chance | More then a wilde exposture, to each chance |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.4 | Were in wild hurry. Here do we make his friends | Were in wilde hurry. Heere do we make his Friends |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.103 | Takes prisoner the wild motion of mine eye, | Takes prisoner the wild motion of mine eye, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.9 | Into a haviour of less fear, ere wildness | Into a hauiour of lesse feare, ere wildnesse |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.180 | That wildly grows in them, but yields a crop | That wildely growes in them, but yeelds a crop |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.390 | With wild wood-leaves and weeds I ha' strewed his grave | With wild wood-leaues & weeds, I ha' strew'd his graue |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.133 | These are but wild and whirling words, my lord. | These are but wild and hurling words, my Lord. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.18 | But if't be he I mean, he's very wild, | But if't be hee I meane, hees very wilde; |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.22 | But, sir, such wanton, wild, and usual slips | But Sir, such wanton, wild, and vsuall slips, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.40 | Of Hamlet's wildness. So shall I hope your virtues | Of Hamlets wildenesse: so shall I hope your Vertues |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.317 | some frame, and start not so wildly from my affair. | some frame, and start not so wildely from my affayre. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.120 | Forth at your eyes your spirits wildly peep, | Forth at your eyes, your spirits wildely peepe, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.388 | Even while men's minds are wild, lest more mischance | Euen whiles mens mindes are wilde, / Lest more mischance |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.40 | Against the irregular and wild Glendower – | Against the irregular and wilde Glendower, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.56 | the Weald of Kent hath brought three hundred marks | the wilde of Kent, hath brought three hundred Markes |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.99 | more valour in that Poins than in a wild duck. | moe valour in that Poynes, than in a wilde Ducke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.133 | afore thee like a flock of wild geese, I'll never wear hair | afore thee like a flocke of Wilde-geese, Ile neuer weare haire |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.39 | been an ignis fatuus, or a ball of wildfire, there's no | beene an Ignis fatuus, or a Ball of Wild-fire, there's no |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.103 | Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls. | Wanton as youthfull Goates, wilde as young Bulls. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.19 | report of a caliver worse than a struck fowl or a hurt wild | report of a Caliuer, worse then a struck-Foole, or a hurt wilde- |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.11 | Will have a wild trick of his ancestors. | Will haue a wilde tricke of his Ancestors: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.71 | Of any prince so wild a liberty. | Of any Prince so wilde at Liberty. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.9 | The times are wild; contention, like a horse | The Times are wilde: Contention (like a Horse |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.154 | Keep the wild flood confined! Let order die! | Keepe the wilde Flood confin'd: Let Order dye, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.242 | wild mare with the boys, and jumps upon joint-stools, | wilde-Mare with the Boyes, and iumpes vpon Ioyn'd-stooles, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.294 | justice hath done nothing but prate to me of the wildness | Iustice hath done nothing but prate to me of the wildenesse |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.132 | The muzzle of restraint, and the wild dog | The muzzle of Restraint; and the wilde Dogge |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.137 | O, thou wilt be a wilderness again, | O, thou wilt be a Wildernesse againe, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.153 | O, let me in my present wildness die, | O let me, in my present wildenesse, dye, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.64 | in consent, like so many wild geese. If I had a suit to | in consent, like so many Wilde-Geese. If I had a suite to |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.123 | My father is gone wild into his grave, | My Father is gone wilde into his Graue, |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.26 | But that his wildness, mortified in him, | But that his wildnesse, mortify'd in him, |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.64 | Under the veil of wildness, which, no doubt, | Vnder the Veyle of Wildnesse, which (no doubt) |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.268 | How he comes o'er us with our wilder days, | How he comes o're vs with our wilder dayes, |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.14 | Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. | Swill'd with the wild and wastfull Ocean. |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.7 | Our scions, put in wild and savage stock, | Our Syens, put in wilde and sauage Stock, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.77 | Fret fetlock-deep in gore, and with wild rage | Fret fet-locke deepe in gore, and with wilde rage |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.43 | Like prisoners wildly overgrown with hair, | Like Prisoners wildly ouer-growne with hayre, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.55 | Defective in their natures, grow to wildness, | Defectiue in their natures, grow to wildnesse. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.7 | By this unheedful, desperate, wild adventure. | By this vnheedfull, desperate, wilde aduenture: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.365 | Him caper upright like a wild Morisco, | Him capre vpright, like a wilde Morisco, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.360 | A wilderness is populous enough, | A Wildernesse is populous enough, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.59 | As wild Medea young Absyrtus did; | As wilde Medea yong Absirtis did. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.26 | If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me; | If I chance to talke a little wilde, forgiue me: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.200 | The wild sea of my conscience, I did steer | The wild Sea of my Conscience, I did steere |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.18.1 | They willed me say so, madam. | They wil'd me say so Madam. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.198 | Should the approach of this wild river break, | Should the approach of this wilde Riuer breake, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.15 | In them a wilder nature than the business | In them a wilder Nature, then the businesse |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.21 | My noble lords; for those that tame wild horses | My Noble Lords; for those that tame wild Horses, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.148 | Our youths and wildness shall no whit appear, | Our youths, and wildenesse, shall no whit appeare, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.189 | To sports, to wildness and much company. | To sports, to wildenesse, and much company. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.86 | And send him naked to the wilderness. | And send him naked to the wildernes. |
| King John | KJ II.i.395 | How like you this wild counsel, mighty states? | How like you this wilde counsell mighty States, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.128 | How wildly then walks my estate in France! | How wildely then walkes my Estate in France? |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.48 | The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, | The wildest Sauagery, the vildest stroke |
| King John | KJ V.i.35 | And wild amazement hurries up and down | And wilde amazement hurries vp and downe |
| King John | KJ V.ii.74 | And tame the savage spirit of wild war, | And tame the sauage spirit of wilde warre, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.45 | Winter's not gone yet if the wild geese fly that way. | Winters not gon yet, if the wil'd Geese fly that way, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.303 | Shut up your doors, my lord; 'tis a wild night. | Shut vp your doores my Lord, 'tis a wil'd night, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.107 | to swim in. Now a little fire in a wild field were like an | to swimme in. Now a little fire in a wilde Field, were like an |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.80 | Enter Lear fantastically dressed with wild flowers | Enter Lear. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.844 | To move wild laughter in the throat of death? | To moue wilde laughter in the throate of death? |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.39 | So withered and so wild in their attire, | So wither'd, and so wilde in their attyre, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.16 | Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, | Turn'd wilde in nature, broke their stalls, flong out, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.21 | But float upon a wild and violent sea, | But floate vpon a wilde and violent Sea |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.145 | For such a warped slip of wilderness | For such a warped slip of wildernesse |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.16 | Master Shoe-tie the great traveller, and wild Half-can | M Shootie the great Traueller, and wilde Halfe-Canne |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.168 | Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice, | Thou art to wilde, to rude, and bold of voyce, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.174 | Thy skipping spirit, lest through thy wild behaviour | Thy skipping spirit, least through thy wilde behauiour |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.46 | More than the wild-cat. Drones hive not with me; | More then the wilde-cat: drones hiue not with me, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.41 | The Hyrcanian deserts and the vasty wilds | The Hircanion deserts, and the vaste wildes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.112 | bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of | Batcheler: I would not haue giuen it for a wildernesse of |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.182 | Turns to a wild of nothing, save of joy | Turnes to a wilde of nothing, saue of ioy |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.11 | Upon the wild sea banks, and waft her love | Vpon the wilde sea bankes, and waft her Loue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.71 | For do but note a wild and wanton herd | For doe but note a wilde and wanton heard |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.66 | is of no having. He kept company with the wild Prince | is of no hauing, hee kept companie with the wilde Prince, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.83 | wildly, and would needs speak with you presently. | wildely, and would needs speake with you presently. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.8 | My riots past, my wild societies; | My Riots past, my wilde Societies, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.25 | Knight of his train, to trace the forests wild. | Knight of his traine, to trace the Forrests wilde. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.228 | And leave thee to the mercy of wild beasts. | And leaue thee to the mercy of wilde beasts. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.229 | The wildest hath not such a heart as you. | The wildest hath not such a heart as you; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.249 | I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, | I know a banke where the wilde time blowes, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.29 | dreadful thing; for there is not a more fearful wildfowl | dreadfull thing. For there is not a more fearefull wilde foule |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.20 | As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye, | As Wilde-geese, that the creeping Fowler eye, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.218 | When Lion rough in wildest rage doth roar. | When Lion rough in wildest rage doth roare. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.35 | I know her spirits are as coy and wild | I know her spirits are as coy and wilde, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.112 | Taming my wild heart to thy loving hand. | Taming my wilde heart to thy louing hand: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.62 | That paragons description and wild fame; | That paragons description, and wilde Fame: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.109 | bells in your parlours, wild-cats in your kitchens, saints | Bells in your Parlours: Wilde-Cats in your Kitchens: Saints |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.208 | Yet wild, the people's hearts brimful of fear, | Yet wilde, the peoples hearts brim-full of feare, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.223 | Give me my robes. I am wild in my beholding. | giue me my robes. I am wilde in my beholding, |
| Pericles | Per V.ii.16 | And wishes fall out as they're willed. | And wishes fall out as they'r wild, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.4 | These high wild hills and rough uneven ways | These high wilde hilles, and rough vneeuen waies, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.74 | I dare meet Surrey in a wilderness | I dare meete Surrey in a Wildernesse, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.24 | What means our cousin, that he stares and looks so wildly? | What meanes our Cosin, that hee stares / And lookes so wildely? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.170 | Thy schooldays frightful, desperate, wild, and furious; | Thy School-daies frightfull, desp'rate, wilde, and furious, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.230 | But that still use of grief makes wild grief tame, | But that still vse of greefe, makes wilde greefe tame, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.70 | Nay, if our wits run the wild goose chase, I | Nay, if our wits run the Wild-Goose chase, I |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.71 | am done. For thou hast more of the wild goose in one of | am done: For thou hast more of the Wild-Goose in one of |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.110 | Thy tears are womanish. Thy wild acts denote | Thy teares are womanish, thy wild acts denote |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.14 | A peevish self-willed harlotry it is. | A peeuish selfe-wild harlotry it is. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.28 | Your looks are pale and wild and do import | Your lookes are pale and wild, and do import |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.37 | The time and my intents are savage-wild, | The time, and my intents are sauage wilde: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.240 | And with wild looks bid me devise some mean | And (with wilde lookes) bid me deuise some meanes |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.194.1 | But will you woo this wild-cat? | But will you woo this Wilde-cat? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.270 | And bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate | And bring you from a wilde Kate to a Kate |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.2 | Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them. | Put the wild waters in this Rore; alay them: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.378 | The wild waves whist, | the wilde waues whist: |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.58 | Something too wildly, and my father's precepts | Something too wildely, and my Fathers precepts |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.495 | It almost turns my dangerous nature mild. | It almost turnes my dangerous Nature wilde. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.162 | Of Alcibiades th' approaches wild, | Of Alcibiades th'approaches wild, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.201 | I'll teach them to prevent wild Alcibiades' wrath. | Ile teach them to preuent wilde Alcibiades wrath. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.54 | That Rome is but a wilderness of tigers? | That Rome is but a wildernes of Tigers? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.94 | Environed with a wilderness of sea, | Inuiron'd with a wildernesse of Sea. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.104 | Let it be called the wild and wandering flood, | Let it be cald the wild and wandring flood, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.340 | In this willed action; for the success, | In this wilde action. For the successe |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.50 | wildfowl? | Wilde-fowle? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.32 | With willing sport, to the wild ocean. | With willing sport to the wilde Ocean. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.36 | This fellow were a king for our wild faction! | This fellow were a King, for our wilde faction. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.63 | And live as we do in this wilderness? | And liue as we doe in this wildernesse? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.v.6 | And clamours through the wild air flying. | And clamors through the wild ayre flying. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.17 | Tempests, and make the wild rocks wanton. Come what can come, | Tempests, and make the wild Rockes wanton. Come what can come, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.23.1 | Here in the wild woods, cousin? | here in the wild woods Cosen |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.24.1 | That have wild consciences. | that have wilde Consciences. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.182 | Most piteous to be wild – I have dispatched in post | Most pitteous to be wilde) I haue dispatch'd in post, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.93 | A gentler scion to the wildest stock, | A gentler Sien, to the wildest Stocke, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.536 | To what we wildly do, so we profess | To what we wildely do, so we professe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.563 | Than a wild dedication of yourselves | Then a wild dedication of your selues |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.128 | As I did him, and speak of something wildly | As I did him, and speake of something wildly |