| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.46 | Her opulent throne with kingdoms. All the East, | Her opulent Throne, with Kingdomes. All the East, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.41.1 | I'th' East my pleasure lies. | I'th'East my pleasure lies. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.50 | The beds i'th' East are soft; and thanks to you, | The beds i'th'East are soft, and thanks to you, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.84 | From the east to western Ind, | From the east to westerne Inde, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ii.10 | Whether for east or west. The dearth is great, | Whether for East or West: the Dearth is great, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.21 | skull, they would fly east, west, north, south, and their | Scull, they would flye East, West, North, South, and their |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.255 | Nay, Cadwal, we must lay his head to the east, | Nay Cadwall, we must lay his head to th'East, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.372 | From east to occident, cry out for service, | From East to Occident, cry out for Seruice, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.17 | This heavy-headed revel east and west | |
| 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 I.iii.193 | Send danger from the east unto the west, | Send danger from the East vnto the West, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.71 | By south and east is to my part assigned. | By South and East, is to my part assign'd: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.215 | Begins his golden progress in the east. | Begins his Golden Progresse in the East. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.104 | East, west, north, south; or like a school broke up, | East, West, North, South: or like a Schoole, broke vp, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.42 | This evening on the east side of the grove. | this Euening, / On the East side of the Groue. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.47 | Are ye advised? The east side of the grove. | are ye aduis'd? / The East side of the Groue: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.101 | Here lies the east; doth not the day break here? | Here lyes the East: doth not the Day breake heere? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.110 | He first presents his fire; and the high east | He first presents his fire, and the high East |
| King John | KJ II.i.381 | By east and west let France and England mount | By East and West let France and England mount |
| King John | KJ V.iv.32 | Behold another daybreak in the east. | Behold another day breake in the East: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.240 | east from the west corner of thy curious-knotted garden. | East from the West corner of thy curious knotted garden; |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.221 | At the first opening of the gorgeous east, | At the first opening of the gorgeous East, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.560 | By east, west, north, and south, I spread my conquering might; | By East, West, North, & South, I spred my conquering might |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.37.1 | And the rich East to boot. | And the rich East to boot. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.66 | shall be my East and West Indies, and I will trade to | shall be my East and West Indies, and I will trade to |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.432 | Abate thy hours, shine comforts from the East, | Abate thy houres, shine comforts from the East, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iii.27 | Dapples the drowsy east with spots of grey. | Dapples the drowsie East with spots of grey: |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.143.1 | Even from the east to th' west! | Euen from the East to th'West. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.50 | Shall see us rising in our throne, the east, | Shall see vs rising in our Throne, the East, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.64 | From out the fiery portal of the east | From out the fierie Portall of the East, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.87 | And flaky darkness breaks within the east. | And flakie darkenesse breakes within the East. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.280 | He should have braved the east an hour ago. | He should haue brau'd the East an houre ago, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.119 | Peered forth the golden window of the East, | Peer'd forth the golden window of the East, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.135 | Should in the farthest East begin to draw | Should in the farthest East begin to draw |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.3 | It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! | It is the East, and Iuliet is the Sunne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.8 | Do lace the severing clouds in yonder East. | Do lace the seuering Cloudes in yonder East: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.56 | Even from Hyperion's rising in the east | Euen from Eptons rising in the East, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.260 | And here's a lord – come knights from east to west, | And here's a Lord, come Knights from East to West, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.67 | And as an east wind leave 'em all behind us, | And as an Eastwind leave 'em all behinde us, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iv.15 | By east and north-east to the King of Pygmies, | By east and North East to the King of Pigmes, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.203 | From east, west, north, and south. Be it concluded, | From East, West, North, and South, be it concluded, |