| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.302 | Which is my heaven to have. (To an asp) Come, thou mortal wretch, | Which is my heauen to haue. Come thou mortal wretch, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.312 | She applies another asp to her arm | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.321.1 | She applies an asp to herself | |
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| apprehend | perceive the significance, discern, grasp the matter [of] |
| apprehension | conception, grasping by the mind, awareness |
| aspect | [astrology] influential phase, direction of alignment |
| aspect | [of a human face] look, appearance, expression |
| aspect | [of objects] sight, appearance |
| aspect | gaze, look |
| aspersion | sprinkling, shower, spray |
| aspic | type of venomous snake, asp |
| aspicious | malapropism for ‘suspicious’ [or ‘auspicious’] |
| aspire | rise up, tower, be tall |
| aspire | ascend, rise up, climb [to] |
| asprey | osprey |
| behalf | respect, aspect, consideration |
| blaspheme | slander, defame, defile |
| brain | understand, comprehend, grasp |
| brow | appearance, aspect, countenance |
| catch | grasp, gather, infer |
| chance | possibility, prospect, aspect |
| clap | [of two people's hands] strike together, clasp [to seal a bargain] |
| clasp | cling, hold tight, hang on |
| cleap | embrace, clasp, hug |
| clip | embrace, clasp, hug |
| clip | embrace, clasp, hug |
| close | join, clasp |
| come | [expressing impatience, incredulity, exasperation] come on, come off it |
| countenance | appearance, aspect, look |
| device | resourcefulness, aspiration, cast of mind |
| embracement | embrace, clasping, hug |
| embrasure | embrace, clasping |
| entwist | clasp with a twist, entwine, wreathe around |
| exasperate | enraged, incensed, angered |
| favour | appearance, look, aspect |
| find | detect, perceive, grasp |
| glance | pick on, snipe at, cast aspersions on |
| grasp | embrace, clasp in the arms |
| grasp | embrace, clasp |
| gripe | clutch, grasp, seize |
| gripe | grip, hold, grasp |
| griping | voracious, grasping, devouring |
| haughty | high-minded, aspiring, lofty |
| have | understand, grasp, comprehend |
| hent | clutch, grasp |
| hent | grasp, take hold of |
| high-pitched | high-aspiring |
| hold-fast | firmly grasping |
| image | appearance, aspect, countenance |
| labouring | aspiring, striving, showing endeavour |
| large-handed | grasping, rapacious, avaricious |
| mad | madden, exasperate, infuriate |
| mounting | ambitious, aspiring, rising |
| move | move to anger, provoke, exasperate |
| moved | in a bad temper, angered, exasperated |
| moved | aroused, provoked, exasperated |
| palliament | robe, gown [of someone aspiring to Roman consulship] |
| pitch | height, elevation, high aspiration |
| pluck | come down [in level of aspiration], look lower |
| profane | blasphemous, irreverent, foul-mouthed |
| queen | act as a queen, aspire to being a queen |
| sacred | accursed, blasphemous |
| seeming | appearance, look, aspect |
| seizure | grasping of hands, clasp, hold |
| shake | seize, grasp, move |
| shape | appearance, aspect, visible form |
| Tantalus | king of Sipylos in Lydia, punished in the Underworld for his crimes; he sits in a pool which recedes when he bends to drink, and the grapes over his head elude his grasp |
| thriver | aspiring person, striver, wannabe |
| try | try for, aim at, aspire to |
| unclasp | reveal, display, divulge |
| vice | grip, grasp |
| visage | outward appearance, aspect, air |
| waspish-headed | peevish, irascible, spiteful |
| whittle | clasp-knife, carving knife |
| wind | gasp for breath, lose one's breath |
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