| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.235 | patient, there is no fettering of authority. I'll beat him, | patient, there is no fettering of authority. Ile beate him |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.238 | pity of his age than I would have of – I'll beat him an if | pittie of his age then I would haue of------ Ile beate him, and if |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.251 | if I were but two hours younger I'd beat thee. | if I were but two houres yonger, I'de beate thee: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.253 | beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe | beate thee: I thinke thou wast created for men to breath |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.201 | The water which they beat to follow faster, | The water which they beate, to follow faster; |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.39 | Beat mine, inhooped, at odds. I will to Egypt; | Beate mine (in hoopt) at odd's. I will to Egypte: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.109 | The holding every man shall beat as loud | The holding euery man shall beate as loud, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.52 | Beat th' approaching Caesar. But if we fail, | Beate th'approaching Casar. But if we faile, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.i.2 | To beat me out of Egypt. My messenger | To beate me out of Egypt. My Messenger |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.vii.9 | We'll beat 'em into bench-holes. I have yet | Wee'l beat'em into Bench-holes, I haue yet |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.1 | We have beat him to his camp. Run one before | We haue beate him to his Campe: Runne one / Before, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.19 | We have beat them to their beds. What, girl! Though grey | We haue beate them to their Beds. / What Gyrle, though gray |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.74 | For, in conclusion, he did beat me there. | for in conclusion, he did beat me there. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.102 | Self-harming jealousy! Fie, beat it hence. | Selfe-harming Iealousie; fie beat it hence. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.34 | Or I will beat this method in your sconce. | Or I will beat this method in your sconce. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.7 | He met me on the mart, and that I beat him, | He met me on the Mart, and that I beat him, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.12 | That you beat me at the mart I have your hand to show. | That you beat me at the Mart I haue your hand to show; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.59 | You'll cry for this, minion, if I beat the door down. | You'll crie for this minion, if I beat the doore downe. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.47 | He'll beat Aufidius' head below his knee | Hee'l beat Auffidius head below his knee, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.30.1 | Alarum. The Romans are beat back to their trenches. | Alarum, the Romans are beat back to their Trenches |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.36 | From slaves that apes would beat! Pluto and hell! | From Slaues, that Apes would beate; Pluto and Hell, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.41 | If you'll stand fast, we'll beat them to their wives, | If you'l stand fast, wee'l beate them to their Wiues, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.40 | Which told me they had beat you to your trenches? | Which told me they had beate you to your Trenches? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.8 | I have fought with thee; so often hast thou beat me; | I haue fought with thee; so often hast thou beat me: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.215 | Than dogs that are as often beat for barking | Then Dogges, that are as often beat for barking, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.229.2 | people are beat in | People are beat in. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.242.1 | I could beat forty of them. | I could beat fortie of them. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.124 | Or lose mine arm for't. Thou hast beat me out | Or loose mine Arme for't: Thou hast beate mee out |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.55 | And beat the messenger who bids beware | And beate the Messenger, who bids beware |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.48.1 | Trumpets, hautboys, drums beat, all together | Trumpets, Hoboyes, Drums beate, altogether. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.151 | Beat thou the drum, that it speak mournfully. | Beate thou the Drumme that it speake mournfully: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.81 | girdle: if you beat us out of it, it is yours: if you fall in | Girdle: if you beate vs out of it, it is yours: if you fall in |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.37 | The rain and wind beat dark December? How | The Raine and winde beate darke December? How |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.86.1 | I am loath to beat thee. | I am loath to beate thee. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.5 | I prithee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a | I prethee Tom, beate Cuts Saddle, put a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.131 | A king's son! If I do not beat thee out of thy | A Kings Sonne? If I do not beate thee out of thy |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.109 | To Harry Monmouth, whose swift wrath beat down | To Henrie Monmouth, whose swift wrath beate downe |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.92 | Didst thou beat heaven with blessing Bolingbroke, | Did'st thou beate heauen with blessing Bullingbrooke, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.252 | Let's beat him before his whore. | Let vs beat him before his Whore. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.313 | and told John o' Gaunt he beat his own name, for you | and told Iohn of Gaunt, hee beat his owne Name, for you |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iv.17 | Pistol beat amongst you. | Pistoll beate among you. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.219 | crowns to one they will beat us, for they bear them on | Crownes to one, they will beat vs, for they beare them on |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.54 | Now beat them hence; why do you let them stay? | Now beat them hence, why doe you let them stay? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.57.1 | Here Gloucester's men beat out the Cardinal's men, | Here Glosters men beat out the Cardinalls men, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.16 | To beat assailing death from his weak legions; | To beate assayling death from his weake Regions, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.14 | Beat down Alençon, Orleans, Burgundy, | Beat downe Alanson, Orleance, Burgundie, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.20 | Beat on a crown, the treasure of thy heart, | Beat on a Crowne, the Treasure of thy Heart, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.171 | ‘ A staff is quickly found to beat a dog.’ | A Staffe is quickly found to beat a Dogge. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.102 | When from thy shore the tempest beat us back, | When from thy Shore, the Tempest beate vs backe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.21 | O, beat away the busy meddling fiend | Oh beate away the busie medling Fiend, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.23 | At unawares may beat down Edward's guard | At vnawares may beat downe Edwards Guard, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.6 | Let's levy men and beat him back again. | Let's leuie men, and beat him backe againe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.108 | Or shall we beat the stones about thine ears? | Or shall we beat the Stones about thine Eares? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.217 | No new device to beat this from his brains? | No new deuice to beate this from his Braines? |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.23 | Our enemies have beat us to the pit. | Our Enemies haue beat vs to the Pit: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.292 | I must enjoy her, for I cannot beat | I must enioy her, for I cannot beate |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.21 | And beat the winds, that for their gaudiness | And beat the windes, that for their gaudinesse, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.35 | An arm hath beat an army; one poor David | An arme hath beate an armie, one poore Dauid |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.9 | One against twenty, beat you up together? | One against twentie beate you vp together. |
| King John | KJ II.i.108 | When living blood doth in these temples beat | When liuing blood doth in these temples beat |
| King John | KJ II.i.119 | Excuse it is to beat usurping down. | Excuse it is to beat vsurping downe. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.268 | Beat at this gate that let thy folly in | Beate at this gate that let thy Folly in, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.21 | beat into clamorous whining if thou deniest the least | beate into clamours whining, if thou deny'st the least |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.27 | and beat thee before the King? Draw, you rogue! For | and beate thee before the King? Draw you rogue, for |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.113 | Or at their chamber door I'll beat the drum | Or at their Chamber doore Ile beate the Drum, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.659 | chucks, beat not the bones of the buried. When he | chuckes, beat not the bones of the buried: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.57 | liars and swearers enow to beat the honest men and hang | Lyars and Swearers enow, to beate the honest men, and hang |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.7.1 | And beat them backward home. | And beate them backward home. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.237 | shall beat you to your tent, and prove a shrewd Caesar | shall beat you to your Tent, and proue a shrewd Casar |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.53 | shall beat out my brains with billets. I will not consent | shall beat out my braines with billets: I will not consent |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.82 | house, and hath threatened to beat her. | house, and hath threatned to beate her. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.189 | Trust me, he beat him most pitifully. | Trust me he beate him most pittifully. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.191 | beat him most unpitifully, methought. | beate him most vnpittifully, me thought. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.i.19 | beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman; for in the | beate me greeuously, in the shape of a woman: (for in the |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.204 | The more you beat me I will fawn on you. | The more you beat me, I will fawne on you. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.127 | and angers them, and then they laugh at him and beat | and angers them, and then they laugh at him, and beat |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.183 | the boy that stole your meat, and you'll beat the post. | the boy that stole your meate, and you'l beat the post. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.159 | In angel whiteness beat away those blushes; | In Angel whitenesse beare away those blushes, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.309 | Beat – | Beat? |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.142 | A knave teach me my duty? I'll beat the knave into | A Knaue teach me my dutie? Ile beate the Knaue into |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.144 | Beat me? | Beate me? |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.267 | malice – even so as one would beat his offenceless dog to | malice) euen so as one would beate his offencelesse dogge, ro |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.350 | Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, | Beate a Venetian, and traduc'd the State, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.68 | To beat us down, the which are down already, | To beat vs downe, the which are downe alreadie, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.143 | That's as York thrives to beat back Bolingbroke. | That's as Yorke thriues to beate back Bullinbroke |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.140 | Swellest thou, proud heart? I'll give thee scope to beat, | Swell'st thou prowd heart? Ile giue thee scope to beat, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.141 | Since foes have scope to beat both thee and me. | Since Foes haue scope to beat both thee and me. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.9 | And beat our watch, and rob our passengers, | And rob our Watch, and beate our passengers, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.96 | But that thy brothers beat aside the point. | But that thy Brothers beate aside the point. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.3 | Why do you weep so oft, and beat your breast, | Why do weepe so oft? And beate your Brest? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.34 | That my pent heart may have some scope to beat, | That my pent heart may haue some scope to beat, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.436 | Unarmed, and unresolved to beat them back. | Vnarm'd, and vnresolu'd to beat them backe. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.479 | Where is thy power then to beat him back? | Where is thy Power then, to beat him back? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.530 | Yet to beat down these rebels here at home. | Yet to beat downe these Rebels here at home. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.72 | Clubs, bills, and partisans! Strike! Beat them | Clubs, Bils, and Partisons, strike, beat them |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.28 | Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down. | Pricke loue for pricking, and you beat loue downe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.84 | Draw, Benvolio. Beat down their weapons. | Draw Benuolio, beat downe their weapons: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.21 | Nor that is not the lark whose notes do beat | Nor that is not Larke whose noates do beate |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.68 | with the horse upon her, how he beat me because her | with the horse vpon her, how he beat me because her |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.182 | That bate and beat and will not be obedient. | That baite, and beate, and will not be obedient: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.132 | in the skirts of it and beat me to death with a bottom of | in the skirts of it, and beate me to death with a bottome of |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.14 | What's he that knocks as he would beat down the | What's he that knockes as he would beat downe the |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.56 | Sir, what are you that offer to beat my servant? | Sir, what are you that offer to beate my seruant? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.116 | I saw him beat the surges under him, | I saw him beate the surges vnder him, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.153 | my heart to beat him – | my heart to beate him. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.85 | Beat him enough. After a little time, | Beate him enough: after a little time |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.86 | I'll beat him too. | Ile beate him too. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.112 | Give me thy hand. I am sorry I beat thee; | Giue me thy hand, I am sorry I beate thee: |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.173 | For breathing in their faces, beat the ground | For breathing in their faces: beate the ground |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.175 | Towards their project. Then I beat my tabor, | Towards their proiect: then I beate my Tabor, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.103 | Or ere your pulse twice beat. | Or ere your pulse twice beate. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.112 | has beat it out of my hat. Did you see my jewel? | has beate it out of my hat. / Did you see my Iewell? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.15 | With it beat out his brains. Piety and fear, | With it, beate out his Braines, Piety, and Feare, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.97 | I prithee beat thy drum and get thee gone. | I prythee beate thy Drum, and get thee gone. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.366 | I'll beat thee – but I should infect my hands. | Ile beate thee; / But I should infect my hands. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.380 | Lie where the light foam of the sea may beat | Lye where the light Fome of the Sea may beate |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.71 | As flowers with frost, or grass beat down with storms. | As flowers with frost, or grasse beat downe with stormes: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.132 | And on the ragged stones beat forth our souls, | And on the ragged stones beat forth our braines, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.15 | beat thee into handsomeness! | beate thee into handsomnesse. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.47 | thou use to beat me, I will begin at thy heel, and tell | thou vse to beat me, I wil begin at thy heele, and tel |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.66 | Therefore I beat thee. | Therefore I beate thee. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.69 | his brain more than he has beat my bones. I will buy | his Braine more then he has beate my bones: I will buy |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.76 | Ajax threatens to beat him; Achilles intervenes | |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.202 | Whose present courage may beat down our foes, | Whose present courage may beate downe our foes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.5 | beat him whilst he railed at me. 'Sfoot, I'll learn to | beate him, whil'st he rail'd at me: Sfoote, Ile learne to |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.213 | But our great Ajax bravely beat down him.’ | But our great Aiax brauely beate downe him. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.43 | beat down the door? How now! What's the matter? | beate downe the doore? How now, what's the matter? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.275 | Beat loud the taborins, let the trumpets blow, | Beate lowd the Taborins, let the Trumpets blow, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.7 | Hath beat down Menon; bastard Margarelon | Hath beate downe Menon: bastard Margarelon |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.135 | O, if I thought that, I'd beat him like a dog. | O, if I thought that, Ide beate him like a dogge. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.32 | 'Slight, I could so beat the rogue! | Slight I could so beate the Rogue. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.381 | 'Slid! I'll after him again and beat him. | Slid Ile after him againe, and beate him. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.36 | That women ought to beat me. On my knees | That women ought to beate me. On my knees |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.124 | Two emulous Philomels beat the ear o'th' night | Two emulous Philomels, beate the eare o'th night |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.33.1 | He's beat from his best ward. | He's beat from his best ward. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.91 | Of boundless tongue, who late hath beat her husband, | Of boundlesse tongue, who late hath beat her Husband, |