| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.32 | Patience unmoved! No marvel though she pause. | Patience vnmou'd, no maruel though she pause, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.485 | Doth rend the region; so after Pyrrhus' pause, | Doth rend the Region. So after Pyrrhus pause, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.68 | Must give us pause. There's the respect | Must giue vs pawse. There's the respect |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.42 | I stand in pause where I shall first begin, | I stand in pause where I shall first begin, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.9 | Deliberate pause. Diseases desperate grown | Deliberate pause, diseases desperate growne, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.127 | What? Drunk with choler? Stay, and pause awhile, | What? drunke with choller? stay & pause awhile, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.65 | There did he pause. But let me tell the world – | There did he pause. But let me tell the World, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.15 | Other offenders we will pause upon . | Other offenders we will pause vpon. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.9 | And pause us till these rebels now afoot | And pawse vs, till these Rebels, now a-foot, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.145 | A night is but small breath and little pause | A Night is but small breathe, and little pawse, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.4 | Where is John Talbot? Pause, and take thy breath; | Where is Iohn Talbot? pawse, and take thy breath, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.19 | What seest thou in me, York? Why dost thou pause? | What seest thou in me Yorke? / Why dost thou pause? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.30 | I'll never pause again, never stand still, | Ile neuer pawse againe, neuer stand still, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.31 | Now breathe we, lords; good fortune bids us pause, | Now breath we Lords, good fortune bids vs pause, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.10 | It were no less; but yet I'll make a pause. | It were no lesse, but yet Ile make a pawse. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.33 | If any, speak; for him have I offended. I pause for a | If any, speake, for him haue I offended. I pause for a |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.108 | And I must pause till it come back to me. | And I must pawse, till it come backe to me. |
| King John | KJ II.i.53 | We coldly pause for thee. Chatillon, speak. | We coldly pause for thee, Chatilion speake, |
| King John | KJ II.i.195 | Peace, lady! Pause, or be more temperate. | Peace Lady, pause, or be more temperate, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.231 | Hadst thou but shook thy head or made a pause | Had'st thou but shooke thy head, or made a pause |
| King John | KJ V.i.14 | Then pause not, for the present time's so sick, | Then pause not: for the present time's so sicke, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.24 | As much as he deserves? Pause there, Morocco, | As much as he deserues; pause there Morocho, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.53 | Too long a pause for that which you find there. | Too long a pause for that which you finde there. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.1 | I pray you tarry, pause a day or two | I pray you tarrie, pause a day or two |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.332 | Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture. | Why doth the Iew pause, take thy forfeiture. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.11 | pause or staggering, take this basket on your shoulders. | pause, or staggering) take this basket on your shoulders: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.83 | Take time to pause, and by the next new moon – | Take time to pause, and by the next new Moon |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.198.2 | Pause awhile, | Pause awhile: |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.223 | Steps in to Cassio and entreats his pause: | Steppes in to Cassio, and entreats his pause; |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.83.2 | Being done, there is no pause. | Being done, there is no pawse. |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.53 | Yet pause awhile. | Yet pause awhile, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.167 | It may be I will go with you, but yet I'll pause; | It may be I will go with you: but yet Ile pawse, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.161 | And twenty times made pause to sob and weep, | And twenty times, made pause to sob and weepe: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.179 | Nay, do not pause; for I did kill King Henry – | Nay do not pause: For I did kill King Henrie, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.24 | Give me some little breath, some pause, dear lord, | Giue me some litle breath, some pawse, deare Lord, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.14 | And while I pause serve in your harmony. | And while I pause, serue in your harmony. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.34 | All time of pause, rudely beguiles our lips | All time of pause; rudely beguiles our lips |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.192 | And I have seen thee pause and take thy breath, | And I haue seene thee pause, and take thy breath, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vi.14 | Pause, if thou wilt. | Pause if thou wilt. |