| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.83.1 | I would poison that vile rascal. | I would poison that vile Rascall. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.195 | And not a serpent's poison. Say our pleasure, | And not a Serpents poyson. Say our pleasure, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.27 | With most delicious poison. Think on me, | With most delicious poyson. Thinke on me |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.160 | And poison it in the source, and the first stone | And poyson it in the sourse, and the first stone |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.343 | If they had swallowed poison, 'twould appear | If they had swallow'd poyson, 'twould appeare |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.140 | against thee by poison, entrap thee by some treacherous | against thee by poyson, entrap thee by some treacherous |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.53 | I will deal in poison with thee, or in bastinado, or in | I will deale in poyson with thee, or in bastinado, or in |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.152 | I do digest the poison of thy flesh, | I doe digest the poison of thy flesh, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.87 | That shall remain a poison where it is, | that shall remain a poison / Where it is: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.88.1 | Not poison any further. | not poyson any further. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.157 | The sweet which is their poison. Your dishonour | The sweet which is their poyson. Your dishonor |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.82 | Ingrate forgetfulness shall poison rather | Ingrate forgetfulnesse shall poison rather |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.59.1 | Thou'rt poison to my blood. | Thou'rt poyson to my blood. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.126 | As well might poison poison! Be revenged, | As well might poyson Poyson. Be reueng'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.77 | And we will fear no poison, which attends | And we will feare no poyson, which attends |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.47.1 | Ta'en off by poison. | Tane off by poyson. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.213 | To come. O, give me cord, or knife, or poison | To come. Oh giue me Cord, or knife, or poyson, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.237 | Thou gav'st me poison: dangerous fellow, hence! | Thou gau'st me poyson: dangerous Fellow hence, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.8 | off his crown, kisses it, and pours poison in the sleeper's | off hisCrowne, kisses it, and powres poyson in the Kings |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.244 | No, no, they do but jest, poison in jest. No | No, no, they do but iest, poyson in iest, no |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.270.1 | He pours the poison in the King's ears | Powres the poyson in his eares. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.76 | O, this is the poison of deep grief. It springs | Oh this is the poyson of deepe greefe, it springs |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.322 | It is a poison tempered by himself. | It is a poyson temp'red by himselfe: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.347 | The potent poison quite o'ercrows my spirit. | The potent poyson quite ore-crowes my spirit, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.45 | cup of sack be my poison. When a jest is so forward – | Cup of Sacke be my poyson: when a iest is so forward, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.137 | In poison there is physic, and these news, | In Poyson, there is Physicke: and this newes |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.45 | Hide not thy poison with such sugared words; | Hide not thy poyson with such sugred words, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.321 | Should I not curse them. Poison be their drink! | Should I not curse them. Poyson be their drinke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.18 | Bring the strong poison that I bought of him. | Bring the strong poyson that I bought of him. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.283.1 | Is poison to thy stomach. | Is poyson to thy Stomacke. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.129 | Which shoots infected poison in my heart, | Which shoots infected poyson in my heart. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.285 | And not a poison-sucking envious spider, | And not a poison sucking enuious spider, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.402 | What can one drop of poison harm the sea, | What can one drop of poyson harme the Sea, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.420 | When poison hath encompassed the root; | When poyson hath encompassed the roote: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.450 | That poison shows worst in a golden cup; | That poyson shewes worst in a golden cup, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.103 | As all the immodest poison of thy throat | As all the immodest poyson of thy throat, |
| King John | KJ I.i.213 | Sweet, sweet, sweet poison for the age's tooth; | Sweet, sweet, sweet poyson for the ages tooth, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.9 | Of that fell poison which assaileth him. | Of that fell poison which assayleth him. |
| King John | KJ V.vii.46 | Within me is a hell, and there the poison | Within me is a hell, and there the poyson |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.72 | If you have poison for me I will drink it. | If you haue poyson for me, I will drinke it: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.24 | Treason has done his worst. Nor steel, nor poison, | Treason ha's done his worst: nor Steele, nor Poyson, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.59 | bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison | bleede? if you tickle vs, doe we not laugh? if you poison |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.93 | deal with poison. I will possess him with yellowness, for | deale with poyson: I will possesse him with yallownesse, for |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.264 | Out, loathed medicine! O hated potion, hence! | Out loathed medicine; O hated poison hence. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.19 | The poison of that lies in you to temper. Go | The poyson of that lies in you to temper, goe |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.233 | I have drunk poison whiles he uttered it. | I haue drunke poison whiles he vtter'd it. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.69 | Rouse him, make after him, poison his delight, | Rowse him, make after him, poyson his delight, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.112 | Subdue and poison this young maid's affections? | Subdue, and poyson this yong Maides affections? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.322 | The Moor already changes with my poison. | The Moore already changes with my poyson: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.386 | Poison or fire or suffocating streams, | Poyson, or Fire, or suffocating streames, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.203 | Get me some poison, Iago, this night. I'll not | Get me some poyson, Iago, this night. Ile not |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.206 | Do it not with poison; strangle her in her bed, even | Do it not with poyson, strangle her in her bed, / Euen |
| Pericles | Per I.i.134 | On sweetest flowers, yet they poison breed. | On sweetest Flowers, yet they Poyson breed. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.140 | Poison and treason are the hands of sin, | Poyson and Treason are the hands of Sinne, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.156 | Behold, here's poison, and here's gold. | Behold, heere's Poyson, and heere's Gold: |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.173.1 | Which breathed this poison. | Which breath'd this poyson. |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.38 | They love not poison that do poison need; | They loue not poyson, that do poyson neede, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.145 | Would it were mortal poison for thy sake! | Would it were mortall poyson, for thy sake. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.146 | Never came poison from so sweet a place. | Neuer came poyson from so sweet a place. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.147 | Never hung poison on a fouler toad. | Neuer hung poyson on a fowler Toade. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.14 | But looked not on the poison of their hearts. | But look'd not on the poyson of their hearts: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.50 | And the rank poison of the old will die. | And the rank poyson of the old wil die. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.20 | Poison hath residence, and medicine power. | Poyson hath residence, and medicine power: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.46 | And that bare vowel ‘ I ’ shall poison more | And that bare vowell I shall poyson more |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.45 | Hadst thou no poison mixed, no sharp-ground knife, | Had'st thou no poyson mixt, no sharpe ground knife, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.97 | To bear a poison, I would temper it – | To beare a poyson, I would temper it; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.24 | What if it be a poison which the Friar | What if it be a poyson which the Frier |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.50 | ‘ An if a man did need a poison now | An if a man did need a poyson now, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.60 | A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear | A dram of poyson, such soone speeding geare, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.80 | There is thy gold – worse poison to men's souls, | There's thy Gold, / Worse poyson to mens soules, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.83 | I sell thee poison. Thou hast sold me none. | I sell thee poyson, thou hast sold me none, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.85 | Come, cordial and not poison, go with me | Come Cordiall, and not poyson, go with me |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.162 | Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end. | Poyson I see hath bin his timelesse end |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.165 | Haply some poison yet doth hang on them | Happlie some poyson yet doth hang on them, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.288 | And here he writes that he did buy a poison | And heere he writes, that he did buy a poyson |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.107 | Like poison given to work a great time after, | (Like poyson giuen to worke a great time after) |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.59 | When he is turned to poison? | When he is turn'd to poyson? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.32 | Be merely poison. Nothing I'll bear from thee | Be meerely poyson. Nothing Ile beare from thee |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.25 | With thy most operant poison. What is here? | With thy most operant Poyson. What is heere? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.110 | Will o'er some high-viced city hang his poison | Will o're some high-Vic'd City, hang his poyson |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.299 | Would poison were obedient, and knew my mind! | Would poyson were obedient, & knew my mind |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.434 | His antidotes are poison, and he slays | His Antidotes are poyson, and he slayes |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.73 | Come hither purposely to poison me. | Come hither purposely to poyson me. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.111 | What dish o' poison has she dressed him! | What dish a poyson has she drest him? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.129 | The poison of pure spirits, might like women | The poyson of pure spirits; might like women |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.8.1 | Arcite, thou mightst now poison me. | Arcite, thou mightst now poyson me. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.321 | Maliciously, like poison: but I cannot | Maliciously, like Poyson: But I cannot |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.158 | Camillo for the minister to poison | Camillo for the minister, to poyson |