| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.79 | He were much goodlier. Is't not a handsome gentleman? | He were much goodlier. Is't not a handsom Gentleman |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.72 | For, as it is a heartbreaking to see a handsome man | For, as it is a heart-breaking to see a handsome man |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.443 | as wholesome as sweet, and by very much more handsome | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.273 | sayst so. Prove that ever I dress myself handsome till | say'st so: proue that euer I dresse my selfe handsome, till |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.3 | and furnished. They were young and handsome, and of the | and furnish'd. They were young and handsome, and of the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.33 | Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year! | Lookes handsome in three hundred pounds a yeere? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.48 | that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make | that cosin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.83 | handsome about him. Bring him away. O that | handsome about him: bring him away: O that |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.102 | be beaten with brains, 'a shall wear nothing handsome | be beaten with braines, a shall weare nothing handsome |
| Othello | Oth II.i.238 | knave! Besides, the knave is handsome, young, and hath | knaue: besides, the knaue is handsome, young: and hath |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.35.1 | A very handsome man. | A very handsome man. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.80 | Now, afore me, a handsome fellow! Come, thou shalt go | now afore mee a handsome fellow : Come, thou shalt goe |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.100 | A bachelor and a handsome stripling too! | A Batcheller, and a handsome stripling too, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.56 | courteous, and a kind, and a handsome, and, I warrant, | And a courteous, and a kind, and a handsome, / And I warrant |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iii.14 | To a young handsome man. Then I loved him, | To a yong hansom Man; Then I lov'd him, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.20 | His mother was a wondrous handsome woman; | His mother was a wondrous handsome woman, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.9 | Begged with such handsome pity that the Duke | Begd with such hansom pitty, that the Duke |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.79 | And see the house made handsome. Then she sung | And see the house made handsome, then she sung |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.3 | And end their strife. Two such young handsome men | And end their strife: Two such yong hansom men |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.6 | Loved a young handsome wench, then, show his face – | Lov'd a yong hansome wench then, show his face: |