| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.15 | Pray you, sir, who's his tailor? | Pray you sir whose his Tailor? |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.18 | workman, a very good tailor. | workeman, a verie good Tailor. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.7 | Even now a tailor called me in his shop | Euen now a tailor cal'd me in his shop, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.4 | him that made the tailor, not be fit too? The rather – | him that made the Taylor, not be fit too? The rather |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.81.2 | No, nor thy tailor, rascal, | No, nor thy Taylor, Rascall: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.84.1 | My tailor made them not. | My Taylor made them not. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.253 | 'Tis the next way to turn tailor, or be redbreast | 'Tis the next way to turne Taylor, or be Red-brest |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.149 | A woman's tailor, sir. | A Womans Taylor sir. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.151 | You may; but if he had been a man's tailor | You may: But if he had beene a mans Taylor, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.156 | Well said, good woman's tailor! Well said, | Well said, good Womans Tailour: Well sayde |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.159 | woman's tailor well, Master Shallow; deep, Master | womans Taylour well Master Shallow, deepe Maister |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.162 | I would thou wert a man's tailor, that thou | I would thou wert a mans Tailor, that yu |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.261 | this Feeble the woman's tailor run off! O, give me the | this Feeble, the Womans Taylor, runne off. O, giue me the |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.51 | cowardly rascal, nature disclaims in thee: a tailor made | cowardly Rascall, nature disclaimes in thee: a Taylor made |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.53 | Thou art a strange fellow. A tailor make a | Thou art a strange fellow, a Taylor make a |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.55 | Ay tailor, sir. A stone-cutter or a painter could not | A Taylor Sir, a Stone-cutter, or a Painter, could not |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.13 | English tailor come hither for stealing out of a French | English Taylor come hither, for stealing out of a French |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.14 | hose. Come in, tailor; here you may roast your goose. | Hose: Come in Taylor, here you may rost your Goose. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.24 | That's certain. I for my part knew the tailor | That's certaine, I for my part knew the Tailor |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.31 | thine shall be a tailor to thee and shall make thee a new | thine shall be a Tailor to thee, and shal make thee a new |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.1.3 | and Snout the tinker, and Starveling the tailor | Snout the Tinker, and Starueling the Taylor. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.54 | Robin Starveling, the tailor? | Robin Starueling the Taylor. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.54 | And ‘ Tailor ’ cries, and falls into a cough; | And tailour cries, and fals into a coffe. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.87 | With that he called the tailor lown. | With that he cal'd the Tailor Lowne: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.40 | yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his pencil | Yard, and the Tayler with his Last, the Fisher with his Pensill, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.26 | the sun. Didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing | the Sun. Did'st thou not fall out with a Tailor for wearing |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.59 | What, hast thou dined? The tailor stays thy leisure, | What hast thou din'd? The Tailor staies thy leasure, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.61 | Enter Tailor | Enter Tailor. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.61 | Come, tailor, let us see these ornaments. | Come Tailor, let vs see these ornaments. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.86 | Thy gown? Why, ay. Come, tailor, let us see't. | Thy gowne, why I: come Tailor let vs see't. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.92 | Why, what a devil's name, tailor, call'st thou this? | Why what a deuils name Tailor cal'st thou this? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.160 | Hortensio, say thou wilt see the tailor paid. | Hortensio, say thou wilt see the Tailor paide: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.161 | (to the Tailor) Go take it hence, be gone, and say no more. | Go take it hence, be gone, and say no more. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.162 | Tailor, I'll pay thee for thy gown tomorrow. | Tailor, Ile pay thee for thy gowne to morrow, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.164 | Exit Tailor | Exit Tail. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.52 | Yet a tailor might scratch her where'er she did itch. | Yet a Tailor might scratch her where ere she did itch. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.73 | tailor make thy doublet of changeable taffeta, for thy | Tailor make thy doublet of changeable Taffata, for thy |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.51 | Follows his tailor, haply so long until | Followes his Taylor, haply so long untill |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.108 | And ‘ Bonny Robin.’ Are not you a tailor? | And Bony Robin. Are not you a tailour? |