| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.54 | town is more worthier than a village, so is the forehead | Towne is more worthier then a village, so is the forehead |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.140 | 'Tis Hymen peoples every town, | 'Tis Hymen peoples euerie towne, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.143 | To Hymen, god of every town! | To Hymen, God of euerie Towne. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.6 | According to the statute of the town | According to the statute of the towne, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.12 | Till that I'll view the manners of the town, | Till that Ile view the manners of the towne, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.22 | What, will you walk with me about the town, | What will you walke with me about the towne, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.97 | They say this town is full of cozenage, | They say this towne is full of cosenage: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.158 | As strange unto your town as to your talk, | As strange vnto your towne, as to your talke, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.60 | What needs all that, and a pair of stocks in the town? | What needs all that, and a paire of stocks in the towne? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.62 | By my troth, your town is troubled with unruly boys. | By my troth your towne is troubled with vnruly boies. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.157 | I will not harbour in this town tonight. | I will not harbour in this Towne to night. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.35 | Besides, I have some business in the town. | Besides I haue some businesse in the towne, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.155 | I will not stay tonight for all the town; | I will not stay to night for all the Towne, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.126 | Against the laws and statutes of this town, | Against the Lawes and Statutes of this Towne, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.368 | Brought to this town by that most famous warrior | Brought to this Town by that most famous Warriour, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.7 | For half a hundred years. (To the trumpeter) Summon the town. | For halfe a hundred yeares: Summon the Towne. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.v.27 | Call thither all the officers o'th' town, | Call thither all the Officers a'th' Towne, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vii.5.1 | We cannot keep the town. | We cannot keepe the Towne. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.1 | The town is ta'en. | The Towne is ta'ne. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.11 | Yielded the town. He is retired to Antium. | Yeelded the Towne: he is retyred to Antium. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.59 | Than to take in a town with gentle words, | Then to take in a Towne with gentle words, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.24 | This enemy town. I'll enter. If he slay me, | This Enemie Towne: Ile enter, if he slay me |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v. | how to say that. For the defence of a town our general | how to say that: for the Defence of a Towne, our Generall |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.50 | Your native town you entered like a post, | Your Natiue Towne you enter'd like a Poste, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.12 | the town. | the Towne. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.33 | Made Lud's town with rejoicing-fires bright, | Made Luds-Towne with reioycing-Fires bright, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.99 | And on the gates of Lud's town set your heads: | And on the Gates of Luds-Towne set your heads: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.123.1 | And set them on Lud's town. | And set them on Luds-Towne. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.482 | Friendly together: so through Lud's town march, | Friendly together: so through Luds-Towne march, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.3 | as many of your players do, I had as lief the town crier | as many of your Players do, I had as liue the Town-Cryer |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.103 | up and down the town that her eldest son is like you. | vp & downe the town, that her eldest son is like you. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.94 | coming to town. There's a letter for you. | comming to Towne. There's a Letter for you. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.151 | to the town bull. Shall we steal upon them, Ned, at | to the Towne-Bull? Shall we steale vpon them (Ned) at |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.155 | to your master that I am yet come to town. There's for | to your Master that I am yet in Towne. There's for |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.39 | Death is certain. Is old Double of your town | Death is certaine. Is old Double of your Towne |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.209 | As many several ways meet in one town, | as many wayes meet in one towne, |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.88 | ish give over. I would have blowed up the town, so | ish giue ouer: I would haue blowed vp the Towne, so |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.105 | town is beseeched, and the trumpet call us to the breach, | Town is beseech'd: and the Trumpet call vs to the breech, |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.131 | The town sounds a parley. | The Towne sounds a Parley. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.1 | How yet resolves the Governor of the town? | How yet resolues the Gouernour of the Towne? |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.28 | Take pity of your town and of your people | Take pitty of your Towne and of your People, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.48 | We yield our town and lives to thy soft mercy. | We yeeld our Towne and Liues to thy soft Mercy: |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.58 | Flourish, and enter the town | Flourish, and enter the Towne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.37 | Let's leave this town; for they are hare-brained slaves, | Let's leaue this Towne, / For they are hayre-brayn'd Slaues, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.6 | Chief master gunner am I of this town; | Chiefe Master Gunner am I of this Towne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.15.1 | A short alarum. Then she enters the town with | A short Alarum: then enter the Towne with |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.vi.9 | Recovered is the town of Orleans. | Recouer'd is the Towne of Orleance, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.vi.11 | Why ring not out the bells aloud throughout the town? | Why ring not out the Bells alowd, / Throughout the Towne? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.6 | The middle centre of this cursed town. | The middle Centure of this cursed Towne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.36.2 | the town | |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.79 | Either to get the town again or die; | Either to get the Towne againe, or dye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.82 | As sure as in this late betrayed town | As sure as in this late betrayed Towne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.84 | So sure I swear to get the town or die. | So sure I sweare, to get the Towne, or dye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.110 | enter from the town and fly | flye. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.126 | Now will we take some order in the town, | Now will we take some order in the Towne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.4 | Might with a sally of the very town | Might with a sally of the very Towne |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.134 | beadles in your town, and things called whips? | Beadles in your Towne, / And Things call'd Whippes? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.166 | Herald, away! And throughout every town | Herald away, and throughout euery Towne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.180 | So York may overlook the town of York. | So Yorke may ouer-looke the Towne of Yorke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.1 | Welcome, my lord, to this brave town of York. | Welcome my Lord, to this braue town of Yorke, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.38 | For Edward will defend the town and thee, | For Edward will defend the Towne, and thee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.107 | What, Warwick, wilt thou leave the town and fight? | What Warwicke, / Wilt thou leaue the Towne, and fight? |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.24 | The first and happiest hearers of the town, | The First and Happiest Hearers of the Towne, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.119 | And there begirt that haven town with siege. | And there begyrt that Hauen towne with seege: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.5 | May come to succour this accursed town. | May come to succour this accursed towne, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.20 | The captain of the town hath thrust us forth, | The Captayne of the towne hath thrust vs foorth, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.64 | To yield the town and castle to your hands, | To yeeld the towne and Castle to your hands, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.74 | That are the wealthiest merchants in the town, | That are the welthiest marchaunts in the towne, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.82 | Would with his army have relieved the town, | Would with his armie haue releeud the towne, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.4 | And now unto this proud resisting town. | And now vnto this proud resisting towne, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.12 | Ah, noble prince, take pity on this town, | Ah noble Prince, take pittie on this towne, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.33 | We take possession of the town in peace. | We take possession of the towne in peace, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.57 | Go, get you hence, return unto the town; | Go get you hence, returne vnto the towne, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.240 | A day or two within this haven town, | a daie or two within this hauen towne, |
| King John | KJ II.i.38 | Against the brows of this resisting town. | Against the browes of this resisting towne, |
| King John | KJ II.i.41 | We'll lay before this town our royal bones, | Wee'll lay before this towne our Royal bones, |
| King John | KJ II.i.60 | His marches are expedient to this town, | His marches are expedient to this towne, |
| King John | KJ II.i.208 | Before the eye and prospect of your town, | Before the eye and prospect of your Towne, |
| King John | KJ II.i.242 | In warlike march these greens before your town, | In warlike march, these greenes before your Towne, |
| King John | KJ II.i.256 | Which here we came to spout against your town, | Which heere we came to spout against your Towne, |
| King John | KJ II.i.268 | For him, and in his right, we hold this town. | For him, and in his right, we hold this Towne. |
| King John | KJ II.i.333 | We hold our town for neither, yet for both. | We hold our Towne for neither: yet for both. |
| King John | KJ II.i.380 | Your sharpest deeds of malice on this town. | Your sharpest Deeds of malice on this Towne. |
| King John | KJ II.i.402 | Being wronged as we are by this peevish town, | Being wrong'd as we are by this peeuish Towne: |
| King John | KJ II.i.412 | Shall rain their drift of bullets on this town. | Shall raine their drift of bullets on this Towne. |
| King John | KJ II.i.481 | This friendly treaty of our threatened town? | This friendly treatie of our threatned Towne. |
| King John | KJ II.i.552 | And Earl of Richmond; and this rich fair town | And Earle of Richmond, and this rich faire Towne |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.38 | Well, sir, the poor distressed Lear's i'the town, | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.268 | bears i'th' town? | Beares ith' Towne? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.33 | Which of you know Ford of this town? | Which of you know Ford of this Towne? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.136 | priest o'th' town commended him for a true man. | Priest o'th'Towne commended him for a true man. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.185 | There is a gentlewoman in this town – her husband's | There is a Gentlewoman in this Towne, her husbands |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.68 | Slender, go you through the town to Frogmore. | Slender, goe you through the Towne to Frogmore. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.7 | town way. | Towne-way. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.41 | The town clock strikes | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.70 | friend of mine come to town tells me there is three | friend of mine come to Towne, tels mee there is three |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.108 | Become the forest better than the town? | Become the Forrest better then the Towne? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.165 | And in the wood, a league without the town – | And in the wood, a league without the towne, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.94 | in the palace wood a mile without the town by moonlight. | in the palace wood, a mile without the Towne, by Moone-light, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.238 | Ay – in the temple, in the town, the field, | I, in the Temple, in the Towne, and Field |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.398 | I am feared in field and town. | I am fear'd in field and towne. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.87 | Benedick, Don John, and all the gallants of the town, are | Benedicke, Don Iohn, and all the gallants of the towne are |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.44 | Marcus Luccicos, is not he in town? | Marcus Luccicos is not he in Towne? |
| Othello | Oth II.i.53 | The town is empty; on the brow o'th' sea | The Towne is empty; on the brow o'th'Sea |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.156 | The town will rise. God's will, Lieutenant, hold! | The Towne will rise. Fie, fie Lieutenant, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.207 | Shall lose me. What! In a town of war | Shall loose me. What in a Towne of warre, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.226 | The town might fall in fright. He, swift of foot, | The Towne might fall in fright. He, (swift of foote) |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.248 | Iago, look with care about the town | Iago, looke with care about the Towne, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.64 | How silent is this town! Ho, murder, murder! | How silent is this Towne? Hoa, murther, murther. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.106 | Your grace is welcome to our town and us. | Your Grace is welcome to our Towne and vs. |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.131 | Boult, spend thou that in the town. Report what a | Boult, spend thou that in the towne: report what a |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.3 | Our town of Ciceter in Gloucestershire. | Our Towne of Ciceter in Gloucestershire, |
| Richard III | R3 V.ii.12 | Near to the town of Leicester, as we learn; | Ne're to the Towne of Leicester, as we learne: |
| Richard III | R3 V.v.10 | He is, my lord, and safe in Leicester town, | He is my Lord, and safe in Leicester Towne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.69 | I would not for the wealth of all this town | I would not for the wealth of all the towne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.197 | nobleman in town, one Paris, that would fain lay knife | Noble man in Towne one Paris, that would faine lay knife |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.60 | Displant a town, reverse a prince's doom, | Displant a Towne, reuerse a Princes Doome, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.8 | And finding him, the searchers of the town, | And finding him, the Searchers of the Towne |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.47 | Master, some show to welcome us to town. | Master some shew to welcome vs to Towne. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.191 | Hearing thy mildness praised in every town, | Hearing thy mildnesse prais'd in euery Towne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.46 | another laced; an old rusty sword ta'en out of the town | another lac'd: an olde rusty sword tane out of the Towne |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.114 | While he did bear my countenance in the town, | While he did beare my countenance in the towne, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.33 | But nakedness, thou detestable town. | But nakednesse, thou detestable Towne, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.1 | Sound to this coward and lascivious town | Sound to this Coward, and lasciuious Towne, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.53 | Shall make their harbour in our town till we | Shall make their harbour in our Towne, till wee |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.115 | Hark what good sport is out of town today! | Harke what good sport is out of Towne to day. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.219 | For yonder walls, that pertly front your town, | For yonder wals that pertly front your Towne, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.92 | Go in, and cheer the town. We'll forth, and fight, | Goe in and cheere the Towne, weele forth and fight: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.19 | Shall we go see the reliques of this town? | Shall we go see the reliques of this Towne? |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.43 | With viewing of the town. There shall you have me. | With viewing of the Towne, there shall you haue me. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.7 | That he did range the town to seek me out. | That he did range the towne to seeke me out, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.82 | Into the danger of this adverse town; | Into the danger of this aduerse Towne, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.91 | When came he to this town? | When came he to this Towne? |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.251 | I'll bring you to a captain in this town | Ile bring you to a Captaine in this Towne, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.48 | And there I'll be, for our town, and here again | and there ile be, for our Towne, and here againe, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.57 | Now, when the credit of our town lay on it, | Now when the credite of our Towne lay on it, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.126 | Of our town are in love with him, but I laugh at 'em, | Of our Towne are in love with him, but I laugh at 'em |