| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.102 | hats, and most courteous feathers which bow the head | hats, and most courteous feathers, which bow the head, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.3 | Before the gods my knee shall bow my prayers | before the Gods my knee shall bowe my ptayers |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.72 | As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse his | As the Oxe hath his bow sir, the horse his |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.4 | he hath ta'en his bow and arrows, and is gone forth to | He hath t'ane his bow and arrowes, and is gone forth / To |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.83 | I'th' cave wherein they bow, their thoughts do hit | I'th' Caue, whereon the Bowe their thoughts do hit, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.19.2 | Bow your knees: | Bow your knees: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.56 | And bow them to your gracious leave and pardon. | And bow them to your gracious leaue and pardon. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.70 | Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel, | Bow stubborne knees, and heart with strings of Steele, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.23 | Would have reverted to my bow again, | Would haue reuerted to my Bow againe, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.42 | Jesu, Jesu, dead! 'A drew a good bow, and | Dead? See, see: hee drew a good Bow: and |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.14 | That you should fashion, wrest, or bow your reading, | That you should fashion, wrest, or bow your reading, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.127 | would bow under. For our losses, his exchequer is | would bow vnder. For our losses, his Exchequer is |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.29 | But if I bow, they'll say it was for fear. | But if I bow, they'le say it was for feare. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.127 | Stoop to the block than these knees bow to any | Stoope to the blocke, then these knees bow to any, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.110 | If they can brook I bow a knee to man. | If they can brooke I bow a knee to man: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.161 | Why, Warwick, hath thy knee forgot to bow? | Why Warwicke, hath thy knee forgot to bow? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.94 | A crown for York! And, lords, bow low to him; | A Crowne for Yorke; and Lords, bow lowe to him: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.87 | I am his king, and he should bow his knee. | I am his King, and he should bow his knee: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.5 | Bow themselves when he did sing. | Bow themselues when he did sing. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.2 | My legs, like loaden branches bow to th' earth, | My Legges like loaden Branches bow to'th'Earth, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.320 | By all the gods that Romans bow before, | By all the Gods that Romans bow before, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.75 | But like a conqueror to make him bow. | But like a conquerer to make him bowe, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.108 | And for my dull knees bow my feeling heart | And for my dul knees bow my feeling heart, |
| King John | KJ III.i.74 | Here is my throne. Bid kings come bow to it. | Heere is my Throne, bid kings come bow to it. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.143 | The bow is bent and drawn; make from the shaft. | The bow is bent & drawne, make from the shaft. |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.107 | When that which makes me bend makes the King bow – | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.87 | press-money. – That fellow handles his bow like a | Presse-money. That fellow handles his bow, like a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.24 | But come, the bow! Now mercy goes to kill, | But come, the Bow: Now Mercie goes to kill, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.110.2 | Why, she that bears the bow. | Why she that beares the Bow. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.134 | Wide o'the bow hand! I'faith, your hand is out. | Wide a'th bow hand, yfaith your hand is out. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.49 | Even as the flourish when true subjects bow | Euen as the flourish, when true subiects bowe |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.9 | And then the moon – like to a silver bow | And then the Moone, like to a siluer bow, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.169 | I swear to thee by Cupid's strongest bow, | I sweare to thee, by Cupids strongest bow, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.159 | And loosed his loveshaft smartly from his bow | And loos'd his loue-shaft smartly from his bow, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.101 | Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow. | Swifter then arrow from the Tartars bowe. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.247 | Do't, and happy, by my silver bow. | doo't, and happie, by my siluer bow, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.47 | And bow my knee before his majesty; | And bow my knee before his Maiestie: |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.165 | To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my knee. | To insinuate, flatter, bowe, and bend my Knee. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.160 | If not, that I am Queen, you bow like subjects, | If not, that I am Queene, you bow like Subiects; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.211 | From love's weak childish bow she lives uncharmed. | From loues weake childish Bow, she liues vncharm'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.5 | Bearing a Tartar's painted bow of lath, | Bearing a Tartars painted Bow of lath, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.52 | constrains a man to bow in the hams. | constrains a man to bow in the hams. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.47 | And then pursue me as you draw your bow. | And then pursue me as you draw your Bow. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.133 | Which end o'th' beam should bow. We have lost your son, | Which end o'th' beame should bow: we haue lost your son, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.80 | And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown | And with each end of thy blew bowe do'st crowne |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.86.2 | Tell me, heavenly bow, | Tell me heauenly Bowe, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.94 | Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. | Vnder the blossom that hangs on the Bow. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.206 | And bow this feeble ruin to the earth. | And bow this feeble ruine to the earth, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.113 | For, O, love's bow | For O loues Bow, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.136 | former. And yet, to crush this a little, it would bow to | former: and yet to crush this a little, it would bow to |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.93 | They bow several ways, then advance and stand | They bow severall wayes: then advance and stand. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.226.1 | Bow not my honour. | Bow not my honor. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.13 | The all-feared gods, bow down your stubborn bodies. | (The all feard gods) bow downe your stubborne bodies, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.62.3 | burst of a battle, whereupon they all rise and bow to | burst of a Battaile, whereupon they all rise and bow to |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.94 | Her bow away and sigh. Take to thy grace | Her Bow away, and sigh: take to thy grace |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.136.1 | And bow before the goddess. | And bow before the goddesse: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.136 | They bow | They bow. |