| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.316 | Deadly divorce step between me and you! | Deadly diuorce step betweene me and you. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.131 | Who after me hath many a weary step | Who after me, hath many a weary steppe |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.130 | Make thy demand aloud. (to Iachimo) Sir, step you forth, | Make thy demand alowd. Sir, step you forth, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.72 | Would step from this to this? Sense sure you have, | Would step from this, to this? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.114 | O, step between her and her fighting soul! | O step betweene her, and her fighting Soule, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.31 | may be nothing but ‘ Anon.’ Step aside, and I'll show | may be nothing but, Anon: step aside, and Ile shew |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.75 | Steps me a little higher than his vow | Step me a little higher then his Vow |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.20 | My judgement is, we should not step too far | My iudgement is, we should not step too farre |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.16 | Comes to the wall; I'll closely step aside, | Comes to the wall, Ile closely step aside, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.151 | That none so small advantage shall step forth | That none so small aduantage shall step forth |
| King John | KJ V.ii.27 | Wherein we step after a stranger, march | Wherein we step after a stranger, march |
| King Lear | KL I.i.228 | No unchaste action or dishonoured step | No vnchaste action or dishonoured step |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.29 | One step I have advanced thee; if thou dost | One step I haue aduanc'd thee, if thou do'st |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.149 | Now step I forth to whip hypocrisy. | Now step I forth to whip hypocrisie. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.49 | The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step | The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.9 | Step into the chamber, Sir John. | Step into th'chamber, Sir Iohn. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.69 | Come from the farthest step of India | Come from the farthest steepe of India? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.198 | Which as a grise or step may help these lovers | Which as a grise, or step may helpe these Louers. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.25 | Let's step into the shadow of these trees. | Let's step into the shadow of these Trees. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.91 | Twice for one step I'll groan, the way being short, | Twice for one step Ile groane, ye Way being short, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.301 | They are as children but one step below, | They are as Children but one steppe below, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.156 | See, where he comes. So please you step aside. | See where he comes, so please you step aside, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.27 | Not step o'er the bounds of modesty. | Not stepping ore the bounds of modestie. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.79 | Can be at once – shall step by step attend | Can be at once) shall step, by step attend |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.394 | My lord, to step out of these dreary dumps, | My Lord to step out of these sudden dumps, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.130 | By him one step below, he by the next, | By him one step below; he, by the next, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.131 | That next by him beneath: so every step, | That next, by him beneath: so euery step |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.271 | you as surely as your feet hits the ground they step on. | you as surely, as your feete hits the ground they step on. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.35 | And make a pastime of each weary step, | And make a pastime of each weary step, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.36 | Till the last step have brought me to my love; | Till the last step haue brought me to my Loue, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.34 | Each errant step beside is torment. Lo, | Each errant step beside is torment. Loe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.1.1 | I'll no step further. | Ile no step further. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.220 | Step forth mine advocate: at your request | Step forth mine Aduocate: at your request, |