| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.261 | birth and virtue gives you heraldry. You are not worth | birth and vertue giues you Heraldry. You are not worth |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.9 | of my birth, that differs not from the stalling of an | of my birth, that differs not from the stalling of an |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.64 | wise and perpend: civet is of a baser birth than tar, the | wise and perpend: Ciuet is of a baser birth then Tarre, the |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.27.2 | What's his name and birth? | What's his name, and Birth? |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.12 | above him in birth, alike conversant in general services, | aboue him in Birth, alike conuersant in generall seruices, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.94.1 | So worthy as thy birth. | So worthy as thy Birth. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.105 | Our Jovial star reigned at his birth, and in | Our Iouiall Starre reign'd at his Birth, and in |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.370 | A mother to the birth of three? Ne'er mother | A Mother to the byrth of three? Nere Mother |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.160 | Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, | Wherein our Sauiours Birth is celebrated, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.18 | For he himself is subject to his birth. | For hee himselfe is subiect to his Birth: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.25 | As in their birth, wherein they are not guilty, | |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.199 | Of violent birth, but poor validity, | Of violent Birth, but poore validitie: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.13 | Of burning cressets, and at my birth | Of burning Cressets: and at my Birth, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.30 | Steeples and moss-grown towers. At your birth | Steeples, and mosse-growne Towers. At your Birth, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.34 | To tell you once again that at my birth | To tell you once againe, that at my Birth |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.63 | Grant that our hopes, yet likely of fair birth, | Grant that our hopes (yet likely of faire byrth) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.100 | tongue, which is the birth, becomes excellent wit. The | Tongue, which is the Birth, becomes excellent Wit. The |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.126 | the derivation of my birth, and in other particularities. | the deriuation of my Birth, and in other particularities. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.72 | Dauphin, I am by birth a shepherd's daughter, | Dolphin, I am by birth a Shepheards Daughter, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.28 | And stands upon the honour of his birth, | And stands vpon the honor of his birth, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.73 | I was the next by birth and parentage; | I was the next by Birth and Parentage: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.95 | Just and upright, and for your royal birth | Iust, and vpright; and for your Royall Birth, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.61 | Doubting thy birth and lawful progeny. | Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.34 | Knights of the Garter were of noble birth, | Knights of the Garter were of Noble birth; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.59 | That neither in birth or for authority | That neither in birth, or for authoritie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.22 | Of purpose to obscure my noble birth. | Of purpose, to obscure my Noble birth. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.68 | Her peerless feature, joined with her birth, | Her peerelesse feature, ioyned with her birth, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.34 | A cunning man did calculate my birth, | A cunning man did calculate my birth, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.130 | By her he had two children at one birth. | By her he had two children at one birth. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.135 | And, ignorant of his birth and parentage, | And ignorant of his birth and parentage, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.119 | The sons of York, thy betters in their birth, | The sonnes of Yorke, thy betters in their birth, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.3 | And birth that thou shouldst stand while Lewis doth sit. | And Birth, that thou should'st stand, while Lewis doth sit. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.44 | The owl shrieked at thy birth, an evil sign; | The Owle shriek'd at thy birth, an euill signe, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.70 | Thou never com'st unto a happy birth, | Thou neuer com'st vnto a happy byrth, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.78 | Or dim the reputation of my birth, | Or dym the reputation of my birth, |
| King John | KJ II.i.430 | If love ambitious sought a match of birth, | If loue ambitious, sought a match of birth, |
| King John | KJ II.i.432 | Such as she is, in beauty, virtue, birth, | Such as she is, in beautie, vertue, birth, |
| King John | KJ III.i.50 | Become thy great birth, nor deserve a crown. | Become thy great birth, nor deserue a Crowne. |
| King John | KJ III.i.51 | But thou art fair, and at thy birth, dear boy, | But thou art faire, and at thy birth (deere boy) |
| King John | KJ III.iv.79 | For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, | For since the birth of Caine, the first male-childe |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.179 | Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit; | Let me, if not by birth, haue lands by wit, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.104 | Why should I joy in an abortive birth? | Why should I ioy in any abortiue birth? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.35 | What was a month old at Cain's birth that's not five weeks old as yet? | What was a month old at Cains birth, that's not fiue weekes old as yet? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.518 | When great things labouring perish in their birth. | When great things labouring perish in their birth. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.25 | From whom this tyrant holds the due of birth, | (From whom this Tyrant holds the due of Birth) |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.32 | I do in birth deserve her, and in fortunes, | I doe in birth deserue her, and in fortunes, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.4 | He doth object I am too great of birth, | He doth obiect, I am too great of birth, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.83 | Vile worm, thou wast o'erlooked even in thy birth. | Vilde worme, thou wast ore-look'd euen in thy birth. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.150 | him from her; she is no equal for his birth. You may | him from her, she is no equall for his birth: you may |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.211 | But on this travail look for greater birth. | But on this trauaile looke for greater birth: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.398 | Must bring this monstrous birth to the world's light. | Must bring this monstrous Birth, to the worlds light. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.206 | Though he had twinned with me, both at a birth, | Though he had twinn'd with me, both at a birth, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.114 | From whence we had our being and our birth. | From whence we had our being, and our birth. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.5 | In honour of whose birth these triumphs are, | In honour of whose Birth, these Triumphs are, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.28 | For a more blusterous birth had never babe; | For a more blusterous birth had neuer Babe: |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.38 | Marina was she called, and at her birth, | Marina was shee call'd, and at her byrth, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.34.1 | A birth, and death? | a birth, and death? |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.52 | Feared by their breed, and famous by their birth, | Fear'd by their breed, and famous for their birth, |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.16 | Myself – a prince by fortune of my birth, | My selfe a Prince, by fortune of my birth, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.119 | Your state of fortune and your due of birth, | Your State of Fortune, and your Deaw of Birth, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.135 | Your right of birth, your empery, you own. | Your Right of Birth, your Empyrie, your owne. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.157 | As my ripe revenue and due of birth, | As the ripe Reuenue, and due of Birth: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.168 | A grievous burden was thy birth to me; | A greeuous burthen was thy Birth to me, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.212 | Wrong not her birth; she is a royal princess. | Wrong not her Byrth, she is a Royall Princesse. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.214 | Her life is safest only in her birth. | Her life is safest onely in her byrth. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.216 | Lo, at their births good stars were opposite. | Loe at their Birth, good starres were opposite. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.140 | Prodigious birth of love it is to me | Prodigious birth of Loue it is to me, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.16 | Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. | Reuolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.119 | Why railest thou on thy birth, the heaven, and earth? | Why rayl'st thou on thy birth? the heauen and earth? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.120 | Since birth and heaven and earth, all three, do meet | Since birth, and heauen and earth, all three do meete |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.17 | Sly, old Sly's son of Burton-heath, by birth a pedlar, | Slie, old Sies sonne of Burton-heath, by byrth a Pedler, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.29 | O noble lord, bethink thee of thy birth, | Oh Noble Lord, bethinke thee of thy birth, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.65 | Her dowry wealthy, and of worthy birth, | Her dowrie wealthie, and of worthie birth; |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.234 | A matter from thee; and a birth, indeed, | A matter from thee; and a birth, indeed, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.4 | Whose procreation, residence, and birth, | Whose procreation, residence, and birth, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.253 | birth, beauty, good shape, discourse, manhood, learning, | birth, b auty, good shape, discourse, manhood, learning, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.106 | The primogenitive and due of birth, | The primogenitiue, and due of Byrth, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.92 | before his birth, and, being born, his addition shall be | before his birth, and being borne his addition shall be |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.172 | High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, | High birth, vigor of bone, desert in seruice, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.37 | Even in the birth of our own labouring breath: | Euen in the birth of our owne laboring breath. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.31 | According to my birth. What do you say? | According to my birth, what do you say? |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.241 | And died that day when Viola from her birth | And dide that day when Viola from her birth |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.33 | Worthy his youth and nobleness of birth. | Worthy his youth, and noblenesse of birth. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.74 | But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth; | But truer starres did gouerne Protheus birth, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.22 | What says she to my birth? | What saies she to my birth? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.80 | Not yet on summer's death nor on the birth | Not yet on summers death, nor on the birth |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.578.1 | She is i'th' rear' our birth. | She is i'th' reare' our Birth. |