| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.95.2 | Moon and stars! | Moone and Starres, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.153.2 | Alack, our terrene moon | Alacke our Terrene Moone |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.7 | Be witness to me, O thou blessed moon, | Be witnesse to me (O thou blessed Moone) |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.45 | Let me lodge Lichas on the horns o'th' moon, | Let me lodge Licas on the hornes o'th'Moone, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.68.1 | Beneath the visiting moon. | Beneath the visiting Moone. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.80 | A sun and moon, which kept their course and lighted | A Sunne and Moone, which kept their course, & lighted |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.240 | I am marble-constant; now the fleeting moon | I am Marble constant: now the fleeting Moone |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.105 | of Irish wolves against the moon. (To Silvius) I will | of Irish Wolues against the Moone : I will |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.211 | As they would hang them on the horns o'th' moon, | As they would hang them on the hornes a'th Moone, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.255 | Bemock the modest moon. | Bemocke the modest Moone. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.92 | How now, my as fair as noble ladies – and the moon, | How now (my as faire as Noble) Ladyes, and the Moone |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.112 | And scarred the moon with splinters. Here I clip | And scarr'd the Moone with splinters: heere I cleep |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.33 | Above the moon. We must be burnt for you. | Aboue the Moone. We must be burnt for you. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.65 | The moon of Rome, chaste as the icicle | The Moone of Rome: Chaste as the Isicle |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.45 | moon in his pocket, we will pay him tribute for light: | Moon in his pocket, we will pay him Tribute for light: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.37 | If she unmask her beauty to the moon. | If she vnmaske her beauty to the Moone: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.53 | Revisits thus the glimpses of the moon, | Reuisits thus the glimpses of the Moone, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.170 | So many journeys may the sun and moon | So many iournies may the Sunne and Moone |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.210 | And blow them at the moon. O, 'tis most sweet | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.144 | Under the moon, can save the thing from death | Vnder the Moone, can saue the thing from death, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.14 | that take purses go by the moon and the seven stars, and | that take Purses, go by the Moone and seuen Starres, and |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.26 | gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon. And let | Gentlemen of the Shade, Minions of the Moone; and let |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.28 | as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, | as the Sea, by our noble and chast mistris the Moone, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.33 | moon. As for proof? Now, a purse of gold most resolutely | Moone: as for proofe. Now a Purse of Gold most resolutely |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.200 | To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, | To plucke bright Honor from the pale-fac'd Moone, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.136 | The moon shines fair, you may away by night. | The Moone shines faire, / You may away by Night: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.51 | you as much as the full moon doth the cinders of the | you as much as the Full Moone doth the Cynders of the |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.27 | Presenteth them unto the gazing moon | Presented them vnto the gazing Moone |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.161 | hollow: but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon | hollow: but a good Heart, Kate, is the Sunne and the Moone, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.162 | – or rather, the sun, and not the moon; for it shines | or rather the Sunne, and not the Moone; for it shines |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.158 | And dogged York, that reaches at the moon, | And dogged Yorke, that reaches at the Moone, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.118 | His eye against the moon. In most strange postures | His eye against the Moone: in most strange Postures |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.134 | His thinkings are below the moon, not worth | His Thinkings are below the Moone, not worth |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.27 | I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, | I had rather be a Dogge, and bay the Moone, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.155 | Out with the moon line, I will none of it, | Out with the moone line, I wil none of it, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.72 | Figuring the horned circle of the moon; | Figuring the horned Circle of the Moone, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.103 | These late eclipses in the sun and moon | These late Eclipses in the Sun and Moone |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.121 | the moon, and stars, as if we were villains on necessity, | the Moone, and Starres, as if we were villaines on necessitie, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.38 | Mumbling of wicked charms, conjuring the moon | Mumbling of wicked charmes, coniuring the Moone |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.28 | though it be night, yet the moon shines. I'll make a sop | though it be night, yet the Moone shines, Ile make a sop |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.26 | Of th' extreme verge. For all beneath the moon | You are now within a foote of th'extreme Verge: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.19.1 | That ebb and flow by the moon. | That ebbe and flow by th'Moone. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.39 | A title to Phoebe, to Luna, to the moon. | A title to Phebe, to Luna, to the Moone. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.40 | The moon was a month old when Adam was no more, | The Moone was a month old when Adam was no more. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.48 | the moon is never but a month old; and I say beside | the Moone is neuer but a month old: and I say beside |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.28 | Nor shines the silver moon one half so bright | Nor shines the siluer Moone one halfe so bright, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.228 | My love, her mistress, is a gracious moon; | My Loue (her Mistres) is a gracious Moone, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.203 | My face is but a moon, and clouded too. | My face is but a Moone and clouded too. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.205 | Vouchsafe, bright moon, and these thy stars, to shine – | Vouchsafe bright Moone, and these thy stars to shine, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.212 | Not yet? No dance! Thus change I like the moon. | Not yet no dance: thus change I like the Moone. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.214 | You took the moon at full, but now she's changed. | You tooke the Moone at full, but now shee's changed? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.215 | Yet still she is the moon, and I the man. | Yet still she is the Moone, and I the Man. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.2 | The moon is down; I have not heard the clock. | The Moone is downe: I haue not heard the Clock. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.23 | Upon the corner of the moon: | Vpon the Corner of the Moone |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.25 | After the moon. If thou art rich, thou'rt poor, | After the Moone: If thou art rich, thou'rt poore, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.1 | The moon shines bright. In such a night as this, | The moone shines bright. In such a night as this, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.92 | When the moon shone we did not see the candle. | When the moone shone we did not see the candle? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.109.2 | How the moon sleeps with Endymion, | how the Moone sleepes with Endimion, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.142 | By yonder moon I swear you do me wrong! | By yonder Moone I sweare you do me wrong, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.3 | Another moon – but O, methinks how slow | Another Moon: but oh, me thinkes, how slow |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.4 | This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires, | This old Moon wanes; She lingers my desires |
| 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.73 | Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon. | Chanting faint hymnes to the cold fruitlesse Moone, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.83 | Take time to pause, and by the next new moon – | Take time to pause, and by the next new Moon |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.103 | Therefore the moon, the governess of floods, | Therefore the Moone (the gouernesse of floods) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.156 | Flying between the cold moon and the earth | Flying betweene the cold Moone and the earth, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.162 | Quenched in the chaste beams of the watery moon, | Quencht in the chaste beames of the watry Moone; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.46 | Doth the moon shine that night we play our play? | Doth the Moone shine that night wee play our play? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.52 | the moon may shine in at the casement. | the Moone may shine in at the casement. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.193 | The moon methinks looks with a watery eye; | The Moone me-thinks, lookes with a watrie eie, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.53 | This whole earth may be bored, and that the moon | This whole earth may be bord, and that the Moone |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.97 | Swifter than the wandering moon. | Swifter then the wandering Moone. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.232 | it to his discretion, and let us listen to the moon. | it to his discretion, and let vs hearken to the Moone. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.233 | This lanthorn doth the horned moon present. | This Lanthorne doth the horned Moone present. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.237 | This lanthorn doth the horned moon present; | This lanthorne doth the horned Moone present: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.238 | Myself the man i'th' moon do seem to be. | My selfe, the man i'th Moone doth seeme to be. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.241 | i'th' moon? | i'th Moone? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.244 | I am aweary of this moon. Would he would change. | I am wearie of this Moone; would he would change. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.249 | Proceed, Moon. | Proceed Moone. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.251 | lantern is the moon, I the man i'th' moon, this thorn | Lanthorne is the Moone; I, the man in the Moone; this thorne |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.254 | all these are in the moon. But, silence: here comes Thisbe. | they are in the Moone. But silence, heere comes Thisby. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.259 | Well shone, Moon! Truly, the moon shines | Well shone Moone. / Truly the Moone shines |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.264 | Sweet moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams; | Sweet Moone, I thank thee for thy sunny beames, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.265 | I thank thee, moon, for shining now so bright; | I thanke thee Moone, for shining now so bright: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.297 | Moon, take thy flight; | Moone take thy flight, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.362 | And the wolf behowls the moon, | And the Wolfe beholds the Moone: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.176 | To follow still the changes of the moon | To follow still the changes of the Moone |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.76 | Heaven stops the nose at it, and the moon winks; | Heauen stoppes the Nose at it, and the Moone winks: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.101 | Of sun and moon, and that th' affrighted globe | Of Sunne, and Moone; and that th'affrighted Globe |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.110 | It is the very error of the moon; | It is the very error of the Moone, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.46 | billow kiss the moon, I care not. | billow / Kisse the Moone, I care not. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.3 | The sun and moon ne'er looked upon. | The Sunne and Moone nere lookt vpon. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.10 | The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth, | The pale-fac'd Moone lookes bloody on the Earth, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.69 | That I, being governed by the watery moon, | That I being gouern'd by the waterie Moone, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.4 | Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, | Arise faire Sun and kill the enuious Moone, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.107 | Lady, by yonder blessed moon I vow, | Lady, by yonder Moone I vow, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.109 | O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon, | O sweare not by the Moone, th'inconstant Moone, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.2 | Good Lord, how bright and goodly shines the moon! | Good Lord how bright and goodly shines the Moone. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.3 | The moon? The sun! It is not moonlight now. | The Moone, the Sunne: it is not Moonelight now. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.4 | I say it is the moon that shines so bright. | I say it is the Moone that shines so bright. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.7 | It shall be moon, or star, or what I list, | It shall be moone, or starre, or what I list, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.13 | And be it moon, or sun, or what you please. | And be it moone, or sunne, or what you please: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.16.1 | I say it is the moon. | I say it is the Moone. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.16.2 | I know it is the moon. | I know it is the Moone. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.20 | And the moon changes even as your mind. | And the Moone changes euen as your minde: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.186 | lift the moon out of her sphere, if she would continue in | lift the Moone out of her spheare, if she would continue in |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.135 | Out o'th' moon, I do assure thee. I was the | Out o'th Moone I doe assure thee. I was the |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.136 | Man i'th' Moon when time was. | Man ith' Moone, when time was. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.143 | Man i'th' Moon? A most poor credulous monster! – | Man ith' Moone? A most poore creadulous Monster: |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.270 | That could control the moon, make flows and ebbs, | That could controle the Moone; make flowes, and ebs, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.68 | As the moon does, by wanting light to give. | As the Moone do's, by wanting light to giue: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.69 | But then renew I could not like the moon; | But then renew I could not like the Moone, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.442 | The moon into salt tears. The earth's a thief, | The Moone into Salt teares. The Earth's a Theefe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.231 | So pale did shine the moon on Pyramus | So pale did shine the Moone on Piramus, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.66 | My lord, I aimed a mile beyond the moon: | My Lord, I aime a Mile beyond the Moone, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.175 | As true as steel, as plantage to the moon, | As true as steele, as plantage to the Moone: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.90 | sun borrows of the moon when Diomed keeps his | Sunne borrowes of the Moone when Diomed keepes his |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.192 | 'Tis not that time of moon with me, to make one in so | 'tis not that time of Moone with me, to make one in so |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.100 | Showing the sun his teeth, grinning at the moon, | Showing the Sun his Teeth; grinning at the Moone |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.52 | Who made too proud the bed; took leave o'th' moon – | Who made too proud the Bed, tooke leave o'th Moone |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.35 | The moon is down, the crickets chirp, the screech-owl | The Moone is down, the Cryckets chirpe, the Schreichowle |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.1 | Her distraction is more at some time of the moon | Her distraction is more at some time of the Moone, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.427 | Forbid the sea for to obey the moon | Forbid the Sea for to obey the Moone, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.90 | the moon with her mainmast, and anon swallowed with | the Moone with her maine Mast, and anon swallowed with |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.16 | The pale moon shines by night: | the pale Moone shines by night: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.174 | I think so too; for never gazed the moon | I thinke so too; for neuer gaz'd the Moone |