| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.58 | I'd give bay curtal and his furniture | I'de giue bay curtall, and his furniture |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.293 | Good mother, fetch my bail. Stay, royal sir; | Good mother fetch my bayle. Stay Royall sir, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.193 | bottom, like the Bay of Portugal. | bottome, like the Bay of Portugall. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.20 | Come to the bay of Ephesus, he dies, | Come to the Bay of Ephesus, he dies: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.200 | If we obey them not, this will ensue: | If we obay them not, this will insue: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.86.1 | Enter Dromio of Syracuse, from the bay | Enter Dromio Sira. from the Bay. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.100 | You sent me to the bay, sir, for a bark. | You sent me to the Bay sir, for a Barke. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.125 | Who put unluckily into this bay | Who put vnluckily into this Bay |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.223 | The dogs o'th' street to bay me: every villain | The dogges o'th'street to bay me: euery villaine |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.99 | Bated, like eagles having lately bathed, | Bayted like Eagles, hauing lately bath'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.80 | Baying him at the heels; never fear that. | Baying him at the heeles: neuer feare that. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.319 | the young dace be a bait for the old pike, I see no | the young Dace be a Bayt for the old Pike, I see no |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.52 | And make the cowards stand aloof at bay. | And make the Cowards stand aloofe at bay: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.150 | If thou darest bring them to the baiting-place. | If thou dar'st bring them to the bayting place. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.172 | By th' Bishop of Bayonne, then French ambassador, | By th'Bishop of Bayon, then French Embassador, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.4 | garlands of bays, and golden vizards on their faces; | Garlands of Bayes, and golden Vizards on their faces, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.5 | branches of bays or palm in their hands. They first | Branches of Bayes or Palme in their hands. They first |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.204 | Pardon me, Julius! Here wast thou bayed, brave hart; | Pardon me Iulius, heere was't thou bay'd braue Hart, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.49 | And bayed about with many enemies; | And bayed about with many Enemies, |
| 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 III.i.58 | Then Bayard-like, blind overweening Ned, | Then Bayardlike, blinde ouerweaning Ned, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.39 | If I could hold dim death but at a bay | If I could hold dym death but at a bay, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.54 | ride on a bay trotting horse over four-inched bridges to | ride on a Bay trotting Horse, ouer foure incht Bridges, to |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.231 | a bay. If you live to see this come to pass, say Pompey | a Bay: if you liue to see this come to passe, say Pompey |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.354 | First, provost, let me bail these gentle three – | First Prouost, let me bayle these gentle three: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.15 | The scarfed bark puts from her native bay, | The skarfed barke puts from her natiue bay, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.112 | When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear | When in a wood of Creete they bayed the Beare |
| Othello | Oth II.i.18 | Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned: | Be not enshelter'd, and embay'd, they are drown'd, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.79 | That he may bless this bay with his tall ship, | That he may blesse this Bay with his tall Ship, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.202 | Go to the bay and disembark my coffers; | Go to the Bay, and disimbarke my Coffers: |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.149 | bays! | baies. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.278 | A bay in Brittaine, received intelligence | A Bay in Britaine, receiu'd intelligence, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.127 | To rouse his wrongs and chase them to the bay. | To rowze his Wrongs, and chase them to the bay. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.8 | The bay trees in our country are all withered, | The Bay-trees in our Countrey all are wither'd, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.97 | If you thrive well, bring them to Baynard's Castle, | If you thriue wel, bring them to Baynards Castle, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.104 | Meet me within this hour at Baynard's Castle. | Meet me within this houre at Baynards Castle. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.233 | And I, in such a desperate bay of death, | And I in such a desp'rate Bay of death, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.14 | Hood my unmanned blood, bating in my cheeks, | Hood my vnman'd blood bayting in my Cheekes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.56 | 'Tis thought your deer does hold you at a bay. | 'Tis thought your Deere does hold you at a baie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.163 | When they are bound to serve, love, and obey. | When they are bound to serue, loue, and obay. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.211 | words the other day of a bay courser I rode on. 'Tis | words the other day of a Bay Courser I rod on. Tis |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.51 | Be crowned with plagues, that thee alone obey. | Be crown'd with Plagues, that thee alone obay. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.75 | Returns with precious lading to the bay | Returnes with precious lading to the Bay, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.3 | Uncouple here, and let us make a bay | Vncouple heere, and let vs make a bay, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.42 | At such a bay, by turn to serve our lust. | At such a bay, by turne to serue our lust. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.6 | Their crownets regal from th' Athenian bay | Their Crownets Regall, from th' Athenian bay |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.90 | What moves Ajax thus to bay at him? | What moues Aiax thus to bay at him? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.41 | My major vow lies here; this I'll obey. – | My maior vow lyes heere; this Ile obay: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.27 | Dexterity so obeying appetite | Dexteritie so obaying appetite, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.90 | fencing, dancing, and bear-baiting. O, had I but followed | fencing, dancing, and beare-bayting: O had I but followed |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.174 | corner of the orchard like a bum-baily. So soon as ever | corner of the Orchard like a bum-Baylie: so soone as euer |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.36 | Why, it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes, | Why it hath bay Windowes transparant as baricadoes, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.78.1 | A bright bay, I remember. | A bright Bay I remember. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.20 | That blasts my bays and my famed works makes lighter | That blastes my Bayes, and my fam'd workes makes lighter |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.92 | And now baits me! This brat is none of mine: | And now bayts me: This Brat is none of mine, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.93 | a bailiff; then he compassed a motion of the Prodigal | (a Bayliffe) then hee compast a Motion of the Prodigall |