| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.6 | You shall find of the King a husband, madam; | You shall find of the King a husband Madame, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.i.2 | The fundamental reasons of this war, | The fundamentall reasons of this warre, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.39 | So say I, madam, if he run away, as I hear he | So say I Madame, if he runne away, as I heare he |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.75.3 | Ay, madam. | I Madame. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.93.1 | Should I lie, madam? | Should I lye Madame? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.29 | Fare thee well, dame. Whate'er becomes of me, | Fare thee well Dame, what ere becomes of me, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.96 | What colour, madam? How shall I answer you? | What colour Madame? How shall I aunswer you? |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.51 | Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame. | Ducdame, ducdame, ducdame: |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.55 | What's that ‘ ducdame?’ | What's that Ducdame? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.156 | Plead you to me, fair dame? I know you not. | Plead you to me faire dame? I know you not: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.18 | But had he died in the business, madam, how | But had he died in the Businesse Madame, how |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.103 | Give me excuse, good madam, I will obey you | Giue me excuse good Madame, I will obey you |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.207 | To win a vulgar station. Our veiled dames | To winne a vulgar station: our veyl'd Dames |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.151 | That love the fundamental part of state | That loue the Fundamentall part of State |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.1 | A father cruel, and a stepdame false, | A Father cruell, and a Stepdame false, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.57 | Betwixt a father by thy stepdame governed, | Betwixt a Father by thy Step-dame gouern'd, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.172 | Well, God-a-mercy. | Well, God-a-mercy. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.108 | damned brawn shall play Dame Mortimer his wife. | damn'd Brawne shall play Dame Mortimer his wife. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.29 | Shakes the old beldam earth, and topples down | Shakes the old Beldame Earth, and tombles downe |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.49 | God-a-mercy! So should I be sure to be | So should I be sure to be |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.51 | How now, dame Partlet the hen, have you enquired yet | How now, Dame Partlet the Hen, haue you enquir'd yet |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.112 | have let me alone. My old dame will be undone now for | haue let me alone: my old Dame will be vndone now, for |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.224 | dame's sake stand my friend. She has nobody to do | Dames sake, stand my friend: shee hath no body to doe |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.3 | Un peu, madame. | En peu Madame. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.17 | C'est bien dit, madame. Il est fort bon anglais. | C'est bien dict Madame, il & fort bon Anglois. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.19 | De arm, madame. | De Arme, Madame. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.24 | Il est trop difficile, madame, comme je pense. | Il & trop difficile Madame, comme Ie pense. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.27 | D'elbow, madame. | D' Elbow, Madame. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.30 | De nick, madame. | De Nick, Madame. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.42 | De nailès, madame. | De Nayles, Madame. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.47 | Le foot, madame, et le count. | Le Foot Madame, & le Count. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.50 | et non pour les dames d'honneur d'user. Je ne | & non pour le Dames de Honeur d' vser: Ie ne |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.56 | Excellent, madame! | Excellent, Madame. |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.28 | Our madams mock at us, and plainly say | Our Madames mock at vs, and plainely say, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.34 | God-a-mercy, old heart, thou speak'st cheerfully. | God a mercy old Heart, thou speak'st chearefully. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.255 | Les dames et demoiselles pour être baisées | Les Dames & Damoisels pour estre baisee |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.257 | Madam my interpreter, what says she? | Madame, my Interpreter, what sayes shee? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.50 | Is this thy cunning, thou deceitful dame? | Is this thy cunning, thou deceitfull Dame? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.3 | Madam, I will. | Madame, I will. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.11 | Madam, according as your ladyship desired, | Madame, according as your Ladyship desir'd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.14.1 | Madam, it is. | Madame, it is. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.24 | Madam, I have been bold to trouble you; | Madame, I haue beene bold to trouble you: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.53 | I tell you, madam, were the whole frame here, | I tell you Madame, were the whole Frame here, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.60 | How say you, madam? Are you now persuaded | How say you Madame? are you now perswaded, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.124 | To woo so fair a dame to be his wife | To woe so faire a Dame to be his wife, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.180 | But, madam, I must trouble you again – | But Madame, I must trouble you againe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.12 | The chief perfections of that lovely dame, | The cheefe perfections of that louely Dame, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.39 | Where Henry and Dame Margaret kneeled to me, | Where Henrie and Dame Margaret kneel'dto me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.42 | Presumptuous dame! Ill-nurtured Eleanor! | Presumptuous Dame, ill-nurter'd Elianor, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.91 | Dame Eleanor gives gold to bring the witch; | Dame Elianor giues Gold, to bring the Witch: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.97 | They, knowing Dame Eleanor's aspiring humour, | They (knowing Dame Elianors aspiring humor) |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.63 | Madam, be patient. As I was cause | Madame be patient: as I was cause |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.74 | As that proud dame, the Lord Protector's wife; | As that prowd Dame, the Lord Protectors Wife: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.86 | Madam, myself have limed a bush for her, | Madame, my selfe haue lym'd a Bush for her, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.90 | So let her rest; and, madam, list to me, | So let her rest: and Madame list to me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.114 | Madam, the King is old enough himself | Madame, the King is old enough himselfe |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.118 | Madam, I am Protector of the realm, | Madame, I am Protector of the Realme, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.137 | I cry you mercy, madam; was it you? | I cry you mercy, Madame: was it you? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.145 | She shall not strike Dame Eleanor unrevenged. | She shall not strike Dame Elianor vnreueng'd. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.20 | Madam, sit you and fear not. Whom we raise | Madame, sit you, and feare not: whom wee rayse, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.42 | What, madam, are you there? The King and commonweal | What Madame, are you there? the King & Commonweale |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.48 | True, madam, none at all. What call you this? | True Madame, none at all: what call you this? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.50 | And kept asunder. You, madam, shall with us. | And kept asunder: you Madame shall with vs. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.185 | Madam, for myself, to heaven I do appeal, | Madame, for my selfe, to Heauen I doe appeale, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.1 | Stand forth, Dame Eleanor Cobham, Gloucester's wife. | Stand forth Dame Elianor Cobham, / Glosters Wife: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.9 | You, madam, for you are more nobly born, | You Madame, for you are more Nobly borne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.94 | Why, madam, that is to the Isle of Man, | Why, Madame, that is to the Ile of Man, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.102 | It is my office; and, madam, pardon me. | It is my Office, and Madame pardon me. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.105 | Madam, your penance done, throw off this sheet, | Madame, your Penance done, / Throw off this Sheet, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.252 | Madam, 'tis true; and were't not madness then | Madame 'tis true: and wer't not madnesse then, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.36 | He doth revive again. Madam, be patient. | He doth reuiue againe, Madame be patient. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.79 | Why, then, Dame Margaret was ne'er thy joy. | Why then Dame Elianor was neere thy ioy. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.207 | Madam, be still, with reverence may I say, | Madame be still: with reuerence may I say, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.36 | Now tell me, madam, do you love your children? | Now tell me, Madame, doe you loue your Children? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.59 | And, gracious madam, in our king's behalf, | And gracious Madame, / In our Kings behalfe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.255 | For mocking marriage with a dame of France. | For mocking Marriage with a Dame of France. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.116 | Prithee let's walk. Now, by my holidame, | Prythee let's walke. Now by my Holydame, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.422 | When the stern dame envenometh the dug. | When the sterne dame inuennometh the Dug: |
| King John | KJ I.i.66 | I, madam? No, I have no reason for it. | I Madame? No, I haue no reason for it, |
| King John | KJ I.i.168 | I am thy grandam, Richard. Call me so. | I am thy grandame Richard, call me so. |
| King John | KJ I.i.185 | ‘ Good den, Sir Richard!’ – ‘ God 'a' mercy, fellow!’ – | Good den Sir Richard, Godamercy fellow, |
| King John | KJ II.i.133 | There's a good grandam, boy, that would blot thee. | There's a good grandame boy / That would blot thee. |
| King John | KJ II.i.159.2 | Come to thy grandam, child. | Come to thy grandame child. |
| King John | KJ II.i.160 | Do, child, go to it grandam, child. | Doe childe, goe to yt grandame childe, |
| King John | KJ II.i.161 | Give grandam kingdom, and it grandam will | Giue grandame kingdome, and it grandame will |
| King John | KJ II.i.163.1 | There's a good grandam. | There's a good grandame. |
| King John | KJ II.i.168 | His grandam's wrongs, and not his mother's shames, | His grandames wrongs, and not his mothers shames |
| King John | KJ III.iii.3 | Thy grandam loves thee, and thy uncle will | Thy Grandame loues thee, and thy Vnkle will |
| King John | KJ III.iii.14 | I leave your highness. Grandam, I will pray – | I leaue your highnesse: Grandame, I will pray |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.185.2 | Old men and beldams in the streets | Old men, and Beldames, in the streets |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.118 | Behold yon simpering dame | Behold yond simpring Dame, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.152.2 | Shut your mouth, dame, | Shut your mouth Dame, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.40 | I know him, madam. At a marriage feast | I know him Madame at a marriage feast, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.129 | Madam, your father here doth intimate | Madame, your father heere doth intimate, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.48.1 | Madam, this glove. | Madame, this Gloue. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.49 | Yes, madam; and, moreover, | Yes Madame: and moreouer, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.81.2 | Prepare, madam, prepare! | Prepare Madame, prepare. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.160 | A holy parcel of the fairest dames | A holy parcell of the fairest dames |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.339 | All hail, sweet madam, and fair time of day. | All haile sweet Madame, and faire time of day. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.431 | Teach us, sweet madam, for our rude transgression | Teach vs sweete Madame, for our rude transgression, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.450 | What mean you, madam? By my life, my troth, | What meane you Madame? / By my life, my troth |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.712.1 | God save you, madam. | God saue you Madame. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.723 | Madam, not so. I do beseech you, stay. | Madame not so, I do beseech you stay. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.2 | Ay, madam, but returns again tonight. | I, Madame, but returnes againe to Night. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.4.2 | Madam, I will. | Madame, I will. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.65 | Bless you, fair dame! I am not to you known, | Blesse you faire Dame: I am not to you known, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.73 | We have willing dames enough. There cannot be | We haue willing Dames enough: there cannot be |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.35.2 | Madam, with all my heart, | Madame, with all my heart, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.98 | It is your music, madam, of the house. | It is your musicke Madame of the house. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.5 | Like to a stepdame or a dowager | Like to a Step-dame, or a Dowager, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.285 | Which is – no, no, which was – the fairest dame | Which is: no, no, which was the fairest Dame |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.94 | I pray you be not angry with me, madam, | I pray you be not angry with me, Madame, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.100 | When are you married, madam? | When are you married Madame? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.104 | She's limed, I warrant you; we have caught her, madam. | Shee's tane I warrant you, / We haue caught her Madame? |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.46 | And many worthy and chaste dames even thus, | And many worthy, and chast Dames euen thus, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.31 | The beauty of this sinful dame | The beautie of this sinfull Dame, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.26 | Whose men and dames so jetted and adorned, | Whose men and dames so jetted and adorn'de, |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.27 | Without your vows. Till she be married, madam, | without your vowes, till she be maried, / Madame, |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.31 | Good madam, make me blessed in your care | Good Madame, make me blessed in your care |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.38 | Your offer. Come, dearest madam. O, no tears, | your offer, come deerest Madame, O no teares |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.50.2 | My thanks, sweet madam. | My thanks sweete Madame, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.49.1 | Hail, madam, and my queen! | Hayle Madame, and my Queene. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.3 | Madam, we'll play at bowls. | Madame, wee'le play at Bowles. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.6 | Madam, we'll dance. | Madame, wee'le Dance. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.10 | Madam, we'll tell tales. | Madame, wee'le tell Tales. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.11.2 | Of either, madam. | Of eyther, Madame. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.19.1 | Madam, I'll sing. | Madame, Ile sing. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.21 | I could weep, madam, would it do you good. | I could weepe, Madame, would it doe you good. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.53 | And, madam, there is order ta'en for you: | And Madame, there is order ta'ne for you: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.15 | Right well, dear madam. By your patience, | Right well, deare Madame: by your patience, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.26 | No, madam, no! I may not leave it so: | No, Madame, no; I may not leaue it so: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.31 | Come, madam, you must straight to Westminster, | Come Madame, you must straight to Westminster, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.47 | Full of wise care is this your counsel, madam. | Full of wise care, is this your counsaile, Madame: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.56 | Come, madam, come! I in all haste was sent. | Come, Madame, come, I in all haste was sent. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.111 | Madam wife, they say that I have dreamed | Madame wife, they say that I haue dream'd, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.250 | 'Tis a very excellent piece of work, madam lady. | 'Tis a verie excellent peece of worke, Madame Ladie: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.23 | Why, how now, dame, whence grows this insolence? | Why how now Dame, whence growes this insolence? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.149 | God-a-mercy, Grumio, then he shall have no | God-a-mercie Grumio, then hee shall haue no |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.98 | Now, by my holidame, here comes Katherina. | Now by my hollidam here comes Katerina. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.320 | Dost overshine the gallant'st dames of Rome, | Dost ouer-shine the Gallant'st Dames of Rome, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.30 | Madam, though Venus govern your desires, | Madame, / Though Venus gouerne your desires, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.89 | And father of that chaste dishonoured dame, | And father of that chast dishonoured Dame, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.41 | I would we had a thousand Roman dames | I would we had a thousand Romane Dames |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.282 | The Grecian dames are sunburnt, and not worth | The Grecian Dames are sun-burnt, and not worth |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.299 | Was fairer than his grandam, and as chaste | Was fayrer then his Grandame, and as chaste |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.192 | Pard to the hind, or stepdame to her son ’ – | Pard to the Hinde, or Stepdame to her Sonne; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.31 | God-a-mercy that thou wilt believe me; but | God a mercy, that thou wilt beleeue me; but |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.8 | He's coming, madam, but in very strange manner. | He's comming Madame: / But in very strange manner. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.57 | Madam, the young gentleman of the Count | Madame, the young Gentleman of the Count |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.310 | Ay, madam. | I Madame. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.44.2 | No, madam. | No, Madame. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.56.2 | Your guest, then, madam: | Your Guest then, Madame: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.75 | By thy Dame Partlet here. Take up the bastard! | By thy dame Partlet heere. Take vp the Bastard, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.85 | with troll-my-dames. I knew him once a servant of the | with Troll-my-dames: I knew him once a seruant of the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.57 | Both dame and servant; welcomed all, served all; | Both Dame and Seruant: Welcom'd all: seru'd all, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.75.2 | Good madam – | Good Madame, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.103.2 | Pardon, madam. | Pardon, Madame: |