| 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. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.34 | | [Q1 replaces this scene with the following] Enter Horatio and the Queene. HOR. Madame, your sonne is safe arriv'de in Denmarke, This letter I euen now receiv'd of him, Whereas he writes how he escap't the danger, And subtle treason that the king had plotted, Being crossed by the contention of the windes, He found the Packet sent to the king of England, Wherein he saw himselfe betray'd to death, As at his next conuersion with your grace, He will relate the circumstance at full. QUEENE. Then I perceiue there's treason in his lookes That seem'd to sugar o're his villanie: But I will soothe and please him for a time, For murderous mindes are alwayes jealous, But know not you Horatio where he is? HOR. Yes Madame, and he hath appoynted me To meete him on the east side of the Cittie To morrow morning. QUEENE. O faile not, good Horatio, and withall, commend me A mothers care to him, bid him a while Be wary of his presence, lest that he Faile in that he goes about. HOR. Madam, neuer make doubt of that: I thinke by this the news be come to court: He is arriv'de, obserue the king, and you shall Quickely finde, Hamlet being here, Things fell not to his minde. QUEENE. But what became of Gilderstone and Rossencraft? HOR. He being set ashore, they went for England, And in the Packet there writ down that doome To be perform'd on them poynted for him: And by great chance he had his fathers Seale, So all was done without discouerie. QUEENE. Thankes be to heauen for blessing of the prince, Horatio once againe I take my leaue, With thowsand mothers blessings to my sonne. HORAT. Madam adue. |
| 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: |