| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.98 | Therefore be deaf to my unpitied folly, | Therefore be deafe to my vnpittied Folly, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.317 | My dull deaf ears a little use to hear. | My dull deafe eares a little vse to heare: |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.231 | lethargy; mulled, deaf, sleepy, insensible; a getter of | Lethargie, mull'd, deafe, sleepe, insensible, a getter of |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.66 | Boy, tell him I am deaf. | Boy, tell him, I am deafe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.67 | You must speak louder; my master is deaf. | You must speake lowder, my Master is deafe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.118 | his effects in Galen; it is a kind of deafness. | his effects in Galen. It is a kinde of deafenesse. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.24 | With deafing clamour in the slippery clouds, | With deaff'ning Clamors in the slipp'ry Clouds, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.76 | What! Art thou like the adder waxen deaf? | What? Art thou like the Adder waxen deafe? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.144 | To tell my love unto his dumb deaf trunk, | To tell my loue vnto his dumbe deafe trunke, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.53 | Wrath makes him deaf; speak thou, Northumberland. | Wrath makes him deafe; speake thou Northumberland. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.212 | Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf, | Come on my right hand, for this eare is deafe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.160 | As each to other seemed deaf and dumb. | As ech to other seemed deafe and dombe, |
| King John | KJ II.i.147 | What cracker is this same that deafs our ears | What cracker is this same that deafes our eares |
| King John | KJ II.i.451 | The sea enraged is not half so deaf, | The sea enraged is not halfe so deafe, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.853 | Deafed with the clamours of their own dear groans, | Deaft with the clamors of their owne deare grones, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.67 | Thyself and office deftly show. | Thy Selfe and Office deaftly show. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.69 | To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. | To their deafe pillowes will discharge their Secrets: |
| Pericles | Per III.i.5 | Thy deafening, dreadful thunders, gently quench | Thy deafning dreadfull thunders, gently quench |
| Pericles | Per V.i.44 | And make a battery through his deafened ports, | and make a battrie through his defend parts, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.19 | In rage, deaf as the sea, hasty as fire. | In rage, deafe as the sea; hastie as fire. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.112 | And bid his ears a little while be deaf | And bid his eares a little while be deafe, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.16 | My death's sad tale may yet undeaf his ear. | My deaths sad tale, may yet vndeafe his eare. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.158 | Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts | Of Tybalts deafe to peace, but that he Tilts |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.192 | I will be deaf to pleading and excuses. | It will be deafe to pleading and excuses, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.106.2 | Your tale, sir, would cure deafness. | Your tale, Sir, would cure deafenesse. 205: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.254 | To counsel deaf, but not to flattery. | To Counsell deafe, but not to Flatterie. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.128 | The woods are ruthless, dreadful, deaf, and dull. | The Woods are ruthlesse, dreadfull, deafe, and dull: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.160 | Be not obdurate, open thy deaf ears. | Be not obdurate, open thy deafe eares. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.98 | Almost impregnable, his old ears deaf, | Almost Impregnable, his old eares deafe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.46 | Why dost not speak? What, deaf? Not a word? | Why dost not speake? what deafe? Not a word? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.173 | Have ears more deaf than adders to the voice | Haue eares more deafe then Adders, to the voyce |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.16 | The gods are deaf to hot and peevish vows; | The gods are deafe to hot and peeuish vowes; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.62 | Ay, I would I were deaf; it makes me have a slow | I, I would I were deafe: it makes me haue a slow |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.80 | I think the echoes of his shames have deafed | I thinke the Ecchoes of his shames have dea'ft |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.238 | For now I am set a-begging, sir, I am deaf | (For now I am set a begging Sir, I am deafe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.9 | No deafing, but to hear; not taint mine eye | No deaffing, but to heare; not taint mine eye |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.9 | And the ear-deaf'ning voice o'th' oracle, | And the eare-deaff'ning Voyce o'th' Oracle, |