| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.194 | Nor would I have him till I do deserve him, | Nor would I haue him, till I doe deserue him, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.189 | And well deserved. Not helping, death's my fee; | And well deseru'd: not helping, death's my fee, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.218 | I have not, my lord, deserved it. | I haue not my Lord deseru'd it. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.255 | This is hard and undeserved measure, my | This is hard and vndeserued measure my |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.34 | I know not how I have deserved to run into | I know not how I haue deserued to run into |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.47 | you than you have or will to deserve at my hand, but we | you, then you haue or will to deserue at my hand, but we |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.80 | But only she, and she deserves a lord | But onely she, and she deserues a Lord |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.102 | No matter. His heels have deserved it in usurping | No matter, his heeles haue deseru'd it, in vsurping |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.290 | drums! Only to seem to deserve well, and to beguile the | drummes, onely to seeme to deserue well, and to beguile the |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.187 | Whose love is never linked to the deserver | Whose Loue is neuer link'd to the deseruer, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.127 | Were well deserved of rashness. | were well deserued of rashnesse. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.188 | deserved noting. | deserued noting. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.77 | When you have well deserved ten times as much | When you haue well deseru'd ten times as much, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.34 | And did deserve his change. For what I have conquered, | And did deserue his change: for what I haue conquer'd, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.60.1 | Not as deserved. | Not as deserued. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.28 | He has deserved it, were it carbuncled | He has deseru'd it, were it Carbunkled |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.230 | Sticks me at heart. – Sir, you have well deserved. | Sticks me at heart: Sir, you haue well deseru'd, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.251 | To leave this place. Albeit you have deserved | To leaue this place; Albeit you haue deseru'd |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.35 | Why should I not? Doth he not deserve well? | Why should I not? doth he not deserue well? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.384 | deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do; | deserues as wel a darke house, and a whip, as madmen do: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.67 | Do you pity him? No, he deserves no pity. – | Doe you pitty him? No, he deserues no pitty: |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.184 | Your patience and your virtue well deserves it; | your patience, and your vertue, well deserues it. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.187 | You to a long and well deserved bed; | you to a long, and well-deserued bed: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.174 | And curse that justice did it. Who deserves greatness | And curse that Iustice did it. Who deserues Greatnes, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.175 | Deserves your hate; and your affections are | Deserues your Hate: and your Affections are |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.82 | the wagging of your beards; and your beards deserve not | the wagging of your Beards, and your Beards deserue not |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.23 | He hath deserved worthily of his country; | Hee hath deserued worthily of his Countrey, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.87 | You have deserved nobly of your | You haue deserued Nobly of your |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.88 | country, and you have not deserved nobly. | Countrey, and you haue not deserued Nobly. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.113 | Than crave the hire which first we do deserve. | Then craue the higher, which first we do deserue. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.156 | We pray the gods he may deserve your loves. | We pray the Gods, he may deserue your loues. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.51 | Let me deserve so ill as you, and make me | Let me deserue so ill as you, and make me |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.60 | Deserved this so dishonoured rub, laid falsely | Deseru'd this so dishonor'd Rub, layd falsely |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.125 | Did not deserve corn gratis. Being i'th' war, | Did not deserue Corne gratis. Being i'th' Warre, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.206.2 | This deserves death. | This deserues Death. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.290 | Towards her deserved children is enrolled | Towards her deserued Children, is enroll'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.82.1 | Deserves th' extremest death. | Deserues th' extreamest death. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.140 | Give him deserved vexation. Let a guard | Giue him deseru'd vexation. Let a guard |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.10 | I have deserved no better entertainment | I haue deseru'd no better entertainment, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.112 | Deserve such pity of him as the wolf | Deserue such pitty of him, as the Wolfe |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.115 | As those should do that had deserved his hate, | As those should do that had deseru'd his hate, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.140 | We have deserved it. | We haue deseru'd it. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.207 | Come, enter with us. Ladies, you deserve | Come enter with vs: Ladies you deserue |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.61.2 | I have not deserved it. | I haue not deseru'd it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.116 | deserve more; a punishment too. | deserue more; a punishment too. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.85.1 | Deserves your pity? | Deserues your pitty? |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.158 | Deserves thy trust, and thy most perfect goodness | Deserues thy trust, and thy most perfect goodnesse |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.54 | Doth ill deserve by doing well: what's worse, | Doth ill deserue, by doing well: what's worse |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.25 | Hath not deserved my service nor your loves, | Hath not deseru'd my Seruice, nor your Loues, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.16 | An honest one, I warrant – who deserved | (An honest one I warrant) who deseru'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.50 | That he deserved the praise o'th' world, | That he deseru'd the praise o'th'World, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.130 | Many dream not to find, neither deserve, | Many Dreame not to finde, neither deserue, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.240 | you, my good friends, deserved at the hands of Fortune | you my good friends, deserued at the hands of Fortune, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.530 | they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty. Take | they deserue, the more merit is in your bountie. Take |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.10 | Our house, my sovereign liege, little deserves | Our house (my Soueraigne Liege) little deserues |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.370 | men of merit are sought after; the undeserver may sleep, | men of Merit are sought after: the vndeseruer may sleepe, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.84 | Shall better speak of you than you deserve. | Shall better speake of you, then you deserue. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.32 | deserved praise on my palfrey. It is a theme as fluent as | deserued prayse on my Palfray: it is a Theame as fluent as |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.89 | And doth deserve a coronet of gold. | And doth deserue a Coronet of Gold. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iii.9 | And to speak truth, thou deservest no less. | And to speake truth, thou deseru'st no lesse. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.17 | Richard hath best deserved of all my sons. | Richard hath best deseru'd of all my sonnes: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.219 | Hath he deserved to lose his birthright thus? | Hath he deseru'd to loose his Birth-right thus? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.26 | For at their hands I have deserved no pity. | For at their hands I haue deseru'd no pitty. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.249 | Yes, I accept her, for she well deserves it; | Yes, I accept her, for she well deserues it, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.47 | For this one speech Lord Hastings well deserves | For this one speech, Lord Hastings well deserues |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.93 | That, to deserve well at my brother's hands, | That to deserue well at my Brothers hands, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.104 | Than if thou never hadst deserved our hate. | Then if thou neuer hadst deseru'd our hate. |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.7 | The subject will deserve it. Such as give | The Subiect will deserue it. Such as giue |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.100 | Your grace must needs deserve all strangers' loves, | Your Grace must needs deserue all strangers loues, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.31 | Deserves a corner. Would all other women | Deserues a Corner: would all other Women |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.14 | What he deserves of you and me I know; | What he deserues of you and me, I know: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.175 | Heaped upon me, poor undeserver, I | Heap'd vpon me (poore Vndeseruer) I |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.113.1 | He will deserve more. | He will deserue more. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.101.1 | Deserve we no more reverence? | Deserue we no more Reuerence? |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.136 | I hope she will deserve well – and a little | I hope she will deserue well; and a little |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.143 | And now I should not lie – but will deserve, | (And now I should not lye) but will deserue |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.26.1 | Deserve our better wishes. | Deserue our better wishes. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.138 | This good man – few of you deserve that title – | This good man (few of you deserue that Title) |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.164 | In such an honour. How may I deserve it, | In such an honour: how may I deserue it, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.132 | How Caesar hath deserved to lie in death, | How Casar hath deseru'd to lye in death, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.237 | Wherein hath Caesar thus deserved your loves? | Wherein hath Casar thus deseru'd your loues? |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.12.1 | To undeservers. | To Vndeseruers. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.101 | Ay, well thou hast deserved a knighthood, Ned; | I well thou hast deserud a knight-hood Ned, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.46 | Deserves to be eternally admired. | Deserues to be eternally admirde, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.58 | And if this kindness hath deserved your love, | And if this kindnes hath deserud your loue, |
| King John | KJ III.i.50 | Become thy great birth, nor deserve a crown. | Become thy great birth, nor deserue a Crowne. |
| King John | KJ III.i.84 | What hath this day deserved, what hath it done, | What hath this day deseru'd? what hath it done, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.107 | In undeserved extremes. See else yourself. | In vndeserued extreames: See else your selfe, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.60 | That he which finds him shall deserve our thanks, | That he which finds him shall deserue our thankes, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.25 | Thou mightst deserve or they impose this usage, | Thou might'st deserue, or they impose this vsage, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.63 | thou'dst well deserved it. | thoud'st well deseru'd it. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.195.1 | Deserved much less advancement. | Deseru'd much lesse aduancement. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.113 | with the rational hind Costard. She deserves well. | with the rationall hinde Costard: she deserues well. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.61 | Vows for thee broke deserve not punishment. | Vowes for thee broke deserue not punishment. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.207 | Are pick-purses in love, and we deserve to die. | Are picke-purses in Loue, and we deserue to die. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.16 | For brave Macbeth – well he deserves that name – | For braue Macbeth (well hee deserues that Name) |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.110 | Which he deserves to lose. Whether he was combined | Which he deserues to loose. / Whether he was combin'd |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.19 | To overtake thee. Would thou hadst less deserved, | To ouertake thee. Would thou hadst lesse deseru'd, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.31 | That hast no less deserved, nor must be known | That hast no lesse deseru'd, nor must be knowne |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.43 | On all deservers. From hence to Inverness, | On all deseruers. From hence to Envernes, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.15 | You may deserve of him, through me; and wisdom | You may discerne of him through me, and wisedome |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.46 | Who's there? Come in. The wish deserves a | Who's there? Come in, the wish deserues a |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.11 | When it deserves with characters of brass | When it deserues with characters of brasse |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.499 | Wherein have I so deserved of you, | Wherein haue I so deseru'd of you |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.521 | Slandering a prince deserves it. | Slandering a Prince deserues it. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.7 | Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves; | Who chooseth me, shall get as much as he deserues. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.23 | Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves. | Who chooseth me, shall get as much as he deserues. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.24 | As much as he deserves? Pause there, Morocco, | As much as he deserues; pause there Morocho, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.27 | Thou dost deserve enough and yet enough | Thou doost deserue enough, and yet enough |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.31 | As much as I deserve? Why that's the lady! | As much as I deserue, why that's the Lady. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.32 | I do in birth deserve her, and in fortunes, | I doe in birth deserue her, and in fortunes, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.34 | But more than these, in love I do deserve. | But more then these, in loue I doe deserue. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.36 | Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves. | Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserues: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.40 | To wear an undeserved dignity. | To weare an vndeserued dignitie: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.50 | Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves. | Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserues. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.58 | Who chooseth me shall have as much as he deserves. | Who chooseth me, shall haue as much as he deserues. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.59 | Did I deserve no more than a fool's head? | Did I deserue no more then a fooles head, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.443 | And know how well I have deserved this ring, | And know how well I haue deseru'd this ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.181 | Deserved it too; and then the boy, his clerk | Deseru'd it too: and then the Boy his Clearke |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.265 | What, are we cuckolds ere we have deserved it? | What, are we Cuckolds ere we haue deseru'd it. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.116 | list, all is as she will. And, truly, she deserves it; for if | list, all is as she will: and truly she deserues it; for if |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.169 | Sir, I know not how I may deserve to be your | Sir, I know not how I may deserue to bee your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.70 | deservest it. | deseru'st it. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.78 | Keep in that mind – I'll deserve it. | Keepe in that minde, Ile deserue it. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.143 | be your jest; I deserve it. (To John and Robert) How now? | be your iest, / I deserue it: How now? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.130 | When at your hands did I deserve this scorn? | When at your hands did I deserue this scorne? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.133 | Deserve a sweet look from Demetrius' eye, | Deserue a sweete looke from Demetrius eye, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.21 | playing Pyramus, I'll be hanged. He would have deserved | playing Piramus, Ile be hang'd. He would haue deserued |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.12 | Much deserved on his part and equally remembered | Much deseru'd on his part, and equally remembred |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.45 | Deserve as full as fortunate a bed | Deserue as full as fortunate a bed, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.47 | O god of love! I know he doth deserve | O God of loue! I know he doth deserue, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.115 | For others say thou dost deserve, and I | For others say thou dost deserue, and I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.258 | Ah, how much might the man deserve of me | Ah, how much might the man deserue of mee |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.1 | Pray thee, sweet Mistress Margaret, deserve | Praie thee sweete Mistris Margaret, deserue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.8 | deservest it. | deseruest it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.29 | How pitiful I deserve – | how pittifull I deserue. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.184 | On, good Roderigo, I'll deserve your pains. | On good Rodorigo, I will deserue your paines. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.241 | I have not deserved this. | I haue not deseru'd this. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.102 | Ay, sir, and he deserves so to be | I sir, and he deserues so to be \ |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.19 | Marshal the rest as they deserve their grace. | Martiall the rest, as they deserue their grace. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.158 | Have I deserved at your highness' hands. | Haue I deserued at your Highnesse hands. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.193 | Did not the one deserve to have an heir? | Did not the one deserue to haue an heyre? |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.199 | As my true service shall deserve your love. | As my true seruice shall deserue your loue. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.200 | Well you deserve. They well deserve to have | Well you deseru'd: / They well deserue to haue, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.68 | To worthy danger and deserved death. | To worthie Danger, and deserued Death. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.222.2 | 'Tis more than you deserve; | 'Tis more then you deserue: |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.95 | Deserve not worse than wretched Clarence did, | Deserue not worse then wretched Clarence did, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.37 | 'Tis more than we deserve or I expect. | 'Tis more then we deserue, or I expect. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.49 | To those whose dealings have deserved the place | To those, whose dealings haue deseru'd the place, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.51 | This prince hath neither claimed it nor deserved it, | This Prince hath neyther claym'd it, nor deseru'd it, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.71 | I know they do, and I have well deserved it. | I know they doe, and I haue well deseru'd it. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.59 | I pray you all, tell me what they deserve | I pray you all, tell me what they deserue, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.66 | I say, my lord, they have deserved death. | I say, my Lord, they haue deserued death. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.46 | Now fair befall you! He deserved his death, | Now faire befall you, he deseru'd his death, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.153 | Your love deserves my thanks, but my desert | Your loue deserues my thankes, but my desert |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.415 | Not my deserts, but what I will deserve; | Not my deserts, but what I will deserue: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.185 | As with the meat, some undeserved fault | As with the meate, some vndeserued fault |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.361 | Deservedly confined into this rock, who hadst | Deseruedly confin'd into this Rocke, who hadst |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.362 | Deserved more than a prison. | Deseru'd more then a prison. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.106 | A gentleman that well deserves a help, | A Gentleman, that well deserues a helpe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.123 | And my estate deserves an heir more raised | And my estate deserues an Heyre more rais'd, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.203 | Deserved this hearing. Bid 'em send o'th' instant | Deseru'd this Hearing: bid 'em send o'th'instant |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.21 | We were not all unkind, nor all deserve | We were not all vnkinde, nor all deserue |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.34 | To serve and to deserve my mistress' grace, | To serue, and to deserue my Mistris grace, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.12 | Proposed for the deserver! O gentle Pandar, | Propos'd for the deseruer. O gentle Pandarus, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.80 | Good fool, as ever thou wilt deserve well at | Good foole, as euer thou wilt deserue well at |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.48 | To plead for love deserves more fee than hate. | To plead for loue, deserues more fee, then hate. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.57 | Ay, my good lord, a son that well deserves | I, my good Lord, a Son, that well deserues |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.82 | Only deserve my love by loving him; | Onely deserue my loue, by louing him, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.148 | Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserved her. | Take thou thy Siluia, for thou hast deseru'd her. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.42 | If you deserve well, sir, I shall soon see't. | If you deserve well Sir; I shall soone see't: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.140 | Think well what that deserves – and this is Arcite; | Thinke well, what that deserves; and this is Arcite |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.276 | My wife's a hobby-horse, deserves a name | My Wife's a Holy-Horse, deserues a Name |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.70 | Which, on my faith, deserves high speech – and straight | (Which on my faith deserues high speech) and straight |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.120 | Has deserved prison, then abound in tears | Ha's deseru'd Prison, then abound in Teares, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.176 | Must I receive, whose every word deserves | Must I receiue? whose euery word deserues |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.213 | Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved | Thou canst not speake too much, I haue deseru'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.515 | Have you deserved: it is my father's music | Haue you deseru'd: It is my Fathers Musicke |