| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.62 | The stale of horses and the gilded puddle | The stale of Horses, and the gilded Puddle |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.37 | With his tinct gilded thee. | With his Tinct gilded thee. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.109 | A green and gilded snake had wreathed itself, | A greene and guilded snake had wreath'd it selfe, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.8 | Who, wanting guilders to redeem their lives, | Who wanting gilders to redeeme their liues, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.4 | To Persia, and want guilders for my voyage. | To Persia, and want Gilders for my voyage: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.61 | countenance! I saw him run after a gilded butterfly, and | countenance. I saw him run after a gilded Butterfly, & |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.34 | A distaff to a lance, gilded pale looks; | A Distaffe, to a Lance, guilded pale lookes; |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.4 | Whose rags shamed gilded arms, whose naked breast | Whose ragges, sham'd gilded Armes, whose naked brest |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.58 | Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice; | Offences gilded hand may shoue by Iustice, |
| 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 V.iv.157 | I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have. | Ile gil'd it with the happiest tearmes I haue. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.151 | little gilded over your night's exploit on Gad's Hill. You | little gilded ouer your Nights exploit on Gads-hill. You |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.129 | England shall double gild his treble guilt; | England, shall double gill'd, his trebble guilt. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.1 | The sun doth gild our armour: up, my lords! | The Sunne doth gild our Armour vp, my Lords. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.411 | Or gild again the noble troops that waited | Or gilde againe the Noble Troopes that waighted |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.126 | My mistress' name, and it will gild thy paper. | And it wil guild thy paper, read Lorde, reade, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.208 | For ere the sun shall gild the eastern sky, | For ere the Sunne shal guide the esterne skie, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.25 | That all his gilded upright pikes do seem | That all his guilded vpright pikes do seeme, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.99 | And double gild my spurs, but I will catch him. | And double guild my spurs, but I will catch him, |
| King John | KJ II.i.491 | Shall gild her bridal bed and make her rich | Shall gild her bridall bed and make her rich |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.11 | To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, | To gilde refined Gold, to paint the Lilly; |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.107 | If I gave them all my living, I'd keep my coxcombs | If I gaue them all my liuing,I'ld keepe my Coxcombes |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.112 | The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly | the Wren goes too't, and the small gilded Fly |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.13 | At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues | At gilded Butterflies: and heere (poore Rogues) |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.85 | This gilded serpent. For your claim, fair sister, | This guilded Serpent: for your claime faire Sisters, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.56 | I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, | Ile guild the Faces of the Groomes withall, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.49 | I will make fast the doors, and gild myself | I will make fast the doores and guild my selfe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.69 | Gilded tombs do worms infold. | Guilded timber doe wormes infold: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.56 | Sometimes the beam of her view gilded my foot, | sometimes the beame of her view, guilded my foote: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.187 | Fair Helena, who more engilds the night | Faire Helena; who more engilds the night, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.179 | Men are but gilded loam, or painted clay. | Men are but gilded loame, or painted clay. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.147 | Shall point on me, and gild my banishment. | Shall point on me, and gild my banishment. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.280 | Find this grand liquor that hath gilded 'em? | Finde this grand Liquor that hath gilded 'em? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.183 | The gilded newt and eyeless venomed worm, | The gilded Newt, and eyelesse venom'd Worme, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.61 | How would he hang his slender gilded wings | How would he hang his slender gilded wings |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.104 | Whilst some with cunning gild their copper crowns, | Whil'st some with cunning guild their copper crownes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.31 | For which we lose our heads to gild his horns. | For which we loose our heads, to gild his hornes. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.i.1 | The sun begins to gild the western sky, | The Sun begins to guild the westerne skie, |