| 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, |
| 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, |