| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iii.11 | A lover of thy drum, hater of love. | A louer of thy drumme, hater of loue. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.101 | As to a lover's bed. Come then; and, Eros, | As to a Louers bed. Come then, and Eros, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.294 | The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, | The stroke of death is as a Louers pinch, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.22 | Though in thy youth thou wast as true a lover | Though in thy youth thou wast as true a louer |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.49 | ‘Wear these for my sake.' We that are true lovers run | weare these for my sake: wee that are true Louers, runne |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.148 | Unwillingly to school; and then the lover, | Vnwillingly to schoole. And then the Louer, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.226 | propositions of a lover; but take a taste of my finding | propositions of a Louer: but take a taste of my finding |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.294 | Then there is no true lover in the forest, else | Then there is no true Louer in the Forrest, else |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.368 | than seeming the lover of any other. | then seeming the Louer of any other. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.18 | feigning; and lovers are given to poetry; and what they | faining, and Louers are giuen to Poetrie: and what they |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.19 | swear in poetry may be said as lovers they do feign. | sweare in Poetrie, may be said as Louers, they do feigne. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.27 | ‘ Was ’ is not ‘ is.’ Besides, the oath of lover is no | Was, is not is: besides, the oath of Louer is no |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.39 | lover, as a puisny tilter that spurs his horse but on one | louer, as a puisny Tilter, y^t spurs his horse but on one |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.52 | The sight of lovers feedeth those in love. | The sight of Louers feedeth those in loue: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.14 | lady's, which is nice; nor the lover's, which is all these: | Ladies, which is nice: nor the Louers, which is all these: |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.35 | been all this while? You a lover! An you serve me such | bin all this while? you a louer? and you serue me such |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.69 | spit, and for lovers lacking – God warn us! – matter, the | spit, and for louers, lacking (God warne vs) matter, the |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.178 | break-promise, and the most hollow lover, and the most | breake-promise, and the most hollow louer, and the most |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.74 | you be a true lover, hence, and not a word, for here | you bee a true louer hence, and not a word; for here |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.71 | Look, here comes a lover of mine and a lover of hers. | Looke, here comes a Louer of mine, and a louer of hers. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.15 | It was a lover and his lass, | It was a Louer, and his lasse, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.20 | Sweet lovers love the spring. | Sweet Louers loue the spring, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.26 | Sweet lovers love the spring. | |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.32 | Sweet lovers love the spring. | |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.38 | Sweet lovers love the spring. | |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.14 | Thy general is my lover. I have been | Thy Generall is my Louer: I haue beene |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.36 | You bees that make these locks of counsel! Lovers | You Bees that make these Lockes of counsaile. Louers, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.274 | All lovers young, all lovers must | All Louers young, all Louers must, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.172 | That had a royal lover, took his hint, | That had a Royall Louer, tooke his hint, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.321 | knight shall use his foil and target; the lover shall not | Knight shal vse his Foyle and Target: the Louer shall not |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.75 | Or an old lion, or a lover's lute. | Or an old Lyon, or a Louers Lute. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.13 | they are the drops of thy lovers, and they weep for thy | they are the drops of thy Louers, and they weep for thy |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.23 | And a true lover of the holy Church. | And a true louer of the holy Church. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.108 | For husbands, fathers and betrothed lovers | For Husbands, Fathers, and betrothed Louers, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.49 | The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover, | The freckled Cowslip, Burnet, and greene Clouer, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.104 | Is held no great good lover of the Archbishop's, | Is held no great good louer of the Archbishops, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iii.8 | Thy lover, | Thy Louer, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.13 | Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, | Romans, Countrey-men, and Louers, heare mee for my cause, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.45 | slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the | slewe my best Louer for the good of Rome, I haue the |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.94 | Lovers in peace, lead on our days to age! | Louers in peace, leade on our dayes to age. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.109 | Compares his sunburnt lover when she speaks. | Compares his sunburnt louer when shee speakes, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.183 | Love cannot sound well but in lovers' tongues. | Loue cannot sound well but in louers toungs, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.207 | My folly's siege against a faithful lover; | My follies seege, against a faithfull louer, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.83 | Green indeed is the colour of lovers; but to have | Greene indeed is the colour of Louers: but to haue |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.218 | With that which we lovers entitle ‘ affected.’ | With that which we Louers intitle affected. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.178 | Regent of love-rhymes, lord of folded arms, | Regent of Loue-rimes, Lord of folded armes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.105 | That the lover, sick to death, | That the Louer sicke to death, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.122 | Were lovers too! Ill, to example ill, | Were Louers too, ill to example ill, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.186 | I post from love. Good lover, let me go. | I post from Loue, good Louer let me go. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.212 | Sweet lords, sweet lovers, O, let us embrace! | Sweet Lords, sweet Louers, O let vs imbrace, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.310 | A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind. | A Louers eyes will gaze an Eagle blinde. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.311 | A lover's ear will hear the lowest sound | A Louers eare will heare the lowest sound. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.50 | Some thousand verses of a faithful lover; | Some thousand Verses of a faithfull Louer. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.58 | We are wise girls to mock our lovers so. | We are wise girles to mocke our Louers so. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.447 | That he would wed me or else die my lover. | That he would Wed me, or else die my Louer. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.40 | Your brother and his lover have embraced. | Your brother, and his louer haue embrac'd; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.4 | For lovers ever run before the clock. | For louers euer run before the clocke. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.36 | But love is blind, and lovers cannot see | But loue is blinde, and louers cannot see |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.7 | How dear a lover of my lord your husband, | How deere a louer of my Lord your husband, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.17 | Being the bosom lover of my lord, | Being the bosome louer of my Lord, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.20 | beard like a glover's paring-knife? | Beard, like a Glouers pairing-knife? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.150 | If then true lovers have been ever crossed | If then true Louers haue beene euer crost, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.212 | A time that lovers' flights doth still conceal – | (A time that Louers flights doth still conceale) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.223 | From lovers' food till morrow deep midnight. | From louers foode, till morrow deepe midnight. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.20 | What is Pyramus? – a lover or a tyrant? | What is Pyramus, a louer, or a tyrant? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.21 | A lover that kills himself, most gallant, for love. | A Louer that kills himselfe most gallantly for loue. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.36 | This is Ercles' vein, a tyrant's vein. A lover is more | This is Ercles vaine, a tyrants vaine: a louer is more |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.49 | ‘ Ah, Pyramus, my lover dear; thy Thisbe dear, and lady | ah Pyramus my louer deare, thy Thisbie deare, and Lady |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.196 | Tie up my lover's tongue; bring him silently. | Tye vp my louers tongue, bring him silently. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.113 | Pleading for a lover's fee. | Pleading for a Louers fee. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.354 | Thou seest these lovers seek a place to fight. | Thou seest these Louers seeke a place to fight, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.372 | And back to Athens shall the lovers wend | And backe to Athens shall the Louers wend |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.452 | Gentle lover, remedy. | gentle louer, remedy. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.90 | There shall the pairs of faithful lovers be | There shall the paires of faithfull Louers be |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.138.1 | Horns sound; the lovers wake; shout within; the | Hornes and they wake. Shout within, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.138.2 | lovers start up | they all start vp. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.176 | Fair lovers, you are fortunately met. | Faire Louers, you are fortunately met; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.1 | 'Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of. | 'Tis strange my Theseus, yt these louers speake of. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.4 | Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, | Louers and mad men haue such seething braines, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.7 | The lunatic, the lover, and the poet | The Lunaticke, the Louer, and the Poet, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.10 | That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic, | That is the mad man. The Louer, all as franticke, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.28.1 | Enter the lovers: Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, and | Enter louers, Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, and |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.28 | Here come the lovers, full of joy and mirth. | Heere come the louers, full of ioy and mirth: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.131 | Wall – that vile wall which did these lovers sunder; | Wall, that vile wall, which did these louers sunder: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.136 | By moonshine did these lovers think no scorn | By moone-shine did these Louers thinke no scorne |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.149 | Let Lion, Moonshine, Wall, and lovers twain | Let Lyon, Moone-shine, Wall, and Louers twaine, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.157 | Through which the lovers, Pyramus and Thisbe, | Through which the Louers, Piramus and Thisbie |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.162 | Through which the fearful lovers are to whisper. | Through which the fearefull Louers are to whisper. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.192 | Think what thou wilt, I am thy lover's grace, | Thinke what thou wilt, I am thy Louers grace, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.305 | Thisbe comes back and finds her lover? | Thisby comes backe, and findes her Louer. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.326 | Lovers, make moan – | Louers make mone: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.354 | Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time. | Louers to bed, 'tis almost Fairy time. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.285 | Thou wilt be like a lover presently | Thou wilt be like a louer presently, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.198 | Which as a grise or step may help these lovers | Which as a grise, or step may helpe these Louers. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.170 | Eightscore-eight hours? And lovers' absent hours | Eight score eight houres? And Louers absent howres |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.114 | you live as ye do makes pity in your lovers. Seldom but | you liue as yee doe, makes pittie in your Louers seldome, but |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.28 | And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover | And therefore, since I cannot proue a Louer, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.191 | Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; | Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in Louers eyes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.192 | Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears. | Being vext, a Sea nourisht with louing teares, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.88 | This precious book of love, this unbound lover, | This precious Booke of Loue, this vnbound Louer, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.17 | You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings | You are a Louer, borrow Cupids wings, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.71 | Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love; | through Louers braines: and then they dreame of Loue. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.10 | To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear, | To breath such vowes as Louers vse to sweare, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.7 | Romeo! Humours! Madman! Passion! Lover! | Romeo, Humours, Madman, Passion, Louer, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.92 | Thou mayst prove false. At lovers' perjuries, | Thou maiest proue false: at Louers periuries |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.165 | How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night, | How siluer sweet, sound Louers tongues by night, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.18 | A lover may bestride the gossamers | A Louer may bestride the Gossamours, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.8 | Lovers can see to do their amorous rites | Louers can see to doe their Amorous rights, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.45 | As 'longeth to a lover's blessed case! | As longeth to a Louers blessed case: |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.86.1 | On the blest lovers. | On the bles'd Louers. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.126 | I do not always follow lover, elder brother, and | do not alwayes follow Louer, elder Brother, aad |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.37 | Clubs, clubs! These lovers will not keep the peace. | Clubs, clubs, these louers will not keep the peace. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.284 | This shall be told our lovers, Lord Aeneas. | This shall be told our Louers Lord Aneas, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.118 | These lovers cry – O ho, they die! | These Louers cry, oh ho they dye; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.82 | They say, all lovers swear more performance | They say all Louers sweare more performance |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.214 | Farewell, my lord: I as your lover speak; | Farewell my Lord: I as your louer speake; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.288 | This Cressida in Troy? Had she no lover there | This Cressida in Troy, had she no Louer there |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.41 | Journeys end in lovers meeting, | Iourneys end in louers meeting, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.17 | For such as I am, all true lovers are: | For such as I am, all true Louers are, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.64 | Sad true lover never find my grave | Sad true louer neuer find my graue, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.109 | 'Tis threefold too little for carrying a letter to your lover. | 'Tis threefold too little for carrying a letter to your louer |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.159 | Herself hath taught her love himself to write unto her lover. | Her self hath taught her Loue himself, to write vnto her louer. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.ii.20 | (aside) Alas, this parting strikes poor lovers dumb. | Alas, this parting strikes poore Louers dumbe. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.95 | To see such lovers, Thurio, as yourself; | To see such Louers, Thurio, as your selfe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.37 | thou that my master is become a notable lover? | thou that that my master is become a notable Louer? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.44 | I tell thee my master is become a hot lover. | I tell thee, my Master is become a hot Louer. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.41 | For which the youthful lover now is gone, | For which, the youthfull Louer now is gone, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.246 | Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that, | Hope is a louers staffe, walke hence with that |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.13 | The least whereof would quell a lover's hope, | The least whereof would quell a louers hope: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.i.4 | She will not fail, for lovers break not hours | She will not faile; for Louers breake not houres, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.235 | I am as worthy and as free a lover, | I am as worthy, and as free a lover |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.307 | If he dare make himself a worthy lover, | If he dare make himselfe a worthy Lover, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.19 | Break comely out before him; like true lovers, | break comly out before him: like true lovers, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.150 | This treachery, like a most trusty lover, | This treacherie like a most trusty Lover, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.283 | And lovers yet unborn shall bless my ashes. | And Lovers yet unborne shall blesse my ashes. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.61 | Be made the altar where the lives of lovers – | Be made the Altar, where the lives of Lovers, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.66 | Your two contending lovers are returned, | Your two contending Lovers are return'd, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.136 | He shows a lover, when he frowns, a soldier; | He showes a Lover, when he frownes, a Souldier: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.34 | Knights, kinsmen, lovers – yea, my sacrifices! – | Knights, Kinsemen, Lovers, yea my Sacrifices |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.125 | And vow that lover never yet made sigh | And vow that lover never yet made sigh |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.123 | And call your lovers from the stage of death, | And call your Lovers from the stage of death, |