| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.53 | Some monstrous malefactor. Prithee, friend, | Some monstrous Malefactor. Prythee Friend, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.87 | Of female favour, and bestows himself | Of femall fauour, and bestowes himselfe |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.48 | of this female – which in the common is ‘ woman’ – | of this female: which in the common, is woman: |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.49 | which, together, is ‘ abandon the society of this female,’ | which together, is, abandon the society of this Female, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.56 | Of such a burden male, twins both alike. | Of such a burthen Male, twins both alike: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.19 | Are their males' subjects and at their controls. | Are their males subiects, and at their controules: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.24 | Are masters to their females, and their lords. | Are masters to their females, and their Lords: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.109 | I see the jewel best enamelled | I see the Iewell best enamaled |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.28 | mercy in him than there is milk in a male tiger. That | mercy in him, then there is milke in a male-Tyger, that |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.217 | With female fairies will his tomb be haunted, | With female Fayries will his Tombe be haunted, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.590 | They have proclaimed their malefactions. | They haue proclaim'd their Malefactions. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.282 | Anon, as patient as the female dove | Anon as patient as the female Doue, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.96 | Malevolent to you in all aspects, | Maleuolent to you in all Aspects: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.129 | father's shadow. So the son of the female is the shadow | Fathers shadow: so the sonne of the Female, is the shadow |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.130 | of the male; it is often so, indeed – but much of the | of the Male: it is often so indeede, but not of the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.92 | male green-sickness; and then when they marry they | Male Greene-sicknesse: and then, when they marry, they |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.19 | When flesh is cheap and females dear, | when flesh is cheape, and Females deere, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.42 | The founder of this law and female bar. | The founder of this Law, and Female Barre. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.50 | Established then this law: to wit, no female | Establisht then this Law; to wit, No Female |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.70 | Of Charles the Duke of Lorraine, sole heir male | Of Charles the Duke of Loraine, sole Heire male |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.89 | To hold in right and title of the female; | To hold in Right and Title of the Female: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.92 | To bar your highness claiming from the female, | To barre your Highnesse clayming from the Female, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.47 | And in their pale dull mouths the gimmaled bit | And in their pale dull mouthes the Iymold Bitt |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.42 | You love the breeder better than the male. | You loue the Breeder better then the Male. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.10 | That you stand pensive, as half-malcontent? | That you stand pensiue, as halfe malecontent? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.60 | That thou art malcontent? I will provide thee. | That thou art malecontent? I will prouide thee. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.15 | And I, the hapless male to one sweet bird, | And I the haplesse Male to one sweet Bird, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.189 | If it conceived a male child by me, should | If it conceiu'd a male-child by me, should |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.191 | The grave does to th' dead; for her male issue | The Graue does to th'dead: For her Male Issue, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.25 | Except he be descended of the male; | Except he be discended ofthe male, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.29 | Nor lay aside their jacks of gimmaled mail, | Nor lay aside their Iacks of Gymould mayle, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.79 | For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, | For since the birth of Caine, the first male-childe |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.145 | divisions in state, menaces and maledictions against king | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.254 | With a child of our grandmother Eve, a female, or, for | With a childe of our Grandmother Eue, a female; or for |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.71 | mail, sir! O, sir, plantain, a plain plantain! No l'envoy, | male sir. Or sir, Plantan, a plaine Plantan: no lenuoy, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.180 | Liege of all loiterers and malcontents, | Liedge of all loyterers and malecontents: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.74 | Nothing but males. Will it not be received, | Nothing but Males. Will it not be receiu'd, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.28 | That the malevolence of fortune nothing | That the maleuolence of Fortune, nothing |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.51 | Are they not malefactors? | Are they not Malefactors? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.95 | Thou art the Mars of malcontents. I second thee. Troop on. | Thou art the Mars of Malecontents: I second thee: troope on. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.17 | male deer? | male-Deere? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.441 | Thus to make poor females mad. | Thus to make poore females mad. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.42 | Gently entwist; the female ivy so | Gently entwist; the female Iuy so |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.3 | Which be the malefactors? | Which be the malefactors? |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.22 | Who died and left a female heir, | Who dyed, and left a female heyre, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.114 | Strive to speak big and clap their female joints | Striue to speake bigge, and clap their female ioints |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.6 | My brain I'll prove the female to my soul, | My Braine, Ile proue the Female to my Soule, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.29 | Among fresh female buds shall you this night | Among fresh Fennell buds shall you this night |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.152 | Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail | Quite out of fashion, like a rustie male, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.15 | talk. Thou art thought to be Achilles' male varlet. | talke, thou art thought to be Achilles male Varlot. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.16 | Male varlet, you rogue? What's that? | Male Varlot you Rogue? What's that? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.19 | malcontent; to relish a love-song, like a robin-redbreast; | Male-content: to rellish a Loue-song, like a Robin-red-breast: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.80 | As it is white wast near to make the male | As it is white, wast neere to make the male |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.140 | As wind-fanned snow, who to thy female knights | As windefand Snow, who to thy femall knights |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.63 | With fire malevolent, darted a spark, | With fire malevolent, darted a Sparke |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.174 | This female bastard hence, and that thou bear it | This female Bastard hence, and that thou beare it |