| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.40 | Alas, poor shepherd, searching of thy wound, | Alas poore Shepheard searching of they would, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.55 | Jove, Jove! This shepherd's passion | Ioue, Ioue, this Shepherds passion, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.68 | I prithee, shepherd, if that love or gold | I prethee Shepheard, if that loue or gold |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.75 | But I am shepherd to another man, | But I am shepheard to another man, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.11 | And how like you this shepherd's life, Master | And how like you this shepherds life Mr Touchstone? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.13 | Truly, shepherd, in respect of itself, it is | Truely Shepheard, in respect of it selfe, it is |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.14 | a good life; but in respect that it is a shepherd's life, it | a good life; but in respect that it is a shepheards life, it |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.21 | Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd? | Has't any Philosophie in thee shepheard? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.31 | ever in court, shepherd? | euer in Court, Shepheard? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.42 | state, shepherd. | state shepheard. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.48 | courtiers were shepherds. | Courtiers were shepheards. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.65 | very uncleanly flux of a cat. Mend the instance, shepherd. | verie vncleanly fluxe of a Cat. Mend the instance Shepheard. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.80 | himself will have no shepherds. I cannot see else how | himselfe will haue no shepherds, I cannot see else how |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.154 | How now? Back, friends. – Shepherd, go off a little. | How now backe friends: Shepheard, go off a little: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.156 | Come, shepherd, let us make an honourable | Come Shepheard, let vs make an honorable |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.324 | With this shepherdess, my sister, here in the | With this Shepheardesse my sister: heere in the |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.43 | After the shepherd that complained of love, | After the Shepheard that complain'd of loue, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iv.45 | Praising the proud disdainful shepherdess | Praising the proud disdainfull Shepherdesse |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.49 | You foolish shepherd, wherefore do you follow her, | You foolish Shepheard, wherefore do you follow her |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.63 | So take her to thee, shepherd. Fare you well. | So take her to thee Shepheard, fare you well. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.76 | Will you go, sister? – Shepherd, ply her hard. – | Will you goe Sister? Shepheard ply her hard: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.77 | Come, sister. – Shepherdess, look on him better, | Come Sister: Shepheardesse, looke on him better |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.81 | Dead Shepherd, now I find thy saw of might, | Dead Shepheard, now I find thy saw of might, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.20 | Why writes she so to me? Well, shepherd, well, | Why writes she so to me? well Shepheard, well, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.41 | Art thou god to shepherd turned, | Read. Art thou god, to Shepherd turn'd? |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.66 | Alas, poor shepherd! | Alas poore Shepheard. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.156 | Dyed in this blood, unto the shepherd youth | Died in this bloud, vnto the Shepheard youth, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.12 | here live and die a shepherd. | heere liue and die a Shepherd. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.76 | You are there followed by a faithful shepherd; | you are there followed by a faithful shepheard, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.78 | Good shepherd, tell this youth what 'tis to love. | Good shepheard, tell this youth what 'tis to loue |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.14 | You'll give yourself to this most faithful shepherd? | You'l giue your selfe to this most faithfull Shepheard. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.22 | Or else, refusing me, to wed this shepherd; | Or else refusing me to wed this shepheard : |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.26 | I do remember in this shepherd boy | I do remember in this shepheard boy, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.25 | The shepherd knows not thunder from a tabor | The Shepherd knowes not Thunder frõ a Taber, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.113 | Does of the shepherds. For his best friends, if they | Doe's of the Shepheards: For his best Friends, if they |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.81.1 | Our neighbour-shepherd's son! | Our Neighbour-Shepheards Sonne. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.170 | That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, | That liberall Shepheards giue a grosser name; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.72 | Dauphin, I am by birth a shepherd's daughter, | Dolphin, I am by birth a Shepheards Daughter, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.1.1 | Enter Richard Duke of York, Warwick, a Shepherd, | Enter Yorke, Warwicke, Shepheard, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.37 | Not me begotten of a shepherd swain, | Not me, begotten of a Shepheard Swaine, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.73 | Till they have snared the shepherd of the flock, | Till they haue snar'd the Shepheard of the Flock, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.191 | Thus is the shepherd beaten from thy side, | Thus is the Shepheard beaten from thy side, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.3 | What time the shepherd, blowing of his nails, | What time the Shepheard blowing of his nailes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.43 | To shepherds looking on their silly sheep | To Shepheards, looking on their silly Sheepe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.47 | And to conclude, the shepherd's homely curds, | And to conclude, the Shepherds homely Curds, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.7 | So flies the reckless shepherd from the wolf; | So flies the wreaklesse shepherd from ye Wolfe: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.64.2 | habited like shepherds, ushered by the Lord Chamberlain. | habited like Shepheards, vsher'd by the Lord Chamberlaine. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.41 | And place the true shepherd of our commonwealth? | And place the true shepheard of our comonwealth, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.119 | No father, king, or shepherd of thy realm, | No father, king, or shepheard of thy realme, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.41 | Sleepest or wakest thou, jolly shepherd? | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.892 | When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, | When Shepheards pipe on Oaten strawes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.902 | And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, | And Dicke the Sphepheard blowes his naile; |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.197 | calls up the shepherd. Put not yourself into amazement | calles vp the Shepheard; put not your selfe into amazement, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.81 | The skilful shepherd peeled me certain wands, | The skilfull shepheard pil'd me certaine wands, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.184 | More tuneable than lark to shepherd's ear | More tuneable then Larke to shepheards eare, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.42 | With those that have offended. Like a shepherd | With those that haue offended, like a Shepheard, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.75 | An if the shepherd be a while away. | And if the Shepheard be awhile away. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.76 | You conclude that my master is a shepherd then, | You conclude that my Master is a Shepheard then, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.83 | True; and thy master a shepherd. | True: and thy Master a Shepheard. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.86 | The shepherd seeks the sheep, and not the sheep | The Shepheard seekes the Sheepe, and not the Sheepe |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.87 | the shepherd; but I seek my master, and my master | the Shepheard; but I seeke my Master, and my Master |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.89 | The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd; the | The Sheepe for fodder follow the Shepheard, the |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.90 | shepherd for food follows not the sheep. Thou for | Shepheard for foode followes not the Sheepe: thou for |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.89 | A fox to be the shepherd of thy lambs. | A Foxe, to be the Shepheard of thy Lambs; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.2 | The shepherd's note since we have left our throne | The Shepheards Note, since we haue left our Throne |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.58 | Enter an old Shepherd | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.27 | Be known when 'tis brought forth. A shepherd's daughter, | Be knowne when 'tis brought forth. A shepherds daughter |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.38 | most homely shepherd – a man, they say, that from very | most homely shepheard: a man (they say) that from very |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.47 | what we are, have some question with the shepherd; | what we are) haue some question with the shepheard; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.1.1 | Enter Florizel and Perdita | Enter Florizell, Perdita, Shepherd, Clowne, Polixenes, Camillo,Mopsa, Dorcas, Seruants, Autolicus. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.2 | Does give a life: no shepherdess, but Flora | Do's giue a life: no Shepherdesse, but Flora |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.55.1 | Enter Shepherd, with Polixenes and Camillo, disguised; | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.77.2 | Shepherdess – | Shepherdesse, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.114.1 | Become your time of day – (to the Shepherdesses) | Become your time of day: and yours, and yours, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.149 | Do plainly give you out an unstained shepherd, | Do plainly giue you out an vnstain'd Shepherd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.168.1 | Music. A dance of Shepherds and Shepherdesses | Heere a Daunce of Shepheards and Shephearddesses. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.168 | Pray, good shepherd, what fair swain is this | Pray good Shepheard, what faire Swaine is this, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.322 | Master, there is three carters, three shepherds, | Mayster, there is three Carters, three Shep-herds, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.340 | (to Shepherd) | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.342 | He's simple and tells much. (To Florizel) How now, fair shepherd! | He's simple, and tels much. How now (faire shepheard) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.679.1 | Enter Clown and Shepherd | Enter Clowne and Shepheard. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.743 | (aside to Shepherd) | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.763 | have married a shepherd's daughter. | haue marryed a Shepheards Daughter. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.764 | If that shepherd be not in hand-fast, let him | If that Shepheard be not in hand-fast, let him |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.810 | O, that's the case of the shepherd's son. | Oh, that's the case of the Shepheards Sonne: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.812 | (aside to Shepherd) | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.821 | (aside to Shepherd) | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.824 | Exeunt Shepherd and Clown | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.184.1 | A shepherd's daughter. | A Shepheards Daughter. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.4 | heard the old shepherd deliver the manner how he | heard the old Shepheard deliuer the manner how he |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.7 | I heard the shepherd say: he found the child. | I heard the Shepheard say, he found the Child. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.53 | her; now he thanks the old shepherd, which stands by | her. Now he thanks the old Shepheard (which stands by, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.62 | avouches the shepherd's son, who has not only his | auouches the Shepheards Sonne; who ha's not onely his |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.68 | master's death, and in the view of the shepherd: so that | Masters death, and in the view of the Shepheard: so that |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.115 | at that time overfond of the shepherd's daughter – so he | at that time ouer-fond of the Shepheards Daughter (so he |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.122 | Enter Shepherd and Clown | Enter Shepheard and Clowne. |