| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.59 | To the great sender turns a sour offence, | To the great sender, turnes a sowre offence, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.24 | Touch you the sourest points with sweetest terms, | Touch you the sowrest points with sweetest tearmes, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.105 | Sweetest nut hath sourest rind, | Sweetest nut, hath sowrest rinde, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.45 | This week he hath been heavy, sour, sad, | This weeke he hath beene heauie, sower sad, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.1.2 | Martius. They set them down on two low stools and sew | Martius: They set them downe on two lowe stooles and sowe. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.53 | What are you sewing here? A fine spot, in good faith. | What are you sowing heere? A fine spotte in good faith. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.71 | Which we ourselves have ploughed for, sowed, and scattered | Which we our selues haue plowed for, sow'd, & scatter'd, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.207 | go, he says, and sowl the porter of Rome gates by th' ears. | go he sayes, and sole the Porter of Rome Gates by th' eares. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.13 | Though I showed sourly to him – once more offered | (Though I shew'd sowrely to him) once more offer'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.18 | of his face sours ripe grapes. When he walks, he moves | of his face, sowres ripe Grapes. When he walks, he moues |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.181 | As if it had been sowed. Yet still it's strange | As if it had beene sow'd: yet still it's strange |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.26 | To sour your happiness, I must report | To sowre your happinesse, I must report |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.77 | My lord, as I was sewing in my closet, | My Lord, as I was sowing in my Chamber, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.113 | lead this life long, I'll sew nether-stocks, and mend | leade this life long, Ile sowe nether stockes, and mend |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.12 | soused gurnet. I have misused the King's press damnably. | sowc't-Gurnet: I haue mis-vs'd the Kings Presse damnably. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.11 | walk before thee like a sow that hath overwhelmed all | walke before thee, like a Sow, that hath o'rewhelm'd all |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.12 | and again, sir – shall we sow the hade land with wheat? | and againe sir, shall we sowe the head-land with Wheate? |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.61 | a sow to my mistress. | a Sow to my Mistresse. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.381 | And reap the harvest which that rascal sowed; | And reape the Haruest which that Rascall sow'd. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.301 | Heart's discontent and sour affliction | Hearts Discontent, and sowre Affliction, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.24 | Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, | Let me embrace the sower Aduersaries, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.45 | Sound drums and trumpets! Farewell, sour annoy! | Sound Drums and Trumpets, farwell sowre annoy, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.158 | We are to cure such sorrows, not to sow 'em. | We are to Cure such sorrowes, not to sowe 'em. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.53 | Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, | Lofty, and sowre to them that lou'd him not: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.179 | And he will, after his sour fashion, tell you | And he will (after his sowre fashion) tell you |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.3 | We pay sour earnest for a sweeter life. | We pay sower earnest for a sweeter life, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.150 | To souse annoyance that comes near his nest. | To sowsse annoyance that comes neere his Nest; |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.300 | And therefore welcome the sour cup of prosperity! | and therefore welcome the sowre cup of prosperitie, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.150 | Sola, sola! | Sowla, sowla. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.359.2 | Sowed cockle reaped no corn, | sowed Cockell, reap'd no Corne, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.56 | Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, | Moues like a Ghost. Thou sowre and firme-set Earth |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.63 | Pour in sow's blood that hath eaten | Powre in Sowes blood, that hath eaten |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.75 | Our corn's to reap, for yet our tilth's to sow. | Our Corne's to reape, for yet our Tithes to sow. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.318 | are gardeners. So that if we will plant nettles or sow | are Gardiners. So that if we will plant Nettels, or sowe |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.72 | In her prophetic fury sewed the work: | In her Prophetticke furie sow'd the Worke: |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.94 | And have their palates both for sweet and sour | And haue their Palats both for sweet, and sowre, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.182 | Proclaim that I can sing, weave, sew, and dance, | proclaime that I can sing, weaue, sow, & dance, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.236 | Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour. | Things sweet to tast, proue in digestion sowre: |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.169 | Have ever made me sour my patient cheek | Haue euer made me sowre my patient cheeke, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.136 | Turns to the sourest and most deadly hate. | Turnes to the sowrest, and most deadly hate: |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.193 | Speak sweetly, man, although thy looks be sour. | Speake sweetly man, although thy lookes be sowre. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.105 | I'll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace. | Ile set a Banke of Rew, sowre Herbe of Grace: |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.240 | Have here delivered me to my sour cross, | Haue here deliuer'd me to my sowre Crosse, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.120 | Ah, my sour husband, my hard-hearted lord! | Ah my sowre husband, my hard-hearted Lord, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.42 | Ha, ha; keep time! How sour sweet music is | Ha, ha? keepe time: How sowre sweet Musicke is, |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.20 | With clog of conscience and sour melancholy | With clog of Conscience, and sowre Melancholly, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.46 | With that sour ferryman which poets write of, | With that sowre Ferry-man which Poets write of, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.24 | By playing it to me with so sour a face. | By playing it to me, with so sower a face. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.116 | Or, if sour woe delights in fellowship | Or if sower woe delights in fellowship, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.7 | Is my dear son with such sour company. | Is my deare Sonne with such sowre Company: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.82 | One writ with me in sour misfortune's book. | One, writ with me in sowre misfortunes booke. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.226 | Nay, come, Kate, come, you must not look so sour. | Nay come Kate, come: you must not looke so sowre. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.228 | Why, here's no crab, and therefore look not sour. | Why heere's no crab, and therefore looke not sowre. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.131 | Master, if ever I said loose-bodied gown, sew me | Master, if euer I said loose-bodied gowne, sow me |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.142 | the sleeves should be cut out, and sewed up again; and | the sleeues should be cut out, and sow'd vp againe, and |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.156 | And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour, | And when she is froward, peeuish, sullen, sowre, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.94 | And sowing the kernels of it in the sea, bring | And sowing the kernels of it in the Sea, bring |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.146.1 | He'd sow't with nettle-seed. | Hee'd sow't with Nettle-seed. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.20 | Sour-eyed disdain and discord shall bestrew | Sower-ey'd disdaine, and discord shall bestrew |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.37 | By moonshine do the green, sour ringlets make, | By Moone-shine doe the greene sowre Ringlets make, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.29 | Sow all th' Athenian bosoms, and their crop | Sowe all th'Athenian bosomes, and their crop |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.152 | Consumptions sow | Consumptions sowe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.240 | If thou didst put this sour cold habit on | If thou did'st put this sowre cold habit on |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.444 | Nor with sour looks afflict his gentle heart. | Nor with sowre lookes afflict his gentle heart. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.39 | And in a tedious sampler sewed her mind; | And in a tedious Sampler sowed her minde. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.43 | That could have better sewed than Philomel. | That could haue better sowed then Philomel. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.71 | And to make a sweet lady sad is a sour offence. | And to make a sweet Lady sad, is a sower offence. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.120 | Sowter will cry upon't for all this, though it be as | Sowter will cry vpon't for all this, though it bee as |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.163 | When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? | When time hath sow'd a grizzle on thy case? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.5 | Crab my dog be the sourest-natured dog that lives. My | Crab my dog, be the sowrest natured dogge that liues: My |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.298 | Item: She can sew. | Item, she can sowe. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.9 | She sows into the births of noble bodies, | She sowes into the birthes of noble bodies, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.120 | To him a sow of lead. If I could praise | To him a sow of lead: if I could praise |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.102 | Three crabbed months had soured themselves to death | Three crabbed Moneths had sowr'd themselues to death, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.20 | And bear the sow-skin budget, | and beare the Sow-skin Bowget, |