| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.273 | The tread of a man's foot. To th' wars! | The tread of a mans foot: too'th warres. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.1 | Hark! The land bids me tread no more upon't; | Hearke, the Land bids me tread no more vpon't, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.259 | Which he treads on at noon. But I do wonder | which he treads on at noone, but I do wonder, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.48 | And tread upon his neck. | And treade vpon his necke. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.116 | Triumphantly tread on thy country's ruin, | Triumphantly treade on thy Countries ruine, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.123 | March to assault thy country than to tread – | March to assault thy Country, then to treade |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.127.2 | 'A shall not tread on me! | A shall not tread on me: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.19 | like an engine, and the ground shrinks before his treading. | like an Engine, and the ground shrinkes before his Treading. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.135 | Tread not upon him. Masters all, be quiet. | Tread not vpon him Masters, all be quiet, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.11 | Your legs are young: I'll tread these flats. Consider, | Your legges are yong: Ile tread these Flats. Consider, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.148 | But by self-danger, you should tread a course | But by selfe-danger, you should tread a course |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.50 | Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads | Himselfe, the Primrose path of dalliance treads, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.163 | One woe doth tread upon another's heel, | One woe doth tread vpon anothers heele, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.4 | You tread upon my patience. But be sure | You tread vpon my patience: But be sure, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.32 | canst hear the tread of travellers. | can heare the tread of Trauellers. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.11 | To punish my mistreadings. Tell me else, | To punish my Mistreadings. Tell me else, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.85 | And if we live, we live to tread on kings, | And if we liue, we liue to treade on Kings: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.139 | By this heavenly ground I tread on, I must be | By this Heauenly ground I tread on, I must be |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.12 | horse with any that treads but on four pasterns. Ca, ha! | Horse with any that treades but on foure postures: ch'ha: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.92 | Swear by her foot, that she may tread out | Sweare by her Foot, that she may tread out |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.9 | To tread them with her tender-feeling feet. | To treade them with her tender-feeling feet. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.36 | And bid me be advised how I tread. | And bid me be aduised how I treade. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.209 | And tread it under foot with all contempt, | And tread it vnder foot with all contempt, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.136 | And spies a far-off shore where he would tread, | And spyes a farre-off shore, where hee would tread, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.30 | Tread on the sand; why, there you quickly sink. | Tread on the Sand, why there you quickly sinke, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.102 | And my estate the footstool where she treads; | And my estate the footstoole where shee treads, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.63 | Do tread the measures of their tragic march: | Do tread the measuers of their tragicke march, |
| King John | KJ II.i.241 | For this downtrodden equity we tread | For this downe-troden equity, we tread |
| King John | KJ III.i.58 | To tread down fair respect of sovereignty, | To tread downe faire respect of Soueraigntie, |
| King John | KJ III.i.215 | O then, tread down my need, and faith mounts up; | O then tread downe my need, and faith mounts vp, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.62 | And whereso'er this foot of mine doth tread | And wheresoere this foot of mine doth tread, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.149 | With many hundreds treading on his heels; | With many hundreds treading on his heeles: |
| King John | KJ V.iv.52 | We will untread the steps of damned flight, | We will vntread the steps of damned flight, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.63 | lord, if you will give me leave, I will tread this unbolted | Lord, if you will giue me leaue, I will tread this vnboulted |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.163 | which is basest, doth tread. I shall be forsworn, which | (which is basest) doth tread. I shall be forsworn (which |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.277 | Her feet were much too dainty for such tread. | Her feet were much too dainty for such tread. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.185 | To tread a measure with her on this grass. | To tread a Measure with you on the grasse. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.187 | To tread a measure with you on this grass. | To tread a Measure with you on this grasse. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.330 | The stairs, as he treads on them, kiss his feet. | The staires as he treads on them kisse his feete. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.894 | When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, | When Turtles tread, and Rookes and Dawes, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.45 | When I shall tread upon the tyrant's head | When I shall treade vpon the Tyrants head, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.26 | We tread upon, and never think of it. | We tread vpon, and neuer thinke of it. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.82 | And the poor beetle that we tread upon | And the poore Beetle that we treade vpon |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.10 | Where is the horse that doth untread again | Where is the horse that doth vntread againe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.35 | A kinder gentleman treads not the earth. | A kinder Gentleman treads not the earth, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.58 | In their so sacred paths he dares to tread | In their so sacred pathes, he dares to tread |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.100 | For lack of tread are undistinguishable. | For lacke of tread are vndistinguishable. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.390 | And like a forester the groves may tread | And like a Forrester, the groues may tread, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.160 | Shall make the gazer joy to see him tread. | Shall make the gazer ioy to see him tread; |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.143 | But tread the stranger paths of banishment. | But treade the stranger pathes of banishment. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.289 | The grass whereon thou treadest the presence strewed, | |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.158 | For on my heart they tread now whilst I live, | For on my heart they tread now, whilest I liue; |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.117 | Go, tread the path that thou shalt ne'er return. | Go treade the path that thou shalt ne're return: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.25 | Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light. | Earth-treading starres, that make darke heauen light, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.28 | Of limping winter treads, even such delight | Of limping Winter treads, euen such delight |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.5 | So shall no foot upon the churchyard tread, | So shall no foot vpon the Churchyard tread, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.252 | Thou dost; and think'st it much to tread the ooze | Thou do'st: & thinkst it much to tread ye Ooze |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.194 | Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole may not | Pray you tread softly, that the blinde Mole may not |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.73 | But Timon's silver treads upon his lip. | But Timons Siluer treads vpon his Lip, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.254 | To tread upon thy dukedom, and to be, | To tread upon thy Dukedome, and to be |