| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.38 | And such a twain can do't, in which I bind, | And such a twaine can doo't, in which I binde |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.73 | Drive him to Rome. 'Tis time we twain | Driue him to Rome, 'tis time we twaine |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.35 | Is twice the other twain. But let us rear | Is twice the other twaine: But let vs reare |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.30 | Your reconciler! Wars 'twixt you twain would be | You reconciler: Warres 'twixt you twaine would be, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.86 | That young swain that you saw here but erewhile, | That yong Swaine that you saw heere but erewhile, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.79 | wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk panel and, | Wainscot, then one of you wil proue a shrunke pannell, and |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.59 | Could not outpeer these twain. Pardon me, gods! | Could not out-peere these twaine. Pardon me Gods, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.70 | our parents and us twain, | our Parents, and vs twaine, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.238 | And never come mischance between us twain! | And neuer come mischance betweene vs twaine. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.157 | O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. | Oh Hamlet, / Thou hast cleft my heart in twaine. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.2 | I'll be hanged. Charles's Wain is over the new chimney, | Ile be hang'd. Charles waine is ouer the new Chimney, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.43 | Be quite degraded, like a hedge-born swain | Be quite degraded, like a Hedge-borne Swaine, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.49 | Than can yourself yourself in twain divide. | Then can your selfe, your selfe in twaine diuide: |
| 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 I.ii.26 | Was broke in twain – by whom I have forgot, | Was broke in twaine: by whom, I haue forgot, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.50 | Obscure and lousy swain, King Henry's blood, | Obscure and lowsie Swaine, King Henries blood. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.65 | Speak, captain, shall I stab the forlorn swain? | Speak Captaine, shall I stab the forlorn Swain. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.55 | We twain will go into his highness' tent. | We twaine will go into his Highnesse Tent. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.22 | To be no better than a homely swain; | To be no better then a homely Swaine, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.134 | Resolve my doubt. You twain, of all the rest, | Resolue my doubt: you twaine, of all the rest, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.17 | And I the rather wean me from despair | And I the rather waine me from dispaire |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.4 | My waned state for Henry's regal crown. | My wained state, for Henries Regall Crowne. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.145 | Our house, my liege, is like a country swain, | Our house my liege is like a Country swaine, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.108 | To music every summer-leaping swain | To musicke euery sommer leaping swaine, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.158 | Of which my husband and your wife are twain. | Of which my husband, and your wife are twayne. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.150 | By this, the other, that beheld these twain | By this the other that beheld these twaine, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.82 | Which of these twain is greater infamy: | Which of these twaine is greater infamie, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.72 | Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain, | Like Rats oft bite the holy cords a twaine, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.42 | Thou wilt o'ertake us hence a mile or twain, | Thou wilt ore-take vs hence a mile or twaine |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.207 | Which twain have brought her to. | Which twaine haue brought her to. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.317.2 | Friends of my soul, you twain, | Friends of my soule, you twaine, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.177 | Costard the swain and he shall be our sport, | Costard the swaine and he, shall be our sport, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.241 | There did I see that low-spirited swain, that base minnow | There did I see that low spirited Swaine, that base Minow |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.262 | which I apprehended with the aforesaid swain, I keep her | which I apprehended with the aforesaid Swaine, I keeper her |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.5 | give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately | giue enlargement to the swaine, bring him festinatly |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.47 | Fetch hither the swain. He must carry me a | Fetch hither the Swaine, he must carrie mee a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.63.1 | I shoot thee at the swain. | I shoote thee at the Swaine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.141 | By my soul, a swain, a most simple clown! | By my soule a Swaine, a most simple Clowne. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.121 | Judas Maccabaeus; this swain, because of his great | Iudas Machabeus; this Swaine (because of his great |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.48.2 | Did he not send you twain? | Did he not send you twaine? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.459 | Neither of either; I remit both twain. | Neither of either, I remit both twaine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.531 | the paper) He presents Hector of Troy; the swain, | He presents Hector of Troy, the Swaine |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.27.1 | For a dark hour or twain. | For a darke houre, or twaine. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.66.1 | To cleave a heart in twain. | To cleaue a heart in twaine: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.326 | Nor rest be interposer 'twixt us twain. | Nor rest be interposer twixt vs twaine. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.64 | From off the head of this Athenian swain, | From off the head of this Athenian swaine; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.149 | Let Lion, Moonshine, Wall, and lovers twain | Let Lyon, Moone-shine, Wall, and Louers twaine, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.205 | Shore his old thread in twain. Did he live now, | Shore his old thred in twaine. Did he liue now, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.64 | From stem to stern. The boatswain whistles, and | from sterne to sterne, the Boatswaine whistles, and |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.50 | Can arbitrate this cause betwixt us twain. | Can arbitrate this cause betwixt vs twaine: |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.133 | Twice saying pardon doth not pardon twain, | Twice saying Pardon, doth not pardon twaine, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.184 | A beauty-waning and distressed widow, | A Beautie-waining, and distressed Widow, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.4 | To watch the waning of mine enemies. | To watch the waining of mine enemies. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.241 | Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain. | Thou and my bosome henchforth shall be twaine: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.99 | Than with that hand that cut thy youth in twain | Then with that hand that cut thy youth in twaine, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.62 | Than any woman in this waning age. | Then any woman in this waining age. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.204 | Too light for such a swain as you to catch, | Too light for such a swaine as you to catch, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.297 | 'Tis bargained 'twixt us twain, being alone, | 'Tis bargain'd twixt vs twaine being alone, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.115 | You peasant swain, you whoreson malthorse drudge! | You pezant, swain, you horson malt-horse drudg |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.1.2 | Enter a Shipmaster and a Boatswain | Enter a Ship-master, and a Boteswaine. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.1 | Boatswain! | BOte-swaine. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.9 | Good Boatswain, have care. Where's the Master? | Good Boteswaine haue care: where's the Master? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.12 | Where is the Master, Boatswain? | Where is the Master, Boson? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.34.1 | Enter Boatswain | Enter Boteswaine. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.58.4 | Exit Boatswain | |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.439.1 | And his brave son being twain. | And his braue sonne, being twaine. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.45 | The master, the swabber, the boatswain, and I, | The Master, the Swabber, the Boate-swaine & I; |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.104 | To bless this twain, that they may prosperous be, | To blesse this twaine, that they may prosperous be, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.99 | Under the hatches. The Master and the Boatswain | Vnder the Hatches: the Master and the Boat-swaine |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.216.1 | Enter Ariel, with the Master and Boatswain amazedly | Enter Ariell, with the Master and Boatswaine amazedly |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.37 | As wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain, | As wedged with a sigh, would riue in twaine, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.185 | And in the imitation of these twain, | And in the imitation of these twaine, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.242 | Let Mars divide eternity in twain, | Let Mars deuide Eternity in twaine, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.99 | twain. | twaine. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.171 | True swains in love shall in the world to come | True swaines in loue, shall in the world to come |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.123 | A gory emulation 'twixt us twain. | A gorie emulation 'twixt vs twaine: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.57 | the youth to an answer. I think oxen and wain-ropes | the youth to an answer. I thinke Oxen and waine-ropes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.39 | That all our swains commend her? | That all our Swaines commend her? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.12 | Thou gentle nymph, cherish thy forlorn swain. | Thou gentle Nimph, cherish thy for-lorne swaine. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.46 | Cleaving his conscience into twain and doing | Cleaving his conscience into twaine, and doing |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.50 | lower of the twain; you may perceive a part of him. | Lower of the twaine; you may perceive a part / Of him. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.143 | Give us but a tree or twain | Give us but a tree or twaine |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.9 | With a swain's wearing, and me, poor lowly maid, | With a Swaines wearing: and me (poore lowly Maide) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.30 | Golden Apollo, a poor, humble swain, | Golden Apollo, a poore humble Swaine, |
| 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.363 | How prettily the young swain seems to wash | How prettily th' yong Swaine seemes to wash |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.388.2 | Soft, swain, awhile, beseech you. | Soft Swaine a-while, beseech you, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.656 | O Perdita, what have we twain forgot! | O Perdita: what haue we twaine forgot? |