| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.179 | Which might be felt, that we, the poorer born, | Which might be felt, that we the poorer borne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.187 | Monsieur Parolles, you were born under a | Monsieur Parolles you were borne vnder a |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.193 | needs be born under Mars. | needes be borne vnder Mars. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.84 | have a good woman born but one every blazing star or | haue a good woman borne but ore euerie blazing starre, or |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.126 | Our blood to us, this to our blood is born. | Our bloud to vs, this to our blood is borne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.133 | Which challenges itself as honour's born | Which challenges it selfe as honours borne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.172.1 | Is as 'twere born so. | Is as 'twere borne so. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.4 | Though my estate be fallen, I was well born, | Though my estate be falne, I was well borne, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.63.2 | Who's born that day | Who's borne that day, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.10 | Serves for the matter that is then born in't. | serues for the matter that is then borne in't. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.45 | born, but the same tradition takes not away my blood, | borne, but the same tradition takes not away my bloud, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.197 | was begot of thought, conceived of spleen, and born of | was begot of thought, conceiu'd of spleene, and borne of |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.ii.15 | It was a crest ere thou wast born, | It was a crest ere thou wast borne, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.22 | A fair name. Wast born i'th' forest here? | A faire name. Was't borne i'th Forrest heere? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.17 | If any born at Ephesus be seen | if any borne at Ephesus / Be seene |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.19 | Again, if any Syracusian born | Againe, if any Siracusian borne |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.37 | In Syracusa was I born, and wed | In Syracusa was I borne, and wedde |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.35 | Though you were born in Rome.’ His bloody brow | Though you were borne in Rome; his bloody brow |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.40 | As he was born. The king he takes the babe | As he was borne. The King he takes the Babe |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.118 | let it die as it was born, and I pray you be better | let it dye as it was borne, and I pray you be better |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.98 | The remedy then born – discover to me | The remedy then borne. Discouer to me |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.66 | Why should excuse be born or ere begot? | Why should excuse be borne or ere begot? |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.57 | Put on for villainy; not born where't grows, | Put on for Villainy; not borne where't growes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.54 | Till it fly out and show them princes born. | Till it flye out, and shew them Princes borne. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.126 | Gone! They went hence so soon as they were born: | Gone, they went hence so soone as they were borne: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.17 | In Cambria are we born, and gentlemen: | In Cambria are we borne, and Gentlemen: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.84 | I will entreat, my boy – a Briton born – | I will entreate, my Boy (a Britaine borne) |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.113 | Than I to your highness, who being born your vassal, | Then I to your Highnesse, who being born your vassaile |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.306.1 | They were not born for bondage. | They were not borne for bondage. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.15 | And to the manner born, it is a custom | And to the manner borne: It is a Custome |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.189 | That ever I was born to set it right! | That euer I was borne to set it right. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.145 | that. It was that very day that young Hamlet was born – | that: It was the very day, that young Hamlet was borne, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.17 | Had but kittened, though yourself had never been born. | had but kitten'd, though your selfe had neuer beene borne. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.18 | I say the earth did shake when I was born. | I say the Earth did shake when I was borne. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.11 | I was not born a yielder, thou proud Scot, | I was not borne to yeeld, thou haughty Scot, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.188 | My lord, I was born about three of the clock | My Lord, I was borne |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.38 | Whereon this Hydra son of war is born, | Whereon this Hydra-Sonne of Warre is borne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.47 | And so success of mischief shall be born, | And so, successe of Mischiefe shall be borne, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.13 | the Pig was born! | the pig was borne? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.19 | I think Alexander the Great was born in Macedon; | I thinke Alexander the Great was borne in Macedon, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.200 | That Henry born at Monmouth should win all | That Henry borne at Monmouth should winne all, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.201 | And Henry born at Windsor should lose all; | And Henry borne at Windsor, loose all: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.53 | Born to eclipse thy life this afternoon. | Borne to eclipse thy Life this afternoone: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.40 | He answered thus: ‘ Young Talbot was not born | He answer'd thus: Yong Talbot was not borne |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.75 | Born blind, an't please your grace. | Borne blinde, and't please your Grace. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.81 | Where wert thou born? | Where wert thou borne? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.97.1 | O, born so, master. | O borne so, Master. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.125 | in Christendom. If thou hadst been born blind, thou | in Christendome. / If thou hadst beene borne blinde, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.9 | You, madam, for you are more nobly born, | You Madame, for you are more Nobly borne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.223 | That thou thyself was born in bastardy; | That thou thy selfe wast borne in Bastardie; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.48 | and there was he born, under a hedge; for his father had | and there was he borne, vnder a hedge: for his Father had |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iii.13 | borne before us. | born before vs. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.10 | was born to do me good; for many a time, but for a sallet, | was borne to do me good: for many a time but for a Sallet, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.28 | I am far better born than is the King, | I am farre better borne then is the king: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.39.2 | But 'twas ere I was born. | But 'twas ere I was borne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.8 | Like men born to renown by life or death. | Like men borne to Renowne, by Life or Death. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.56 | More than I seem, and less than I was born to: | More then I seeme, and lesse then I was born to: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.28 | Ay, thou wast born to be a plague to men. | I, thou wast borne to be a plague to men. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.43 | Shall rue the hour that ever thou wast born. | Shall rue the houre that euer thou was't borne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.53 | Teeth hadst thou in thy head when thou wast born, | Teeth had'st thou in thy head, when thou was't borne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.75 | ‘ O, Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth!’ | O Iesus blesse vs, he is borne with teeth, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.19 | I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, | I sweare, tis better to be lowly borne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.16 | Born out of your dominions, having here | Borne out of your Dominions: hauing heere |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.141 | The queen of earthly queens. She's noble born, | The Queene of earthly Queenes: Shee's Noble borne; |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.97 | I was born free as Caesar, so were you; | I was borne free as Casar, so were you, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.58 | I was not born to die on Brutus' sword. | I was not borne to dye on Brutus Sword. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.72 | Was Cassius born. Give me thy hand, Messala: | Was Cassius borne. Giue me thy hand Messala: |
| King John | KJ I.i.51 | Born in Northamptonshire, and eldest son, | Borne in Northamptonshire, and eldest sonne |
| King John | KJ I.i.71 | A good blunt fellow! Why, being younger born, | A good blunt fellow: why being yonger born |
| King John | KJ II.i.104 | That Geoffrey was thy elder brother born, | That Geffrey was thy elder brother borne, |
| King John | KJ III.i.15 | A woman, naturally born to fears; | A woman naturally borne to feares; |
| King John | KJ III.iv.81 | There was not such a gracious creature born. | There was not such a gracious creature borne: |
| King John | KJ V.ii.26 | Were born to see so sad an hour as this; | Was borne to see so sad an houre as this, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.25 | Be of good comfort, prince; for you are born | Be of good comfort (Prince) for you are borne |
| King Lear | KL I.i.54 | Our eldest born, speak first. | Our eldest borne, speake first. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.234 | Hadst not been born than not t' have pleased me better. | Not beene borne, then not t haue pleas'd me better. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.148 | wast born with. | |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.208 | Our youngest born, I could as well be brought | Our yongest borne, I could as well be brought |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.183 | When we are born we cry that we are come | When we are borne, we cry that we are come |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.149 | For every man with his affects is born, | For euery man with his affects is borne, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.202 | Ah, you whoreson loggerhead, you were born to do me shame! | Ah you whoreson loggerhead, you were borne to doe me shame. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.216 | We cannot cross the cause why we were born; | We cannot crosse the cause why we are borne: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.259 | And therefore is she born to make black fair. | And therfore is she borne to make blacke, faire. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.284 | And Longaville was for my service born. | And Longauill was for my seruice borne. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.79 | The power of man; for none of woman born | The powre of man: For none of woman borne |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.4 | Was he not born of woman? The spirits that know | Was he not borne of woman? The Spirits that know |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.6 | ‘ Fear not, Macbeth; no man that's born of woman | Feare not Macbeth, no man that's borne of woman |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.13 | That was not born of woman? Such a one | That was not borne of Woman? Such a one |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.21.2 | Thou wast born of woman. | Thou was't borne of woman; |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.23 | Brandished by man that's of a woman born. | Brandish'd by man that's of a Woman borne. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.52.1 | To one of woman born. | To one of woman borne. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.70 | And thou opposed, being of no woman born, | And thou oppos'd, being of no woman borne, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.183 | Where were you born, friend? | Where were you borne, friend? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.97 | And so in progress to be hatched and born, | And so in progresse to be hatch'd, and borne, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.193 | born. But O, how much is the good Duke deceived | borne. But (oh) how much is the good Duke deceiu'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.89 | the state, and usurp the beggary he was never born to. | the State, and vsurpe the beggerie hee was neuer borne to: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.127 | A Bohemian born, but here nursed up and | A Bohemian borne: But here nurst vp & |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.4 | What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, | What stuffe 'tis made of, whereof it is borne, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.4 | Bring me the fairest creature northward born, | Bring me the fairest creature North-ward borne, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.8 | Ay, and Ratolorum too. And a gentleman born, | I, and Rato lorum too; and a Gentleman borne |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.257 | like a poor gentleman born. | like a poore Gentleman borne. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.37 | As my mother was the first hour I was born. | As my mother was the first houre I was borne. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.129 | Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born? | Wherefore was I to this keene mockery borne? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.124 | Look when I vow, I weep; and vows so born, | Looke when I vow I weepe; and vowes so borne, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.11 | art, born under Saturn – goest about to apply a moral | art, borne vnder Saturne) goest about to apply a morall |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.304 | day. But, I beseech your grace, pardon me; I was born | day: but I beseech your Grace pardon mee, I was borne |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.308 | born in a merry hour. | born in a merry howre. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.310 | there was a star danced, and under that was I born. | there was a starre daunst, and vnder that was I borne: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.39 | rhyme; very ominous endings. No, I was not born under | time: verie ominous endings, no, I was not borne vnder |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.359 | Thou hadst been better have been born a dog | Thou had'st bin better haue bin borne a Dog |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.30 | Who? He? I think the sun where he was born | Who, he? I thinke the Sun where he was borne, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.158 | Begot upon itself, born on itself. | Begot vpon it selfe, borne on it selfe. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.68 | That the sense aches at thee, would thou hadst ne'er been born! | That the Sense akes at thee, / Would thou had'st neuer bin borne. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.11 | If you, born in these latter times | If you, borne in those latter times, |
| Pericles | Per II.v.82 | A straggling Theseus born we know not where? | |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.13 | Whom, for she was born at sea, I have named so, | Whom, for she was borne at sea, I haue named so, |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.17.1 | Be mannered as she is born. | be manere'd as she is borne. |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.18 | Born in a tempest when my mother died, | borne in a tempest, when my mother dide, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.52.1 | When I was born the wind was north. | When I was borne the wind was North. |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.59 | When I was born. | When I was borne, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.88 | If you were born to honour, show it now; | If you were borne to honour, shew it now, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.146 | come within my doors! Marry, hang you! She's born to | come within my doores, Marrie hang you: shees borne to |
| Pericles | Per V.i.154 | Motion as well? Speak on. Where were you born? | Motion well, speake on, where were you borne? |
| Pericles | Per V.i.156.1 | For I was born at sea. | for I was borne at sea. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.158 | Who died the minute I was born, | who died the minute I was borne, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.197 | Thou that wast born at sea, buried at Tarsus, | Thou that wast borne at sea, buried at Tharsus, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.196 | We were not born to sue, but to command; | We were not borne to sue, but to command, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.121 | To upstart unthrifts? Wherefore was I born? | To vpstart Vnthrifts? Wherefore was I borne? |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.98 | What was I born to this – that my sad look | What was I borne to this: that my sad looke, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.92 | Wast born to bear? I was not made a horse, | Was't borne to beare? I was not made a horse, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.262 | Yea, and much more; but I was born so high. | I, and much more: but I was borne so high: |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.73 | More than the infant that is born tonight. | More then the Infant that is borne to night: |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.33 | His nurse? Why, she was dead ere thou wast born. | His Nurse? why she was dead, ere yu wast borne. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.91 | For such a wish! He was not born to shame. | For such a wish, he was not borne to shame: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.4 | And so did I. Well, we were born to die. | And so did I. Well, we were borne to die. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.15 | O weraday that ever I was born! | Oh weladay, that euer I was borne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.188 | Born in Verona, old Antonio's son. | Borne in Verona, old Butonios sonne: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.60 | His name is Licio, born in Mantua. | His name is Litio, borne in Mantua. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.269 | For I am he am born to tame you, Kate, | For I am he am borne to tame you Kate, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.32 | our own doth little advantage. If he be not born to be | our owne doth little aduantage: If he be not borne to bee |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.260.2 | Thou hast. Where was she born? Speak! Tell me! | Thou hast: where was she born? speak: tell me: |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.188 | A devil, a born devil, on whose nature | A Deuill, a borne-Deuill, on whose nature |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.99 | nearer to you. We are born to do benefits. And what | neerer to you: we are borne to do benefits. And what |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.103 | O, joy's e'en made away ere't can be born! Mine | Oh ioyes, e'ne made away er't can be borne: mine |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.87 | Alcibiades. Go, thou wast born a bastard, and thou'lt | Alcibiades. Go thou was't borne a Bastard, and thou't |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.30 | When sects and factions were newly born. | When Sects, and Factions were newly borne. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.107 | Thou wast born to conquer my country. | Thou was't borne to conquer my Country. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.276 | If thou hadst not been born the worst of men, | If thou hadst not bene borne the worst of men, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.497 | Was born of woman. | Was borne of woman. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.175 | 'twere a man born in April. | 'twere a man borne in Aprill. Sound a retreate. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.92 | before his birth, and, being born, his addition shall be | before his birth, and being borne his addition shall be |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.85 | been born! I knew thou wouldst be his death – O, poor | been borne; I knew thou would'st be his death. O poore |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.22 | Ay, madam, well, for I was bred and born | I Madam well, for I was bred and borne |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.129 | What shall we do else? Were we not born under | What shall we do else: were we not borne vnder |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.9 | saying was born, of ‘ I fear no colours.’ | saying was borne, of I feare no colours. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.17 | myself and a sister, both born in an hour – if the | my selfe, and a sister, both borne in an houre: if the |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.140 | thee, but be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, | thee, but be not affraid of greatnesse: Some are become great, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.40 | ‘ Some are born great – ’ | Some are borne great. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.368 | Why, ‘ Some are born great, some achieve greatness, | Why some are borne great, some atchieue greatnesse, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.82 | Born to uphold creation in that honour | Borne to uphold Creation, in that honour |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.65 | I am not there – O, better never born, | I am not there, oh better never borne |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.39 | he was born desire yet their life to see him a man. | he was borne, desire yet their life, to see him a Man. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.77 | Temptations have since then been born to's: for | Temptations haue since then been borne to's: for |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.433 | Avoid what's grown than question how 'tis born. | Auoid what's growne, then question how 'tis borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.174 | Or thou wert born a fool. Camillo's flight, | Or thou wer't borne a foole: Camillo's flight |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.49 | born! | borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.576.1 | Be born another such. | Be borne another such. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.109 | will be born. Our absence makes us unthrifty to our | will be borne: our Absence makes vs vnthriftie to our |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.125 | sons and daughters will be all gentlemen born. | Sonnes and Daughters will be all Gentlemen borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.127 | me this other day because I was no gentleman born. | mee this other day, because I was no Gentleman borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.129 | me still no gentleman born. You were best say these | me still no Gentleman borne: You were best say these |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.130 | robes are not gentlemen born. Give me the lie, do, and | Robes are not Gentlemen borne. Giue me the Lye: doe: and |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.131 | try whether I am not now a gentleman born. | try whether I am not now a Gentleman borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.132 | I know you are now, sir, a gentleman born. | I know you are now (Sir) a Gentleman borne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.135 | So you have; but I was a gentleman born before | So you haue: but I was a Gentleman borne before |