| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.215 | breaths, will, for my kind offer, when I make curtsy, | breaths, will for my kind offer, when I make curt'sie, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.27 | What is that curtsy worth? Or those dove's eyes, | What is that Curt'sie worth? Or those Doues eyes, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.127 | To dog his heels, and curtsy at his frowns, | To dogge his heeles, and curtsie at his frownes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.123 | if a man will make curtsy and say nothing, he is | If a man wil curt'sie, and say nothing, he is |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.1 | First, my fear; then, my curtsy; last, my speech. | FIRST, my Feare: then, my Curtsie: last, my Speech. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.2 | My fear is your displeasure; my curtsy, my duty; | My Feare, is your Displeasure: My Curtsie, my Dutie: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.265 | O Kate, nice customs curtsy to great kings. | O Kate, nice Customes cursie to great Kings. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.57 | The match is made; she seals it with a curtsy. | The Match is made, shee seales it with a Cursie. |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.26 | Shall do a curtsy to our wrath, which men | Shall do a curt'sie to our wrath, which men |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.61 | any French courtier for a new-devised curtsy. I think | any French Courtier for a new deuis'd curtsie. I thinke |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.221 | Curtsy, sweet hearts. And so the measure ends. | Curtsie sweet hearts, and so the Measure ends. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.175 | Bidding the law make curtsy to their will, | Bidding the Law make curtsie to their will, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.13 | That curtsy to them, do them reverence, | That curtsie to them, do them reuerence |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.47 | curtsy and say, ‘ Father, as it please you.’ But yet for all | curtsie, and say, as it please you: but yet for all |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.49 | another curtsy and say, ‘ Father, as it please me.’ | an other cursie, and say, father, as it please me. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.53 | Meaning, to curtsy. | Meaning to cursie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.82 | of an indifferent knit. Let them curtsy with their left | of an indifferent knit, let them curtsie with their left |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.73 | And she whom mighty kingdoms curtsy to, | And shee whom mightie kingdomes cursie too, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.137.7 | aloof, she sets fire to it. Then they curtsy and kneel | a loofe, she sets fire to it, then they curtsey and kneele. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.173 | They curtsy and exeunt | They curtsey and Exeunt. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.67.1 | Make curtsy, here your love comes. | Make curtsie, here your love comes. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.68 | How do ye? That's a fine maid; there's a curtsy! | How doe ye? that's a fine maide, ther's a curtsie. |