| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.189 | And well deserved. Not helping, death's my fee; | And well deseru'd: not helping, death's my fee, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.218 | I have not, my lord, deserved it. | I haue not my Lord deseru'd it. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.34 | I know not how I have deserved to run into | I know not how I haue deserued to run into |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.102 | No matter. His heels have deserved it in usurping | No matter, his heeles haue deseru'd it, in vsurping |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.127 | Were well deserved of rashness. | were well deserued of rashnesse. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.188 | deserved noting. | deserued noting. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.77 | When you have well deserved ten times as much | When you haue well deseru'd ten times as much, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.60.1 | Not as deserved. | Not as deserued. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.28 | He has deserved it, were it carbuncled | He has deseru'd it, were it Carbunkled |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.230 | Sticks me at heart. – Sir, you have well deserved. | Sticks me at heart: Sir, you haue well deseru'd, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.251 | To leave this place. Albeit you have deserved | To leaue this place; Albeit you haue deseru'd |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.187 | You to a long and well deserved bed; | you to a long, and well-deserued bed: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.23 | He hath deserved worthily of his country; | Hee hath deserued worthily of his Countrey, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.87 | You have deserved nobly of your | You haue deserued Nobly of your |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.88 | country, and you have not deserved nobly. | Countrey, and you haue not deserued Nobly. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.60 | Deserved this so dishonoured rub, laid falsely | Deseru'd this so dishonor'd Rub, layd falsely |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.290 | Towards her deserved children is enrolled | Towards her deserued Children, is enroll'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.140 | Give him deserved vexation. Let a guard | Giue him deseru'd vexation. Let a guard |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.10 | I have deserved no better entertainment | I haue deseru'd no better entertainment, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.115 | As those should do that had deserved his hate, | As those should do that had deseru'd his hate, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.140 | We have deserved it. | We haue deseru'd it. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.61.2 | I have not deserved it. | I haue not deseru'd it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.25 | Hath not deserved my service nor your loves, | Hath not deseru'd my Seruice, nor your Loues, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.16 | An honest one, I warrant – who deserved | (An honest one I warrant) who deseru'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.50 | That he deserved the praise o'th' world, | That he deseru'd the praise o'th'World, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.240 | you, my good friends, deserved at the hands of Fortune | you my good friends, deserued at the hands of Fortune, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.32 | deserved praise on my palfrey. It is a theme as fluent as | deserued prayse on my Palfray: it is a Theame as fluent as |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.17 | Richard hath best deserved of all my sons. | Richard hath best deseru'd of all my sonnes: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.219 | Hath he deserved to lose his birthright thus? | Hath he deseru'd to loose his Birth-right thus? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.26 | For at their hands I have deserved no pity. | For at their hands I haue deseru'd no pitty. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.104 | Than if thou never hadst deserved our hate. | Then if thou neuer hadst deseru'd our hate. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.132 | How Caesar hath deserved to lie in death, | How Casar hath deseru'd to lye in death, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.237 | Wherein hath Caesar thus deserved your loves? | Wherein hath Casar thus deseru'd your loues? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.101 | Ay, well thou hast deserved a knighthood, Ned; | I well thou hast deserud a knight-hood Ned, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.58 | And if this kindness hath deserved your love, | And if this kindnes hath deserud your loue, |
| King John | KJ III.i.84 | What hath this day deserved, what hath it done, | What hath this day deseru'd? what hath it done, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.63 | thou'dst well deserved it. | thoud'st well deseru'd it. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.195.1 | Deserved much less advancement. | Deseru'd much lesse aduancement. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.19 | To overtake thee. Would thou hadst less deserved, | To ouertake thee. Would thou hadst lesse deseru'd, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.31 | That hast no less deserved, nor must be known | That hast no lesse deseru'd, nor must be knowne |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.499 | Wherein have I so deserved of you, | Wherein haue I so deseru'd of you |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.443 | And know how well I have deserved this ring, | And know how well I haue deseru'd this ring, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.181 | Deserved it too; and then the boy, his clerk | Deseru'd it too: and then the Boy his Clearke |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.265 | What, are we cuckolds ere we have deserved it? | What, are we Cuckolds ere we haue deseru'd it. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.21 | playing Pyramus, I'll be hanged. He would have deserved | playing Piramus, Ile be hang'd. He would haue deserued |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.12 | Much deserved on his part and equally remembered | Much deseru'd on his part, and equally remembred |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.241 | I have not deserved this. | I haue not deseru'd this. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.158 | Have I deserved at your highness' hands. | Haue I deserued at your Highnesse hands. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.68 | To worthy danger and deserved death. | To worthie Danger, and deserued Death. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.49 | To those whose dealings have deserved the place | To those, whose dealings haue deseru'd the place, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.51 | This prince hath neither claimed it nor deserved it, | This Prince hath neyther claym'd it, nor deseru'd it, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.71 | I know they do, and I have well deserved it. | I know they doe, and I haue well deseru'd it. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.66 | I say, my lord, they have deserved death. | I say, my Lord, they haue deserued death. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.46 | Now fair befall you! He deserved his death, | Now faire befall you, he deseru'd his death, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.362 | Deserved more than a prison. | Deseru'd more then a prison. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.203 | Deserved this hearing. Bid 'em send o'th' instant | Deseru'd this Hearing: bid 'em send o'th'instant |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.148 | Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserved her. | Take thou thy Siluia, for thou hast deseru'd her. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.120 | Has deserved prison, then abound in tears | Ha's deseru'd Prison, then abound in Teares, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.213 | Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved | Thou canst not speake too much, I haue deseru'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.515 | Have you deserved: it is my father's music | Haue you deseru'd: It is my Fathers Musicke |