| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.50 | of them. Well, that is the dowry of his wife, 'tis none of | of them. Well, that is the dowrie of his wife, 'tis none of |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.136 | thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, | thy Dowrie. Be thou as chast as Ice, as pure as Snow, |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.30 | Katherine his daughter, and with her, to dowry, | Katherine his Daughter, and with her to Dowrie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.20 | In marriage, with a large and sumptuous dowry. | In marriage, with a large and sumptuous Dowrie. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.60 | cost and charges, without having any dowry. | Cost and Charges, without hauing any Dowry. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.137 | Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised. | Which with her Dowrie shall be counter-poys'd: |
| King John | KJ II.i.469 | Give with our niece a dowry large enough. | Giue with our Neece a dowrie large enough, |
| King John | KJ II.i.486 | Her dowry shall weigh equal with a queen. | Her Dowrie shall weigh equall with a Queene: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.241.1 | She is herself a dowry. | She is herselfe a Dowrie. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.8 | Than Aquitaine, a dowry for a queen. | Then Aquitaine, a Dowrie for a Queene. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.219 | perished vessel the dowry of his sister. But mark how | perished vessell, the dowry of his sister: but marke how |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.223 | and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry; with | and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry: with |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.95 | To be the dowry of a second head, | To be the dowrie of a second head, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.222 | That you must. Will you, upon good dowry, | That you must: Will you, (vpon good dowry) |
| Pericles | Per I.i.10 | Nature this dowry gave; to glad her presence, | Nature this dowry gaue; to glad her presence, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.129 | I cannot tell. But I had as lief take her dowry | I cannot tell: but I had as lief take her dowrie |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.182 | Yea, and to marry her, if her dowry please. | Yea, and to marrie her, if her dowrie please. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.120 | What dowry shall I have with her to wife? | What dowrie shall I haue with her to wife. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.123 | And, for that dowry I'll assure her of | And for that dowrie, Ile assure her of |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.263 | That you shall be my wife; your dowry 'greed on; | That you shall be my wife; your dowry greed on, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.65 | Her dowry wealthy, and of worthy birth, | Her dowrie wealthie, and of worthie birth; |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.113 | Another dowry to another daughter, | Another dowrie to another daughter, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.177 | And ask no other dowry with her but such another | And aske no other dowry with her, but such another |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.64 | my dowry. | my Dowry. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.62.1 | What dowry has she? | What dowry has she? |