| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.131 | In these to nature she's immediate heir, | In these, to Nature shee's immediate heire: |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.18 | heir: for what he hath taken away from thy father perforce, | heire; for what hee hath taken away from thy father perforce, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.222 | To be adopted heir to Frederick. | To be adopted heire to Fredricke. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.97 | No, let my father seek another heir. | No, let my Father seeke another heire: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.131 | reverted, making war against her heir. | and reuerted, making warre against her heire. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.2 | 'Tis I that made thy widows. Many an heir | 'Tis I that made thy Widdowes: Many an heyre |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.199 | as if he were son and heir to Mars; set at upper end | as if hee were Son and Heire to Mars, set at vpper end |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.19.1 | Makes the survivor heir of all. | Makes the Suruiuor heyre of all. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.4 | His daughter, and the heir of's kingdom – whom | His daughter, and the heire of's kingdome (whom |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.87 | The heir of Cymbeline and Britain, who | The heyre of Cymbeline and Britaine, who |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.51 | as great Sicilius' heir. | as great Sicilius heyre. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.13 | The heir of his reward, (to Belarius, Guiderius, and Arviragus) which I will add | The heyre of his Reward, which I will adde |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.63 | That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation | That Flesh is heyre too? 'Tis a consummation |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.57 | that thou art heir apparent – but I prithee sweet | that thou art Heire apparant. But I prythee sweet |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.155.1 | Heir to the crown? | Heyre to the Crowne? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.263 | heir apparent? Should I turn upon the true prince? | Heire apparant? Should I turne vpon the true Prince? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.359 | not thou horrible afeard? Thou being heir apparent, | not thou horrible afear'd? thou being Heire apparant, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.48 | And heir from heir shall hold this quarrel up | And Heire from Heire shall hold this Quarrell vp, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.71 | Th' immediate heir of England! Was this easy? | Th' immediate Heire of England? Was this easie? |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.66 | Did, as heir general, being descended | Did as Heire Generall, being descended |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.70 | Of Charles the Duke of Lorraine, sole heir male | Of Charles the Duke of Loraine, sole Heire male |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.74 | Conveyed himself as th' heir to th' Lady Lingare, | Conuey'd himselfe as th' Heire to th' Lady Lingare, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.78 | Who was sole heir to the usurper Capet, | Who was sole Heire to the Vsurper Capet, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.117 | You are their heir, you sit upon their throne, | You are their Heire, you sit vpon their Throne: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.65 | The first-begotten and the lawful heir | The first begotten, and the lawfull Heire |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.72 | Leaving no heir begotten of his body – | Leauing no Heire begotten of his Body) |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.80 | They laboured to plant the rightful heir, | They laboured, to plant the rightfull Heire, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.96 | Thou art my heir. The rest I wish thee gather; | Thou art my Heire; the rest, I wish thee gather: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.150 | And heir apparent to the English crown. | And heyre apparant to the English Crowne: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.26 | heir to the crown. | Heire to the Crowne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.28 | rightful heir to the crown? | rightfull Heire to the Crowne? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.182 | Was rightful heir unto the English crown, | Was rightfull Heire vnto the English Crowne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.22 | The eldest son and heir of John of Gaunt, | The eldest Sonne and Heire of Iohn of Gaunt, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.31 | For Richard, the first son's heir, being dead, | For Richard, the first Sonnes Heire, beingdead, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.33 | But William of Hatfield died without an heir. | But William of Hatfield dyed without an Heire. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.44 | My mother, being heir unto the crown, | My Mother, being Heire vnto the Crowne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.47 | By her I claim the kingdom; she was heir | By her I clayme the Kingdome: / She was Heire |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.49 | As next the King he was successive heir, | As next the King, he was successiue Heire, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.123 | For I am rightful heir unto the crown. | For I am rightfull heyre vnto the Crowne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.178 | The rightful heir to England's royal seat. | The rightfull heyre to Englands Royall seate. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.135 | Tell me, may not a king adopt an heir? | Tell me, may not a King adopt an Heire? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.140 | Whose heir my father was, and I am his. | Whose Heire my Father was, and I am his. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.146 | But that the next heir should succeed and reign. | But that the next Heire should succeed and reigne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.224 | Rather than have made that savage Duke thine heir | Rather then haue made that sauage Duke thine Heire, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.12 | Now you are heir; therefore enjoy it now. | Now you are Heire, therefore enioy it now: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.98 | And this is he was his adopted heir. | And this is he was his adopted Heire. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.88 | I was adopted heir by his consent; | I was adopted Heire by his consent. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.31 | With this my son, Prince Edward, Henry's heir, | With this my Sonne, Prince Edward, Henries Heire, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.48 | To have the heir of the Lord Hungerford. | To haue the Heire of the Lord Hungerford. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.52 | To give the heir and daughter of Lord Scales | To giue the Heire and Daughter of Lord Scales |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.56 | Or else you would not have bestowed the heir | Or else you would not haue bestow'd the Heire |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.24 | King Edward's fruit, true heir to th' English crown. | King Edwards Fruite, true heyre to th' English Crowne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.32 | To save at least the heir of Edward's right. | To saue (at least) the heire of Edwards right: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.195 | Well worthy the best heir o'th' world, should not | (Well worthy the best Heyre o'th'World) should not |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.72.1 | Your highness with an heir! | Your Highnesse with an Heire. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.41 | Her ashes new-create another heir | Her Ashes new create another Heyre, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.106 | And proved thyself fit heir unto a king. | And proude thy selfe fit heire vnto a king: |
| King John | KJ I.i.56 | The son and heir to that same Faulconbridge. | The son and heire to that same Faulconbridge. |
| King John | KJ I.i.57 | Is that the elder, and art thou the heir? | Is that the elder, and art thou the heyre? |
| King John | KJ I.i.128 | My mother's son did get your father's heir; | My mothers sonne did get your fathers heyre, |
| King John | KJ I.i.129 | Your father's heir must have your father's land. | Your fathers heyre must haue your fathers land. |
| King John | KJ I.i.144 | And, to his shape, were heir to all this land – | And to his shape were heyre to all this land, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.20 | the son and heir of a mongrel bitch; one whom I will | the Sonne and Heire of a Mungrill Bitch, one whom I will |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.41 | Between Lord Perigort and the beauteous heir | Betweene L. Perigort and the beautious heire |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.181 | The heir of Alençon, Katharine her name. | The heire of Alanson, Rosalin her name. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.191 | She is an heir of Falconbridge. | Shee is an heyre of Faulconbridge. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.650 | Gave Hector a gift, the heir of Ilion; | Gaue Hector a gift, the heire of Illion; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.274 | No child but Hero; she's his only heir. | No childe but Hero, she's his onely heire. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.50 | Marry, on Hero, the daughter and heir of | Mary on Hero, the daughter and Heire of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.277 | And she alone is heir to both of us. | And she alone is heire to both of vs, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.38 | Stood heir to th' first. Now sir, be judge yourself | Stood Heire to'th'first. Now Sir, be iudge your selfe, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.135 | For even her folly helped her to an heir. | For euen her folly helpt her to an heire. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.22 | Who died and left a female heir, | Who dyed, and left a female heyre, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.63 | One sorrow never comes but brings an heir | One sorrowe neuer comes but brings an heire, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.208 | The heir of kingdoms, and another life | the heir of kingdomes, / And an other like |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.116 | Were he my brother – nay, my kingdom's heir – | Were he my brother, nay our kingdomes heyre, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.193 | Did not the one deserve to have an heir? | Did not the one deserue to haue an heyre? |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.194 | Is not his heir a well-deserving son? | Is not his heyre a well-deseruing sonne? |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.63 | And Bolingbroke my sorrow's dismal heir. | And Bullinbrooke my sorrowes dismall heyre: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.205 | Though you are old enough to be my heir. | Though you are old enough to be my Heire. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.109 | Adopts thee heir, and his high sceptre yields | Adopts thee Heire, and his high Scepter yeelds |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.25 | And that be heir to his unhappiness! | And that be Heyre to his vnhappinesse. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.77 | Heir to the Crown, meaning indeed his house, | Heire to the Crowne, meaning indeed his House, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.471 | What heir of York is there alive but we? | What Heire of Yorke is there aliue, but wee? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.472 | And who is England's king but great York's heir? | And who is Englands King, but great Yorkes Heire? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.129 | The son and heir of old Tiberio. | The Sonne and Heire of old Tyberio. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.2 | And young affection gapes to be his heir. | And yong affection gapes to be his Heire, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.12 | One nickname for her purblind son and heir, | One Nickname for her purblind Sonne and her, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.38 | Death is my son-in-law. Death is my heir. | Death is my Sonne in law, death is my Heire, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.209 | To see thy son and heir now early down. | To see thy Sonne and Heire, now early downe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.117 | Left solely heir to all his lands and goods, | Left solie heire to all his Lands and goods, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.357 | I am my father's heir and only son. | I am my fathers heyre and onely sonne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.76 | he is mine only son, and heir to the lands of me, Signor | he is mine onelie sonne and heire to the Lands of me signior |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.58 | Was Duke of Milan; and his only heir | Was Duke of Millaine, and his onely heire, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.113 | I ne'er again shall see her. O thou mine heir | I ne're againe shall see her: O thou mine heire |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.249.1 | Who's the next heir of Naples? | who's the next heire of Naples? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.261 | So is she heir of Naples, 'twixt which regions | So is she heyre of Naples, 'twixt which Regions |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.123 | And my estate deserves an heir more raised | And my estate deserues an Heyre more rais'd, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.142 | Mine heir from forth the beggars of the world, | Mine heyre from forth the Beggers of the world, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.91 | That touches this, my first-born son and heir. | That touches this my first borne sonne and heire. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.157 | And be received for the Emperor's heir, | And be receiued for the Emperours heyre, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.49 | An heir, and near allied unto the Duke. | And heire and Neece, alide vnto the Duke. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.137 | I am your heir, and you are mine; this place | I am your heire, and you are mine: This place |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.8.1 | Are you his heir? | Are you his heire? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.134 | an heir, if that which is lost be not found. | an Heire, if that which is lost, be not found. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.416 | To be acknowledged. Thou a sceptre's heir, | To be acknowledge. Thou a Scepters heire, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.478.1 | Am heir to my affection. | Am heyre to my affection. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.39 | That King Leontes shall not have an heir | That King Leontes shall not haue an Heire, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.47 | The crown will find an heir. Great Alexander | The Crowne will find an Heire. Great Alexander |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.29 | strong suspicion. Has the King found his heir? | strong suspition: Ha's the King found his Heire? |