| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.123 | Our great self and our credit, to esteem | Our great selfe and our credit, to esteeme |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.32 | Did you find me in your self, sir, or were you | Did you finde me in your selfe sir, or were you |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.10 | When your sweet self was got. | When your sweet selfe was got. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.47 | Subdue my worthiest self. The witch shall die. | Subdue my worthiest selfe: The Witch shall die, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.21 | Nor by a hired knife; but that self hand | Nor by a hyred Knife, but that selfe-hand |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.10 | 'Tis so; and that self chain about his neck | 'Tis so: and that selfe chaine about his necke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.92 | Slew three opposers. Tarquin's self he met, | Slew three Opposers: Tarquins selfe he met, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.138 | Away! The Tribunes do attend you. Arm yourself | Away, the Tribunes do attend you: arm your self |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.50 | As I my poor self did exchange for you | As I (my poore selfe) did exchange for you |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.86 | Leave us to ourselves, and make yourself some comfort | Leaue vs to our selues, and make your self some comfort |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.122 | With tomboys hired with that self exhibition | With Tomboyes hyr'd, with that selfe exhibition |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.159 | Woman it pretty self – into a waggish courage, | Woman it pretty selfe) into a waggish courage, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.78 | This above all: to thine own self be true, | This aboue all; to thine owne selfe be true: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.61 | That I have turned away my former self; | That I haue turn'd away my former Selfe, |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.1 | My lord, I'll tell you. That self bill is urged | My Lord, Ile tell you, that selfe Bill is vrg'd, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.293 | naked blind boy in her naked seeing self? It were, my | naked blinde Boy in her naked seeing selfe? It were (my |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.11 | In this self place where now we mean to stand. | In this selfe-place, where now we meane to stand. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.42 | Which action's self was tongue to. All was royal; | Which Actions selfe, was tongue too. Buc. All wasRoyall, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.93 | Invited by your noble self, hath sent | Inuited by your Noble selfe, hath sent |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.336.1 | So little of his great self. | So little, of his great Selfe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.120 | His royal self in judgement comes to hear | His Royall selfe in Iudgement comes to heare |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.94 | Think of this life; but for my single self, | Thinke of this life: But for my single selfe, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.274 | That you unfold to me, your self, your half, | That you vnfold to me, your selfe; your halfe |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.282 | That appertain to you? Am I your self | That appertaine to you? Am I your Selfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.15 | Your gracious self, the flower of Europe's hope, | Your gratious selfe the flower of Europes hope: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.66 | And he himself will repossess the place. | And hee him self will repossesse the place. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.100 | If that her self were by to stain herself, | If that her selfe were by to staine herselfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.161 | Entreat thy self to stay a while with me. | Intreat thy selfe to stay a while with mee. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.213 | And tell thyself a king doth dote on thee; | And tell thy self a King doth dote on thee, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.257 | Shall die, my lord; and will your sacred self | Shall die my Lord, and will your sacred selfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.340 | Of love and duty 'twixt thyself and me. | Ofloue and duetie twixt thy self and mee, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.349 | Well may I tempt myself to wrong myself, | Well may I tempt my self to wrong my self, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.54 | And being all but one self instant strength, | And being al but one selfe instant strength, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.82 | Had but your gracious self been there in place. | Had but your gratious selfe bin there in place, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.109 | He was, my lord; and as my worthless self | He was my Lord, and as my worthltsse selfe, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.101 | And happily may your sweet self put on | And happily may your sweet selfe put on |
| King Lear | KL I.i.69 | I am made of the self metal as my sister | I am made of that selfe-mettle as my Sister, |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.34 | Else one self mate and make could not beget | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.151 | From reason's yielding, your fair self should make | From reasons yeelding, your faire selfe should make |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.108 | sweet self are good at such eruptions and sudden | sweet self are good at such eruptions, and sodaine |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.803 | My woeful self up in a mourning house, | My wofull selfe vp in a mourning house, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.78 | Our innocent self. This I made good to you | our innocent selfe. / This I made good to you, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.109 | Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands | Who (as 'tis thought) by selfe and violent hands, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.142 | Accuse him home and home. For my poor self, | Accuse him home and home. For my poore selfe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.148 | To shoot another arrow that self way | To shoote another arrow that selfe way |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.18 | That comes to hazard for my worthless self. | That comes to hazard for my worthlesse selfe. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.245 | In each eye one. Swear by your double self, | In each eye one, sweare by your double selfe, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.113 | But, being overfull of self affairs, | But being ouer-full of selfe-affaires, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.59 | You, Pyramus' father; myself, Thisbe's father; | You, Pyramus father; my self, Thisbies father; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.143 | railed at herself, that she should be so immodest | raild at her self, that she should be so immodest |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.87 | Content yourself. God knows I loved my niece; | Content your self, God knows I lou'd my neece, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.35 | and over as my poor self in love. Marry, I cannot show | and ouer as my poore selfe in loue: marrie I cannot shew |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.92 | The Duke's in council, and your noble self | The Dukes in Counsell, and your Noble selfe, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.85 | To leave me but a little to my self. | To leaue me but a little to my selfe. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.116 | As your fair self, doth tune us otherwise. | As your faire selfe, doth tune vs otherwise; |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.37 | Soon fall to ruin, your noble self, | Soone fall to ruine: your noble selfe, |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.166 | Infusing him with self and vain conceit, | Infusing him with selfe and vaine conceit, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.80 | By circumstance to accuse thy cursed self. | By circumstance, to curse thy cursed Selfe. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.202 | Outlive thy glory, like my wretched self! | Out-liue thy glory, like my wretched selfe: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.239 | Thus have you breathed your curse against yourself. | Thus haue you breath'd your Curse against your self. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.151 | My other self, my counsel's consistory, | My other selfe, my Counsailes Consistory, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.63 | Blood to blood, self against self. O preposterous | Blood to blood, selfe against selfe: O prepostorous |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.63 | Where it seems best unto your royal self. | Where it think'st best vnto your Royall selfe. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.8 | First, he commends him to your noble self. | First, he commends him to your Noble selfe. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.130 | Your gracious self to take on you the charge | Your gracious selfe to take on you the charge |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.194 | Then, good my lord, take to your royal self | Then good, my Lord, take to your Royall selfe |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.128 | Being one to many by my weary self, | Being one too many by my weary selfe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.113 | Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, | Or if thou wilt sweare by thy gratious selfe, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.1 | Good sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself, | Good sister wrong me not, nor wrong your self, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.132.1 | Me and thy crying self. | Me, and thy crying selfe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.45 | What a wicked beast was I to disfurnish myself | What a wicked Beast was I to disfurnish my self |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.12 | Like empty purses picked. And his poor self, | Like empty purses pickt; and his poore selfe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.221 | Thou hast cast away thyself, being like thyself | Thou hast cast away thy selfe, being like thy self |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.256 | Freely command, thou wouldst have plunged thyself | Freely command'st: thou would'st haue plung'd thy self |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.339 | make thine own self the conquest of thy fury. Wert thou | make thine owne selfe the conquest of thy fury. Wert thou |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.122 | Of that self blood that first gave life to you, | Of that selfe blood that first gaue life to you, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.146 | I have a kind of self resides with you; | I haue a kinde of selfe recides with you: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.147 | But an unkind self, that itself will leave | But an vnkinde selfe, that itselfe will leaue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.25 | Go hang yourself, you naughty mocking uncle! | Go hang your self, you naughty mocking Vnckle: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.40 | Her sweet perfections – with one self king! | Her sweete perfections with one selfe king: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.24 | told me she did affect me; and I have heard herself | told me she did affect me, and I haue heard her self |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.159 | Herself hath taught her love himself to write unto her lover. | Her self hath taught her Loue himself, to write vnto her louer. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.173 | Is self from self – a deadly banishment. | Is selfe from selfe. A deadly banishment: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.226 | With them, upon her knees, her humble self, | With them vpon her knees, her humble selfe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.120 | For since the substance of your perfect self | For since the substance of your perfect selfe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.40 | Fought out together where death's self was lodged; | Fought out together, where Deaths-selfe was lodgd, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.263 | Thy false self and thy friend had but this fortune | Thy false-selfe and thy friend, had but this fortune |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.79 | Your precious self had then not crossed the eyes | Your precious selfe had then not cross'd the eyes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.326 | To appoint my self in this vexation; sully | To appoint my selfe in this vexation? / Sully |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.7 | O, pardon that I name them: your high self, | (Oh pardon, that I name them:) your high selfe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.520 | Your gracious self, embrace but my direction. | Your gracious selfe; embrace but my direction, |