| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.26 | In sign of what you are, not to reward | In signe of what you are, not to reward |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.155 | And show no sign of fear. | And shew no signe of Feare. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.28 | brain go not together. She's a good sign, but I have | Braine go not together. Shee's a good signe, but I haue |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.119 | Render me some corporal sign about her | Render to me some corporall signe about her |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.127 | Some bloody sign of it. For 'tis commanded | Some bloody signe of it. For 'tis commanded |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.244 | smooth like unto the sign of the leg, and breeds no bate | smooth, like vnto the Signe of the Legge; and breedes no bate |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.3 | Near to the walls, by some apparent sign | Neere to the walles, by some apparant signe |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.58 | In sign whereof I pluck a white rose too. | In signe whereof, I pluck a white Rose too. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.8 | I'll by a sign give notice to our friends, | Ile by a signe giue notice to our friends, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.5 | In sign whereof this arm that hath reclaimed | In signe whereof, this Arme, that hath reclaym'd |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.162 | Give thee her hand for sign of plighted faith. | Giue thee her hand for signe of plighted faith. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.82 | It's sign she hath been liberal and free. | It's signe she hath beene liberall and free. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.18 | I can express no kinder sign of love | I can expresse no kinder signe of Loue |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.81 | And make my image but an alehouse sign. | And make my Image but an Ale-house signe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.5 | Ah, what a sign it is of evil life | Ah, what a signe it is of euill life, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.29 | He dies and makes no sign. O God, forgive him! | He dies and makes no signe: Oh God forgiue him. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.19 | Thou hast hit it; for there's no better sign of a | Thou hast hit it: for there's no better signe of a |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.67 | For underneath an alehouse' paltry sign, | For vnderneath an Ale-house paltry signe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.9 | Hath pawned an open hand in sign of love; | Hath pawn'd an open Hand, in signe of Loue; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.26 | In sign of truth, I kiss your highness' hand. | In signe of truth, I kisse your Highnesse Hand. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.44 | The owl shrieked at thy birth, an evil sign; | The Owle shriek'd at thy birth, an euill signe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.108 | You sign your place and calling, in full seeming, | You signe your Place, and Calling, in full seeming, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.66 | Offers, as I do, in a sign of peace, | Offers, as I doe, in a signe of peace, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.4 | Upon a labouring day without the sign | Vpon a labouring day, without the signe |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.247 | Gave sign for me to leave you. So I did, | Gaue signe for me to leaue you: So I did, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.14 | Their bloody sign of battle is hung out, | Their bloody signe of Battell is hung out, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.23 | Mark Antony, shall we give sign of battle? | Mark Antony, shall we giue signe of Battaile? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.7 | In sign whereof receive this coronet. | In signe where of receiue this Coronet, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.1 | Boy, what sign is it when a man of great spirit | Boy, What signe is it when a man of great spirit |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.3 | A great sign, sir, that he will look sad. | A great signe sir, that he will looke sad. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.469 | Following the signs, wooed but the sign of she. | Following the signes, woo'd but the signe of she. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.62 | not, it were a good sign that I should quickly have a new | it were a good signe, that I should quickely haue a new |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.152 | Sign me a present pardon for my brother, | Signe me a present pardon for my brother, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.394.1 | And I will sign it. | And I will signe it. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.ii.2 | And let him sign it. We'll away tonight | And let him signe it, wee'll away to night, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.233 | at the door of a brothel-house for the sign of blind | at the doore of a brothel-house for the signe of blinde |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.246 | let them signify under my sign ‘ Here you may see | let them signifie vnder my signe, here you may see |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.222 | sign of affection. I did never think to marry. I must not | signe of affection: I did neuer thinke to marry, I must not |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.31 | She's but the sign and semblance of her honour. | Shee's but the signe and semblance of her honour: |
| Othello | Oth I.i.157 | I must show out a flag and sign of love, | I must show out a Flag, and signe of Loue, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.158 | Which is indeed but sign. That you shall surely find him, | (Which is indeed but signe) that you shal surely find him |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.109 | should lodge them with this sign. | should lodge them with this signe. |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.25 | Razed out my imprese, leaving me no sign | Raz'd out my Impresse, leauing me no signe, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.65 | For 'tis a sign of love, and love to Richard | For 'tis a signe of loue, and loue to Richard, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.280 | In sign of league and amity with thee. | In signe of League and amity with thee: |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.78 | Which by the sign thereof was termed so. | Which, by the Signe thereof, was tearmed so. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.90 | A sign of dignity, a breath, a bubble, | A signe of Dignity, a Breath, a Bubble; |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.272 | Sir, I shall not be slack. In sign whereof, | Sir, I shal not be slacke, in signe whereof, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.116 | And show more sign of her obedience, | And show more signe of her obedience, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.121 | Or make some sign how I may do thee ease. | Or make some signes how I may do thee ease: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.43 | Nor wink, nor nod, nor kneel, nor make a sign, | Nor winke, nor nod, nor kneele, nor make a signe, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.18 | For thou hast shown some sign of good desert – | (For thou hast showne some signe of good desert) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.128 | Is true love's merit, and bless me with a sign | Is true loves merit, and blesse me with a signe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.85 | attentiveness wounded his daughter; till, from one sign | attentiuenesse wounded his Daughter, till (from one signe |