| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.166 | A guide, a goddess, and a sovereign, | A guide, a Goddesse, and a Soueraigne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.53 | O'er whom both sovereign power and father's voice | Ore whom both Soueraigne power, and fathers voice |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.37.1 | Dear sovereign, pardon to me. | Deere Soueraigne pardon to me. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.87.2 | My gracious sovereign, | My gracious Soueraigne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.128.2 | Gracious sovereign, | Gracious Soueraigne. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.60.2 | and at thy sovereign leisure read | and at thy Soueraigne leysure read |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.34.2 | Sovereign of Egypt, hail! | Soueraigne of Egypt, haile. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.12 | O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, | Oh Soueraigne Mistris of true Melancholly, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.69.1 | She's dead too, our sovereign. | She's dead too, our Soueraigne. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.41 | With tears as sovereign as the blood of hearts | With teares as Soueraigne as the blood of hearts, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.81.2 | Most sovereign creature – | Most Soueraigne Creature. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.64 | Dear sovereign, hear me speak. | Deere Soueraigne heare me speake. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.168 | Possessed with such a gentle sovereign grace, | Possest with such a gentle soueraigne grace, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.111 | The most sovereign prescription in Galen is but | The most soueraigne Prescription in Galen, is but |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.85 | Dear lady daughter, peace! – Sweet sovereign, | Deere Lady daughter, peace. Sweet Soueraigne, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.27 | Might, by the sovereign power you have of us, | Might by the Soueraigne power you haue of vs, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.158 | Now see that noble and most sovereign reason | Now see that Noble, and most Soueraigne Reason, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.65 | Our sovereign process, which imports at full, | Our Soueraigne Processe, which imports at full |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.10 | Our house, my sovereign liege, little deserves | Our house (my Soueraigne Liege) little deserues |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.93 | He never did fall off, my sovereign liege, | He neuer did fall off, my Soueraigne Liege, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.161 | Thou shalt have charge and sovereign trust herein. | Thou shalt haue Charge, and soueraigne trust herein. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.81 | Health to my sovereign, and new happiness | Health to my Soueraigne, and new happinesse |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.113 | My sovereign lord, cheer up yourself, look up. | My Soueraigne Lord, cheare vp your selfe, looke vp. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.33 | Then hear me, gracious sovereign, and you peers, | Then heare me gracious Soueraign, & you Peers, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.97 | The sin upon my head, dread sovereign! | The sinne vpon my head, dread Soueraigne: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.140 | They of those marches, gracious sovereign, | They of those Marches, gracious Soueraign, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.45 | Let him be punished, sovereign, lest example | Let him be punish'd Soueraigne, least example |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.65 | And I, my royal sovereign. | And I my Royall Soueraigne. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.165 | My fault, but not my body, pardon, sovereign. | My fault, but not my body, pardon Soueraigne. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.71 | Runs far before them. Good my sovereign, | Runs farre before them. Good my Soueraigne |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.35 | sovereign to reason on, and for a sovereign's sovereign | Soueraigne to reason on, and for a Soueraignes Soueraigne |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.68 | My sovereign lord, bestow yourself with speed. | My Soueraign Lord, bestow your selfe with speed: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.23 | Commend my service to my sovereign.’ | Commend my seruice to my Soueraigne, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.350 | That here I kiss her as my sovereign Queen. | That here I kisse her as my Soueraigne Queene. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.111 | Let me thy servant and not sovereign be; | Let me thy seruant, and not Soueraigne be, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.24 | Whom Henry, our late sovereign, ne'er could brook? | Whom Henry our late Soueraigne ne're could brooke? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.25 | The King, thy sovereign, is not quite exempt | The King, thy Soueraigne, is not quite exempt |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.115 | To slay your sovereign and destroy the realm. | To slay your Soueraigne, and destroy the Realme. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.151 | Accept this scroll, most gracious sovereign, | Accept this Scrowle, most gracious Soueraigne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.4 | To do my duty to my sovereign; | To doe my dutie to my Soueraigne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.9 | My gracious sovereign, as I rode from Calais | My gracious Soueraigne, as I rode from Calice, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.52 | Hath he forgot he is his sovereign? | Hath he forgot he is his Soueraigne? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.78 | Grant me the combat, gracious sovereign. | Grant me the Combate, gracious Soueraigne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.6 | Be humble to us, call my sovereign yours | Be humble to vs, call my Soueraigne yours, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.28 | With you, mine alderliefest sovereign, | With you mine Alder liefest Soueraigne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.41 | Between our sovereign and the French King Charles, | Betweene our Soueraigne, and the French King Charles, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.163 | Why should he then protect our sovereign, | Why should he then protect our Soueraigne? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.195 | When thou wert Regent for our sovereign, | When thou wert Regent for our Soueraigne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.158 | I say, my sovereign, York is meetest man | I say, my Soueraigne, Yorke is meetest man |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.61 | That shall salute our rightful sovereign | That shall salute our rightfull Soueraigne |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.63 | Long live our sovereign Richard, England's king! | Long liue our Soueraigne Richard, Englands King. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.56 | No, no, my sovereign, Gloucester is a man | No, no, my Soueraigne, Glouster is a man |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.82 | All health unto my gracious sovereign! | All health vnto my gracious Soueraigne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.102 | As I am clear from treason to my sovereign. | As I am cleare from Treason to my Soueraigne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.161 | And you, my sovereign lady, with the rest, | And you, my Soueraigne Lady, with the rest, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.178 | Hath he not twit our sovereign lady here | Hath he not twit our Soueraigne Lady here |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.271 | And to preserve my sovereign from his foe, | And to preserue my Soueraigne from his Foe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.38 | Comfort, my sovereign! Gracious Henry, comfort! | Comfort my Soueraigne, gracious Henry comfort. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.122 | It is reported, mighty sovereign, | It is reported, mighty Soueraigne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.149 | Come hither, gracious sovereign, view this body. | Come hither gracious Soueraigne, view this body. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.241 | Set all upon me, mighty sovereign. | Set all vpon me, mightie Soueraigne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.272 | Could send such message to their sovereign. | Could send such Message to their Soueraigne: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.1 | How fares my lord? Speak, Beaufort, to thy sovereign. | How fare's my Lord? Speake Beauford to thy Soueraigne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.7 | Beaufort, it is thy sovereign speaks to thee. | Beauford, it is thy Soueraigne speakes to thee. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.48 | And let my sovereign, virtuous Henry, | And let my Soueraigne, vertuous Henry, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.127 | We are thy sovereign, Clifford; kneel again. | We are thy Soueraigne Clifford, kneele againe; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.76.1 | I am thy sovereign. | I am thy Soueraigne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.141 | He rose against him, being his sovereign, | He rose against him, being his Soueraigne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.198 | To honour me as thy king and sovereign; | To honor me as thy King, and Soueraigne: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.86 | Before thy sovereign and thy lawful king? | Before thy Soueraigne, and thy lawfull King? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.92 | But far unfit to be a sovereign. | But farre vnfit to be a Soueraigne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.50 | My lord and sovereign, and thy vowed friend, | My Lord and Soueraigne, and thy vowed Friend, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.78 | And their true sovereign, whom they must obey? | And their true Soueraigne, whom they must obey? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.86 | My sovereign liege, no letters; and few words, | My Soueraigne Liege, no Letters, & few words, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.116 | Ay, gracious sovereign; they are so linked in friendship, | I, gracious Soueraigne, / They are so link'd in friendship, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.6 | Then is my sovereign slain? | Then is my Soueraigne slaine? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.64 | It shall be done, my sovereign, with all speed. | It shall bee done, my Soueraigne, with all speede. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.87 | But let us hence, my sovereign, to provide | But let vs hence, my Soueraigne, to prouide |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.67 | Ay, now my sovereign speaketh like himself; | I, now my Soueraigne speaketh like himselfe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.19 | My sovereign, with the loving citizens, | My Soueraigne, with the louing Citizens, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.24 | Farewell, my sovereign. | Farewell my Soueraigne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.76 | Therefore, no more but this: Henry, your sovereign, | Therefore no more but this: Henry your Soueraigne |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.202.1 | Of our most sovereign King. | Of our most Soueraigne King. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.48 | Whereof my sovereign would have note, they are | (Whereof my Soueraigne would haue note) they are |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.140 | Sovereign and pious else, could speak thee out – | Soueraigne and Pious els, could speake thee out) |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.166 | My sovereign, I confess your royal graces, | My Soueraigne, I confesse your Royall graces |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.114 | Dread sovereign, how much are we bound to heaven | Dread Soueraigne, / How much are we bound to Heauen, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.148 | My most dread sovereign, may it like your grace | My most dread Soueraigne, may it like your Grace, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.2 | For succour that my sovereign should send! | For souccour that my soueraigne should send; |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.119 | A little while, my gracious sovereign, stay, | A little while my gratious soueraigne stay, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.138 | What might I speak to make my sovereign stay? | What might I speake to make my soueraigne stay? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.52 | I will, my sovereign. | I will my soueraigne. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.150 | What is the other fault, my sovereign lord? | What is the other faulte, my soueraigne Lord, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.192 | That comes to see my sovereign how he fares. | That comes to see my soueraigne how he fares, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.202 | Should think my sovereign wrong! Thrice gentle King, | Should thinck my soueraigne wrong, thrice gentle King: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.218 | All this is done, my thrice dread sovereign. | All this is done my thrice dread souereigne, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.232 | But, sovereign, it is soldered to my life: | But souereigne it is souldered to my life, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.272 | I know my sovereign, in my husband's love, | I know my souereigne in my husbands loue, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.296 | How is it that my sovereign is so sad? | How is it that my souereigne is so sad, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.347 | Thy oath break hers, or let thy sovereign die. | Thy oth breake hers or let thy souereigne dye. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.2 | How is it with our sovereign and his peers? | How is it with oursoueraigne and his peeres? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.23 | Befall my sovereign all my sovereign's wish! | Befall my soueraigne, all my soueraignes wish, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.139 | That I would have choked up, my sovereign. | That I would haue chokt vp my soueraigne. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.142 | My gracious sovereign, France hath ta'en the foil, | My gratious soueraigne, Fraunce hath tane the foyle, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.125 | But he that is their true-born sovereign? | But he that is their true borne soueraigne? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.136 | Which is the true-born sovereign, this, or that. | Which is the true borne soueraigne this or that. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.67 | The King of France, my sovereign lord and master, | The king of Fraunce my soueraigne Lord and master, |
| King John | KJ I.i.15 | Thy nephew and right royal sovereign. | Thy Nephew, and right royall Soueraigne. |
| King John | KJ V.i.4 | Your sovereign greatness and authority. | Your Soueraigne greatnesse and authoritie. |
| King John | KJ V.ii.82 | To any sovereign state throughout the world. | To any Soueraigne State throughout the world. |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.42 | A sovereign shame so elbows him; his own unkindness | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.44 | A man of sovereign parts he is esteemed; | A man of soueraigne parts he is esteem'd: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.179 | Th' anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, | Th'annointed soueraigne of sighes and groanes: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.68 | Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom. | Giue solely soueraigne sway, and Masterdome. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.30 | To dew the sovereign flower and drown the weeds. | To dew the Soueraigne Flower, and drowne the Weeds: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.222 | allowed sufficiency, yet opinion, a more sovereign mistress | allowed sufficiencie; yet opinion, a more soueraigne Mistris |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.39 | We thus submit unto, our sovereign. | Wee thus submit vnto our Soueraigne. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.21 | My gracious sovereign, my most loving liege! | My gracious Soueraigne, my most louing Liege. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.45 | And wish – so please my sovereign – ere I move | And wish (so please my Soueraigne) ere I moue, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.111 | O, let my sovereign turn away his face | Oh let my Soueraigne turne away his face, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.129 | For that my sovereign liege was in my debt | For that my Soueraigne Liege was in my debt, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.165 | Myself I throw, dread sovereign, at thy foot. | My selfe I throw (dread Soueraigne) at thy foot. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.105 | Stands here for God, his sovereign, and himself, | Stands heere for God, his Soueraigne, and himselfe, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.114 | To God, his sovereign, and to him disloyal, | To God, his Soueraigne, and to him disloyall: |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.154 | A heavy sentence, my most sovereign liege, | A heauy sentence, my most Soueraigne Liege, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.112 | T' one is my sovereign, whom both my oath | Th'one is my Soueraigne, whom both my oath |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.111 | In braving arms against thy sovereign! | In brauing Atmes against thy Soueraigne. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.156 | Unto the sovereign mercy of the King. | Vnto the Soueraigne Mercy of the King. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.146 | We followed then our lord, our sovereign king; | We follow'd then our Lord, our Soueraigne King, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.47 | Good morrow to my sovereign King and Queen; | Good morrow to my Soueraigne King & Queen |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.53 | A blessed labour, my most sovereign lord. | A blessed labour my most Soueraigne Lord: |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.77 | My sovereign lord, I do beseech your highness | My Soueraigne Lord, I do beseech your Highnesse |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.97 | A boon, my sovereign, for my service done! | A boone my Soueraigne for my seruice done. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.101 | The forfeit, sovereign, of my servant's life, | The forfeit (Soueraigne) of my seruants life, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.2 | Welcome, dear cousin, my thoughts' sovereign! | Welcome deere Cosin, my thoughts Soueraign |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.108 | He may command me as my sovereign, | He may command me as my Soueraigne, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.2 | My gracious sovereign? | My gracious Soueraigne. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.23 | And here he comes. All health, my sovereign lord! | And heere he comes. All health my Soueraigne Lord. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.355 | Say I, her sovereign, am her subject love. | Say, I her Soueraigne, am her Subiect low. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.433 | Most mighty sovereign, on the western coast | Most mightie Soueraigne, on the Westerne Coast |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.465 | I know not, mighty sovereign, but by guess. | I know not, mightie Soueraigne, but by guesse. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.485 | When they should serve their sovereign in the west? | When they should serue their Soueraigne in the West? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.491.2 | Most mighty sovereign, | Most mightie Soueraigne, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.498 | My gracious sovereign, now in Devonshire, | My gracious Soueraigne, now in Deuonshire, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.303 | A good direction, warlike sovereign. | A good direction warlike Soueraigne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.195 | Sovereign, here lies the County Paris slain; | Soueraigne, here lies the Countie Paris slaine, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.146 | Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, | Thy head, thy soueraigne: One that cares for thee, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.72 | Bids thee leave these, and with her sovereign grace | Bids thee leaue these, & with her soueraigne grace, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.143 | For the like loss, I have her sovereign aid, | For the like losse, I haue her soueraigne aid, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.71 | Whose eyes are on this sovereign lady fixed | Whose eyes are on this Soueraigne Lady fixt, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.89 | How now, dear sovereign and our gracious mother, | How now deere Soueraigne / And our gracious Mother, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.39 | These sovereign thrones, are all supplied and filled – | These soueraigne thrones, are all supply'd and fill'd |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.79 | Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty. | Get thee to yond same soueraigne crueltie: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.116 | And thus I search it with a sovereign kiss. | And thus I search it with a soueraigne kisse. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.151 | Sovereign to all the creatures on the earth. | Soueraigne to all the Creatures on the earth. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.16 | Next after Emily my sovereign, how far | (Next after Emely my Soveraigne) how far |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.77 | Hail, sovereign queen of secrets, who hast power | Haile Soveraigne Queene of secrets, who hast power |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.280 | My sovereign mistress clouded so without | My Soueraigne Mistresse clouded so, without |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.16 | life of our sovereign lord the King, thy royal husband; | Life of our Soueraigne Lord the King, thy Royall Husband: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.26 | Of his most sovereign name; consider little | Of his most Soueraigne Name: Consider little, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.2.2 | What, sovereign sir, | What (Soueraigne Sir) |