| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.3 | By my troth, I take my young lord to be a very | By my troth I take my young Lord to be a verie |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.158 | By my troth, sir, if I were to live this present | By my troth sir, if I were to liue this present |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.84 | By my troth, thou sayest true: for since the little | By my troth thou saiest true: For, since the little |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.277 | By my troth, I was seeking for a fool when I | By my troth, I was seeking for a Foole, when I |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.174 | By my troth, and in good earnest, and so God | By my troth, and in good earnest, and so God |
| As You Like It | AYL V.i.11 | By my troth, we that have good wits have much to answer | by my troth, we that haue good wits, haue much to answer |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.7 | By my troth, well met. Come, sit, sit, and | By my troth well met : come, sit, sit, and |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.44 | By my troth, yes: I count it but time lost to | By my troth yes: I count it but time lost to |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.62 | By my troth, your town is troubled with unruly boys. | By my troth your towne is troubled with vnruly boies. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.59 | very pretty boy. O' my troth, I looked upon him o' Wednesday | very pretty boy. A my troth, I look'd vpon him a Wensday |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.107 | In troth, I think she would. Fare you well, then. | In troth I thinke she would: / Fare you well then. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.132 | In troth, there's wondrous things spoke of him. | In troth, there's wondrous things spoke of him. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.49 | And, by my troth, you have cause. You'll sup with me? | And by my troth you haue cause: you'l Sup with me. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.193 | to say the truth on't. Before Corioles he scotched him | to say the Troth on't before Corioles, he scotcht him, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.27 | The loyal'st husband that did e'er plight troth. | The loyall'st husband, that did ere plight troth. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.20 | To have begged or bought what I have took: good troth, | To haue begg'd, or bought, what I haue took: good troth |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.274 | Now fear is from me, I'll speak troth. Lord Cloten, | Now feare is from me, Ile speake troth. Lord Cloten |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.20 | No, by my troth, not so much as will serve to | No, not so much as will serue to |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.70 | And violation of all faith and troth | And violation of all faith and troth |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.116 | Yea, in truth, my lord. | Yes in troth my Lord. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.10 | got, for, by my troth, I do now remember the poor | got: for (in troth) I do now remember the poore |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.54 | By my troth, this is the old fashion; you two | Why this is the olde fashion: you two |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.56 | i' good truth, as rheumatic as two dry toasts; you cannot | (in good troth) as Rheumatike as two drie Tostes, you cannot |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.101 | by my troth, I am the worse when one says ‘ swagger.’ | I am the worse when one sayes, swagger: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.165 | By my troth, captain, these are very bitter | By my troth Captaine, these are very bitter |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.264 | By my troth, I kiss thee with a most constant heart. | Nay truely, I kisse thee with a most constant heart. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.272 | By my troth, thou'lt set me a-weeping an thou | Thou wilt set me a weeping, if thou |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.286 | O, the Lord preserve thy grace! By my troth, | Oh, the Lord preserue thy good Grace: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.299 | is, by my troth! | is by my troth. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.38 | By my troth, I was not there. | Truly Cousin, I was not there. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.82 | hand, give me your worship's good hand. By my troth, | hand, giue me your Worships good hand: Trust me, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.188 | tarry dinner. I am glad to see you, by my troth, Master | tarry dinner. I am glad to see you in good troth, Master |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.228 | By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once: | I care not, a man can die but once: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.39 | If truth and upright innocency fail me, | If Troth, and vpright Innocency fayle me, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.38 | For Doll is in. Pistol speaks naught but truth. | for Dol is in. Pistol, speakes nought but troth. |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.30 | No, by my troth, not long; for we cannot lodge | No by my troth, not long: For we cannot lodge |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.83 | By my troth, he'll yield the crow a pudding one | By my troth he'l yeeld the Crow a pudding one |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.114 | By my troth, I will speak my conscience of | By my troth, I will speake my conscience of |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.64 | No, by my troth, I did not mean such love. | No, by my troth, I did not meane such loue. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.23.2 | By my troth and maidenhead, | By my troth, and Maidenhead, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.33.2 | Nay, good troth. | Nay, good troth. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.34 | Yes, troth and troth. You would not be a queen? | Yes troth, & troth; you would not be a Queen? |
| King John | KJ III.iii.55 | And, by my troth, I think thou lovest me well. | And by my troth I thinke thou lou'st me well. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.103 | Lo, by my troth, the instrument is cold | Loe, by my troth, the Instrument is cold, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.117 | Bid her alight and her troth plight – | Bid her a-light, and her troth-plight, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.66 | Study to break it and not break my troth. | Studie to breake it, and not breake my troth. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.130 | By my troth, most pleasant! How both did fit it! | By my troth most pleasant, how both did fit it. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.143 | O'my troth, most sweet jests, most incony vulgar wit; | O my troth most sweete iests, most inconie vulgar wit, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.141 | You would for paradise break faith and troth; | You would for Paradise breake Faith and troth, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.350 | For virtue's office never breaks men's troth. | For vertues office neuer breakes men troth. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.450 | What mean you, madam? By my life, my troth, | What meane you Madame? / By my life, my troth |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.207 | Troth, and your bum is the greatest thing about | Troth, and your bum is the greatest thing about |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.53 | Troth, sir, she hath eaten up all her beef, and | Troth sir, shee hath eaten vp all her beefe, and |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.155 | troth, Isabel, I loved thy brother. If the old fantastical | troth Isabell I lou'd thy brother, if the olde fantastical |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.173 | By my troth, I'll go with thee to the lane's end. If | By my troth Ile go with thee to the lanes end: if |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.1 | By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of | By my troth Nerrissa, my little body is a wearie of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.178 | Mistress Ford, by my troth, you are very well | Mistris Ford, by my troth you are very wel |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.266 | prunes – and, by my troth, I cannot abide the smell of | Prunes) and by my troth, I cannot abide the smell of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.139 | Troth, sir, all is in His hands above. | Troth Sir, all is in his hands aboue: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.166 | Troth, and I have a bag of money here troubles me. | Troth, and I haue a bag of money heere troubles me: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.42 | And – to speak truth – I have forgot our way. | And to speake troth I haue forgot our way: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.48 | One heart, one bed, two bosoms, and one troth. | One heart, one bed, two bosomes, and one troth. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.56 | So then two bosoms and a single troth. | So then two bosomes, and a single troth. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.135 | Good troth, you do me wrong – good sooth, you do – | Good troth you do me wrong (good-sooth you do) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.92 | Then fate o'errules, that, one man holding truth, | Then fate ore-rules, that one man holding troth, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.207 | By my troth, I speak my thought. | By my troth I speake my thought. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.16 | By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a | By my troth Neece, thou wilt neuer get thee a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.195 | Troth, my lord, I have played the part of Lady | Troth my Lord, I haue played the part of Lady |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.316 | By my troth, a pleasant-spirited lady. | By my troth a pleasant spirited Lady. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.76 | By my troth, a good song. | By my troth a good song. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.101 | By my troth, my lord, I cannot tell what to | By my troth my Lord, I cannot tell what to |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.227 | troth, it is no addition to her wit, nor no great argument | troth it is no addition to her witte, nor no great argument |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.6 | Troth, I think your other rebato were better. | Troth I thinke your other rebato were better. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.8 | By my troth, 's not so good, and I warrant | By my troth's not so good, and I warrant |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.17 | By my troth, 's but a nightgown in respect of | By my troth's but a night-gowne in respect of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.47 | were ready. By my troth, I am exceeding ill; heigh-ho! | were ready, by my troth I am exceeding ill, hey ho. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.65 | your cap. By my troth, I am sick. | your cap, by my troth I am sicke. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.72 | Moral? No, by my troth, I have no moral | Morall? no by my troth, I haue no morall |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.37 | troth he is, as ever broke bread. But God is to be worshipped; | troth he is, as euer broke bread, but God is to bee worshipt, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.215 | by my troth, there's one meaning well suited. | by my troth there's one meaning well suted. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.77.2 | Troth no, no more than reason. | Troth no, no more then reason. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.367 | Content thyself awhile. By th' mass, 'tis morning: | Content thy selfe, a-while. In troth 'tis Morning; |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.183.1 | No, by my faith, Bianca. | No, in good troth Bianca. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.238.1 | By my troth, I am glad on't. | Trust me, I am glad on't. |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.69 | In troth, I think thou wouldst not. | Introth, I thinke thou would'st not. |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.70 | In troth I think I should, and undo 't when I had | Introth I thinke I should, and vndoo't when I had |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.74 | Now, as I can remember, by my troth, | now? as I can remember by my troth, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.78 | Now, by mine honour, by my life, by my troth, | Now by my Honor, my life, my troth, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.23 | Now, by my troth, if I had been remembered, | Now by my troth, if I had beene remembred, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.114 | By my troth, it is well said. ‘ For himself to mar,’ | By my troth it is said, for himselfe to, mar |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.99 | Ay, by my troth, the case may be amended. | I by my troth, the case may be amended. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.33 | man! And his fins like arms! Warm, o' my troth! I do | man; and his Finnes like Armes: warme o'my troth: I doe |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.104 | Ay, ay, prithee now. By my troth, sweet lord, thou | I, I, prethee now: by my troth sweet Lord thou |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.111 | In good troth, it begins so. | In good troth it begins so. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.45 | Who's there? My Lord Aeneas? By my troth, | Who's there my Lord Aneas? by my troth |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.168 | But in this extant moment, faith and troth, | But in this extant moment, faith and troth, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.3 | By my troth, Sir Toby, you must come in earlier | By my troth sir Toby you must come in earlyer |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.55 | By my troth, I would not undertake | By my troth I would not vndertake |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.4 | Nay, by my troth, I know not; but I know | Nay by my troth I know not: but I know, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.18 | By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast. | By my troth the foole has an excellent breast. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.22 | Troth, sir, I can yield you none without words, and | Troth sir, I can yeeld you none without wordes, and |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.45 | By my troth, I'll tell thee, I am almost sick for | By my troth Ile tell thee, I am almost sicke for |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.20 | By my troth, thou hast an open hand! These wise | By my troth thou hast an open hand: these Wise- |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.24 | By my troth, sir, no – though it please you to be | By my troth sir, no: though it please you to be |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.27 | By my troth, I think fame but stammers 'em; | By my troth, I think Fame but stammers 'em, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.43 | part burns and the deceiving part freezes – in troth | part burnes, and the deceaving part freezes; in troth |