| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.8 | must of necessity hold his virtue to you, whose worthiness | must of necessitie hold his vertue to you, whose worthinesse |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.60 | In manners as in shape! Thy blood and virtue | In manners as in shape: thy blood and vertue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.201 | makes in you is a virtue of a good wing, and I like the | makes in you, is a vertue of a good wing, and I like the |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.123 | Of virtue for the name. But do not so. | Of vertue for the name: but doe not so: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.126 | Where great additions swell's, and virtue none, | Where great additions swell's, and vertue none, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.142 | I can create the rest. Virtue and she | I can create the rest: Vertue, and shee |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.261 | birth and virtue gives you heraldry. You are not worth | birth and vertue giues you Heraldry. You are not worth |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.13 | too far in his virtue which he hath not, he might at some | too farre in his vertue which he hath not, he might at some |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.249 | virtue, for he will be swine-drunk, and in his sleep he | vertue, for he will be swine-drunke, and in his sleepe he |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.222 | Since you lack virtue I will lose a husband – | (Since you lacke vertue, I will loose a husband) |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.135 | Whose virtue and whose general graces speak | whose / Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.23 | The soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss | (The Souldiers vertue) rather makes choise of losse |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.28 | Let not the piece of virtue which is set | Let not the peece of Vertue which is set |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.17 | O infinite virtue, com'st thou smiling from | Oh infinite Vertue, comm'st thou smiling from |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.8 | Shall see thy virtue witnessed everywhere. | Shall see thy vertue witnest euery where. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.116 | and that's the right virtue of the medlar. | and that's the right vertue of the Medler. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.276 | virtue. I am weary of you. | vertue: I am wearie of you. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.56 | Virtue is no horn-maker; and my Rosalind is | Vertue is no horne-maker: and my Rosalind is |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.100 | virtue in ‘ If.’ | vertue in if. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.184 | Your patience and your virtue well deserves it; | your patience, and your vertue, well deserues it. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.90 | Her sober virtue, years, and modesty, | Her sober vertue, yeares, and modestie, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.38 | is, even to the altitude of his virtue. | is, euen to the altitude of his vertue. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.172 | Or hailstone in the sun. Your virtue is | Or Hailstone in the Sun. Your Vertue is, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.82 | That valour is the chiefest virtue and | That Valour is the chiefest Vertue, / And |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.73 | Who lack not virtue, no, nor power, but that | Who lack not Vertue, no, nor Power, but that |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.12 | Be it so; go back. The virtue of your name | Be it so, go back: the vertue of your name, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.52 | Proclaims how she esteemed him; and his virtue | Proclaimes how she esteem'd him; and his Vertue |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.62 | She holds her virtue still, and I my mind. | She holds her Vertue still, and I my mind. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.143 | Thou wouldst have told this tale for virtue, not | Thou would'st haue told this tale for Vertue, not |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.9 | As would take in some virtue. O my master, | As would take in some Vertue. Oh my Master, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.56 | That did attend themselves, and had the virtue | That did attend themselues, and had the vertue |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.88 | So feat, so nurse-like: let his virtue join | So feate, so Nurse-like: let his vertue ioyne |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.174 | He was as calm as virtue – he began | He was as calme as vertue) he began |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.221 | Of Virtue was she; yea, and she herself. | Of Vertue was she; yea, and she her selfe. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.16 | The virtue of his will. But you must fear, | The vertue of his feare: but you must feare |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.38 | Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. | Vertue it selfe scapes not calumnious stroakes, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.53 | But virtue as it never will be moved, | But Vertue, as it neuer wil be moued, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.117 | You should not have believed me. For virtue | You should not haue beleeued me. For vertue |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.22 | the mirror up to nature, to show virtue her own feature, | the Mirrour vp to Nature; to shew Vertue her owne Feature, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.43 | Calls virtue hypocrite; takes off the rose | Cals Vertue Hypocrite, takes off the Rose |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.85 | To flaming youth let virtue be as wax | To flaming youth, let Vertue be as waxe, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.153 | To make them ranker. Forgive me this my virtue. | To make them ranke. Forgiue me this my Vertue, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.155 | Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, | Vertue it selfe, of Vice must pardon begge, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.161 | Assume a virtue, if you have it not. | Assume a Vertue, if you haue it not, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.157 | Burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye! | Burne out the Sence and Vertue of mine eye. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.13 | My virtue or my plague, be it either which – | My Vertue or my Plague, be it either which, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.143 | Collected from all simples that have virtue | Collected from all Simples that haue Vertue |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.184 | The virtue of this jest will be the incomprehensible lies | The vertue of this Iest will be, the incomprehensible lyes |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.115 | me a cup of sack, rogue. Is there no virtue extant? | me a Cup of Sacke, Rogue. Is there no Vertue extant? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.417 | virtue in his looks. If then the tree may be known by the | Vertue in his Lookes. If then the Tree may be knowne by the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.419 | there is virtue in that Falstaff. Him keep with, the rest | there is Vertue in that Falstaffe: him keepe with, the rest |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.121 | A virtue that was never seen in you. | A Vertue that was neuer seene in you. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.33 | burning. If thou wert any way given to virtue, I would | burning. If thou wert any way giuen to vertue, I would |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.170 | go – I cannot tell. Virtue is of so little regard in these | go: I cannot tell. Vertue is of so little regard in these |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.46 | we catch of you. Grant that, my poor virtue, grant that. | we catch of you: Grant that, my poore Vertue, grant that. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.161 | In very ample virtue of his father, | In very ample vertue of his Father, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.106 | He needs not; it is no hidden virtue in him. | Hee needes not, it is no hidden vertue in him. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.9 | Virtue he had, deserving to command; | Vertue he had, deseruing to command, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.190 | Honour and virtue, and conversed with such | Honor and Vertue, and conuers't with such, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.143 | Virtue is choked with foul ambition, | Vertue is choakt with foule Ambition, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.10 | O miserable age! Virtue is not regarded in | O miserable Age: Vertue is not regarded in |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.130 | 'Tis virtue that doth make them most admired; | 'Tis Vertue, that doth make them most admir'd, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.63 | That love which virtue begs and virtue grants. | That loue which Vertue begges, and Vertue graunts. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.64 | Hath placed thy beauty's image and thy virtue. | Hath plac'd thy Beauties Image, and thy Vertue. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.76 | That virtue must go through. We must not stint | That Vertue must goe through: we must not stint |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.102 | I tender my commission, by whose virtue, | I tender my Commission; by whose vertue, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.126 | Since virtue finds no friends – a wife, a true one? | Since Vertue findes no friends) a Wife, a true one? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.333 | Press not a falling man too far! 'Tis virtue. | Presse not a falling man too farre: 'tis Vertue: |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.63 | That Christendom shall ever speak his virtue. | That Christendome shall euer speake his Vertue. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.144 | For virtue and true beauty of the soul, | For Vertue, and true Beautie of the Soule, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.50 | And by that virtue no man dare accuse you. | And by that vertue no man dare accuse you. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.99 | By virtue of that ring I take my cause | By vertue of that Ring, I take my cause |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.24 | More covetous of wisdom and fair virtue | More couetous of Wisedome, and faire Vertue |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.90 | I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus, | I know that vertue to be in you Brutus, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.160 | Will change to virtue and to worthiness. | Will change to Vertue, and to Worthinesse. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.133 | The even virtue of our enterprise, | The euen vertue of our Enterprize, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.269 | Which, by the right and virtue of my place, | Which by the Right and Vertue of my place |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iii.12 | My heart laments that virtue cannot live | My heart laments, that Vertue cannot liue |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.76 | According to his virtue let us use him, | According to his Vertue, let vs vse him |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.83 | Contains each general virtue in the world. | Containes ech generall vertue in the worlde, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.114 | But rather, virtue sin, sin virtue deemed. | But rather vertue sin, synne vertue deemd, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.225 | If on my virtue, take it if thou canst, | If on my vertue take it if thou canst, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.284 | To bear the comb of virtue from this flower, | To beare the combe of vertue from his flower, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.357 | Of all the virtue I have preached to her. | Of all the vertue I haue preacht to her, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.74 | And dash the virtue of my seal at arms. | and dash the vertue of my seale at armes, |
| King John | KJ II.i.98 | Upon the maiden virtue of the crown. | Vpon the maiden vertue of the Crowne: |
| King John | KJ II.i.428 | If zealous love should go in search of virtue, | If zealous loue should go in search of vertue, |
| King John | KJ II.i.432 | Such as she is, in beauty, virtue, birth, | Such as she is, in beautie, vertue, birth, |
| King John | KJ II.i.595 | And being rich, my virtue then shall be | And being rich, my vertue then shall be, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.44 | O that there were some virtue in my tears | Oh that there were some vertue in my teares, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.45 | this but as an essay or taste of my virtue. | this but as an essay, or taste of my Vertue. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.68 | Of any trust, virtue, or worth in thee | Ofany trust, vertue, or worth in thee |
| King Lear | KL II.i.112 | Whose virtue and obedience doth this instant | Whose vertue and obedience doth this instant |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.54 | Thou perjured, and thou simular of virtue | Thou Periur'd, and thou Simular of Vertue |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.120 | That minces virtue and does shake the head | that minces Vertue, & do's shake the head |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.103 | Trust to thy single virtue; for thy soldiers, | Trust to thy single vertue, for thy Souldiers |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.301 | The wages of their virtue, and all foes | Taste the wages of their vertue,and all Foes |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.57 | Of all that virtue love for virtue loved; | Of all that Vertue loue, for Vertue loued. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.73 | By virtue, thou enforcest laughter; thy silly | By vertue thou inforcest laughter, thy sillie |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.348 | The virtue of your eye must break my oath. | The vertue of your eie must breake my oth. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.349 | You nickname virtue – ‘ vice ’ you should have spoke; | You nickname vertue: vice you should haue spoke: |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.156 | The healing benediction. With this strange virtue | The healing Benediction. With this strange vertue, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.9 | Whom I believe to be most strait in virtue, | (Whom I beleeue to be most strait in vertue) |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.38 | Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: | Some rise by sinne, and some by vertue fall: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.161.2 | From thee: even from thy virtue. | From thee: euen from thy vertue. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.183 | To sin in loving virtue. Never could the strumpet | To sinne, in louing vertue: neuer could the Strumpet |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.145 | I know your virtue hath a licence in't, | I know your vertue hath a licence in't, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.139.1 | That it becomes a virtue. | That it becomes a vertue. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.165 | her virtue to practise his judgement with the disposition | her vertue, to practise his iudgement with the disposition |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.210 | Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. Have | Vertue is bold, and goodnes neuer fearefull: / Haue |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.177 | The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong | The whitest vertue strikes. What King so strong, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.252 | Grace to stand, and virtue go; | Grace to stand, and Vertue go: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.224 | As there is sense in truth and truth in virtue, | As there is sence in truth, and truth in vertue, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.524 | I have confessed her and I know her virtue. | I haue confes'd her, and I know her vertue. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.82 | Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. | Some marke of vertue on his outward parts; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.101 | Silence bestows that virtue on it, madam. | Silence bestowes that vertue on it Madam. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.199 | If you had known the virtue of the ring, | If you had knowne the vertue of the Ring, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.146 | would have thrust virtue out of our hearts by the head | would haue thrust vertue out of our hearts by the head |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.220 | Your virtue is my privilege. For that | Your vertue is my priuiledge: for that |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.168 | And all the faith, the virtue of my heart, | And all the faith, the vertue of my heart, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.109 | your excellent wit? Can virtue hide itself? Go to, mum, | your excellent wit? can vertue hide it selfe? goe to, mumme, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.69 | And never gives to truth and virtue that | And neuer giues to Truth and Vertue, that |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.50 | virtue of your office, to be no true man; and, for such | vertue of your office, to be no true man: and for such |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.36 | To witness simple virtue? Would you not swear, | To witnesse simple Vertue? would you not sweare |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.80 | Hero itself can blot out Hero's virtue. | Hero it selfe can blot out Heroes vertue. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.219 | The virtue that possession would not show us | The vertue that possession would not shew vs |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.29 | But no man's virtue nor sufficiency | But no mans vertue nor sufficiencie |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.286 | If virtue no delighted beauty lack, | If Vertue no delighted Beautie lacke, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.315 | be so fond, but it is not in my virtue to amend it. | be so fond, but it is not in my vertue to amend it. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.316 | Virtue? A fig! 'Tis in ourselves that we are thus, or | Vertue? A figge, 'tis in our selues that we are thus, or |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.119 | 'Tis to his virtue a just equinox, | 'Tis to his vertue, a iust Equinox, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.129 | Prizes the virtue that appears in Cassio | Prizes the vertue that appeares in Cassio, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.350 | So will I turn her virtue into pitch, | So will I turne her vertue into pitch, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.184 | Where virtue is, these are more virtuous. | Where Vertue is, these are more vertuous. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.347 | That make ambition virtue – O, farewell! | That makes Ambition, Vertue! Oh farewell; |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.8 | The devil their virtue tempts, and they tempt heaven. | The Diuell their vertue tempts, and they tempt Heauen. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.268 | Whom passion could not shake? Whose solid virtue | Whom Passion could not shake? Whose solid vertue |
| Pericles | Per I.i.15 | Of every virtue gives renown to men; | Of euery Vertue giues renowne to men: |
| Pericles | Per II.i.146 | I'll show the virtue I have borne in arms. | Ile shew the vertue I haue borne in Armes. |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.26 | Virtue and cunning were endowments greater | Vertue and Cunning, / Were endowments greater, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.7 | Much less in blood than virtue, yet a princess | much lesse in bloud then vertue, yet a Princes |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.109 | Fare thee well. Thou art a piece of virtue, and | fare thee well, thou art a peece of vertue, & |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.5 | Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast, | Vertue preferd from fell destructions blast, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.98 | Virtue with valour couched in thine eye. | Vertue with Valour, couched in thine eye: |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.278 | There is no virtue like necessity. | |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.66 | So shall my virtue be his vice's bawd | So shall my Vertue be his Vices bawd, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.7 | Sweet Prince, the untainted virtue of your years | Sweet Prince, the vntainted vertue of your yeers |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.29 | So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue | So smooth he dawb'd his Vice with shew of Vertue, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.17 | Your bounty, virtue, fair humility; | Your Bountie, Vertue, faire Humilitie: |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.95 | Two props of virtue for a Christian prince, | Two Props of Vertue, for a Christian Prince, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.370 | Thy Garter, blemished, pawned his knightly virtue; | Thy Garter blemish'd, pawn'd his Knightly Vertue; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.17 | Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, | Vertue it selfe turnes vice being misapplied, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.18 | Virtue, and that part of philosophy | Vertue and that part of Philosophie |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.20 | By virtue specially to be achieved. | By vertue specially to be atchieu'd. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.30 | This virtue and this moral discipline, | This vertue, and this morall discipline, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.117 | Her new-built virtue and obedience. | Her new built vertue and obedience. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.27 | The very virtue of compassion in thee, | The very vertue of compassion in thee: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.56 | Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and | Thy Mother was a peece of vertue, and |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.28 | In virtue than in vengeance. They being penitent, | In vertue, then in vengeance: they, being penitent, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.4 | Then, as in grateful virtue I am bound | Then, as in gratefull Vertue I am bound |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.82 | For his right noble mind, illustrious virtue, | For his right Noble minde, illustrious Vertue, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.8 | For pity is the virtue of the law, | For pitty is the vertue of the Law, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.27 | That 'gainst the stream of virtue they may strive, | That 'gainst the streame of Vertue they may striue, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.392 | Think thy slave man rebels, and by thy virtue | Thinke thy slaue-man rebels, and by thy vertue |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.14 | The Imperial seat, to virtue consecrate, | Th'Imperiall Seate to Vertue: consecrate |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.68 | Patron of virtue, Rome's best champion, | Patron of Vertue, Romes best Champion, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.96 | Sweet cell of virtue and nobility, | Sweet Cell of vertue and Noblitie, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.11 | And virtue stoops and trembles at her frown. | And vertue stoopes and trembles at her frowne. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.5 | Is as a virtue fixed, today was moved: | Is as a Vertue fixt, to day was mou'd: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.24 | There is no man hath a virtue that he hath not a | there is no man hath a vertue, that he hath not a |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.254 | gentleness, virtue, youth, liberality, and so forth | gentlenesse, vertue, youth, liberality, and so forth: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.30 | Lies rich in virtue and unmingled. | Lies rich in Vertue, and vnmingled. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.169 | And farewell goes out sighing. O, let not virtue seek | And farewels goes out sighing: O let not vertue seeke |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.78 | But we in silence hold this virtue well: | But we in silence hold this vertue well; |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.43 | patched: virtue that transgresses is but patched with | patch'd: vertu that transgresses, is but patcht with |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.44 | sin; and sin that amends is but patched with virtue. If | sinne, and sin that amends, is but patcht with vertue. If |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.58 | mouse of virtue, answer me. | Mouse of vertue answer mee. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.360 | Virtue is beauty; but the beauteous evil | Vertue is beauty, but the beauteous euill |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.65 | Is full of virtue, bounty, worth, and qualities | Is full of Vertue, Bounty, Worth, and Qualities |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.275 | virtue in a maid with clean hands. | vertue in a maid with cleane hands. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.304 | A special virtue; for then she need not be | A speciall vertue: for then shee neede not be |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.326 | To be slow in words is a woman's only virtue. I pray | To be slow in words, is a womans onely vertue: I pray |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.327 | thee, out with't, and place it for her chief virtue. | thee out with't, and place it for her chiefe vertue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.62 | To make a virtue of necessity, | To make a vertue of necessity, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.35 | I did begin to speak of; this is virtue, | I did begin to speake of: This is vertue |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.23 | Mark how his virtue, like a hidden sun, | Marke how his vertue, like a hidden Sun |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.81.2 | More by virtue; | More by vertue, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.74 | Virtue itself – these shrugs, these ‘ hum's’ and ‘ ha's,’ | Vertue it selfe) these Shrugs, these Hum's, and Ha's, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.88 | His vices, you would say. There's no virtue | His vices you would say: there's no vertue |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.120 | of virtue! (sings) | of Vertue. Song. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.384 | I'th' virtue of your daughter. One being dead, | I'th Vertue of your daughter: One being dead, |