| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.41 | carries virtuous qualities, there commendations go with | carries vertuous qualities, there commendations go with |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.205 | Whose aged honour cites a virtuous youth, | Whose aged honor cites a vertuous youth, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.56 | To each of you one fair and virtuous mistress | To each of you, one faire and vertuous Mistris; |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.121 | All that is virtuous, save what thou dislikest – | All that is vertuous (saue what thou dislik'st) |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.124 | From lowest place when virtuous things proceed, | From lowest place, whence vertuous things proceed, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.30 | By the misprising of a maid too virtuous | By the misprising of a Maide too vertuous |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.8 | death of the most virtuous gentlewoman that ever | death of the most vertuous gentlewoman, that euer |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.79 | And thou wilt show more bright and seem more virtuous | And thou wilt show more bright, & seem more vertuous |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.5 | Why are you virtuous? Why do people love you? | Why are you vertuous? Why do people loue you? |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.57 | virtuous. | vertuous. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.134 | She is a virtuous and a reverend lady. | She is a vertuous and a reuerend Lady, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.93 | You should account me the more virtuous | You should account mee the more Vertuous, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.26 | should not pass here; no, though it were as virtuous to | should not passe heere: no, though it were as vertuous to |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.26 | Let it be virtuous to be obstinate. | Let it be Vertuous to be Obstinate. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.57 | fair, virtuous, wise, chaste, constant, qualified and | Faire, Vertuous, Wise, Chaste, Constant, Qualified, and |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.447 | (to Cymbeline) The piece of tender air, thy virtuous daughter, | The peece of tender Ayre, thy vertuous Daughter, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.409 | And yet there is a virtuous man whom I have often noted in | and yet there is a vertuous man, whom I haue often noted in |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.15 | need to be. Virtuous enough. Swore little. Diced | need to be; vertuous enough, swore little, dic'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.189 | offend none but the virtuous. I laud them, I praise them. | offend none but the Vertuous. I laud them, I praise them. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.124 | virtuous. No, my lord, my humble duty remembered, | vertuous: No, my Lord (your humble duty remẽbred) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.71 | Come, you virtuous ass, you bashful | Come you pernitious Asse, you bashfull |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.297 | virtuous, civil gentlewoman! | vertuous, ciuill Gentlewoman? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.321 | cowardice doth not make thee wrong this virtuous | Cowardise, doth not make thee wrong this vertuous |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.20 | His new-come champion, virtuous Joan of Arc, | His new-come Champion, vertuous Ioane of Acre, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.38 | The virtuous lady, Countess of Auvergne, | The vertuous Lady, Countesse of Ouergne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.76 | O my good lords, and virtuous Henry, | Oh my good Lords, and vertuous Henry, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.35 | Valiant and virtuous, full of haughty courage, | Valiant, and Vertuous, full of haughtie Courage, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.43 | As, liking of the lady's virtuous gifts, | As liking of the Ladies vertuous gifts, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.39 | Virtuous and holy, chosen from above | Vertuous and Holy, chosen from aboue, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.20 | Command, I mean, of virtuous chaste intents, | Command I meane, of Vertuous chaste intents, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.20 | Against my king and nephew, virtuous Henry, | Against my King and Nephew, vertuous Henry, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.74 | That virtuous prince, the good Duke Humphrey. | That vertuous Prince, the good Duke Humfrey: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.72 | The Duke is virtuous, mild, and too well given | The Duke is vertuous, milde, and too well giuen, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.48 | And let my sovereign, virtuous Henry, | And let my Soueraigne, vertuous Henry, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.49 | I'll leave my son my virtuous deeds behind; | Ile leaue my Sonne my Vertuous deeds behinde, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.56 | That virtuous Lady Bona, thy fair sister, | That vertuous Lady Bona, thy faire Sister, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.245 | Son Edward, she is fair and virtuous; | Sonne Edward, she is Faire and Vertuous, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.26 | Your grace hath still been famed for virtuous; | Your Grace hath still beene fam'd for vertuous, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.27 | And now may seem as wise as virtuous | And now may seeme as wise as vertuous, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.126 | And fearing he would rise, he was so virtuous, | And fearing he would rise (he was so vertuous) |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.131 | For he would needs be virtuous. That good fellow, | For he would needs be vertuous. That good Fellow, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.97 | Then out it goes. What though I know her virtuous | Then out it goes. What though I know her vertuous |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.105.1 | The virtuous Cranmer. | The vertuous Cranmer. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.134 | Beseeching him to give her virtuous breeding. | Beseeching him to giue her vertuous breeding. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.411 | Apparelled sin in virtuous sentences, | Apparraled sin, in vertuous sentences, |
| King John | KJ III.i.311 | Thou virtuous Dauphin, alter not the doom | thou vertuous Daulphin, / Alter not the doome |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.271 | A plot upon her virtuous husband's life, | A plot vpon her vertuous Husbands life, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.38 | That are vow-fellows with this virtuous Duke? | that are vow-fellowes with this vertuous Duke? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.19 | A good and virtuous nature may recoil | A good and vertuous Nature may recoyle |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.20 | Ay, my good lord, a very virtuous maid, | I my good Lord, a very vertuous maid, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.168 | Corrupt with virtuous season. Can it be | Corrupt with vertuous season: Can it be, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.185 | Once stir my temper; but this virtuous maid | Once stir my temper: but this vertuous Maid |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.215 | of course as it is virtuous to be constant in any undertaking. | of course, as it is vertuous to be constant in any vndertaking. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.26 | Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at | Your father was euer vertuous, and holy men at |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.171 | So Got 'udge me, that is a virtuous mind. | So got-udge me, that is a vertuous minde. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.121 | woman, the modest wife, the virtuous creature, that | woman, the modest wife, the vertuous creature, that |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.65 | Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid, | Becomes a vertuous batchelour, and a maide, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.367 | Whose liquor hath this virtuous property, | Whose liquor hath this vertuous propertie, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.26 | I am well; another is wise, yet I am well; another virtuous, | I am well: another is wise, yet I am well: another vertuous, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.29 | be, that's certain; wise, or I'll none; virtuous, or I'll | be, that's certaine: wise, or Ile none: vertuous, or Ile |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.161 | she is virtuous. | she is vertuous. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.225 | 'tis a truth, I can bear them witness; and virtuous; so, | 'tis a truth, I can beare them witnesse: and vertuous, tis so, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.289 | But always hath been just and virtuous | But alwaies hath bin iust and vertuous, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.321 | beseech the virtuous Desdemona to undertake for me. | beseech the vertuous Desdemona to vndertake for me: |
| Othello | Oth III.i.34 | Is that she will to virtuous Desdemona | is, that she will to vertuous Desdemona |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.184 | Where virtue is, these are more virtuous. | Where Vertue is, these are more vertuous. |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.107 | That by your virtuous means I may again | That by your vertuous meanes, I may againe |
| Pericles | Per II.v.33.2 | A most virtuous princess. | A most vertuous Princesse. |
| Pericles | Per II.v.68 | Then, as you are as virtuous as fair, | Then as you are as vertuous, as faire, |
| Pericles | Per IV.v.8 | I'll do any thing now that is virtuous, | Ile doe any thing now that is vertuous, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.91 | Is wise and virtuous, and his noble Queen | Is wise and vertuous, and his Noble Queene |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.4 | Th' untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster. | Th' vntimely fall of Vertuous Lancaster. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.104 | O, he was gentle, mild, and virtuous! | O he was gentle, milde, and vertuous. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.315 | A virtuous and a Christian-like conclusion – | A vertuous, and a Christian-like conclusion |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.28 | And with a virtuous visor hide deep vice! | And with a vertuous Vizor hide deepe vice. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.21 | Had virtuous uncles to protect his grace. | Had vertuous Vnkles to protect his Grace. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.77 | Happy were England would this virtuous prince | Happie were England, would this vertuous Prince |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.205 | Virtuous and fair, royal and gracious. | Vertuous and Faire, Royall and Gracious? |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.129 | (To Richmond) Virtuous and holy, be thou conqueror! | To Richm. Vertuous and holy be thou Conqueror: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.68 | To be a virtuous and well-governed youth. | To be a vertuous and well gouern'd youth: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.114 | And a good lady, and a wise and virtuous. | And a good Lady, and a wise, and Vertuous, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.57 | a virtuous – Where is your mother? | a vertuous: where is your Mother? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.16 | To deck his fortune with his virtuous deeds. | To decke his fortune with his vertuous deedes: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.43 | Called Katherina, fair and virtuous? | cal'd Katerina, faire and vertuous. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.91 | Unto Bianca, fair and virtuous. | Vnto Bianca, faire and vertuous: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.194 | To this most patient, sweet, and virtuous wife. | To this most patient, sweet, and vertuous wife, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.28 | well. Commend me to thy honourable virtuous lord, my | commend me to thy Honourable vertuous Lord, my |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.41 | If his occasion were not virtuous, | If his occasion were not vertuous, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.32 | this lord strives to appear foul! Takes virtuous copies to | this Lord striues to appeare foule? Takes Vertuous Copies to |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.345 | In a bad quarrel slain a virtuous son. | In a bad quarrell, slaine a Vertuous sonne. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.169.2 | O virtuous fight, | O vertuous fight, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.80 | Which, I beseech you, call a virtuous sin – | Which I beseech you call a vertuous sinne: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.36 | A virtuous maid, the daughter of a count | A vertuous maid, the daughter of a Count |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.247 | Yet I suppose him virtuous, know him noble, | Yet I suppose him vertuous, know him noble, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.112 | virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? | vertuous, there shall be no more Cakes and Ale? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.177 | A virtuous gentlewoman, mild, and beautiful! | A vertuous gentlewoman, milde, and beautifull. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.313 | Of such a virtuous greatness that this lady, | Of such a vertuous greatnes, that this Lady, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.152 | As thou art spoken, great and virtuous, | As thou art spoken, great and vertuous, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.193 | Help me, dear sister; in a deed so virtuous, | Helpe me deare Sister, in a deede so vertuous, |