| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.159 | Derived from the ancient Capilet. | Deriued from the ancient Capilet, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.220 | Upon their ancient malice will forget | Vpon their ancient mallice, will forget |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.3 | Where is your ancient courage? You were used | Where is your ancient Courage? You were vs'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.7.1 | Stand in their ancient strength. | stand in their ancient strength. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.99 | My throat to thee and to thy ancient malice; | My throat to thee, and to thy Ancient Malice: |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.106 | A root of ancient envy. If Jupiter | A roote of Ancient Enuy. If Iupiter |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.15 | Which gave advantage to an ancient soldier – | Which gaue aduantage to an ancient Soldiour |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.30.3 | an ancient matron (his wife, and mother to Posthumus) with music | an ancient Matron (his wife, & Mother to Posthumus) with Musicke |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.29 | Come, my spade. There is no ancient gentlemen | Come, my Spade; there is no ancient Gentlemen, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.405 | the name of pitch. This pitch – as ancient writers do report – | the Name of Pitch: this Pitch (as ancient Writers doe report) |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.104 | Leads ancient lords and reverend bishops on | Leades ancient Lords, and reuerent Bishops on |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.30 | dishonourable-ragged than an old fazed ancient. And | dis-honorable ragged, then an old-fac'd Ancient; and |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.47 | With new lamenting ancient oversights. | With new lamenting ancient Ouer-sights. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.67 | Sir, Ancient Pistol's below, and would speak | Sir, Ancient Pistoll is below, and would speake |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.80 | Dost thou hear? It is mine ancient. | Do'st thou heare? it is mine Ancient. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.82 | ancient swagger, 'a comes not in my doors. I was before | ancient Swaggerer comes not in my doores. I was before |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.106 | Enter Ancient Pistol, Bardolph, and the Page | Enter Pistol, and Bardolph and his Boy. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.107 | Welcome, Ancient Pistol! Here, Pistol, I | Welcome Ancient Pistol. Here (Pistol) I |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.147 | Pray thee go down, good ancient. | 'Pray thee goe downe, good Ancient. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.167 | Be gone, good ancient; this will grow to a | Be gone, good Ancient: this will grow to a |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.3 | What, are Ancient Pistol and you friends yet? | What, are Ancient Pistoll and you friends yet? |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.24 | Here comes Ancient Pistol and his wife. Good | Heere comes Ancient Pistoll and his wife: good |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.67 | Will you mock at an ancient tradition, begun upon an | will you mocke at an ancient Tradition began vppon an |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.93 | Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry? | Corrupted, and exempt from ancient Gentry? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.27 | My ancient incantations are too weak, | My ancient Incantations are too weake, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.5 | So, in the famous ancient city Tours, | So in the Famous Ancient City, Toures, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.142 | We shall begin our ancient bickerings. | We shall begin our ancient bickerings: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.170 | The ancient proverb will be well effected: | The ancient Prouerbe will be well effected, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.25 | these arms till you had recovered your ancient freedom. | these Armes til you had recouered your ancient Freedome. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.174 | As ancient custom is of martialists, | As ancient custome is of Martialists, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.18 | This act is as an ancient tale new told, | This acte, is as an ancient tale new told, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.144 | parent, death, dearth, dissolutions of ancient amities, | |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.60 | This ancient ruffian, sir, whose life I have | This ancient Ruffian Sir, whose life I haue |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.124 | You stubborn ancient knave, you reverend braggart, | You stubborne ancient Knaue, you reuerent Bragart, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.43 | I'the way toward Dover, do it for ancient love, | I'th'way toward Douer, do it for ancient loue, |
| King Lear | KL V.i.32 | With th' ancient of war on our proceeding. | with th'ancient of warre / On our proceeding. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.152 | my ancient skill beguiles me; but in the boldness of my | my ancient skill beguiles me: but in the boldnes of my |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.44 | I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. | I will feede fat the ancient grudge I beare him. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.82 | The ancient saying is no heresy: | The ancient saying is no heresie, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.295 | The ancient Roman honour more appears | The ancient Romane honour more appeares |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.41 | I beg the ancient privilege of Athens: | I beg the ancient priuiledge of Athens; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.215 | And will you rent our ancient love asunder, | And will you rent our ancient loue asunder, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.39 | Why, you speak like an ancient and most quiet | Why you speake like an ancient and most quiet |
| Othello | Oth I.i.33 | And I – God bless the mark! – his Moorship's Ancient. | And I (blesse the marke) his Mooreships Auntient. |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.49.2 | Ancient, what makes he here? | Aunciant, what makes he heere? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.121 | Ancient, conduct them: you best know the place. | Aunciant, conduct them: / You best know the place. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.280.2 | So please your grace, my Ancient. | So please your Grace, my Ancient, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.66 | 'Tis one Iago, Ancient to the General. | 'Tis one Iago, Auncient to the Generall. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.96 | Good Ancient, you are welcome. Welcome, mistress. | Good Ancient, you are welcome. Welcome Mistris: |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.105 | Lieutenant is to be saved before the Ancient. Let's have | Lieutenant is to be saued before the Ancient. Let's haue |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.108 | think, gentlemen, I am drunk: this is my Ancient, this | thinke Gentlemen, I am drunke: this is my Ancient, this |
| Othello | Oth V.i.51 | This is Othello's Ancient, as I take it. | This is Othello's Ancient, as I take it. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.2 | From ashes ancient Gower is come, | From ashes, auntient Gower is come, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.51 | I left behind an ancient substitute. | I left behind an ancient substitute, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.9 | If he appeal the Duke on ancient malice, | If he appeale the Duke on ancient malice, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.248 | For ancient quarrels, and quite lost their hearts. | For ancient quarrels, and quite lost their hearts. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.32 | Go to the rude ribs of that ancient castle, | Goe to the rude Ribs of that ancient Castle, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.92 | I'll win our ancient right in France again | Ile win our ancient Right in France againe, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.182 | His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries | His ancient Knot of dangerous Aduersaries |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.98 | Pity, you ancient stones, those tender babes | Pitty, you ancient Stones, those tender Babes, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.35 | If ancient sorrow be most reverend, | If ancient sorrow be most reuerent, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.350 | Our ancient word of courage, fair Saint George, | Our Ancient word of Courage, faire S. George |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.92 | And made Verona's ancient citizens | And made Verona's ancient Citizens |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.104 | Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach? | Who set this auncient quarrell new abroach? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.81 | At this same ancient feast of Capulet's | At this same auncient Feast of Capulets |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.70 | Thy old groans yet ring in mine ancient ears. | Thy old grones yet ringing in my auncient eares: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.140 | Farewell, ancient lady. Farewell. (He sings) | Farewell auncient Lady: / Farewell |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.236 | Ancient damnation! O most wicked fiend! | Auncient damnation, O most wicked fiend! |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.111 | Thou shalt be borne to that same ancient vault | Be borne to buriall in thy kindreds graue: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.112 | Where all the kindred of the Capulets lie. | Thou shalt be borne to that same ancient vault, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.39 | As in a vault, an ancient receptacle | As in a Vaulte, an ancient receptacle, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.30 | Call home thy ancient thoughts from banishment, | Call home thy ancient thoughts from banishment, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.46 | Your ancient, trusty, pleasant servant Grumio. | Your ancient trustie pleasant seruant Grumio: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.61 | An ancient angel coming down the hill | An ancient Angel comming downe the hill, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.64 | Sir, you seem a sober ancient gentleman by your | Sir, you seeme a sober ancient Gentleman by your |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.291 | This ancient morsel, this Sir Prudence, who | This ancient morsell: this Sir Prudence, who |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.25 | or alive? A fish! He smells like a fish; a very ancient and | or aliue? a fish, hee smels like a fish: a very ancient and |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.ii.6 | I met a courier, one mine ancient friend, | I met a Currier, one mine ancient Friend, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.17 | That shall distil from these two ancient ruins | That shall distill from these two ancient ruines, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.22 | Resume her ancient fit of jealousy | Resume her ancient fit of Ielouzie |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.11 | Having our ancient reputation with us, | Having our ancient reputation with us |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.26 | To push your name, your ancient love, our kindred, | To push your name, your auncient love, our kindred |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.79.2 | Sir, the year growing ancient, | Sir, the yeare growing ancient, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.358 | Before this ancient sir, whom, it should seem, | Before this ancient Sir, whom (it should seeme) |