| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.10 | In Nature's infinite book of secrecy | In Natures infinite booke of Secrecie, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.87 | O sir, we quarrel in print, by the book, as | O sir, we quarrel in print, by the booke: as |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.291 | In Jove's own book, like an unnatural dam | In Ioues owne Booke, like an vnnaturall Dam |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.15 | The book of his good acts whence men have read | The booke of his good Acts, whence men haue read |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.26 | Yet keeps his book uncrossed: no life to ours. | Yet keepes his Booke vncros'd: no life to ours. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.133 | What fairies haunt this ground? A book? O rare one, | What Fayeries haunt this ground? A Book? Oh rare one, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.171 | is pen, book, and counters; so the acquittance | is Pen, Booke, and Counters; so the Acquittance |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.103 | Within the book and volume of my brain, | Within the Booke and Volume of my Braine, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.44 | We will bestow ourselves. (to Ophelia) Read on this book, | We will bestow our selues: Reade on this booke, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.186 | And now I will unclasp a secret book, | And now I will vnclaspe a Secret booke, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.217 | By that time will our book I think be drawn | By that time will our Booke, I thinke, be drawne. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.258 | By this our book is drawn – we'll but seal, | By this our Booke is drawne: wee'le but seale, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.43 | the devil's book as thou and Falstaff, for obduracy and | the Diuels Booke, as thou, and Falstaffe, for obduracie and |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.31 | He was the mark and glass, copy and book, | He was the Marke, and Glasse, Coppy, and Booke, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.45 | O God, that one might read the book of fate, | Oh Heauen, that one might read the Book of Fate, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.91 | That you should seal this lawless bloody book | That you should seale this lawlesse bloody Booke |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.98 | For in the book of Numbers is it writ, | For in the Booke of Numbers is it writ, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.71 | To book our dead, and then to bury them, | To booke our dead, and then to bury them, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.101 | I'll note you in my book of memory | Ile note you in my Booke of Memorie, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.4 | Such as by God's book are adjudged to death. | Such as by Gods Booke are adiudg'd to death. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.85 | H'as a book in his pocket with red letters in't. | Ha's a Booke in his pocket with red Letters in't |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.67 | Because my book preferred me to the King, | Because my Booke preferr'd me to the King. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.1 | Good day, my lord. What! At your book so hard? | Good day, my Lord, what at your Booke so hard? |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.122 | Not wake him in his slumber. A beggar's book | Not wake him in his slumber. A Beggers booke, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.250 | Look, Lucius, here's the book I sought for so; | Looke Lucius, heere's the booke I sought for so: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.306 | O, that a man might hold the heart's close book | O that a man might hold the hartes close booke, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.196 | And print thy valiant deeds in honour's book. | And print thy valiant deeds in honors booke, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.105 | Commends this book, full-fraught with prayers, | Commends this booke full fraught with prayers, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.114 | Haply he cannot pray without the book: | Happily he cannot praie without the booke, |
| King John | KJ I.i.196 | And then comes answer like an Absey book: | And then comes answer like an Absey booke: |
| King John | KJ II.i.485 | Can in this book of beauty read ‘ I love,’ | Can in this booke of beautie read, I loue: |
| King John | KJ III.iii.12 | Bell, book, and candle shall not drive me back | Bell, Booke, & Candle, shall not driue me back, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.74 | As painfully to pore upon a book | As painefully to poare vpon a Booke, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.24 | Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book. | Sir hee hath neuer fed of the dainties that are bred in a booke. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.109 | Study his bias leaves and makes his book thine eyes, | Studie his byas leaues, and makes his booke thine eyes. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.248 | O, who can give an oath? Where is a book? | O who can giue an oth? Where is a booke? |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.60 | Your face, my thane, is as a book where men | Your Face, my Thane, is as a Booke, where men |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.148 | I'll be supposed upon a book, his face is the | Ile be supposd vpon a booke, his face is the |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.148 | swear upon a book, I shall have good fortune! Go to, | sweare vpon a booke, I shall haue good fortune; goe too, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.183 | I had rather than forty shillings I had my Book | I had rather then forty shillings I had my booke |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.186 | on myself, must I? You have not the Book of Riddles | on my selfe, must I? you haue not the booke of Riddles |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.188 | Book of Riddles? Why, did you not lend it to | Booke of Riddles? why did you not lend it to |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.141 | book she loves you. Have not your worship a wart | booke shee loues you: haue not your Worship a wart |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.35.1 | He takes a book and reads it | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.37 | student from his book, and it is wonderful. | Studient from his booke, and it is wonderfull. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.15 | profits nothing in the world at his book. I pray you, | profits nothing in the world at his Booke: I pray you |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.128 | Love's stories written in love's richest book. | Loues stories, written in Loues richest booke. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.286 | And tire the hearer with a book of words. | And tire the hearer with a booke of words: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.3 | In my chamber-window lies a book; bring it | In my chamber window lies a booke, bring it |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.165 | The tenor of my book; trust not my age, | The tenure of my booke: trust not my age, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.67 | And you of her, the bloody book of law | And you of her; the bloodie Booke of Law, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.70 | Was this fair paper, this most goodly book, | Was this faire Paper? This most goodly Booke |
| Pericles | Per I.i.16 | Her face the book of praises, where is read | Her face the booke of prayses, where is read, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.95 | Who has a book of all that monarchs do, | Who has a booke of all that Monarches doe, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.202 | My name be blotted from the book of life, | My name be blotted from the booke of Life, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.235 | Marked with a blot, damned in the book of heaven. | Mark'd with a Blot, damn'd in the Booke of Heauen. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.273 | When I do see the very book indeed | When I doe see the very Booke indeede, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.27 | Made him my book, wherein my soul recorded | Made him my Booke, wherein my Soule recorded |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.97 | And see, a book of prayer in his hand – | And see a Booke of Prayer in his hand, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.14 | A book of prayers on their pillow lay, | A Booke of Prayers on their pillow lay, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.279 | Then he disdains to shine; for by the book | Then he disdaines to shine: for by the Booke |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.59 | Perhaps you have learned it without book. But | Perhaps you haue learn'd it without booke: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.88 | This precious book of love, this unbound lover, | This precious Booke of Loue, this vnbound Louer, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.92 | That book in many's eyes doth share the glory, | That Booke in manies eyes doth share the glorie, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.110.2 | You kiss by th' book. | You kisse by'th'booke. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.102 | by the book of arithmetic! Why the devil came you between | by the booke of Arithmeticke, why the deu'le came you betweene |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.83 | Was ever book containing such vile matter | Was euer booke containing such vile matter |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.82 | One writ with me in sour misfortune's book. | One, writ with me in sowre misfortunes booke. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.193 | Keep house and ply his book, welcome his friends, | Keepe house, and ply his booke, welcome his friends, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.160 | That all-amazed the priest let fall the book, | That all amaz'd the Priest let fall the booke, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.163 | That down fell priest and book, and book and priest. | That downe fell Priest and booke, and booke and Priest, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.127 | Here, kiss the book. (He gives him wine) | Here, kisse the Booke. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.139 | Come, swear to that. Kiss the book. I will | Come, sweare to that: kisse the Booke: I will |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.94 | At nothing can be more. I'll to my book, | At nothing can be more: Ile to my booke, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.57 | I'll drown my book. | Ile drowne my booke. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.26 | A picture, sir. When comes your book forth? | A Picture sir: when comes your Booke forth? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.31 | Some book there is that she desires to see. | Some booke there is that she desires to see, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.41 | Lucius, what book is that she tosseth so? | Lucius what booke is that she tosseth so? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.18 | thou learn a prayer without book. Thou canst strike, | yu learn a prayer without booke: Thou canst strike, canst |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.239 | O, like a book of sport thou'lt read me o'er; | O like a Booke of sport thou'lt reade me ore: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.25 | word without book, and hath all the good gifts of nature. | word without booke, & hath all the good gifts of nature. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.14 | To thee the book even of my secret soul. | To thee the booke euen of my secret soule. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.142 | state without book and utters it by great swathes; the | State without booke, and vtters it by great swarths. The |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.20 | Upon some book I love I'll pray for thee. | Vpon some booke I loue, I'le pray for thee. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.33 | Shall raze you out o'th' book of trespasses | Shall raze you out o'th Booke of Trespasses |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.119 | sheep, let me be unrolled, and my name put in the book | sheepe, let me be vnrold, and my name put in the booke |