| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.31 | Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry, | Creeking my shooes on the plaine Masonry, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.22 | But the plain single vow that is vowed true. | But the plaine single vow, that is vow'd true: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.315 | If it appear not plain and prove untrue, | If it appeare not plaine, and proue vntrue, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.52 | The why is plain as way to parish church. | The why is plaine, as way to Parish Church: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.74 | Marry, sir, by a rule as plain as | Marry sir, by a rule as plaine as |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.75 | the plain bald pate of Father Time himself. | the plaine bald pate of Father time himselfe. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.93 | hairy men plain dealers, without wit. | hairy men plain dealers without wit. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.22 | No? Why, 'tis a plain case: he | No? why 'tis a plaine case: he |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.61.1 | I'th' plain way of his merit. | I'th' plaine Way of his Merit. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.132 | I would not, in plain terms, from this time forth | I would not, in plaine tearmes, from this time forth, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.250 | plain tale shall put you down. Then did we two set on | plaine Tale shall put you downe. Then did we two, set on |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.17 | And of so easy and so plain a stop | And of so easie, and so plaine a stop, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.221 | Then plain and right must my possession be, | Then plaine and right must my possession be; |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.50 | put into mine; for it is plain pocketing up of wrongs. I | put into mine; for it is plaine pocketting vp of Wrongs. I |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.8 | Larding the plain; and by his bloody side, | Larding the plaine: and by his bloody side, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.108 | But in plain shock and even play of battle, | But in plaine shock, and euen play of Battaile, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.124 | couldst, thou wouldst find me such a plain king that | could'st, thou would'st finde me such a plaine King, that |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.148 | there, let thine eye be thy cook. I speak to thee plain | there? let thine Eye be thy Cooke. I speake to thee plaine |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.152 | liv'st, dear Kate, take a fellow of plain and uncoined | liu'st, deare Kate, take a fellow of plaine and vncoyned |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.202 | Which is so plain that Exeter doth wish | Which is so plaine, that Exeter doth wish, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.51 | No more but plain and bluntly ‘ To the King?’ | No more but plaine and bluntly? (To the King.) |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.96 | Yet I do find it so; for, to be plain, | Yet I doe finde it so: for to be plaine, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.53 | What plain proceedings is more plain than this? | What plaine proceedings is more plain then this? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.69 | To tell thee plain, I aim to lie with thee. | To tell thee plaine, I ayme to lye with thee. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.70 | To tell you plain, I had rather lie in prison. | To tell you plaine, I had rather lye in Prison. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.19 | Be plain, Queen Margaret, and tell thy grief; | Be plaine, Queene Margaret, and tell thy griefe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.25 | 10. Certain Ladies or Countesses, with plain circlets | 10 Certaine Ladies or Countesses, with plaine Circlets |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.71 | That's the plain truth. Your painted gloss discovers, | That's the plaine truth; your painted glosse discouers |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.219 | But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, | But (as you know me all) a plaine blunt man |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.22 | There are no tricks in plain and simple faith; | There are no trickes, in plaine and simple Faith: |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.146 | Whose habit rude and manners blunt and plain | Whose habit rude, and manners blunt and playne, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.108 | And bring he ne'er so plain a pedigree, | And bring he nere so playne a pedegree, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.166 | Now on this plain of Crécy spread yourselves – | Now on this plaine of Cressie spred your selues, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.66 | What tidings, messenger? Be plain and brief. | What tidings messenger, be playne and briefe. |
| King John | KJ II.i.295 | Up higher to the plain, where we'll set forth | Vp higher to the plaine, where we'l set forth |
| King John | KJ II.i.462 | He speaks plain cannon – fire and smoke and bounce; | He speakes plaine Cannon fire, and smoake, and bounce, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.22 | Of plain old form is much disfigured; | Of plaine old forme, is much disfigured, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.33 | tale in telling it, and deliver a plain message bluntly. | tale in telling it, and deliuer a plaine message bluntly: |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.81 | Goose, if I had you upon Sarum Plain, | Goose, if I had you vpon Sarum Plaine, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.90 | Sir, 'tis my occupation to be plain. | Sir, 'tis my occupation to be plaine, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.97 | An honest mind and plain – he must speak truth! | An honest mind and plaine, he must speake truth, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.98 | And they will take it, so; if not, he's plain. | And they will take it so, if not, hee's plaine. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.109 | you in a plain accent was a plain knave; which, for my | you in a plaine accent, was a plaine Knaue, which for my |
| King Lear | KL III.i.39 | The King hath cause to plain. | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.242 | 'Chill be plain with you. | chill be plaine with you. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.71 | mail, sir! O, sir, plantain, a plain plantain! No l'envoy, | male sir. Or sir, Plantan, a plaine Plantan: no lenuoy, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.80 | No, page; it is an epilogue or discourse to make plain | No Page, it is an epilogue or discourse to make plaine, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.119 | This will I send, and something else more plain, | This will I send, and something else more plaine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.270 | 'Twere good yours did; for, sir, to tell you plain, | 'Twere good yours did: for sir to tell you plaine, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.346 | Now to plain dealing. Lay these glosses by. | Now to plaine dealing, Lay these glozes by, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.177 | That some plain man recount their purposes. | That some plaine man recount their purposes. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.281 | Well, better wits have worn plain statute-caps. | Well, better wits haue worne plain statute caps, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.452 | By heaven you did! And, to confirm it plain, | By heauen you did; and to confirme it plaine, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.561 | My scutcheon plain declares that I am Alisander. | My Scutcheon plaine declares that I am Alisander. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.595 | Judas Maccabaeus clipped is plain Judas. | Iudas Machabeus clipt, is plaine Iudas. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.748 | Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief; | Honest plain words, best pierce the ears of griefe |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.238 | to you. In plain dealing, Pompey, I shall have you | to you: in plaine dealing Pompey, I shall haue you |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.82 | To be received plain, I'll speak more gross: | To be receiued plaine, Ile speake more grosse: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.59 | or as you would say in plain terms, gone to heaven. | or as you would say in plaine tearmes, gone to heauen. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.11 | without any slips of prolixity or crossing the plain highway | without any slips of prolixity, or crossing the plaine high-way |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.3 | you I fear you. I was always plain with you, and so now | you, I feare you, I was alwaies plaine with you, and so now |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.53 | thee understand a plain man in his plain meaning: go | thee vnderstand a plaine man in his plaine meaning: goe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.82 | But with all brief and plain conveniency | But with all briefe and plaine conueniencie |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.166 | You were to blame – I must be plain with you – | You were too blame, I must be plaine with you, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.55 | A plain kerchief, Sir John. My brows | A plaine Kerchiefe, Sir Iohn: My browes |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.127 | But wonder on, till truth make all things plain. | But wonder on, till truth make all things plaine. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.18 | He was wont to speak plain and to the purpose, like an | he was wont to speake plaine, & to the purpose (like an |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.73 | meaning; I meant plain holy-thistle. You may think perchance | meaning, I meant plaine holy thissell, you may thinke perchance |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.1 | Come, Friar Francis, be brief; only to the plain | Come Frier Francis, be briefe, onely to the plaine |
| Othello | Oth II.i.303 | Knavery's plain face is never seen till used. | Knaueries plaine face, is neuer seene, till vs'd. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.14 | What's dumb in show, I'll plain with speech. | What's dumbe in shew, I'le plaine with speach. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.128 | My brother Gloucester, plain well-meaning soul – | My brother Gloucester, plaine well meaning soule |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.50 | Upon the grassy carpet of this plain. | Vpon the Grassie Carpet of this Plaine: |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.118 | Simple plain Clarence, I do love thee so | Simple plaine Clarence, I do loue thee so, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.236 | But the plain devil and dissembling looks? | But the plaine Diuell, and dissembling lookes? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.51 | Cannot a plain man live and think no harm, | Cannot a plaine man liue, and thinke no harme, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.18 | Shall I be plain? I wish the bastards dead, | Shall I be plaine? I wish the Bastards dead, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.360 | Plain and not honest is too harsh a style. | Plaine and not honest, is too harsh a style. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.292 | I will lead forth my soldiers to the plain, | I will leade forth my Soldiers to the plaine, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.51 | Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. | Be plaine good Son, rest homely in thy drift, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.40 | these words plain, ‘ Sirrah, knock me here, rap me here, | these words plaine? Sirra, Knocke me heere: rappe me heere: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.170 | Say that she rail, why then I'll tell her plain | Say that she raile, why then Ile tell her plaine, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.185 | You lie, in faith, for you are called plain Kate, | You lye infaith, for you are call'd plaine Kate, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.262 | Thus in plain terms – your father hath consented | Thus in plaine termes: your father hath consented |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.82 | And prompt me, plain and holy innocence. | And prompt me plaine and holy innocence. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.266 | Is a plain fish, and no doubt marketable. | Is a plaine Fish, and no doubt marketable. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.214 | Not so well as plain dealing, which will not | Not so well as plain-dealing, which wil not |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.24 | Makes way and run like swallows o'er the plain. | Makes way, and runnes likes Swallowes ore the plaine |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.301 | Let them not speak a word, the guilt is plain; | Let them not speake a word, the guilt is plaine, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.68 | This sandy plot is plain; guide, if thou canst, | This sandie plot is plaine, guide if thou canst |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.74 | Heaven guide thy pen to print thy sorrows plain, | Heauen guide thy pen to print thy sorrowes plaine, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.80 | Hollow upon this plain, so many hollow factions. | Hollow vpon this Plaine, so many hollow Factions. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.28 | Ay, ay, ay, ay, 'tis too plain a case. | I, I, I, I, 'tis too plaine a case. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.107 | Is ‘ plain and true;’ there's all the reach of it. | Is plaine and true, ther's all the reach of it. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.43 | Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain. | Marke it Cesario, it is old and plaine; |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.9 | As plain as I see you now. | As plaine as I see you now. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.82 | And, that my love may appear plain and free, | And that my loue may appeare plaine and free, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.176 | As 'twere, my daughter's eyes; and, to be plain, | As 'twere my daughters eyes: and to be plaine, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.716 | We are but plain fellows, sir. | We are but plaine fellowes, Sir. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.790 | plain men, what you have to the King. Being something | plaine men) what you haue to the King: being something |