| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.75 | With sprightly fire and motion; whose simple touch | With sprightly fire and motion, whose simple touch |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.140 | From simple sources; and great seas have dried | From simple sources: and great Seas haue dried |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.40 | O Lord, sir! – There's a simple putting off. More, | O Lord sir theres a simple putting off: more, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.65 | I am a simple maid, and therein wealthiest | I am a simple Maide, and therein wealthiest |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.271 | You must not think I am so simple but I know | You must not think I am so simple, but I know |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.337 | A simple countryman, that brought her figs. | A simple Countryman, that broght hir Figs: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.74 | That is another simple sin in you, to bring | That is another simple sinne in you, to bring |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.3 | yet? Doth my simple feature content you? | yet? / Doth my simple feature content you? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.16 | What simple thief brags of his own attaint? | What simple thiefe brags of his owne attaine? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.211 | But she tells to your highness simple truth. | But she tels to your Highnesse simple truth. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.85 | In simple and low things to prince it, much | In simple and lowe things, to Prince it, much |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.134 | With that harsh, noble, simple nothing, | With that harsh, noble, simple nothing: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.97 | An understanding simple and unschooled. | An Vnderstanding simple, and vnschool'd: |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.7 | iron. It is a simple one, but what though? it will toast | yron: it is a simple one, but what though? It will toste |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.187 | But howsoe'er, no simple man that sees | But howsoere, no simple man that sees |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.72 | Salisbury and Warwick are no simple peers. | Salisbury and Warwick are no simple Peeres. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.2 | Our simple supper ended, give me leave, | Our simple Supper ended, giue me leaue, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.54 | And in his simple show he harbours treason. | And in his simple shew he harbours Treason. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.10 | For God forbid so many simple souls | For God forbid, so many simple soules |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.59 | And trust not simple Henry nor his oaths. | And trust not simple Henry, nor his Oathes. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.82 | Ah, simple men, you know not what you swear! | Ah simple men, you know not what you sweare: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.16 | And but attended by a simple guard, | And but attended by a simple Guard, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.106 | I am a simple woman, much too weak | I am a simple woman, much too weake |
| 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 Lear | KL III.vii.43 | Be simple-answered, for we know the truth. | Be simple answer'd, for we know the truth. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.153 | rails upon yon simple thief. Hark in thine ear – change | railes vpon yond simple theefe. Hearke in thine eare: Change |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.141 | By my soul, a swain, a most simple clown! | By my soule a Swaine, a most simple Clowne. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.66 | This is a gift that I have; simple, simple; a | This is a gift that I haue simple: simple, a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.264 | Farewell, mad wenches. You have simple wits. | Farewell madde Wenches, you haue simple wits. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.149 | here's a simple line of life. Here's a small trifle of wives! | here's a simple line of life, here's a small trifle of wiues, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.151 | maids is a simple coming-in for one man. And then to | maides is a simple comming in for one man, and then to |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.153 | the edge of a feather-bed! Here are simple scapes. Well, | the edge of a featherbed, here are simple scapes: well, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.81 | There is no vice so simple but assumes | There is no voice so simple, but assumes |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.1.1 | Enter Justice Shallow, Slender, and Sir Hugh Evans | Enter Iustice Shallow, Slender, Sir Hugh Euans, Master Page, Falstoffe, Bardolph, Nym, Pistoll, Anne Page, Mistresse Ford, Mistresse Page, Simple. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.27 | there is but three skirts for yourself, in my simple | there is but three Skirts for your selfe, in my simple |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.126 | Where's Simple, my man? Can you tell, | Where's Simple my man? can you tell, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.185 | Enter Simple | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.185 | How now, Simple, where have you been? I must wait | How now Simple, where haue you beene? I must wait |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.203 | country, simple though I stand here. | Countrie, simple though I stand here. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.252 | (To Simple) Go, sirrah, for all you are my man, go wait | goe, Sirha, for all you are my man, goe wait |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.253 | Exit Simple | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.ii.1 | Enter Evans and Simple | Enter Euans, and Simple. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.1 | Enter Mistress Quickly and Simple | Enter Mistris Quickly, Simple, Iohn Rugby, Doctor, Caius, Fenton. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.14 | but has his fault. But let that pass. – Peter Simple you | but has his fault: but let that passe. Peter Simple, you |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.39 | She shuts Simple in the closet | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.67 | Enter Caius, pulling Simple out of the closet | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.79 | Peace-a your tongue. (To Simple) Speak-a your | Peace-a-your tongue: speake-a-your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.87 | paper. (To Simple) Tarry you a little-a while. | paper: tarry you a littell-a-while. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.88 | (aside to Simple) | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.98.1 | (aside to Simple) | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.108 | may be gone. It is not good you tarry here. Exit Simple | may be gon: it is not good you tarry here: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.1 | Enter Evans and Simple | Enter Euans, Simple, Page, Shallow, Slender, Host, Caius, Rugby. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.2 | and friend Simple by your name, which way have | and friend Simple by your name; which way haue |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.26 | Enter Simple | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.68 | men's apparel and smell like Bucklersbury in simple-time. | mens apparrell, and smell like Bucklers-berry in simple time: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.28 | Simple of itself. I'll no pullet-sperm in my | Simple of it selfe: Ile no Pullet-Spersme in my |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.4 | Ford, in the simple office of love, but in all the accoutrement, | Ford, in the simple office of loue, but in all the accustrement, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.163 | We are simple men; we do not know what's brought to | We are simple men, wee doe not know what's brought to |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.1.1 | Enter Host and Simple | Enter Host, Simple, Falstaffe, Bardolfe, Euans, Caius, Quickly. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.317 | You see how simple and how fond I am. | You see how simple, and how fond I am. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.110 | But with good will. To show our simple skill, | But with good will. To shew our simple skill, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.157 | do, for my simple true judgement? Or would you have | doe, for my simple true iudgement? or would you haue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.36 | To witness simple virtue? Would you not swear, | To witnesse simple Vertue? would you not sweare |
| Othello | Oth I.i.108 | In simple and pure soul I come to you... | In simple and pure soule, I come to you. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.19 | She says enough; yet she's a simple bawd | She saies enough: yet she's a simple Baud |
| Pericles | Per III.i.64 | Lying with simple shells. O Lychorida, | Lying with simple shels: ô Lychorida, |
| 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.iii.52 | But thus his simple truth must be abused | But thus his simple truth must be abus'd, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.327 | I do beweep to many simple gulls – | I do beweepe to many simple Gulles, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.26 | And for his dreams, I wonder he's so simple | And for his Dreames, I wonder hee's so simple, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.38 | Well, you have made a simple choice. You know | Well, you haue made a simple choice, you know |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.33 | The fee-simple? O simple! | The Fee-simple? O simple. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.16 | Think true love acted simple modesty. | Thinke true Loue acted simple modestie: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.133 | When they do homage to this simple peasant. | When they do homage to this simple peasant, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.99 | I here bestow a simple instrument, | I heere bestow a simple instrument, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.160 | I am ashamed that women are so simple | I am asham'd that women are so simple, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.21 | discoveries! | discoueries. Q addition 'rawe eies, durtrottē liuers, whissing lungs, bladders full of impostume. Sciaticaes lime-kills ith' palme, incurable bone-ach, and the riueled fee simple of the tetter take' |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.45 | that this simple syllogism will serve, so; if it will not, | that this simple Sillogisme will serue, so: if it will not, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.8 | According to my shallow simple skill. | According to my shallow simple skill. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.35 | were so simple, none else would. But you are so without | were so simple, none else would: but you are so without |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.342 | He's simple and tells much. (To Florizel) How now, fair shepherd! | He's simple, and tels much. How now (faire shepheard) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.593 | his sworn brother, a very simple gentleman! I have sold | (his sworne brother) a very simple Gentleman. I haue sold |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.740 | How blessed are we that are not simple men! | How blessed are we, that are not simple men? |