| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.50 | Use a more spacious ceremony to the noble | Vse a more spacious ceremonie to the Noble |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.177 | Smile upon this contract, whose ceremony | Smile vpon this Contract: whose Ceremonie |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.38 | What, no more ceremony? See, my women, | What no more Ceremony? See my Women, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.99 | Dark-working sorcerers that change the mind, | Darke working Sorcerers that change the minde: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.11 | And Lapland sorcerers inhabit here. | And lapland Sorcerers inhabite here. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.66 | Thou art, as you are all, a sorceress. | Thou art, as you are all a sorceresse: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.22 | sincerely, had I a dozen sons, each in my love alike, and | sincerely, had I a dozen sons each in my loue alike, and |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.139.1 | One jot of ceremony. | one iot of Ceremonie. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.48 | Have burst their cerements; why the sepulchre | Haue burst their cerments, why the Sepulcher |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.371 | fashion and ceremony. Let me comply with you in this | Fashion and Ceremony. Let me comply with you in the |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.219 | What ceremony else? | What Cerimony else? |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.221 | What ceremony else? | What Cerimony else? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.202 | Supposed sincere and holy in his thoughts, | Suppos'd sincere, and holy in his Thoughts: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.72 | find the ceremonies of the wars, and the cares of it, and | finde the Ceremonies of the Warres, and the Cares of it, and |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.102 | but human conditions. His ceremonies laid by, in his | but humane Conditions: his Ceremonies layd by, in his |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.232 | Save ceremony, save general ceremony? | Saue Ceremonie, saue generall Ceremonie? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.233 | And what art thou, thou idol ceremony? | And what art thou, thou Idoll Ceremonie? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.237 | O ceremony, show me but thy worth! | O Ceremonie, shew me but thy worth. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.245 | And bid thy ceremony give thee cure! | And bid thy Ceremonie giue thee cure. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.259 | No, not all these, thrice-gorgeous ceremony, | No, not all these, thrice-gorgeous Ceremonie; |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.271 | And but for ceremony, such a wretch, | And but for Ceremonie, such a Wretch, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.26 | Conjurers and sorcerers, that, afraid of him, | Coniurers and Sorcerers, that afraid of him, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.38 | Pucelle, that witch, that damned sorceress, | Pucell that Witch, that damned Sorceresse, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.1 | Bring forth that sorceress condemned to burn. | Bring forth that Sorceresse condemn'd to burne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.2 | Hanging the head at Ceres' plenteous load? | Hanging the head at Ceres plenteous load? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.22.1 | Here they do the ceremonies belonging, and make the | Here doe the Ceremonies belonging, and make the |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.61 | Aio te Aeacida, Romanos vincere posse. | Aio Aeacida Romanos vincere posso. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.153 | From sincere motions – by intelligence, | From sincere motions, by Intelligence, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.4 | That labour, sir. All's now done but the ceremony | That labour Sir. All's now done but the Ceremony |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.59 | Perceive I speak sincerely, and high note's | Perceiue I speake sincerely, and high notes |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.60.1 | The ceremony? | the Ceremony? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.65 | If you do find them decked with ceremonies. | If you do finde them deckt with Ceremonies. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.11 | Set on, and leave no ceremony out. | Set on, and leaue no Ceremony out. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.197 | Of fantasy, of dreams, and ceremonies. | Of Fantasie, of Dreames, and Ceremonies: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.13 | Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies, | Casar, I neuer stood on Ceremonies, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.241 | Have all true rites and lawful ceremonies, | Haue all true Rites, and lawfull Ceremonies, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.21 | It useth an enforced ceremony. | It vseth an enforced Ceremony. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.38 | And from her highness and the lord viceregent | And from hir highnesse, and the Lord vicegerent, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.58 | with that ceremonious affection as you were wont. | with that Ceremonious affection as you were wont, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.103 | Sir, in good faith, in sincere verity, | Sir, in good faith, in sincere verity, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.15 | facere, as it were, replication, or, rather, ostentare, to | facere: as it were replication, or rather ostentare, to |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.35 | From thence the sauce to meat is ceremony; | From thence, the sawce to meate is Ceremony, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.59 | No ceremony that to great ones longs, | No ceremony that to great ones longs, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.51 | To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave. | To rib her searecloath in the obscure graue: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.37 | And ceremoniously let us prepare | And ceremoniously let vs vs prepare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.206 | To urge the thing held as a ceremony? | To vrge the thing held as a ceremonie: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.5 | complement, and ceremony of it. But are you sure | complement, and ceremony of it: But are you sure |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.51 | To give our hearts united ceremony. | To giue our hearts vnited ceremony. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.55 | Not sorting with a nuptial ceremony. | Not sorting with a nuptiall ceremonie. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.191 | Most sincerely. | Most sincerely. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.50 | Then let us take a ceremonious leave | Then let vs take a ceremonious leaue |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.173 | Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty; | Tradition, Forme, and Ceremonious dutie, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.45 | Too ceremonious and traditional. | Too ceremonious, and traditionall. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.13 | Why, so you are, my thrice -renowned lord. | Why so you are, my thrice-renowned Lord. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.99 | Cuts off the ceremonious vows of love | Cuts off the ceremonious Vowes of Loue, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.6 | To speak the ceremonial rites of marriage! | To speake the ceremoniall rites of marriage? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.168 | But after many ceremonies done | but after many ceremonies done, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.42 | a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of the | A Sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me / Of the |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.16 | All sanctimonious ceremonies may | All sanctimonious ceremonies may |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.60 | Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas | Ceres, most bounteous Lady, thy rich Leas |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.75 | Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain. | Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertaine. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.76 | Enter Ceres | Enter Ceres. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.117 | Ceres' blessing so is on you. | Ceres blessing so is on you. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.124.1 | Makes this place Paradise. | Makes this place Paradise. Iuno and Ceres whisper seriously, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.124 | Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employment | Iuno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employment. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.125 | Juno and Ceres whisper seriously. | |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.167 | Ay, my commander. When I presented Ceres, | I my Commander, when I presented Ceres |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.14 | Ceremony was but devised at first | Ceremony was but deuis'd at first |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.76 | With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies | With twenty Popish trickes and Ceremonies, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.234 | Are ceremonious courtiers. | Are ceremonious Courtiers. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.20 | Love's thrice-repured nectar? – death, I fear me, | Loues thrice reputed Nectar? Death I feare me |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.158 | And all the ceremony of this compact | And all the Ceremonie of this compact |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.76 | His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate, | His loue sincere, his thoughts immaculate, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.131.1 | O'th' sacred ceremony. | O'th sacred Ceremony. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.8 | With treble ceremony; rather than a gap | With treble Ceremonie, rather then a gap |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.4 | To th' heart of ceremony. O queen Emilia, | To'th heart of Ceremony: O Queene Emilia |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.53 | The teeming Ceres' foison, who dost pluck | The teeming Ceres foyzon, who dost plucke |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.7 | How ceremonious, solemn, and unearthly | How ceremonious, solemne, and vn-earthly |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.512.1 | I leave out ceremony. | I leaue out ceremony. |