| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.133 | I looked for the chalky cliffs, | I look'd for the chalkle Cliffes, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.70 | Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff | Or to the dreadfull Sonnet of the Cliffe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.101 | As far as I could ken thy chalky cliffs, | As farre as I could ken thy Chalky Cliffes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.5 | Enter Buckingham and old Clifford, attended | Enter Buckingham, and old Clifford. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.19 | What, Buckingham and Clifford, are ye so brave? | What Buckingham and Clifford are ye so braue? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.52 | À Clifford! À Clifford! We'll follow the King and | A Clifford, a Clifford, / Wee'l follow the King, and |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.53 | Clifford. | Clifford. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.7 | Enter Buckingham and Clifford | Enter Buckingham and Clifford. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.114 | Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain, | Call hither Clifford, bid him come amaine, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.123.1 | Enter at another door Clifford and Young Clifford | Enter Clifford. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.123 | And here comes Clifford to deny their bail. | And here comes Clifford to deny their baile. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.125 | I thank thee, Clifford; say, what news with thee? | I thanke thee Clifford: Say, what newes with thee? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.127 | We are thy sovereign, Clifford; kneel again. | We are thy Soueraigne Clifford, kneele againe; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.132 | Ay, Clifford; a bedlam and ambitious humour | I Clifford, a Bedlem and ambitious humor |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.1 | Clifford of Cumberland, 'tis Warwick calls; | Clifford of Cumberland, 'tis Warwicke calles: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.5 | Clifford, I say, come forth and fight with me. | Clifford I say, come forth and fight with me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.6 | Proud northern lord, Clifford of Cumberland, | Proud Northerne Lord, Clifford of Cumberland, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.9 | The deadly-handed Clifford slew my steed; | The deadly handed Clifford slew my Steed: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.13 | Enter Clifford | Enter Clifford. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.17 | As I intend, Clifford, to thrive today, | As I intend Clifford to thriue to day, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.28 | They fight and York kills Clifford | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.31.1 | Enter Young Clifford | Enter yong Clifford. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.61 | Come, thou new ruin of old Clifford's house; | Come thou new ruine of olde Cliffords house: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.84 | Enter Young Clifford | Enter Clifford. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.7 | Lord Clifford, and Lord Stafford, all abreast, | Lord Clifford and Lord Stafford all a-brest |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.50.1 | Flourish. Enter King Henry, Clifford, Northumberland, | Flourish. Enter King Henry, Clifford, Northumberland, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.55 | And thine, Lord Clifford; and you both have vowed revenge | And thine, Lord Clifford, & you both haue vow'd reuenge |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.58 | The hope thereof makes Clifford mourn in steel. | The hope thereof, makes Clifford mourne in Steele. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.83 | True, Clifford; that is Richard Duke of York. | True Clifford, that's Richard Duke of Yorke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.101 | Poor Clifford, how I scorn his worthless threats! | Poore Clifford, how I scorne his worthlesse Threats. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.160 | Lord Clifford vows to fight in thy defence; | Lord Clifford vowes to fight in thy defence: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.163 | O Clifford, how thy words revive my heart! | Oh Clifford, how thy words reuiue my heart. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.2 | Ah, tutor, look where bloody Clifford comes! | Ah Tutor, looke where bloody Clifford comes. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.3 | Enter Clifford and soldiers | Enter Clifford. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.8 | Ah, Clifford, murder not this innocent child, | Ah Clifford, murther not this innocent Child, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.16 | Ah, gentle Clifford, kill me with thy sword, | Ah gentle Clifford, kill me with thy Sword, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.18 | Sweet Clifford, hear me speak before I die. | Sweet Clifford heare me speake, before I dye: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.24 | He is a man, and, Clifford, cope with him. | He is a man, and Clifford cope with him. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.36 | To thee I pray; sweet Clifford, pity me! | To thee I pray; sweet Clifford pitty me. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.27.1 | Enter the Queen, Clifford, Northumberland, the | Enter the Queene, Clifford, Northumberland, the |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.27 | Come, bloody Clifford, rough Northumberland, | Come bloody Clifford, rough Northumberland, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.44 | O Clifford, but bethink thee once again, | Oh Clifford, but bethinke thee once againe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.51 | Hold, valiant Clifford! For a thousand causes | Hold valiant Clifford, for a thousand causes |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.54 | Hold, Clifford! Do not honour him so much | Hold Clifford, doe not honor him so much, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.66 | Brave warriors, Clifford and Northumberland, | Braue Warriors, Clifford and Northumberland, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.80 | That valiant Clifford, with his rapier's point, | That valiant Clifford, with his Rapiers point, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.149 | 'Gainst thee, fell Clifford, and thee, false Frenchwoman. | 'Gainst thee fell Clifford, and thee false French-woman. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.167 | Hard-hearted Clifford, take me from the world; | Hard-hearted Clifford, take me from the World, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.3 | From Clifford's and Northumberland's pursuit. | From Cliffords and Northumberlands pursuit? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.12 | And watched him how he singled Clifford forth. | And watcht him how he singled Clifford forth. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.58 | Of unrelenting Clifford and the Queen, | Of vn-relenting Clifford, and the Queene: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.63 | Of sweet young Rutland, by rough Clifford slain; | Of sweet young Rutland, by rough Clifford slaine: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.70 | O Clifford, boisterous Clifford! Thou hast slain | Oh Clifford, boyst'rous Clifford, thou hast slaine |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.103 | Is by the stern Lord Clifford done to death. | Is by the sterne Lord Clifford done to death. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.125 | Or more than common fear of Clifford's rigour, | Or more then common feare of Cliffords Rigour, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.168 | With Clifford and the haught Northumberland, | With Clifford, and the haught Northumberland, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.200 | Then Clifford, were thy heart as hard as steel, | Then Clifford, were thy heart as hard as Steele, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.1.1 | Flourish. Enter the King, Queen, Clifford, Northumberland, | Flourish. Enter the King, the Queene, Clifford, Northum- |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.43 | Full well hath Clifford played the orator, | Full well hath Clifford plaid the Orator, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.45 | But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear | But Clifford tell me, did'st thou neuer heare, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.107 | 'Twas not your valour, Clifford, drove me thence. | 'Twas not your valor Clifford droue me thence. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.112 | Upon that Clifford, that cruel child-killer. | Vpon that Clifford, that cruell Child-killer. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.125 | That Clifford's manhood lies upon his tongue. | That Cliffords Manhood, lyes vpon his tongue. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.16 | Broached with the steely point of Clifford's lance; | Broach'd with the Steely point of Cliffords Launce: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iv.1.1 | Excursions. Enter Richard and Clifford | Excursions. Enter Richard and Clifford. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iv.1 | Now, Clifford, I have singled thee alone. | Now Clifford, I haue singled thee alone, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iv.12.1 | They fight. Warwick comes. Clifford flies | They Fight, Warwicke comes, Clifford flies. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.16 | For Margaret my Queen, and Clifford too, | For Margaret my Queene, and Clifford too |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.1 | A loud alarum. Enter Clifford, wounded | A lowd alarum. Enter Clifford Wounded. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.37 | But think you, lords, that Clifford fled with them? | But thinke you (Lords) that Clifford fled with them? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.41 | Clifford groans and then dies | Clifford grones |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.46 | Revoke that doom of mercy, for 'tis Clifford; | Reuoke that doome of mercy, for 'tis Clifford, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.53 | Your father's head, which Clifford placed there; | Your Fathers head, which Clifford placed there: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.61 | Speak, Clifford, dost thou know who speaks to thee? | Speake Clifford, dost thou know who speakes to thee? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.69 | Clifford, ask mercy and obtain no grace. | Clifford, aske mercy, and obtaine no grace. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.70 | Clifford, repent in bootless penitence. | Clifford, repent in bootlesse penitence. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.71 | Clifford, devise excuses for thy faults. | Clifford, deuise excuses for thy faults. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.76 | They mock thee, Clifford; swear as thou wast wont. | They mocke thee Clifford, / Sweare as thou was't wont. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.78 | When Clifford cannot spare his friends an oath. | When Clifford cannot spare his Friends an oath: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.7 | Two Cliffords, as the father and the son; | Two Cliffords, as the Father and the Sonne, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.72 | There is a cliff whose high and bending head | There is a Cliffe, whose high and bending head |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.67 | Upon the crown o'the cliff what thing was that | Vpon the crowne o'th'Cliffe. What thing was that |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.158 | When black-faced Clifford shook his sword at him; | When black-fac'd Clifford shooke his sword at him. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.46 | Here comes Sir Richard Ratcliffe and the Duke. | Heere comes Sir Richard Ratcliffe, and the Duke. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.47.1 | Enter Sir Richard Ratcliffe and Richard, Duke of | Enter Ratcliffe, and |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.101.2 | Derby, Hastings, and Ratcliffe | Derbie, Hastings, and Ratcliffe. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iii.1.1 | Enter Sir Richard Ratcliffe, with halberds, carrying | Enter Sir Richard Ratcliffe, with Halberds, carrying |
| Richard III | R3 III.iii.1 | Sir Richard Ratcliffe, let me tell thee this: | Sir Richard Ratcliffe, let me tell thee this, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.1.2 | Norfolk, Ratcliffe, Lovel, with others, at a table | Norfolke, Ratcliffe, Louell, with others, at a Table. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.78 | Lovel and Ratcliffe, look that it be done. | Louell and Ratcliffe, looke that it be done: |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.80 | Lovel and Ratcliffe remain, with Lord Hastings | Manet Louell and Ratcliffe, with the Lord Hastings. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.21 | Enter Lovel and Ratcliffe, with Hastings' head | Enter Louell and Ratcliffe, with Hastings Head. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.21 | Be patient, they are friends, Ratcliffe and Lovel. | Be patient, they are friends: Ratcliffe, and Louell. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.104 | Exeunt Lovel, Catesby, and Ratcliffe | Exit. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.1.2 | Buckingham, Catesby, Ratcliffe, Lovel, a Page, and | Buckingham, Catesby, Ratcliffe, Louel. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.44 | Enter Ratcliffe | Enter Ratcliffe. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.432 | Enter Ratcliffe, Catesby following | Enter Ratcliffe. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.441 | Ratcliffe, thyself – or Catesby – where is he? | Ratcliffe thy selfe, or Catesby, where is hee? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.444 | Ratcliffe, come hither. Post to Salisbury. | Catesby come hither, poste to Salisbury: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.1.1 | Enter King Richard in arms, with Norfolk, Ratcliffe, | Enter King Richard in Armes with Norfolke, Ratcliffe, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.47.2 | Enter, to his tent, King Richard, Ratcliffe, Norfolk, | Enter Richard, Ratcliffe, Norfolke, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.58 | Catesby! | Ratcliffe. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.66 | Ratcliffe! | Ratcliff. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.77 | Bid my guard watch. Leave me. Ratcliffe, | Bid my Guard watch. Leaue me. / Ratcliffe, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.79 | Exit Ratcliffe with others | Exit Ratclif. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.208 | Enter Ratcliffe | Enter Ratcliffe. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.210 | Ratcliffe, my lord, 'tis I. The early village cock | Ratcliffe my Lord, 'tis I: the early Village Cock |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.213 | O Ratcliffe, I have dreamed a fearful dream! | |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.215.2 | Ratcliffe, I fear, I fear! | O Ratcliffe, I feare, I feare. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.223 | Exeunt Richard and Ratcliffe | Exeunt Richard & Ratliffe, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.272 | Enter King Richard, Ratcliffe, and soldiers | Enter King Richard, Ratcliffe, and Catesby. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.282 | Ratcliffe! | Ratcliffe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.75 | D sol re, one clef, two notes have I – | D solre, one Cliffe, two notes haue I, |