| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.39 | Clock to itself, knew the true minute when | Clocke to it selfe, knew the true minute when |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.24 | Ten o'clock. Within these three hours 'twill be | Ten a clocke: Within these three houres 'twill be |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.22 | Says, very wisely, ‘ It is ten o'clock.’ | Sayes, very wisely, it is ten a clocke: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.291 | I pray you, what is't o'clock? | I pray you, what i'st a clocke? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.293 | clock in the forest. | clocke in the Forrest. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.296 | detect the lazy foot of Time as well as a clock. | detect the lazie foot of time, as wel as a clocke. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.167 | o'clock I will be with thee again. | a clock I will be with thee againe. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.172 | o'clock is your hour? | o'clocke is your howre. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.1 | How say you now? Is it not past two o'clock? | How say you now, is it not past two a clock? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.26 | I crave your pardon. Soon at five o'clock, | I craue your pardon, soone at fiue a clocke, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.45 | The clock hath strucken twelve upon the bell; | The clocke hath strucken twelue vpon the bell: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.66 | Methinks your maw, like mine, should be your clock | Me thinkes your maw, like mine, should be your cooke, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.3 | Sure, Luciana, it is two o'clock. | Sure Luciana it is two a clocke. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.10 | He had of me a chain. At five o'clock | He had of me a Chaine, at fiue a clocke |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.53 | It was two ere I left him, and now the clock strikes one. |
It was two ere I left him, and now the clocke strikes one. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.163 | Has clucked thee to the wars, and safely home, | Ha's clock'd thee to the Warres: and safelie home |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.6 | And if thou canst awake by four o'th' clock, | And if thou canst awake by foure o'th'clock, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.50 | Clock strikes | Clocke strikes |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.74 | That run i'th' clock's behalf. But this is foolery: | That run i'th'Clocks behalfe. But this is Foolrie, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.43 | To weep 'twixt clock and clock? If sleep charge Nature, | To weepe 'twixt clock and clock? If sleep charge Nature, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.153 | Upon a time, unhappy was the clock | Vpon a time, vnhappy was the clocke |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.8 | and clocks the tongues of bawds, and dials the signs of | and clockes the tongues of Bawdes, and dialls the signes of |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.124 | o'clock early at Gad's Hill, there are pilgrims going to | a clocke early at Gads hill, there are Pilgrimes going to |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.33 | Good morrow, carriers, what's o'clock? | Good-morrow Carriers. What's a clocke? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.34 | I think it be two o'clock. | I thinke it be two a clocke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.93 | Adam to the pupil age of this present twelve o'clock at | Adam, to the pupill age of this present twelue a clock at |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.95 | What's o'clock, Francis? | What's a clocke Francis? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.510 | Indeed, my lord, I think it be two o'clock. | Indeede, my Lord, I thinke it be two a Clocke. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.197 | At two o'clock in the afternoon. | At two a clocke in the afternoone, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.147 | and fought a long hour by Shrewsbury clock. If I may | and fought a long houre by Shrewsburie clocke. If I may |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.188 | My lord, I was born about three of the clock | My Lord, I was borne |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.34 | 'Tis one o'clock, and past. | 'Tis One a Clock, and past. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.3 | 'Twill be two o'clock ere they come from | It will be two of the Clocke, ere they come from |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.93 | To give him hearing. Is it four o'clock? | To giue him hearing: Is it foure a Clock? |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.152 | It is now two o'clock: but, let me see – by ten | It is now two a Clock: but let me see, by ten |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.15 | The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, | The Countrey Cocks doe crow, the Clocks doe towle: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.42 | Their arms are set like clocks, stiff to strike on; | Their Armes are set, like Clocks, still to strike on; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.5.1 | Sirs, what's o'clock? | Sirs, what's a Clock? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.1.1 | It's one o'clock, boy, is't not? | It's one a clocke Boy, is't not. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.192 | A clock strikes | Clocke strikes. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.192.1 | Peace, count the clock. | Peace, count the Clocke. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.192.2 | The clock hath stricken three. | The Clocke hath stricken three. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.114.1 | What is't o'clock? | What is't a Clocke? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.23.1 | What is't o'clock? | What is't a clocke? |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.109 | 'Tis three o'clock; and, Romans, yet ere night | 'Tis three a clocke, and Romans yet ere night, |
| King John | KJ III.i.324 | Old Time the clock-setter, that bald sexton Time, | Old Time the clocke setter, yt bald sexton Time: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.187 | A woman, that is like a German clock, | A woman that is like a Germane Cloake, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.893 | And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, | And merrie Larkes are Ploughmens clockes: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.2 | The moon is down; I have not heard the clock. | The Moone is downe: I haue not heard the Clock. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.6 | Threatens his bloody stage. By the clock 'tis day, | Threatens his bloody Stage: byth' Clock 'tis Day, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.263 | What's o'clock, think you? | what's a clocke, thinke you? |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.50 | tomorrow four o'clock. | to morrow, foure a clocke. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.118 | contrary, let Claudio be executed by four of the clock, and, | contrary, let Claudio be executed by foure of the clocke, and |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.106 | be ready at the farthest by five of the clock. See these | be readie at the farthest by fiue of the clocke: see these |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.8 | 'Tis now but four of clock. We have two hours | 'Tis now but foure of clock, we haue two houres |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.25 | last at six o'clock i'th' morning, falling out that year | last, at six a clocke ith morning, falling out that yeere |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.4 | For lovers ever run before the clock. | For louers euer run before the clocke. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.63 | 'Tis nine o'clock; our friends all stay for you. | 'Tis nine a clocke, our friends all stay for you, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.294 | jealousy! Eleven o'clock the hour. I will prevent this, | iealousie: eleuen o'clocke the howre, I will preuent this, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.3 | Vat is the clock, Jack? | Vat is the clocke, Iack. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.41 | The town clock strikes | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.41 | The clock gives me my cue, and my assurance bids me | The clocke giues me my Qu, and my assurance bids me |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.186 | tomorrow eight o'clock, to have amends. | to morrow eight a clocke to haue amends. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.ii.10 | well enough. It hath struck ten o'clock. | well enough. It hath strooke ten a'clocke. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.74 | Away, disperse! But till 'tis one o'clock, | Away, disperse: But till 'tis one a clocke, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.46 | 'Tis almost five o'clock, cousin; tis time you | 'Tis almost fiue a clocke cosin, 'tis time you |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.13 | Not this hour, Lieutenant; 'tis not yet ten o'th' clock. | Not this houre Lieutenant: 'tis not yet ten o'th'clocke. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.50 | For now hath time made me his numbering clock. | For now hath Time made me his numbring clocke; |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.60 | While I stand fooling here, his jack of the clock. | While I stand fooling heere, his iacke o'th' Clocke. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.4 | What is't a clock? | What is't a Clocke? |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.100 | I go; and towards three or four a clock | I goe, and towards three or foure a Clocke |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.108 | Ay, what's a clock? | |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.110.2 | Well, but what's a clock? | |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.47.1 | What is't a clock? | What is't a Clocke? |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.48.1 | It's nine a clock. | it's nine a clocke. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.277.1 | Clock strikes | Clocke strikes. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.277 | Tell the clock there. Give me a calendar. | Tell the clocke there. / Giue me a Kalender: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.167.3 | What o'clock tomorrow | What a clock to morrow |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.1 | The clock struck nine when I did send the Nurse. | The clocke strook nine, when I did send the Nurse, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iv.4 | The curfew bell hath rung. 'Tis three o'clock. | The Curphew Bell hath rung, 'tis three a clocke: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.183 | Let's see, I think 'tis now some seven o'clock, | Let's see, I thinke 'tis now some seuen a clocke, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.191 | It shall be what o'clock I say it is. | It shall be what a clock I say it is. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.294 | They'll tell the clock to any business that | They'l tell the clocke, to any businesse that |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.295 | If tomorrow be a fair day, by eleven o'clock it | If to morrow be a faire day, by eleuen a clocke it |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.127 | Clock strikes | Clocke strikes. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.127 | The clock upbraids me with the waste of time. | The clocke vpbraides me with the waste of time: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.126 | By seven o'clock I'll get you such a ladder. | By seauen a clock, ile get you such a Ladder. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.96 | Hear nothing but the clock that tells our woes. | Heare nothing but the Clocke that tels our woes. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.43 | I love thee not a jar o'th' clock behind | I loue thee not a Iarre o'th' Clock, behind |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.289 | Skulking in corners? Wishing clocks more swift? | Skulking in corners? wishing Clocks more swift? |