| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.169 | your old smock brings forth a new petticoat; | your old Smocke brings foorth a new Petticoate, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.15 | our very petticoats will catch them. | our very petty-coates will catch them. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.16 | I could shake them off my coat; these burs are | I could shake them off my coate, these burs are |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.37 | That their discharge did stretch his leathern coat | That their discharge did stretch his leatherne coat |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.7 | courageous to petticoat: therefore courage, good Aliena! | coragious to petty-coate; therefore courage, good Aliena. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.80 | Besides, his cote, his flocks, and bounds of feed | Besides his Coate, his Flockes, and bounds of feede |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.81 | Are now on sale, and at our sheepcote now, | Are now on sale, and at our sheep-coat now |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.43 | I am ambitious for a motley coat. | I am ambitious for a motley coat. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.325 | skirts of the forest, like fringe upon a petticoat. | skirts of the Forrest, like fringe vpon a petticoat. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.408 | ‘ Rosalind ’, and come every day to my cote, and woo me. | Rosalind, and come euerie day to my Coat, and woe me. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.78 | A sheepcote fenced about with olive trees? | A sheep-coat, fenc'd about with Oliue-trees. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.115 | That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I | That like an Eagle in a Doue-coat, I |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.317 | receive from you. We coted them on the way. And | receiue from you: wee coated them on the way, and |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.48 | and ‘ You owe me a quarter's wages,’ and ‘ My coat | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.100 | Glittering in golden coats like images, | Glittering in Golden Coates, like Images, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.43 | herald's coat without sleeves. And the shirt to say the truth | Heralds Coat, without sleeues: and the Shirt, to say the truth, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.25 | The King hath many marching in his coats. | The King hath many marching in his Coats. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.26 | Now, by my sword, I will kill all his coats! | Now by my Sword, I will kill all his Coates, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.78 | two holes in the ale-wife's petticoat, and so peeped | two holes in the Ale-wiues new Petticoat, & peeped |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.154 | petticoat? | petticote? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.282 | soldiers coats. | Souldiers Coates. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.40 | There's a dish of leather-coats for | There is a dish of Lether-coats for |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.38 | Covering discretion with a coat of folly; | Couering Discretion with a Coat of Folly; |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.47 | Doth like a miser spoil his coat with scanting | Doth like a Miser spoyle his Coat, with scanting |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.82 | the world he is. If I find a hole in his coat, I will tell | the World hee is: if I finde a hole in his Coat, I will tell |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.26 | Investing lank-lean cheeks and war-worn coats, | Inuesting lanke-leane Cheekes, and Warre-worne Coats, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.118 | The gay new coats o'er the French soldiers' heads, | The gay new Coats o're the French Souldiers heads, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.81 | Of England's coat one half is cut away. | Of Englands Coat, one halfe is cut away. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.85 | Give me my steeled coat; I'll fight for France. | Giue me my steeled Coat, Ile fight for France. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.1.1 | Enter Gloucester, with his servingmen in blue coats | Enter Gloster, with his Seruing-men. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.29.2 | and his men in tawny coats | and his men in Tawney Coates. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.47 | Blue coats to tawny coats! Priest, beware your beard; | Blew Coats to Tawny Coats. Priest, beware your Beard, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.56 | Out, tawny coats! Out, scarlet hypocrite! | Out Tawney-Coates, out Scarlet Hypocrite. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.28 | Or tear the lions out of England's coat; | Or teare the Lyons out of Englands Coat; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.74 | A noise within: ‘ Down with the tawny coats!’ | A noyse within, Downe with the Tawny-Coats. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.56 | He need not fear the sword, for his coat is of | He neede not feare the sword, for his Coate is of |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.120 | As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not; | As for these silken-coated slaues I passe not, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iii.10.1 | He puts on Sir Humphrey Stafford's coat of mail | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.68 | But thou shalt wear it as a herald's coat, | But thou shalt weare it as a Heralds coate, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.159 | Shall we go throw away our coats of steel, | Shall we go throw away our Coates of Steele, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.23 | That you might still have worn the petticoat | That you might still haue worne the Petticoat, |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.16 | In a long motley coat guarded with yellow, | In a long Motley Coate, garded with Yellow, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.276 | Your long coat, priest, protects you; thou shouldst feel | Your long Coat (Priest) protects you, / Thou should'st feele |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.9 | in his coat of arms, and on his head he wore a gilt | in his Coate of Armes, and on his head he wore a Gilt |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.179 | Enter four Heralds, bringing in a coat of armour, a helmet, a lance, and a shield | Enter foure Heraldes bringing in a coate armour, a helmet, a lance, and a shield. |
| King John | KJ II.i.139 | I'll smoke your skin-coat an I catch you right! | Ile smoake your skin-coat and I catch you right, |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.18 | Poor pelting villages, sheepcotes, and mills | Poore pelting Villages, Sheeps-Coates, and Milles, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.232 | His face's own margin did quote such amazes | His faces owne margent did coate such amazes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.761 | Which parti-coated presence of loose love | Which partie-coated presence of loose loue |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.781.2 | We did not quote them so. | We did not coat them so. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.183 | you fearful, that neither my coat, integrity, nor | you fearfull, that neither my coate, integrity, nor |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.15 | give the dozen white luces in their coat. | giue the dozen white Luces in their Coate. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.16 | It is an old coat. | It is an olde Coate. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.17 | The dozen white louses do become an old coat well. | The dozen white Lowses doe become an old Coat well: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.21 | old coat. | old Coate. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.26 | Yes, py'r lady. If he has a quarter of your coat, | Yes per-lady: if he ha's a quarter of your coat, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.130 | There's a hole made in your best coat, Master Ford. This | ther's a hole made in your best coate (Master Ford:) this |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.63 | Each fair instalment, coat, and several crest, | Each faire Instalment, Coate, and seu'rall Crest, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.11 | In their gold coats spots you see – | In their gold coats, spots you see, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.5 | To make my small elves coats, and some keep back | To make my small Elues coates, and some keepe backe |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.213 | Two of the first, like coats in heraldry, | Two of the first life coats in Heraldry, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.116 | Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I | Then is curtesie a turne-coate, but it is certaine I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.6 | gloss of your marriage as to show a child his new coat | glosse of your marriage, as to shew a childe his new coat |
| Othello | Oth I.i.53 | Do well thrive by them; and when they have lined their coats, | Doe well thriue by them. / And when they haue lin'd their Coates |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.72 | ring, nor for measures of lawn, nor for gowns, petticoats, | Ring, nor for measures of Lawne, nor for Gownes, Petticoats, |
| Othello | Oth V.i.25 | But that my coat is better than thou think'st. | But that my Coate is better then thou know'st: |
| Pericles | Per II.i.137 | To beg of you, kind friends, this coat of worth, | To begge of you (kind friends) this Coate of worth, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.75 | That it may enter Mowbray's waxen coat | That it may enter Mowbrayes waxen Coate, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.61 | The lining of his coffers shall make coats | The lining of his coffers shall make Coates |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.24 | From my own windows torn my household coat, | From mine owne Windowes torne my Household Coat, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.67 | Her waggoner, a small grey-coated gnat, | her Waggoner, a small gray-coated Gnat, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.5 | Yea, all my raiment, to my petticoat, | Yea all my raiment, to my petticoate, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.81 | combed, their blue coats brushed, and their garters | comb'd, their blew coats brush'd, and their garters |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.118 | Nathaniel's coat, sir, was not fully made, | Nathaniels coate sir was not fully made, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.55 | With silken coats and caps, and golden rings, | With silken coats and caps, and golden Rings, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.144 | And be no turncoats. Yet may your pains, six months, | And be no turne-coats: yet may your paines six months |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.25 | I did impetticoat thy gratillity; for Malvolio's nose | I did impeticos thy gratillity: for Maluolios nose |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.30 | some of your coats, for twopence. | some of your coats for two pence. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iv.19 | For I'll cut my green coat, a foot above my knee, | For ile cut my greene coat, afoote above my knee, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.82 | But this poor petticoat and too coarse smocks. | But this pore petticoate, and too corse Smockes. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.156 | In my green velvet coat; my dagger muzzled, | In my greene Veluet Coat; my Dagger muzzel'd, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.66 | he has left with thee. If this be a horseman's coat, it hath | he has left with thee: If this bee a horsemans Coate, it hath |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.775 | I. Draw our throne into a sheepcote? All deaths are too | I:) Draw our Throne into a Sheep-Coat? all deaths are too |