| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.45 | leave to in the crop. If I be his cuckold, he's my drudge. | leaue to Inne the crop: if I be his cuckold hee's my drudge; |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.24 | the cuckold to his horn, as a scolding quean to a | the Cuckold to his horne, as a scolding queane to a |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.68 | his grave, fiftyfold a cuckold! Good Isis, hear me this | his graue, fifty-fold a Cuckold. Good Isis heare me this |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.74 | knave uncuckolded. Therefore, dear Isis, keep decorum, | Knaue vncuckolded: Therefore deere Isis keep decorum, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.78 | cuckold, they would make themselves whores but | Cuckold, they would make themselues Whores, but |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.78 | crooked-pated, old, cuckoldly ram, out of all reasonable | crooked-pated olde Cuckoldly Ramme, out of all reasonable |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.58.2 | I mean not cuckold-mad, | I meane not Cuckold mad, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.235 | peace is a great maker of cuckolds. | peace is a great maker of Cuckolds. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.146.1 | Thou'st made me cuckold. | Thou'st made me Cuckold. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.120 | Cries cuckold to my father, brands the harlot | Cries Cuckold to my Father, brands the Harlot |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.330 | made Lucifer cuckold, and swore the devil his true | made Lucifer Cuckold, and swore the Deuill his true |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.25 | He or she, cuckold or cuckold-maker, | He or shee, Cuckold or Cuckold-maker: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.65 | about your infamy manu cita. A gig of a cuckold's horn! | about your Infamie vnum cita a gigge of a Cuckolds horne. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.514 | me a cuckold. | me a Cuckold. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.265 | What, are we cuckolds ere we have deserved it? | What, are we Cuckolds ere we haue deseru'd it. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.281 | Were you the clerk that is to make me cuckold? | Were you the Clark that is to make me cuckold. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.257 | Hang him, poor cuckoldy knave! I know him | Hang him (poore Cuckoldly knaue) I know him |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.261 | her as the key of the cuckoldy rogue's coffer – and | her as the key of the Cuckoldly-rogues Coffer, & |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.267 | it shall hang like a meteor o'er the cuckold's horns. | it shall hang like a Meteor ore the Cuckolds horns: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.272 | knave and cuckold. Come to me soon at night. | knaue, and Cuckold. Come to me soone at night. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.284 | of fiends. But Cuckold! Wittol! – Cuckold! The devil | of fiends: But Cuckold, Wittoll, Cuckold? the Diuell |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.297 | minute too late. Fie, fie, fie! Cuckold, cuckold, cuckold! | mynute too late: fie, fie, fie: Cuckold, Cuckold, Cuckold. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.96 | ordaining he should be a cuckold, held his hand. Well, on | (ordaining he should be a Cuckold) held his hand: well, on |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.126 | her, Master Brook; Master Brook, you shall cuckold | her (Master Broome) Master Broome, you shall cuckold |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.109 | Now, sir, who's a cuckold now? Master Brook, | Now Sir, whose a Cuckold now? Mr Broome, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.110 | Falstaff's a knave, a cuckoldy knave. Here are his | Falstaffes a Knaue, a Cuckoldly knaue, / Heere are his |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.38 | meet me, like an old cuckold with horns on his head, | meete mee like an old Cuckold with hornes on his head, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.363 | him. If thou canst cuckold him, thou dost thyself a | him. If thou canst Cuckold him, thou dost thy selfe a |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.165 | The meat it feeds on. That cuckold lives in bliss | The meate it feeds on. That Cuckold liues in blisse, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.199 | I will chop her into messes! Cuckold me! | I will chop her into Messes: Cuckold me? |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.75 | cuckold, to make him a monarch? I should venture | Cuckold, to make him a Monarch? I should venture |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.71 | such knavery! All the argument is a whore and a | such knauerie: all the argument is a Cuckold and a |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.72 | cuckold; a good quarrel to draw emulous factions and | Whore, a good quarrel to draw emulations, factions, and |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.64 | What, does the cuckold scorn me? | What, do's the Cuckold scorne me? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.62 | He, like a puling cuckold, would drink up | He like a puling Cuckold, would drinke vp |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.52 | oblique memorial of cuckolds, a thrifty shoeing-horn | oblique memoriall of Cuckolds, a thrifty shooing-horne |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.9 | The cuckold and the cuckold-maker are at | The Cuckold and the Cuckold maker are at it: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.46 | what remedy? As there is no true cuckold but calamity, | what remedy? As there is no true Cuckold but calamity, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.191 | Or I am much deceived, cuckolds ere now; | (Or I am much deceiu'd) Cuckolds ere now, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.269 | Is thicker than a cuckold's horn – or heard – | Is thicker then a Cuckolds Horne) or heard? |