| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.207 | Wish chastely and love dearly, that your Dian | Wish chastly, and loue dearely, that your Dian |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.28 | ‘ Too young,’ and ‘ The next year,’ and ‘ 'Tis too early.’ | Too young, and the next yeere, and 'tis too early. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.26 | I loved you dearly, would you believe my oaths | I lou'd you deerely, would you beleeue my oathes, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.313 | If she, my liege, can make me know this clearly | If she my Liege can make me know this clearly, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.314 | I'll love her dearly, ever, ever dearly. | Ile loue her dearely, euer, euer dearly. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.6 | Madam, methinks, if you did love him dearly, | Madam, me thinkes if you did loue him deerly, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.95 | From mine own knowledge. As nearly as I may, | From mine owne knowledge, as neerely as I may, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.156 | Did ever love so dearly. Let her live | Did euer loue so deerely. Let her liue |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.8 | Nay, but how dearly he adores Mark Antony! | Nay but how deerely he adores Mark Anthony. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.22 | Early though't be, have on their riveted trim, | early though't be, haue on their / Riueted trim, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.12 | and to that end riders dearly hired; but I, his brother, | and to that end Riders deerely hir'd: but I (his brother) |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.29 | The Duke my father loved his father dearly. | The Duke my Father lou'd his Father deerelie. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.31 | son dearly? By this kind of chase, I should hate him, | Sonne deerelie? By this kinde of chase, I should hate him, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.32 | for my father hated his father dearly; yet I hate not | for my father hated his father deerely; yet I hate not |
| As You Like It | AYL II.ii.6 | Saw her abed, and in the morning early | Saw her a bed, and in the morning early, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.67 | By my life I do, which I tender dearly though | By my life I do, which I tender deerly, though |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.139 | How dearly would it touch me to the quick | How deerely would it touch thee to the quicke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.15 | He loved his mother dearly. | He lou'd his Mother deerely. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.13.1 | And greets your highness dearly. | And greetes your Highnesse deerely. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.18 | How dearly they do't: 'tis her breathing that | How deerely they doo't: 'Tis her breathing that |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.32 | up so early: he cannot choose but take this service I | vp so earely: he cannot choose but take this Seruice I |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.128 | Is this: she hath bought the name of whore, thus dearly. | Is this: she hath bought the name of Whore, thus deerly |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.9 | Yearly three thousand pounds; which – by thee – lately | Yeerely three thousand pounds; which (by thee) lately |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.96 | You do not understand yourself so clearly | You doe not vnderstand your selfe so cleerely, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.107 | Which are not sterling. Tender yourself more dearly, | Which are not starling. Tender your selfe more dearly; |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.40 | Which we do tender as we dearly grieve | Which we do tender, as we deerely greeue |
| 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 IV.iii.110 | And in the morning early shall mine uncle | And in the Morning early shall my Vnckle |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.84 | Shall pay full dearly for this encounter | Shall pay full dearely for this encounter, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.38 | Lives so in hope – as in an early spring | Liues so in hope: As in an early Spring, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.2 | hand, sir, give me your hand, sir! An early stirrer, by | Hand, Sir; giue mee your Hand, Sir: an early stirrer, by |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.6 | For our bad neighbour makes us early stirrers, | For our bad Neighbour makes vs early stirrers, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.291 | Five hundred poor I have in yearly pay, | Fiue hundred poore I haue in yeerely pay, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.45 | Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, | Will yeerely on the Vigil feast his neighbours, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.89 | Early and late, debating to and fro | Early and late, debating too and fro |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.102 | Which held thee dearly as his soul's redemption, | Which held thee deerely, as his Soules Redemption, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.37 | Ay, full as dearly as I love myself. | I, full as dearely as I loue my selfe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.84 | Come pat betwixt too early and too late | Come pat betwixt too early, and too late |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.138 | Heaven knows how dearly. My next poor petition | Heauen knowes how deerely. / My next poore Petition, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.30 | The upper Germany, can dearly witness, | The vpper Germany can deerely witnesse: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.110 | What, Brutus, are you stirred so early too? | What Brutus, are you stirr'd so earely too? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.183 | Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him! | Iudge, O you Gods, how deerely Casar lou'd him: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.228 | Early tomorrow will we rise, and hence. | Early to morrow will we rise, and hence. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.5 | O Cassius, Brutus gave the word too early, | O Cassius, Brutus gaue the word too early, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.7 | Whose early days are yet not worth a beard, | Whose early daies are yet not worth a beard, |
| King John | KJ II.i.5 | By this brave duke came early to his grave. | By this braue Duke came early to his graue: |
| King John | KJ III.i.81 | The yearly course that brings this day about | The yearely course that brings this day about, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.24 | Lives in this bosom, dearly cherished. | Liues in this bosome, deerely cherished. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.122 | In this which he accounts so clearly won. | In this which he accounts so cleareIy wonne: |
| King John | KJ V.v.7 | And wound our tottering colours clearly up, | And woon'd our tott'ring colours clearly vp, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.284 | nearly appertains to us both. I think our father will | neerely appertaines to vs both, / I thinke our Father will |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.88 | dearly, and in woman outparamoured the Turk – false | deerely; and in Woman, out-Paramour'd the Turke. False |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.67 | I doubt some danger does approach you nearly. | I doubt some danger do's approach you neerely. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.120 | For his advantage that I dearly love. | For his aduantage that I dearely loue. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.100 | Is dearly bought, 'tis mine, and I will have it. | Is deerely bought, 'tis mine, and I will haue it. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.453 | And in the morning early will we both | And in the morning early will we both |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.100 | early and down late. But notwithstanding – to tell you | early, and down late: but notwithstanding, (to tell you |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.126 | Of something nearly that concerns yourselves. | Of something, neerely that concernes your selues. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.131 | No doubt they rose up early to observe | No doubt they rose vp early, to obserue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.3 | you that decerns you nearly. | you, that decernes you nearely. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.170 | she did not hate him deadly, she would love him dearly. | shee did not hate him deadlie, shee would loue him dearely, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iii.23 | Yearly will I do this rite. | yeerely will I do this right. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.14 | Our General cast us thus early for the love of his | Our Generall cast vs thus earely for the loue of his |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.157 | To beggarly divorcement – love him dearly, | To beggerly diuorcement) Loue him deerely, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.131 | It kept where I kept, I so dearly loved it, | It kept where I kept, I so dearely lou'd it, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.139 | I know it by this mark. He loved me dearly, | I know it by this marke: he loued me dearely, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.12.1 | Why do you stir so early? | why doe you stirre so early? |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.18 | That is the cause we trouble you so early; | That is the cause we trouble you so early, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.21 | Rich tire about you, should at these early hours | rich tire about you, should at these early howers, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.72 | Earlier too, sir, if now I be one. | Earlyer too Sir, if now I bee one. |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.22 | Early one blustering morn this lady was | Earlie in blustering morne this Ladie was |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.26 | And he would love me dearly as a child. | And he would loue me deerely as a childe. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.36 | Good morrow, Catesby; you are early stirring. | Good morrow Catesby, you are early stirring: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.89 | Prepare thy battle early in the morning | Prepare thy Battell early in the Morning, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.210 | Ratcliffe, my lord, 'tis I. The early village cock | Ratcliffe my Lord, 'tis I: the early Village Cock |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.123 | So early walking did I see your son. | So earely walking did I see your Sonne: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.13 | And too soon marred are those so early made. | And too soone mar'd are those so early made: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.106 | I fear, too early. For my mind misgives | I feare too early, for my mind misgiues, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.15 | Cheerly, boys! Be brisk a while, and the longer liver | chearly Boyes, / Be brisk awhile, and the longer liuer |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.139 | Too early seen unknown, and known too late! | Too early seene, vnknowne, and knowne too late, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.28 | What early tongue so sweet saluteth me? | What early tongue so sweet saluteth me? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.71 | As dearly as mine own, be satisfied. | As dearely as my owne, be satisfied. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.3 | Look you, she loved her kinsman Tybalt dearly, | Looke you, she Lou'd her kinsman Tybalt dearely, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.10 | I will, and know her mind early tomorrow. | I will, and know her mind early to morrow, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.35 | May call it early by and by. Good night. | may call ir early by and by, / Goodnight. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.66 | Is she not down so late, or up so early? | Is she not downe so late, or vp so early? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.112 | Marry, my child, early next Thursday morn | Marry my Child, early next Thursday morne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.42 | Juliet, on Thursday early will I rouse ye. | Iuliet, on Thursday early will I rowse yee, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.46 | So early waking – what with loathsome smells, | So early waking, what with loathsome smels, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.23 | Hold, take this letter. Early in the morning | Hold take this Letter, early in the morning |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.188 | What misadventure is so early up, | What misaduenture is so earely vp, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.208 | Come, Montague. For thou art early up | Come Mountague, for thou art early vp |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.209 | To see thy son and heir now early down. | To see thy Sonne and Heire, now early downe. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.275 | This letter he early bid me give his father, | This Letter he early bid me giue his Father, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.49 | Dearly, my delicate Ariel. Do not approach | Dearely, my delicate Ariell: doe not approach |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.15 | Somewhat too early for new-married ladies. | Somewhat to earely for new married Ladies. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.36 | Will hold thee dearly for thy mother's sake.’ | Will hold thee dearely for thy Mothers sake. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.51 | E'en so, Hector was stirring early. | E'ene so; Hector was stirring early. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.96 | Writes me that man – how dearly ever parted, | Writes me, that man, how dearely euer parted, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.35 | (To Aeneas) What business, lord, so early? | What businesse Lord so early? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.46 | I knew you not. What news with you so early? | I knew you not: what newes with you so early? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.12.2 | 'Tis but early days. | 'Tis but early dayes. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.18 | Most dearly welcome to the Greeks, sweet lady. | Most deerely welcome to the Greekes, sweete Lady. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.25 | Let Titan rise as early as he dare, | Let Titan rise as early as he dare, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.3 | By my troth, Sir Toby, you must come in earlier | By my troth sir Toby you must come in earlyer |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.118 | Cousin, cousin, how have you come so early by | Cosin, Cosin, how haue you come so earely by |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.33 | How will this fadge? My master loves her dearly; | How will this fadge? My master loues her deerely, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.7 | To be up after midnight and to go to bed then is early; | To be vp after midnight, and to go to bed then is early: |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.124 | And whom, by heaven, I swear, I tender dearly, | And whom, by heauen I sweare, I tender deerely, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.279 | From my remembrance clearly banished his. | From my remembrance, clearly banisht his. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.9 | I am thus early come, to know what service | I am thus early come, to know what seruice |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.110 | Do, very early; I must be abroad else | Doe, very rarely, I must be abroad else |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.47.1 | That are most early sweet and bitter. | That are most early sweet, and bitter. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.129 | But one hour since, I was as dearly sorry | But one houre since, I was as dearely sorry, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.129 | By us performed before. Most dearly welcome, | By vs perform'd before. Most dearely welcome, |