| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.42 | To chide him from our eaves, for he persists | To chide him from our eeues, for he persists |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iv.32 | When briars shall have leaves as well as thorns | When Briars shall haue leaues as well as thornes, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.20 | Which leaves itself. To the seaside straightway! | Which leaues it selfe, to the Sea-side straight way; |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iii.18.1 | Now leaves him. | Now leaues him. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.349 | This is an aspic's trail; and these fig leaves | This is an Aspickes traile, / And these Figge-leaues |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.350 | Have slime upon them, such as th' aspic leaves | haue slime vpon them, such / As th'Aspicke leaues |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.152 | he carries noise, and behind him he leaves tears. | hee carryes Noyse; / And behinde him, hee leaues Teares: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.18 | greater devotion than they can render it him, and leaves | greater deuotion, then they can render it him; and leaues |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.158 | Mangles true judgement, and bereaves the state | Mangles true iudgement, and bereaues the State |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.136 | Who now are here, taking their leaves of me | Who now are heere, taking their leaues of mee, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.63 | Shook down my mellow hangings, nay, my leaves, | Shooke downe my mellow hangings: nay my Leaues, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.390 | With wild wood-leaves and weeds I ha' strewed his grave | With wild wood-leaues & weeds, I ha' strew'd his graue |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.1.5 | Iachimo, and then leaves him | Iachimo, and then leaues him. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.106 | He leaves me, scorns me: briefly die their joys | He leaues me, scornes me: briefely dye their ioyes, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.7 | asleep, leaves him. Anon comes in another man; takes | a-sleepe, leaues him. Anon comes in a Fellow, takes |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.9 | ears, and leaves him. The Queen returns, finds the | eares, andExits. The Queene returnes, findes the |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.1 | There's matter in these sighs. These profound heaves | There's matters in these sighes. / These profound heaues |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.167 | That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream. | That shewes his hore leaues in the glassie streame: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.217 | knows of aught he leaves, what is't to leave betimes? | ha's ought of what he leaues. What is't to leaue betimes? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.181 | Loseth men's hearts and leaves behind a stain | Loseth mens hearts, and leaues behinde a stayne |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.5 | And by his hollow whistling in the leaves | And by his hollow whistling in the Leaues, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.60 | Gives o'er and leaves his part-created cost | Giues o're, and leaues his part-created Cost |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.79 | He leaves his back unarmed, the French and Welsh | He leaues his backe vnarm'd, the French, and Welch |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.16 | In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch | In loathsome Beds, and leau'st the Kingly Couch, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.92 | Saying the sanguine colour of the leaves | Saying, the sanguine colour of the Leaues |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.90 | And caterpillars eat my leaves away; | And Caterpillers eate my Leaues away: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.340 | Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies. | Weaues tedious Snares to trap mine Enemies. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.354 | Embrace and kiss and take ten thousand leaves, | Embrace, and kisse, and take ten thousand leaues, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.206 | That keeps his leaves in spite of any storm, | That keepes his leaues inspight of any storme, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.48 | In hewing Rutland when his leaves put forth, | In hewing Rutland, when his leaues put forth, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.126 | The leaves and fruit maintained with beauty's sun, | The Leaues and Fruit maintain'd with Beauties Sunne, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.85 | By all your good leaves, gentlemen; here I'll make | By all your good leaues Gentlemen; heere Ile make |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.353 | The tender leaves of hopes, tomorrow blossoms, | The tender Leaues of hopes, to morrow Blossomes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.425 | With what a sorrow Cromwell leaves his lord. | With what a sorrow Cromwel leaues his Lord. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.56.1 | The end of the procession leaves; and then a great | |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.82 | Shall suck forth deadly venom from the leaves. – | Shall sucke forth deadly venom from the leaues, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.26 | Straight trees of gold, the pendants, leaves; | Streight trees of gold, the pendant leaues, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.3 | The leaves move not, the world is hushed and still, | the leaues moue not, the world is husht and still, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.26 | That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks. | That leaues the print of blood where ere it walkes. |
| King John | KJ V.vii.16 | Leaves them invincible, and his siege is now | Leaues them inuisible, and his seige is now |
| King Lear | KL I.i.236 | Which often leaves the history unspoke | Which often leaues the history vnspoke |
| King Lear | KL I.i.269 | Cordelia leaves you. I know you what you are; | Cordelia leaues you, I know you what you are, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.15 | This weaves itself perforce into my business. | This weaues it selfe perforce into my businesse, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.129.1 | He leaves her | Exit. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.109 | Study his bias leaves and makes his book thine eyes, | Studie his byas leaues, and makes his booke thine eyes. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.41 | Sweet leaves, shade folly. Who is he comes here? | Sweet leaues shade folly. Who is he comes heere? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.103 | Through the velvet leaves the wind, | Through the Veluet, leaues the winde, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.33 | him in a sleep and giving him the lie, leaves him. | him in a sleepe, and giuing him the Lye, leaues him. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.155 | To the succeeding royalty he leaves | To the succeeding Royalty he leaues |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.54 | That it prefers itself, and leaves unquestioned | That it prefers it selfe, and leaues vnquestion'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.165 | continency. Sparrows must not build in his house-eaves | Continencie. Sparrowes must not build in his house-eeues, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.193 | his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit! | his doublet and hose, and leaues off his wit. |
| Pericles | Per II.v.13 | Loath to bid farewell, we take our leaves. | Loth to bid farewell, we take our leaues. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.27 | Leaves Tarsus and again embarks. He swears | Leaues Tharsus, and againe imbarques, hee sweares |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.20 | Is hacked down, and his summer leaves all faded, | Is hackt downe, and his summer leafes all vaded |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.55 | He leaves his throne | |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.50 | The weeds which his broad-spreading leaves did shelter, | The Weeds that his broad-spreading Leaues did shelter, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.24 | After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, | After a well grac'd Actor leaues the Stage, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.42 | Why wither not the leaves that want their sap? | Why wither not the leaues that want their sap? |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.33 | When great leaves fall, the winter is at hand; | When great leaues fall, then Winter is at hand; |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.222 | Under our tents I'll play the eavesdropper, | Vnder our Tents Ile play the Ease-dropper, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.152 | Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air | Ere he can spread his sweete leaues to the ayre, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.36 | For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone | For by your leaues, you shall not stay alone, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.22 | And am to Padua come as he that leaves | And am to Padua come, as he that leaues |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.19 | For such a one as leaves a gentleman | For such a one as leaues a Gentleman, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.17 | From eaves of reeds. Your charm so strongly works 'em | From eaues of reeds: your charm so strongly works 'em |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.32 | Nor more willingly leaves winter. Such | Nor more willingly leaues Winter, such |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.264 | That numberless upon me stuck, as leaves | That numberlesse vpon me stucke, as leaues |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.14 | The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind | The greene leaues quiuer.with the cooling winde, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.200 | Upon whose leaves are drops of new-shed blood | Vpon whose leaues are drops of new-shed-blood, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.45 | Tremble like aspen leaves upon a lute | Tremble like Aspen leaues vpon a Lute, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.40 | Or else to heaven she heaves them for revenge. | Or else to heauen she heaues them to reuenge. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.45 | Soft, so busily she turns the leaves. | Soft, so busily she turnes the leaues, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.50 | See, brother, see: note how she quotes the leaves. | See brother see, note how she quotes the leaues |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.104 | Will blow these sands like Sibyl's leaves abroad, | Will blow these sands like Sibels leaues abroad, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.28 | immaterial skein of sleave-silk, thou green sarcenet | immateriall skiene of Sleyd silke; thou greene Sarcenet |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.26 | Here, there, and everywhere, he leaves and takes, | Here, there, and euery where, he leaues and takes; |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.187 | when the image of it leaves him, he must run mad. | when the image of it leaues him, he must run mad. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.90.2 | he, too, leaves | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.64 | He leaves his friends to dignify them more; | He leaues his friends, to dignifie them more; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.197.1 | And leaves him to base briars. | And leaves him to base briers. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.60.2 | By your leaves, honest friends; | By your leaves honest friends: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.374 | So leaves me to consider what is breeding | So leaues me, to consider what is breeding, |