| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.137 | I am the master of my speeches, and would undergo | I am the Master of my speeches, and would vnder-go |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.39 | Forbear sharp speeches to her. She's a lady | Forbeare sharpe speeches to her. Shee's a Lady |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.578 | Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain! | Remorselesse, Treacherous, Letcherous, kindles villaine! |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.22 | And he beseeched me to entreat your majesties | And he beseech'd me to intreate your Maiesties |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.92 | With pestilent speeches of his father's death, | With pestilent Speeches of his Fathers death, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.232 | can part young limbs and lechery; but the gout galls the | can part yong limbes and letchery: but the Gowt galles the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.303 | the very genius of famine, yet lecherous as a monkey, | the very Genius of Famine: |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.52 | Let us to France, like horse-leeches, my boys, | let vs to France, like Horse-leeches my Boyes, |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.105 | town is beseeched, and the trumpet call us to the breach, | Town is beseech'd: and the Trumpet call vs to the breech, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.68 | How were they lost? What treachery was used? | How were they lost? what trecherie was vs'd? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.69 | No treachery, but want of men and money. | No trecherie, but want of Men and Money. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.35 | But, O, the treacherous Falstaff wounds my heart; | But O, the trecherous Falstaffe wounds my heart, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.30 | Sheep run not half so treacherous from the wolf, | Sheepe run not halfe so trecherous from the Wolfe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.16 | The treacherous manner of his mournful death, | The trecherous manner of his mournefull death, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.21 | And for thy treachery, what's more manifest, | And for thy Trecherie, what's more manifest? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.37 | If Talbot but survive thy treachery. | If Talbot but suruiue thy Trecherie. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.138 | 'Tis not my speeches that you do mislike, | 'Tis not my speeches that you do mislike: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.144 | Though in this place most master wear no breeches, | Though in this place most Master weare no Breeches, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.72 | And treacherously hast thou vanquished him, | And trecherously hast thou vanquisht him, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.31 | Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel, | Short blistred Breeches, and those types of Trauell; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.171 | Scruple, and prick, on certain speeches uttered | Scruple, and pricke, on certaine Speeches vtter'd |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.126 | Mark him and write his speeches in their books, | Marke him, and write his Speeches in their Bookes, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.75 | Ah, wretched France, I greatly fear thy fall: | Ah wreched France, I greatly feare thy fal, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.13 | And speeches sleep through all the waking regions. | and speeches sleepe through all the waking regions. |
| King John | KJ III.i.201.2 | Your breeches best may carry them. | Your breeches best may carry them. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.184 | And your large speeches may your deeds approve | And your large speeches,may your deeds approue, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.130 | that it follows I am rough and lecherous. Fut! I should | that it followes, I am rough and Leacherous. I should |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.170 | rod and puttest down thine own breeches, | rod, and put'st downe thine owne breeches, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.80 | Smile you my speeches as I were a fool? | Smoile you my speeches, as I were a Foole? |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.108 | old lecher's heart – a small spark, all the rest on's body | old Letchers heart, a small spark, all the rest on's body, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.113 | Does lecher in my sight. | Do's letcher in my sight. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.274 | Of murderous lechers; and in the mature time | Of murtherous Letchers: and in the mature time, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.97 | Chi non ti vede, non ti pretia. | que non te vnde, que non te perreche. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.341 | Construe my speeches better, if you may. | Construe my speeches better, if you may. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.402 | O, never will I trust to speeches penned, | O! neuer will I trust to speeches pen'd, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.27 | Lechery, sir, it provokes and unprovokes: it provokes | Lecherie, Sir, it prouokes, and vnprouokes: it prouokes |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.30 | lechery; it makes him and it mars him; it sets him on and | Lecherie: it makes him, and it marres him; it sets him on, and |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.113 | Unmannerly breeched with gore. Who could refrain, | Vnmannerly breech'd with gore: who could refraine, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.7 | As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine, | As vpon thee Macbeth, their Speeches shine, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.75 | Have you considered of my speeches? Know | haue you consider'd of my speeches: / Know, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.17 | O treachery! Fly, good Fleance, fly, fly, fly! | O, Trecherie! |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.1 | My former speeches have but hit your thoughts, | My former Speeches, / Haue but hit your Thoughts |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.138 | Lechery? | Lecherie? |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.143 | Is lechery so looked after? | Is Lechery so look'd after? |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.93 | A little more lenity to lechery would do no harm | A little more lenitie to Lecherie would doe no harme |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.166 | because they are lecherous. The Duke yet would have | because they are lecherous: The Duke yet would haue |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.263 | villainous speeches of the Duke. | villanous speeches of the Duke. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.337 | the nose for thy speeches? | the nose, for thy speeches? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.133 | now take the lecher. He is at my house. He cannot | now take the Leacher: hee is at my house: hee cannot |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.73 | quaes, and your quods, you must be preeches. Go your | Ques, and your Quods, you must be preeches: Goe your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.iii.21 | Against such lewdsters and their lechery, | Against such Lewdsters, and their lechery, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.222 | thanks; but that I will have a recheat winded in my | thankes: but that I will haue a rechate winded in my |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.162 | lechery that ever was known in the commonwealth. | lechery, that euer was knowne in the Common-wealth. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.249 | Lechery, by this hand: an index and obscure prologue | Leacherie by this hand: an Index, and obscure prologue |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.85 | His breeches cost him but a crown; | His Breeches cost him but a Crowne, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.13 | With your fine fancies quaintly eche: | With your fine fancies quaintly each, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.43 | I beseech your honour, give me leave a word, and | I beseeche your Honor giue me leaue a word, / And |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.102 | Thy speech had altered it. Hold, here's gold for thee. | thy speeche had altered it, holde, heeres golde for thee, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.115 | I beseech your honour, one piece for me. | I beseeche your Honor one peece for me. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.16 | Doing annoyance to the treacherous feet | Doing annoyance to the trecherous feete, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.58 | Or my true heart with treacherous revolt | Or my true heart with trecherous reuolt, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.44 | an old jerkin; a pair of old breeches thrice turned; a | an old ierkin, a paire of old breeches thrice turn'd; a |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.55 | near-legged before, and with a half-cheeked | neere leg'd before, and with a halfe-chekt |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.90 | friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and | friend; his backward voice, is to vtter foule speeches, and |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.87 | For tubs and baths; bring down rose-cheeked youth | for Tubbes and Bathes, bring downe Rose-cheekt youth |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.55 | Thrust those reproachful speeches down his throat, | Thrust these reprochfull speeches downe his throat, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.116 | Fie, treacherous hue, that will betray with blushing | Fie trecherous hue, that will betray with blushing |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.72 | Do you uphold and maintain in your speeches, | Do you vphold, and maintaine in your speeches, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.62 | I give to both your speeches, which were such | I giue to both your speeches: which were such, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.1 | After so many hours, lives, speeches spent, | After so many houres, liues, speeches spent, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.74 | subject, and war and lechery confound all! | Subiect, and Warre and Lecherie confound all. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.64 | You, like a lecher, out of whorish loins | You like a letcher, out of whorish loynes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.94 | lechery! All incontinent varlets! | Letcherie? All incontinent Varlets. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.57 | potato-finger, tickles these together! Fry, lechery, fry! | potato finger, tickles these together: frye lechery, frye. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.197 | than he for a commodious drab. Lechery, lechery, still | then he for a commodious drab: Lechery, lechery, still |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.198 | wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion! A burning | warres and lechery, nothing else holds fashion. A burning |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.35 | yet, in a sort, lechery eats itself. I'll seek them. | yet in a sort, lecherie eates it selfe: Ile seeke them. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.16 | Who? Sir Andrew Aguecheek? | Who, Sir Andrew Ague-cheeke? |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.41 | Enter Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Enter Sir Andrew. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.120 | Lechery! I defy lechery! There's one at the | Letcherie, I defie Letchery: there's one at the |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.168 | usest him, and thy sworn enemy, Andrew Aguecheek. If | vsest him, & thy sworne enemie, Andrew Ague-cheeke. If |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.188 | upon Aguecheek a notable report of valour, and drive | vpon Ague-cheeke a notable report of valor, and driue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.49 | What fashion, madam, shall I make your breeches? | What fashion (Madam) shall I make your breeches? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.73 | From me with leeches! Let them break and fall | From me with Leeches, Let them breake and fall |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.67 | Men lose when they incline to treachery, | Men loose when they encline to trecherie, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.110 | The birch upon the breeches of the small ones, | The Birch upon the breeches of the small ones, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.155 | Twenty-three years, and saw myself unbreeched, | Twentie three yeeres, and saw my selfe vn-breech'd, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.120 | When I shall see this gentleman thy speeches | When I shall see this Gentleman, thy speeches |