| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.19 | We have beat them to their beds. What, girl! Though grey | We haue beate them to their Beds. / What Gyrle, though gray |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.38 | Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash, | Euen like a fawning Grey-hound in the Leash, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.198 | that old men have grey beards, that their faces are | that old men haue gray Beards; that their faces are |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.248 | This fawning greyhound then did proffer me! | This fawning Grey-hound then did proffer me, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.441 | pudding in his belly, that reverend Vice, that grey Iniquity, | Pudding in his Belly, that reuerend Vice, that grey iniquitie, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.19 | In the grey vault of heaven, and by his light | In the gray vault of Heauen: and by his Light |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.95 | i'faith. You may stroke him as gently as a puppy greyhound. | you may stroake him as gently, as a Puppie Grey-hound: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.31 | with one Sampson Stockfish, a fruiterer, behind Gray's | with one Sampson Stock-fish, a Fruiterer, behinde Greyes- |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.25 | Sir Thomas Grey, knight, of Northumberland – | Sir Thomas Grey Knight of Northumberland, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.12.2 | Grey, and attendants | and Gray. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.58 | Though Cambridge, Scroop, and Grey, in their dear care | Though Cambridge, Scroope, and Gray, in theirdeere care |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.68 | Grey of Northumberland, this same is yours. | Gray of Northumberland, this same is yours: |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.150 | Grey, knight, of Northumberland. | Grey, Knight of Northumberland. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.181 | Exeunt Cambridge, Scroop, and Grey, guarded | Exit. |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.31 | I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, | I see you stand like Grey-hounds in the slips, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.5 | And these grey locks, the pursuivants of Death, | And these gray Locks, the Pursuiuants of death, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.50 | What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, | What will you doe, good gray-beard? / Breake a Launce, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.129 | Edward and Richard, like a brace of greyhounds | Edward and Richard like a brace of Grey-hounds, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.1.2 | George Duke of Clarence, and Lady Grey | Clarence, Lady Gray. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.2 | This lady's husband, Sir Richard Grey, was slain, | This Ladyes Husband, Sir Richard Grey, was slaine, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.89 | (to Lady Grey) | |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.174 | What! Has your king married the Lady Grey? | What? has your King married the Lady Grey? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.2 | Of this new marriage with the Lady Grey? | Of this new Marriage with the Lady Gray? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.7.1 | Flourish. Enter Edward, attended; Lady Grey, as | Flourish. Enter King Edward, Lady Grey, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.25 | Tell me some reason why the Lady Grey | Tell me some reason, why the Lady Grey |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.1 | Enter Rivers and Lady Grey | Enter Riuers, and Lady Gray. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.81 | And this word ‘ love,’ which greybeards call divine, | And this word (Loue) which Gray-beards call Diuine, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.1.1 | Flourish. Enter Edward and Lady Grey, as king and | Flourish. Enter King, Queene, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.103 | O pardon, sir, it doth; and yon grey lines | O pardon, Sir, it doth; and yon grey Lines, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.67 | To be afeard to tell greybeards the truth? | To be afear'd to tell Gray-beards the truth: |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.61 | spared at suit of his grey beard – | spar'd at sute of his gray-beard. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.65 | ‘ Spare my grey beard,’ you wagtail! | Spare my gray-beard, you wagtaile? |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.45 | Pur, the cat is grey. | |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.67 | Mastiff, greyhound, mongrel grim, | Mastiffe, Grey-hound, Mongrill, Grim, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.12 | 'Twas not an awd grey doe, 'twas a pricket. | 'Twas not a haud credo, 'twas a Pricket. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.20 | I said the deer was not an awd grey doe, 'twas a | I said the Deare was not a haud credo, 'twas a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.657 | Ay, and Hector's a greyhound. | I, and Hector's a Grey-hound. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.i.8.1 | I come, Grey-Malkin. | I come, Gray-Malkin. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.92 | As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, | As Hounds, and Greyhounds, Mungrels, Spaniels, Curres, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.83 | How does your fallow greyhound, sir? I heard | How do's your fallow Greyhound, Sir, I heard |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.37 | Fairies black, grey, green, and white, | Fairies blacke, gray, greene, and white, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.124 | The plainsong cuckoo grey, | The plainsong Cuckow gray; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.419 | For if but once thou show me thy grey light | For if but once thou shew me thy gray light, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.65 | And with grey hairs and bruise of many days, | And with grey haires and bruise of many daies, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.11 | Thy wit is as quick as the greyhound's mouth; | Thy wit is as quicke as the grey-hounds mouth, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iii.27 | Dapples the drowsy east with spots of grey. | Dapples the drowsie East with spots of grey: |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.64 | My Lady Grey his wife, Clarence, 'tis she | My Lady Grey his Wife, Clarence 'tis shee. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.1.2 | Dorset, and Lord Grey | and Lord Gray. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.126 | In all which time you and your husband Grey | In all which time, you and your Husband Grey |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.332 | To be revenged on Rivers, Dorset, Grey. | To be reueng'd on Riuers, Dorset, Grey. |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.1.2 | Marquess Dorset, Grey, Rivers, Hastings, Catesby, | Marquesse Dorset, Riuers, Hastings, Catesby, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.42 | Lord Rivers and Lord Grey are sent to Pomfret, | Lord Riuers, and Lord Grey, / Are sent to Pomfret, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.65 | With Rivers, Vaughan, Grey; and so 'twill do | With Riuers, Vaughan, Grey: and so 'twill doe |
| Richard III | R3 III.iii.1.2 | Rivers, Grey, and Vaughan to death at Pomfret | the Nobles to death at Pomfret. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iii.24 | Come, Grey; come, Vaughan; let us here embrace. | Come Grey, come Vaughan, let vs here embrace. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.69 | Th' adulterate Hastings, Rivers, Vaughan, Grey, | Th'adulterate Hastings, Riuers, Vaughan, Gray, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.147 | Where is the gentle Rivers, Vaughan, Grey? | Where is the gentle Riuers, Vaughan, Gray? |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.3 | Hastings, and Edward's children, Grey and Rivers, | Hastings, and Edwards children, Gray & Riuers, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.140 | Enter the Ghosts of Rivers, Grey, and Vaughan | Enter the Ghosts of Riuers, Gray, and Vaughan. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.142 | Think upon Grey, and let thy soul despair! | Thinke vpon Grey, and let thy soule dispaire. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.67 | Her waggoner, a small grey-coated gnat, | her Waggoner, a small gray-coated Gnat, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.188 | The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night, | The gray ey'd morne smiles on the frowning night. Checkring the Easterne Cloudes with streaks of light: And fleckled darknesse like a drunkard reeles. From forth daies path. and Titans burning wheeles: Now ere the Sun aduance his burning eye. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.42 | hildings and harlots, Thisbe a grey eye or so, but not to | hildings and Harlots: Thisbie a gray eie or so, but not to |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.19 | I'll say yon grey is not the morning's eye; | Ile say yon gray is not the mornings eye, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.46 | Say thou wilt course, thy greyhounds are as swift | Say thou wilt course, thy gray-hounds are as swift |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.331.1 | Greybeard, thy love doth freeze. | Gray-beard thy loue doth freeze. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.144 | We'll overreach the greybeard Gremio, | Wee'll ouer-reach the grey-beard Gremio, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.131 | It was the friar of orders grey, | It was the Friar of Orders gray, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.52 | O sir, Lucentio slipped me like his greyhound, | Oh sir, Lucentio slipt me like his Gray-hound, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.188 | two brace of greyhounds. | two brace of Grey-hounds. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.1 | The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey, | The hunt is vp, the morne is bright and gray, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.236 | As, item: two lips, indifferent red; item: two grey eyes, | As, Item two lippes indifferent redde, Item two grey eyes, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.279 | matter slip, and I'll give him my horse, grey Capilet. | matter slip, and Ile giue him my horse, gray Capilet. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.189 | Her eyes are grey as glass, and so are mine; | Her eyes are grey as glasse, and so are mine.: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.131 | But when he stirs, a tiger; he's grey-eyed, | But when he stirs, a Tiger; he's gray eyd, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.9 | For grey approachers; we come towards the gods | For grey approachers; we come towards the gods |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.161 | So sure as this beard's grey – what will you adventure | So sure as this Beard's gray. What will you aduenture, |