| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.6 | make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of | make foule the clearnesse of our deseruings, when of |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.60 | To have her name repeated; all her deserving | To haue her name repeated, all her deseruing |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.43 | And serving you so long! | and seruing you so long. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.x.18 | The noble ruin of her magic, Antony, | The Noble ruine of her Magicke, Anthony, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.50.1 | A most unnoble swerving. | A most vnnoble sweruing. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.32 | Vanish, or I shall give thee thy deserving | Vanish, or I shall giue thee thy deseruing, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.51 | I'll not sleep neither. This mortal house I'll ruin, | Ile not sleepe neither. This mortall house Ile ruine, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.346 | that abuses our young plants with carving ‘ Rosalind ’ on | that abuses our yong plants with caruing Rosalinde on |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.96 | What ruins are in me that can be found | What ruines are in me that can be found, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.97 | By him not ruined? Then is he the ground | By him not ruin'd? Then is he the ground |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.4 | Shall love in building grow so ruinous? | Shall loue in buildings grow so ruinate? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.83 | In food, in sport, and life-preserving rest | In food, in sport, and life-preseruing rest |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.20 | The grave of your deserving. Rome must know | the Graue of your deseruing, / Rome must know |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.118.1 | The ruin of the state. | the ruin of the State. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.206.1 | In heaps and piles of ruin. | In heapes, and piles of Ruine. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.69.1 | Of what that want might ruin. | Of what that want might ruine. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.125 | Than thou of them. Come all to ruin. Let | Then thou of them. Come all to ruine, let |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.1 | Music plays. Enter a Servingman | Musicke playes. Enter a Seruingman. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.3 | Enter another Servingman | Enter another Seruingman. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.7 | Enter the First Servingman | Enter the first Seruingman. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.20 | Enter Third Servingman. The First meets him | Enter 3 Seruingman, the 1 meets him. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.38 | Exit Second Servingman | Exit second Seruingman. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.53.2 | Enter Aufidius with the Second Servingman | Enter Auffidius with the Seruingman. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.151 | First and Second Servingmen come forward | Enter two of the Seruingmen. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.176 | Enter the Third Servingman | Enter the third Seruingman. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.116 | Triumphantly tread on thy country's ruin, | Triumphantly treade on thy Countries ruine, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.7 | Than in his feats deserving it – for him, | Then in his Feats deseruing it) for him, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.172 | That answer to them: would you, in their serving – | That answer to them: Would you in their seruing, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.354 | Without his top? The ruin speaks that sometime | Without his top? The ruine speakes, that sometime |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.22 | Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone | Attends the boystrous Ruine. Neuer alone |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.66 | By letters congruing to that effect, | By Letters coniuring to that effect |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.132 | To any well-deserving friend. | To any well-deseruing friend; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.37 | Is ruined, and the soul of every man | Is ruin'd, and the Soule of euery man |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.27 | discarded unjust servingmen, younger sons to younger | dis-carded vniust Seruingmen, younger Sonnes to younger |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.35 | Envy your great deservings and good name, | Enuie your great deseruings, and good name, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.81 | Nor moody beggars starving for a time | Nor moody Beggars, staruing for a time |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.57 | Spoke your deserving like a chronicle, | Spoke your deseruings like a Chronicle, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.23 | that bawl out the ruins of thy linen shall inherit His | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.142 | Hang him, rogue, he lives upon mouldy stewed prunes | hang him Rogue, hee liues vpon mouldie stew'd-Pruines, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.43 | deserving. | deseruing. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.163 | Preserving life in medicine potable; | Preseruing life, in Med'cine potable: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.60 | observing him, do bear themselves like foolish justices; | obseruing of him, do beare themselues like foolish Iustices: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.62 | servingman. Their spirits are so married in conjunction, | Seruingman. Their spirits are so married in Coniunction, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.11 | your servingman and your husband. | your Seruingman, and your Husband. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.133 | Constant in spirit, not swerving with the blood, | Constant in spirit, not sweruing with the blood, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.176 | Whose ruin you have sought, that to her laws | Whose ruine you sought, that to her Lawes |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.29 | The royal Captain of this ruined band | The Royall Captaine of this ruin'd Band |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.5 | Would men observingly distil it out; | Would men obseruingly distill it out. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.9 | Virtue he had, deserving to command; | Vertue he had, deseruing to command, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.1.1 | Enter Gloucester, with his servingmen in blue coats | Enter Gloster, with his Seruing-men. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.11 | What ruin happened in revenge of him, | What ruine happened in reuenge of him, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.46 | By wasting ruin of the cruel foe; | By wasting Ruine of the cruell Foe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.194 | There comes the ruin, there begins confusion. | There comes the ruine, there begins confusion. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.10 | Tendering my ruin and assailed of none, | Tendring my ruine, and assayl'd of none, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.ii.7 | Else ruin combat with their palaces! | Else ruine combate with their Pallaces. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.78 | Enter a servingman | Enter a Seruingman. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.61 | Come, thou new ruin of old Clifford's house; | Come thou new ruine of olde Cliffords house: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.254 | And utter ruin of the house of York. | And vtter ruine of the House of Yorke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.10 | Our ranks are broke, and ruin follows us. | Our rankes are broke, and ruine followes vs. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.83 | I will not ruinate my father's house, | I will not ruinate my Fathers House, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.73 | And seek their ruin that usurped our right? | And seeke their Ruine, that vsurp'd our Right? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.54 | And see the noble ruined man you speak of. | And see the noble ruin'd man you speake of. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.114 | Restored me to my honours, and out of ruins, | Restor'd me to my Honours: and out of ruines |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.98 | Ye tell me what ye wish for both – my ruin. | Ye tell me what ye wish for both, my ruine: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.98 | And well deserving? Yet I know her for | And well deseruing? yet I know her for |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.112 | Stood here observing him. Some strange commotion | Stood heere obseruing him. Some strange Commotion |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.205 | He parted frowning from me, as if ruin | He parted Frowning from me, as if Ruine |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.242 | Ye appear in everything may bring my ruin! | Ye appeare in euery thing may bring my ruine? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.369 | That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, | That sweet Aspect of Princes, and their ruine, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.382 | These ruined pillars, out of pity, taken | These ruin'd Pillers, out of pitty, taken |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.439 | Mark but my fall, and that that ruined me. | Marke but my Fall, and that that Ruin'd me: |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.40 | But where he meant to ruin, pitiful. | (But where he meant to Ruine) pittifull. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.256 | Thou art the ruins of the noblest man | Thou art the Ruines of the Noblest man |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.65 | Kneeling before this ruin of sweet life, | Kneeling before this ruine of sweete life, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.81 | Or useful servingman and instrument | Or vsefull seruing-man, and Instrument |
| King Lear | KL I.i.30 | Sir, I shall study deserving. | Sir, I shall study deseruing. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.113 | treachery, and all ruinous disorders follow us disquietly | treacherie, and all ruinous disorders follow vs disquietly |
| King Lear | KL III.iii.21 | This seems a fair deserving, and must draw me | This seemes a faire deseruing, and must draw me |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.82 | A servingman, proud in heart and mind, that | A Seruingman? Proud in heart, and minde; that |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.135 | O ruined piece of nature! This great world | O ruin'd peece of Nature, this great world |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.302 | The cup of their deservings. – O, see, see! | The cup of their deseruings: O see, see. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.366 | In courtesy gives undeserving praise. | In curtesie giues vndeseruing praise. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.111 | For ruin's wasteful entrance; there the murderers, | For Ruines wastfull entrance: there the Murtherers, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.474 | 'Tis my deserving, and I do entreat it. | 'Tis my deseruing, and I doe entreat it. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.112 | foolish eyes looked upon, was the best deserving a fair | foolish eyes look'd vpon, was the best deseruing a faire |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.116 | Enter a Servingman | Enter a Seruingman. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.17 | There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest, | There is some ill a bruing towards my rest, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.29 | And yet to be afeard of my deserving | And yet to be afeard of my deseruing, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.48 | Picked from the chaff and ruin of the times | Pickt from the chaffe and ruine of the times, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.57 | How much unlike my hopes and my deservings! | How much vnlike my hopes and my deseruings? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.173 | Let it presage the ruin of your love | Let it presage the ruine of your loue, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.142 | To cureless ruin. I stand here for law. | To endlesse ruine. I stand heere for Law. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.236 | Whereof you are a well-deserving pillar, | Whereof you are a well-deseruing pillar, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.447 | Let his deservings, and my love withal, | Let his deseruings and my loue withall |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.16 | An old cloak makes a new jerkin; a withered servingman | an old Cloake, makes a new Ierkin: a wither'd Seruingman, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.1 | I pray you now, good Master Slender's servingman, | I pray you now, good Master Slenders seruing-man, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.17 | ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet. | ten nights awake caruing the fashion of a new dublet: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.149 | Devour up my discourse, which I observing | Deuoure vp my discourse. Which I obseruing, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.334 | I confess me knit to thy deserving with cables of perdurable | I confesse me knit to thy deseruing, with Cables of perdurable |
| Othello | Oth II.i.142 | best. But what praise couldst thou bestow on a deserving | best. But what praise could'st thou bestow on a deseruing |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.263 | deserving. You have lost no reputation at all, unless you | deseruing. You haue lost no Reputation at all, vnlesse you |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.37 | Soon fall to ruin, your noble self, | Soone fall to ruine: your noble selfe, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.194 | Is not his heir a well-deserving son? | Is not his heyre a well-deseruing sonne? |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.102 | Cry woe, destruction, ruin, and decay. | Cry Woe, Destruction, Ruine, Losse, Decay, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.34 | Into his ruined ears, and thus deliver: | Into his ruin'd Eares, and thus deliuer: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.45 | Her fruit trees all unpruned, her hedges ruined, | Her Fruit-trees all vnpruin'd, her Hedges ruin'd, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.49 | Ay me! I see the ruin of my house. | Aye me! I see the ruine of my House: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.318 | And all the ruins of distressful times | And all the Ruines of distressefull Times, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.409 | Death, desolation, ruin, and decay. | Death, Desolation, Ruine, and Decay: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.154 | And weigh thee down to ruin, shame, and death! | And weigh thee downe to ruine, shame, and death, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.32 | Enter Abram and another Servingman | Enter two other Seruingmen. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.194 | A choking gall and a preserving sweet. | A choking gall, and a preseruing sweet: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.100 | Enter Servingman | Enter a Seruing man. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.1.1 | They march about the stage; and Servingmen come | They march about the Stage, and Seruingmen come |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.1.2 | Servingmen | Seruing men, two or three. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.115 | serving-creature. | Seruing creature. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.116 | Then will I lay the serving-creature's dagger on | Then will I lay the seruing Creatures Dagger on |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.75 | Enter Servingman | Enter Seruingman. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.128 | Exit a Servingman | Exit a seruingman. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.41 | trimmed, rushes strewed, cobwebs swept, the servingmen | trim'd, rushes strew'd, cobwebs swept, the seruingmen |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.95 | Enter four or five Servingmen | Enter foure or fiue seruingmen. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.1.4 | Tranio, Biondello, and Grumio, with the Servingmen | The Seruingmen with Tranio |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.58.6 | and there stand charmed; which Prospero observing, | and there stand charm'd: which Prospero obseruing, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.236 | Serving of becks and jutting-out of bums! | seruing of beckes, and iutting out of bummes. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.16 | All broken implements of a ruined house. | All broken Implements of a ruin'd house. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.19 | Serving alike in sorrow. Leaked is our bark, | Seruing alike in sorrow: Leak'd is our Barke, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.461 | Is yond despised and ruinous man my lord? | Is yon'd despis'd and ruinous man my Lord? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.17 | That shall distil from these two ancient ruins | That shall distill from these two ancient ruines, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.206 | And bow this feeble ruin to the earth. | And bow this feeble ruine to the earth, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.21 | To gaze upon a ruinous monastery, | To gaze vpon a ruinous Monasterie, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.40 | Because the girl should not survive her shame, | Because the Girle, should not suruine her shame, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.199 | And being dead, let birds on her take pity. | And being so, shall haue like want of pitty. / See Iustice done on Aaron that damn'd Moore, / From whom, our heauy happes had their beginning: / Then afterwards, to Order well the State, / That like Euents, may ne're it Ruinate. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.127 | And underwrite in an observing kind | And vnder write in an obseruing kinde |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.167 | And formless ruin of oblivion; | And formelesse ruine of obliuion: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.25 | Why no, you ruinous butt, you whoreson | Why no, you ruinous But, you whorson |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.58 | But by my ruin. | But by my ruine. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.5 | the Count's servingman than ever she bestowed upon | the Counts Seruing-man, then euer she bestow'd vpon |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.7 | Done to me, undeserving as I am, | Done to me (vndeseruing as I am) |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.9 | Lest, growing ruinous, the building fall | Lest growing ruinous, the building fall, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.13 | Is cried up with example. What strange ruins, | Is cride up with example: what strange ruins |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.27 | Meet you no ruin but the soldier in | Meete you no ruine, but the Soldier in |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.92 | Ruin to Thebes; who is at hand to seal | Ruine to Thebs, who is at hand to seale |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.19 | I know mine own is but a heap of ruins, | I know mine owne, is but a heape of ruins, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.189 | I find no anger to 'em, nor no ruin; | I finde no anger to 'em; nor no ruyn, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.240 | Might breed the ruin of my name, opinion. | Might breed the ruine of my name; Opinion, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.527 | As heavens forfend! – your ruin; marry her; | (As heauens forefend) your ruine: Marry her, |