| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.60.1 | And writ as little beard. | And writ as little beard. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.48 | Or the baring of my beard, and to say it was in | Or the baring of my beard, and to say it was in |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.76.2 | By my old beard | By my old beard, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.21 | If the scarce-bearded Caesar have not sent | If the scarse-bearded Casar haue not sent |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.7 | Were I the wearer of Antonio's beard, | Were I the wearer of Anthonio's Beard, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.70 | chins and swear by your beards that I am a knave. | chinnes, and sweare by your beards that I am a knaue. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.71 | By our beards – if we had them – thou art. | By our beards (if we had them) thou art. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.151 | Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, | Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the Pard, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.156 | With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, | With eyes seuere, and beard of formall cut, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.200 | beard? | beard? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.201 | Nay, he hath but a little beard. | Nay, he hath but a little beard. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.203 | thankful. Let me stay the growth of his beard, if thou | thankful: let me stay the growth of his beard, if thou |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.360 | spirit, which you have not; a beard neglected, which | spirit, which you haue not: a beard neglected, which |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.362 | your having in beard is a younger brother's revenue. | your hauing in beard, is a yonger brothers reuennew) |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.68 | dislike the cut of a certain courtier's beard. He sent me | dislike the cut of a certaine Courtiers beard: he sent me |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.69 | word, if I said his beard was not cut well, he was in the | word, if I said his beard was not cut well, hee was in the |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.80 | And how oft did you say his beard was not well | And how oft did you say his beard was not well |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.212 | you as had beards that pleased me, complexions that | you as had beards that pleas'd me, complexions that |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.214 | as many as have good beards, or good faces, or sweet | as many as haue good beards, or good faces, or sweet |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.171 | Whose beard they have singed off with brands of fire, | Whose beard they haue sindg'd off with brands of fire, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.11 | If e'er again I meet him beard to beard, | If ere againe I meet him beard to beard, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.82 | the wagging of your beards; and your beards deserve not | the wagging of your Beards, and your Beards deserue not |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.8 | You had more beard when I last saw you, but your | You had more Beard when I last saw you, but your |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.17 | So long a breeding as his white beard came to, | So long a breeding, as his white beard came to, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.240.2 | His beard was grizzled, no? | His Beard was grisly? no. |
| 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 |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.423 | thou to beard me in Denmark? – What, my young lady | thou to beard me in Denmarke? What, my yong Lady |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.497 | It shall to the barber's, with your beard. – | It shall to'th Barbars, with your beard. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.570 | Plucks off my beard and blows it in my face? | Pluckes off my Beard, and blowes it in my face? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.195 | His beard was as white as snow, | His Beard as white as Snow, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.32 | That we can let our beard be shook with danger, | That we can let our Beard be shooke with danger, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.351 | Worcester is stolen away tonight. Thy father's beard is | Worcester is stolne away by Night: thy Fathers Beard is |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.450 | that old white-bearded Satan. | that old white-bearded Sathan. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.67 | Of every beardless vain comparative, | Of euery Beardlesse vaine Comparatiue; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.12.1 | But I will beard him. | But I will Beard him. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.20 | fledge. I will sooner have a beard grow in the palm of | fledg'd, I will sooner haue a beard grow in the Palme of |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.183 | hand, a yellow cheek, a white beard, a decreasing leg, | hand? a yellow cheeke? a white beard? a decreasing leg? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.43 | Whose beard the silver hand of peace hath touched, | Whose Beard, the Siluer Hand of Peace hath touch'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.57 | dozen of such bearded hermits' staves as Master Shallow. | dozen of such bearded Hermites staues, as Master Shallow. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.34 | 'Tis merry in hall, when beards wags all, | 'Tis merry in Hall, when Beards wagge all; |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.69 | will verify as much in his beard. He has no more | will verifie as much in his Beard: he ha's no more |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.36 | Your fathers taken by the silver beards, | Your Fathers taken by the siluer Beards, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.75 | new-tuned oaths: and what a beard of the general's | new-tuned Oathes: and what a Beard of the Generalls |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.13 | And takes him by the beard, kisses the gashes | And takes him by the Beard, kisses the gashes |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.159 | stoop; a black beard will turn white; a curled pate will | stoope, a blacke Beard will turne white, a curl'd Pate will |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.207 | Turk by the beard? Shall we not? What say'st thou, | Turke by the Beard. Shall wee not? what say'st thou, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.44 | Do what thou darest; I beard thee to thy face. | Doe what thou dar'st, I beard thee to thy face. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.45 | What? Am I dared and bearded to my face? | What? am I dar'd, and bearded to my face? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.47 | Blue coats to tawny coats! Priest, beware your beard; | Blew Coats to Tawny Coats. Priest, beware your Beard, |
| 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 2 | 2H6 III.ii.175 | His well-proportioned beard made rough and rugged, | His well proportion'd Beard, made ruffe and rugged, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.36 | broached, and beard thee too. Look on me well; I have | broach'd, and beard thee to. Looke on mee well, I haue |
| 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, |
| 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 Edward III | E3 II.ii.152 | Beardless Leander not so strong as I: | Beardles Leander not so strong as I: |
| 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.138 | Whose valour plucks dead lions by the beard. | Whose valour plucks dead Lyons by the beard; |
| King John | KJ V.i.69 | To arms invasive? Shall a beardless boy, | To Armes Inuasiue? Shall a beardlesse boy, |
| 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 II.iv.188 | Art not ashamed to look upon this beard? | Art not asham'd to looke vpon this Beard? |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.35.1 | Regan plucks his beard | |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.36 | To pluck me by the beard. | To plucke me by the Beard. |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.75 | If you did wear a beard upon your chin | If you did weare a beard vpon your chin, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.96 | Ha! Gonerill with a white beard! They flattered me | Ha! Gonerill with a white beard? They flatter'd me |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.97 | like a dog and told me I had the white hairs in my beard. | like a Dogge, and told mee I had the white hayres in my Beard, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.189 | God's blessing on your beard! | Gods blessing a your beard. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.813.2 | A beard, fair health, and honesty; | a beard, faire health, and honestie, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.45 | And yet your beards forbid me to interpret | And yet your Beards forbid me to interprete |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.6 | We might have met them dareful, beard to beard, | We might haue met them darefull, beard to beard, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.171 | Shave the head, and tie the beard, and say it was the desire | Shaue the head, and tie the beard, and say it was the desire |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.70 | A man of Claudio's years, his beard and head | A man of Claudio's yeares: his beard, and head |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.114 | You, that did void your rheum upon my beard | You that did voide your rume vpon my beard, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.86 | worshipped might he be, what a beard hast thou got! | worshipt might he be, what a beard hast thou got; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.85 | The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars, | The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.20 | beard like a glover's paring-knife? | Beard, like a Glouers pairing-knife? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.22 | little yellow beard – a Cain-coloured beard. | little yellow Beard: a Caine colourd Beard. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.44 | beard coming. | beard comming. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.83 | Well, I will undertake it. What beard were I | Well, I will vndertake it. What beard were I |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.87 | beard, your orange-tawny beard, your purple-in-grain | beard, your orange tawnie beard, your purple in graine |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.88 | beard, or your French-crown-colour beard, your perfect | beard, or your French-crowne colour'd beard, your perfect |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.95 | Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard. | Hath rotted, ere his youth attain'd a beard: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.32 | strings to your beards, new ribbons to your pumps. | strings to your beards, new ribbands to your pumps, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.27 | beard on his face! I had rather lie in the woollen. | beard on his face, I had rather lie in the woollen. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.28 | You may light on a husband that hath no beard. | You may light vpon a husband that hath no beard. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.31 | that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath | that hath a beard, is more then a youth: and he that hath |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.32 | no beard is less than a man; and he that is more than a | no beard, is lesse then a man: and hee that is more then a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.246 | fetch you a hair off the great Cham's beard; do you any | you a hayre off the great Chams beard: doe you any |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.121 | white-bearded fellow speaks it; knavery cannot, sure, | white-bearded fellow speakes it: knauery cannot sure |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.45 | loss of a beard. | losse of a beard. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.15 | If such a one will smile and stroke his beard, | If such a one will smile and stroke his beard, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.185 | lady. For my Lord Lackbeard there, he and I shall | Ladie: for my Lord Lackebeard there, he and I shall |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.337 | defeat thy favour with an usurped beard. I say, put | defeate thy fauour, with an vsurp'd Beard. I say put |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.436.1 | See Cassio wipe his beard with. | See Cassio wipe his Beard with. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.66 | Think every bearded fellow that's but yoked | Thinke euery bearded fellow that's but yoak'd |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.112 | Whitebeards have armed their thin and hairless scalps | White Beares haue arm'd their thin and hairelesse Scalps |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.18 | hair less in his beard than thou hast. Thou wilt quarrel | haire lesse in his beard, then thou hast: thou wilt quarrell |
| 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 III.ii.174 | But that his beard grew thin and hungerly | but that his beard grew thinne and hungerly, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.16 | His tears runs down his beard like winter's drops | His teares runs downe his beard like winters drops |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.112 | Pity not honoured age for his white beard; | Pitty not honour'd Age for his white Beard, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.170 | And take our goodly aged men by th' beards, | And take our goodly aged men by'th'Beards, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.165 | Now play me Nestor; hum, and stroke thy beard, | Now play me Nestor; hum, and stroke thy Beard |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.296 | I'll hide my silver beard in a gold beaver, | Ile hide my Siluer beard in a Gold Beauer, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.209 | By this white beard, I'd fight with thee tomorrow. | by this white beard I'ld fight with thee to morrow. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.149 | love; wherein, by the colour of his beard, the shape of | loue, wherein by the colour of his beard, the shape of |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.44 | thee a beard! | thee a beard. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.26 | will hang like an icicle on a Dutchman's beard, unless you | will hang like an ysickle on a Dutchmans beard, vnlesse you |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.1 | Nay, I prithee, put on this gown and this beard; | Nay, I prethee put on this gown, & this beard, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.63 | Thou mightst have done this without thy beard | Thou mightst haue done this without thy berd |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.10 | Ay, by my beard, will we; for he's a proper man. | I by my beard will we: for he is a proper man. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.107 | Pure red and white, for yet no beard has blessed him; | Pure red, and white, for yet no beard has blest him. |
| 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, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.401.2 | By my white beard, | By my white beard, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.703 | fardel will make him scratch his beard. | Farthell, will make him scratch his Beard. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.710 | He takes off his false beard | |