| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.46 | 'Tis the best brine a maiden can season her | 'Tis the best brine a Maiden can season her |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.144 | God's mercy, maiden! Does it curd thy blood | (Gods mercie maiden) dos it curd thy blood |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.114.2 | We thank you, maiden, | We thanke you maiden, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.172 | Traduced by odious ballads my maiden's name; | Traduc'd by odious ballads: my maidens name |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.22 | terrible shows in the wrack of maidenhood, cannot for | terrible shewes in the wracke of maiden-hood, cannot for |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.6 | You are no maiden but a monument. | You are no Maiden but a monument |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.57 | When you have conquered my yet maiden bed, | When you haue conquer'd my yet maiden-bed, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.42 | That a maiden's heart hath burned? | That a maidens heart hath burn'd. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.121 | Be something scanter of your maiden presence. | Be somewhat scanter of your Maiden presence; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.229 | Her maiden strewments, and the bringing home | Her Maiden strewments, and the bringing home |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.355 | and this civil buffeting hold, we shall buy maidenheads | and this ciuill buffetting hold, wee shall buy Maiden-heads |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.59 | Upon the maidenhead of our affairs. | Vpon the Maydenhead of our Affaires. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.129.1 | Thy maiden sword. | thy Maiden sword. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.73 | What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become! Is't | what a Maidenly man at Armes are you become? Is it |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.74 | such a matter to get a pottle-pot's maidenhead? | such a matter to get a Pottle-pots Maiden-head? |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.107 | The dead men's blood, the prived maidens' groans, | The dead-mens Blood, the priuy Maidens Groanes, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.20 | If your pure maidens fall into the hand | If your pure Maydens fall into the hand |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.232 | you have me? Put off your maiden blushes, avouch the | you haue me? Put off your Maiden Blushes, auouch the |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.317 | with maiden walls, that war hath never entered. | with Maiden Walls, that Warre hath entred. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.320 | I am content, so the maiden cities you talk | I am content, so the Maiden Cities you talke |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.47 | I pluck this pale and maiden blossom here, | I pluck this pale and Maiden Blossome here, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.75 | Now, by this maiden blossom in my hand, | Now by this Maiden Blossome in my hand, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.17 | From thee, my boy, and had the maidenhood | From thee my Boy, and had the Maidenhood |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.38 | ‘ Thou maiden youth, be vanquished by a maid.’ | Thou Maiden youth, be vanquisht by a Maide. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.52 | Whose maiden blood, thus rigorously effused, | Whose Maiden-blood thus rigorously effus'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.115 | maidenhead, ere they have it. Men shall hold of me | Maydenhead ere they haue it: Men shall hold of mee |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.23.2 | By my troth and maidenhead, | By my troth, and Maidenhead, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.25 | And venture maidenhead for't; and so would you, | And venture Maidenhead for't, and so would you |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.169 | With maiden flowers, that all the world may know | With Maiden Flowers, that all the world may know |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.40 | The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix, | The Bird of Wonder dyes, the Mayden Phoenix, |
| King John | KJ II.i.98 | Upon the maiden virtue of the crown. | Vpon the maiden vertue of the Crowne: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.252 | Is yet a maiden and an innocent hand, | Is yet a maiden, and an innocent hand. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.131 | have been that I am had the maidenliest star in the | haue bin that I am, had the maidenlest Starre in the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.351 | Now, by my maiden honour, yet as pure | Now by my maiden honor, yet as pure |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.774 | And, in our maiden counsel rated them | And in our maiden counsaile rated them, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.895 | And maidens bleach their summer smocks, | And Maidens bleach their summer smockes: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.80 | And let him learn to know, when maidens sue, | And let him learne to know, when Maidens sue |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.48.2 | Maiden, no remedy. | Maiden, no remedie. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iv.22 | Will not proclaim against her maiden loss, | Will not proclaime against her maiden losse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.14 | By nice direction of a maiden's eyes. | By nice direction of a maidens eies: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.8 | And yet a maiden hath no tongue but thought – | And yet a maiden hath no tongue, but thought, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.72 | of Maidenhead, of Colebrook, of horses and money. I | of Maidenhead; of Cole-brooke, of horses and money: I |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.75 | To undergo such maiden pilgrimage; | To vndergo such maiden pilgrimage, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.35 | That frights the maidens of the villagery, | That frights the maidens of the Villagree, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.164 | In maiden meditation, fancy-free. | In maiden meditation, fancy free. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.168 | And maidens call it ‘ love in idleness.’ | And maidens call it, Loue in idlenesse. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.80 | And here the maiden, sleeping sound | And heere the maiden sleeping sound, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.66 | Of maiden's patience. Hast thou slain him then? | Of maidens patience. Hast thou slaine him then? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.217 | It is not friendly, 'tis not maidenly. | It is not friendly, 'tis not maidenly. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.285 | Have you no modesty, no maiden shame, | Haue you no modesty, no maiden shame, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.109 | Contempt, farewell! and maiden pride, adieu! | Contempt, farewell, and maiden pride, adew, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.85 | Why, then are you no maiden. Leonato, | Why then you are no maiden. Leonato, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.162 | Against her maiden truth. Call me a fool; | Against her maiden truth. Call me a foole, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.177 | Than that which maiden modesty doth warrant, | Then that which maiden modestie doth warrant, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.94.2 | A maiden never bold; | A Maiden, neuer bold: |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.75.1 | Conserved of maidens' hearts. | Conseru'd of Maidens hearts. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.10 | Where, by the loss of maidenhead, | Where by the losse of maydenhead, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.56 | first.’ Such a maidenhead were no cheap thing, if men | first, such a maydenhead were no cheape thing, if men |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.125 | I must have your maidenhead taken off, or the | I must haue your mayden-head taken off, or the |
| Pericles | Per V.i.241 | There, when my maiden priests are met together, | There when my maiden priests are met together |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.24 | Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads. | I, the heads of the Maids, or their Maiden-heads, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.2 | Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old, | Now by my Maidenhead, at twelue yeare old |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.86 | Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek | Else would a Maiden blush bepaint my cheeke, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.13 | Played for a pair of stainless maidenhoods. | Plaid for a paire of stainlesse Maidenhoods, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.135 | But I, a maid, die maiden-widowed. | But I a Maid, die Maiden widowed. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.137 | And death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead! | And death not Romeo, take my Maiden head. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.224 | Carouse full measure to her maidenhead, | Carowse full measure to her maiden-head, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.44 | And not a maiden, as thou say'st he is. | And not a Maiden, as thou saist he is. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.232 | When he by night lay bathed in maiden blood. | When he by night lay bath'd in Maiden blood: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.208 | And Cupid grant all tongue-tied maidens here | And Cupid grant all tong-tide Maidens heere, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.23 | How now, how now, how go maidenheads? – | How now, how now? how goe maiden-heads? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.87 | A maiden battle, then? – O, I perceive you. | A maiden battaile then? O I perceiue you. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.33 | Is as the maiden's organ, shrill and sound, | Is as the maidens organ, shrill, and sound, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.208 | would are as secret as maidenhead; to your ears divinity, | would, are as secret as maiden-head: to your eares, Diuinity; |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.252 | Where lie my maiden weeds; by whose gentle help | Where lye my maiden weeds: by whose gentle helpe, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.4 | Maiden pinks, of odour faint, | Maiden Pinckes, of odour faint, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iii.13 | That ever dreamed, or vowed her maidenhead | That ever dream'd, or vow'd her Maydenhead |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.112 | For I must lose my maidenhead by cocklight; | For I must loose my Maydenhead by cocklight |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.151 | But maiden-hearted; a husband I have 'pointed, | But mayden harted, a husband I have pointed, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.1 | New plays and maidenheads are near akin, | New Playes, and Maydenheads, are neare a kin, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.85.2 | Wherefore, gentle maiden, | Wherefore (gentle Maiden) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.116 | Your maidenheads growing. O Proserpina, | Your Maiden-heads growing: O Proserpina, |