| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.5 | past endeavours, for then we wound our modesty, and | past endeuours, for then we wound our Modestie, and |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.128 | A modest one to bear me back a again. | A modest one to beare me backe againe. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.27 | known but the modesty which is so lost. | knowne, but the modestie which is so lost. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.246 | If beauty, wisdom, modesty, can settle | If Beauty, Wisedome, Modesty, can settle |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.72.1 | Thy modesty can beg. | Thy modestie can begge. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.27 | Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes | Your Wife Octauia, with her modest eyes, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.190 | modest working. | modest working. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.144 | Sad Lucretia's modesty. | sad Lucrecia's Modestie. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.73 | Quip Modest. If again ‘ it was not well cut,’ he disabled | quip modest. If againe, it was not well cut, he disabled |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.90 | the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the | the Quip-modest: the third, the reply Churlish: the |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.90 | Her sober virtue, years, and modesty, | Her sober vertue, yeares, and modestie, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.59 | As roughly as my modesty would let me. | As roughly as my modestie would let me. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.255 | Bemock the modest moon. | Bemocke the modest Moone. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.25 | Would seem but modest. Therefore, I beseech you – | Would seeme but modest: therefore I beseech you, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.52.2 | Too modest are you, | Too modest are you: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.274.1 | With modest warrant. | With modest warrant. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.154 | Though peril to my modesty, not death on't, | Though perill to my modestie, not death on't |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.18 | Further to boast were neither true nor modest, | Further to boast, were neyther true, nor modest, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.280 | which your modesties have not craft enough to colour. | which your modesties haue not craft enough to color, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.439 | with as much modesty as cunning. I remember one said | with as much modestie, as cunning. I remember one said, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.19 | you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so | you ore-stop not the modestie of Nature; for any thing so |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.42 | That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; | That blurres the grace and blush of Modestie, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.204 | with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it; as thus: | with modestie enough, & likeliehood to lead it; as thus. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.52 | Did hear a challenge urged more modestly, | Did heare a Challenge vrg'd more modestly, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.70 | 'Tis needful that the most immodest word | 'Tis needfull, that the most immodest word |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.104 | Appear more wise and modest to the world. | Appeare more wise, and modest to the world. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.134 | Garnished and decked in modest complement, | Garnish'd and deck'd in modest complement, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.34 | How modest in exception, and withal | How modest in exception; and withall, |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.4 | As modest stillness and humility: | As modest stillnesse, and humilitie: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.33 | Bids them good morrow with a modest smile, | Bids them good morrow with a modest Smyle, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.73 | the forms of it, and the sobriety of it, and the modesty | the Formes of it, and the Sobrietie of it, and the Modestie |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.292 | crimson of modesty, if she deny the appearance of a | Crimson of Modestie, if shee deny the apparance of a |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.39 | With modesty admiring thy renown, | With modestie admiring thy Renowne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.126 | With this immodest clamorous outrage | With this immodest clamorous outrage, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.179 | Words sweetly placed and modestly directed. | Words sweetly plac'd, and modestie directed, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.84 | Her looks doth argue her replete with modesty; | Her Looks doth argue her replete with Modesty, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.21 | Or modest Dian circled with her nymphs, | Or modest Dyan, circled with her Nymphs, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.135 | Deliver this with modesty to th' Queen. | Deliuer this with modesty to th'Queene. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.82 | At length her grace rose, and with modest paces | At length, her Grace rose, and with modest paces |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.74 | With thy religious truth and modesty, | With thy Religious Truth, and Modestie, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.135 | She is young, and of a noble modest nature; | She is yong, and of a Noble modest Nature, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.64 | Win straying souls with modesty again; | Win straying Soules with modesty againe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.69 | But reverence to your calling makes me modest. | But reuerence to your calling, makes me modest. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.69 | Will modestly discover to yourself | Will modestly discouer to your selfe |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.213 | Then, in a friend, it is cold modesty. | Then, in a Friend, it is cold Modestie. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.14 | If she did blush, 'twas tender modest shame, | If she did blush twas tender modest shame, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.16 | If he did blush, 'twas red immodest shame, | If he did blush, twas red immodest shame, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.103 | As all the immodest poison of thy throat | As all the immodest poyson of thy throat, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.24 | Resolve me with all modest haste which way | Resolue me with all modest haste, which way |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.5 | All my reports go with the modest truth, | All my reports go with the modest truth, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.119 | Into his power, and modest wisdom plucks me | Into his power: and modest Wisedome pluckes me |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.169 | That modesty may more betray our sense | That Modesty may more betray our Sence |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.241 | of my modesty, but my brother-justice have I found so | of my modestie, but my brother-Iustice haue I found so |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.173 | To allay with some cold drops of modesty | To allay with some cold drops of modestie |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.78 | Their savage eyes turned to a modest gaze | Their sauage eyes turn'd to a modest gaze, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.205 | With any terms of zeal, wanted the modesty | With any termes of Zeale: wanted the modestie |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.54 | praised women's modesty; and gave such orderly and | praise womens modesty: and gaue such orderly and |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.94 | tell you in your ear, she's as fartuous a civil modest | tell you in your eare, shee's as fartuous a ciuill modest |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.37 | pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the | plucke the borrowed vaile of modestie from the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.121 | woman, the modest wife, the virtuous creature, that | woman, the modest wife, the vertuous creature, that |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.60 | Nor how it may concern my modesty | Nor how it may concerne my modestie |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.214 | You do impeach your modesty too much, | You doe impeach your modesty too much, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.63 | Lie further off, in human modesty: | Lie further off, in humane modesty, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.285 | Have you no modesty, no maiden shame, | Haue you no modesty, no maiden shame, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.101 | And in the modesty of fearful duty | And in the modesty of fearefull duty, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.21 | could not show itself modest enough without a badge of | could not shew it selfe modest enough, without a badg of |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.155 | Is she not a modest young lady? | Is she not a modest yong Ladie? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.67 | jig, and full as fantastical; the wedding, mannerly-modest, | ijgge (and full as fantasticall) the wedding manerly modest, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.347 | I will do any modest office, my lord, to help my | I will doe any modest office, my Lord, to helpe my |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.143 | railed at herself, that she should be so immodest | raild at her self, that she should be so immodest |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.204 | I could wish he would modestly examine himself, to see | I could wish he would modestly examine himselfe, to see |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.35 | Comes not that blood as modest evidence | Comes not that bloud, as modest euidence, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.40 | Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty. | Her blush is guiltinesse, not modestie. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.177 | Than that which maiden modesty doth warrant, | Then that which maiden modestie doth warrant, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.23 | An inviting eye, and yet methinks right modest. | An inuiting eye:/ And yet me thinkes right modest. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.74 | That would to cinders burn up modesty, | That would to Cynders burne vp Modestie, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.34 | O, sir, I can be modest. | O Sir, I can be modest. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.121 | Modest as justice, and thou seemest a palace | modest as iustice, & thou seemest a Pallas |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.16 | Think true love acted simple modesty. | Thinke true Loue acted simple modestie: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.38 | Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, | Who euen in pure and vestall modestie |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.27 | Not step o'er the bounds of modesty. | Not stepping ore the bounds of modestie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.66 | If it be husbanded with modesty. | If it be husbanded with modestie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.92 | But I am doubtful of your modesties, | But I am doubtfull of your modesties, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.153 | If I achieve not this young modest girl. | If I atchieue not this yong modest gyrle: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.252 | As is the other for beauteous modesty. | As is the other, for beauteous modestie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.49 | Her affability and bashful modesty, | Her affability and bashfull modestie: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.286 | For she's not froward, but modest as the dove. | For shee's not froward, but modest as the Doue, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.53 | I am skilless of; but by my modesty, | I am skillesse of; but by my modestie |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.91 | to myself than you can with modesty speak in your own | to my selfe, then you can with modestie speake in your owne |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.229 | Modest as morning when she coldly eyes | Modest as morning, when she coldly eyes |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.15 | Surety secure; but modest doubt is called | Surety secure: but modest Doubt is cal'd |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.222 | There they stand yet, and modestly I think | There they stand yet: and modestly I thinke, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.8 | modest limits of order. | modest limits of order. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.173 | modest assurance if you be the lady of the house, that I | modest assurance, if you be the Ladie of the house, that I |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.11 | of modesty, that you will not extort from me what I am | of modestie, that you will not extort from me, what I am |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.32 | modest terms, for I am one of those gentle ones that will | modest termes, for I am one of those gentle ones, that will |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.333 | And tell me in the modesty of honour, | And tell me in the modestie of honor, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.41 | Now, by my modesty, a goodly broker! | Now (by my modesty) a goodly Broker: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.55 | Since maids, in modesty, say no to that | Since Maides, in modesty, say no, to that, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.156 | For often have you writ to her; and she, in modesty, | For often haue you writ to her: and she in modesty, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.107 | Such an immodest raiment, if shame live | Such an immodest rayment; if shame liue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.109 | It is the lesser blot, modesty finds, | It is the lesser blot modesty findes, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.193 | How modestly she blows, and paints the sun | How modestly she blowes, and paints the Sun, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.198 | Sometimes her modesty will blow so far | Sometimes her modesty will blow so far |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.82.1 | You are modest, cousin. | You are modest Cosen. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.235 | Fit for my modest suit, and your free granting. | Fit for my modest suit, and your free granting: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.157 | Go to't unsentenced. Therefore, most modest queen, | Goe too't unsentenc'd: Therefore most modest Queene, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.4 | Whose modest scenes blush on his marriage day, | (Whose modest Sceanes blush on his marriage day, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.7 | Yet still is modesty, and still retains | Yet still is Modestie, and still retaines |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.101 | Proclaimed a strumpet; with immodest hatred | Proclaym'd a Strumpet: With immodest hatred |