| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.171 | A strumpet's boldness, a divulged shame; | A strumpets boldnesse, a divulged shame |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.76 | 'Tis but the boldness of his hand, haply, | 'Tis but the boldnesse of his hand haply, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.18 | Have lost the wager. Boldness be my friend! | Haue lost the wager. Boldnesse be my Friend: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.122 | reply. You call honourable boldness impudent sauciness; | reply. You call honorable Boldnes, impudent Sawcinesse: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.121 | But whether 'twas the coldness of the King, | But whether 'twas the coldnesse of the King, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.159 | Will make my boldness manners. Now good angels | Will make my boldnesse, manners. Now good Angels |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.190 | Pardon my boldness, my thrice gracious lords. | Pardon my boldnes my thrice gracious Lords, |
| King John | KJ V.i.56 | Show boldness and aspiring confidence! | Shew boldnesse and aspiring confidence: |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.48 | fortunes from us till our oldness cannot relish them. I begin | Fortunes fromvs, till our oldnesse cannot rellish them. I begin |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.152 | my ancient skill beguiles me; but in the boldness of my | my ancient skill beguiles me: but in the boldnes of my |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.377 | Dull not device by coldness and delay. | Dull not Deuice, by coldnesse, and delay. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.42 | And spurn upon thee, beggar, for thy boldness. | And spurne vpon thee Begger for thy boldnesse. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.88 | Pardon me, sir, the boldness is mine own | Pardon me sir, the boldnesse is mine owne, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.111 | Boldness comes to me now, and brings me heart: | Boldnesse comes to mee now, and brings mee heart: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.36 | Why appear you with this ridiculous boldness | Why appeare you with this ridiculous boldnesse |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.67 | What foolish boldness brought thee to their mercies | What foolish boldnesse brought thee to their mercies, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.185 | And arms her with the boldness of a wife | And armes her with the boldnesse of a Wife |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.53 | As boldness from my bosom, let't not be doubted | As boldnesse from my bosome, le't not be doubted |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.216.1 | I'th' boldness of your speech. | I'th boldnesse of your speech. |