| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.5 | Of very reverend reputation, sir, | Of very reuerent reputation sir, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.124 | To see a reverend Syracusian merchant, | To see a reuerent Siracusian Merchant, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.134 | She is a virtuous and a reverend lady. | She is a vertuous and a reuerend Lady, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.57 | those that say you are reverend grave men, yet they lie | those, that say you are reuerend graue men, yet they lye |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.40 | Most reverend and grave elders, to desire | Most reuerend and graue Elders, to desire |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.477 | Of reverend Priam, seemed i'th' air to stick. | Of Reuerend Priam, seem'd i'th' Ayre to sticke: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.441 | pudding in his belly, that reverend Vice, that grey Iniquity, | Pudding in his Belly, that reuerend Vice, that grey iniquitie, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.104 | Leads ancient lords and reverend bishops on | Leades ancient Lords, and reuerent Bishops on |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.99 | beseech your lordship to have a reverend care of your | beseech your Lordship, to haue a reuerend care of your |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.167 | I am bound to thee, reverend Feeble. Who is | I am bound to thee, reuerend Feeble. Who is |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.38 | You, reverend father, and these noble lords | You (Reuerend Father, and these Noble Lords) |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.37 | And their most reverend heads dashed to the walls; | And their most reuerend Heads dasht to the Walls: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.49.2 | Thou art reverend | Thou art reuerent, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.8 | Seven earls, twelve barons, and twenty reverend bishops, | Seuen Earles, twelue Barons, & twenty reuerend Bishops |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.51 | Of the right reverend Cardinal of York. | Of the right Reuerend Cardinall of Yorke. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.100.1 | Our reverend Cardinal carried. | Our Reuerend Cardinall carried. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.75 | Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom; | Most learned Reuerend Sir, into our Kingdome, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.58 | And of your choice, these reverend fathers, men | (And of your choice) these Reuerend Fathers, men |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.205 | By all the reverend fathers of the land | By all the Reuerend Fathers of the Land, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.220 | I left no reverend person in this court, | I left no Reuerend Person in this Court; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.26 | What are your pleasures with me, reverend lords? | What are your pleasures with me, reuerent Lords? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.103 | Upon my soul, two reverend cardinal virtues; | Vpon my Soule two reuerend Cardinall Vertues: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.181 | While I shall have my life. Come, reverend fathers, | While I shall haue my life. Come reuerend Fathers, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.26 | Learned and reverend fathers of his order, | Learned, and Reuerend Fathers of his Order, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.99.2 | What two reverend bishops | What two Reuerend Byshops |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.18 | Lodged in the abbey, where the reverend abbot, | Lodg'd in the Abbey; where the reuerend Abbot |
| King John | KJ I.i.227 | Sir Robert's son? – Ay, thou unreverend boy, | Sir Roberts sonne, I thou vnreuerend boy, |
| King John | KJ III.i.224 | Good reverend father, make my person yours, | Good reuerend father, make my person yours, |
| King John | KJ III.i.249 | My reverend father, let it not be so! | My reuerend father, let it not be so; |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.236 | As you are old and reverend, should be wise. | As you are Old, and Reuerend, should be Wise. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.124 | You stubborn ancient knave, you reverend braggart, | You stubborne ancient Knaue, you reuerent Bragart, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.1 | Very reverend sport, truly, and done in the | Very reuerent sport truely, and done in the |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.303 | Why, thou unreverend and unhallowed friar, | Why thou vnreuerend, and vnhallowed Fryer: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.160 | lack of years be no impediment to let him lack a reverend | lacke of years be no impediment to let him lacke a reuerend |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.223 | Here 'tis, most reverend doctor, here it is. | Heere 'tis most reuerend Doctor, heere it is. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.49 | Yonder is a most reverend gentleman, who, belike, | Yonder is a most reuerend Gentleman; who (be-like) |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.302 | reverend youth, and I praise God for you. | reuerend youth, and I praise God for you. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.121 | There is no staff more reverend than one tipped with | there is no staff more reuerend then one tipt with |
| Othello | Oth I.i.94 | Most reverend signor, do you know my voice? | Most reuerend Signior, do you know my voice? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.33 | The Ottomites, reverend and gracious, | The Ottamites. Reueren'd, and Gracious, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.76 | Most potent, grave and reverend signors, | Most Potent, Graue, and Reueren'd Signiors, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.13.2 | Hail, reverend sir! The gods preserve you! | Hayle reuerent Syr, the Gods preserue you. |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.18.2 | Reverend appearer, no; | Reuerent appearer no, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.61.2 | Reverend sir, | Reuerent Syr, |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.9 | In reverend Cerimon there well appears | In reuerend Cerimon there well appeares, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.99 | With reverend fathers and well-learned bishops. | With reuerend Fathers, and well-learned Bishops. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.60 | He is within, with two right reverend fathers, | He is within, with two right reuerend Fathers, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.30 | And reverend looker-on of two fair queens. | And reuerend looker on of two faire Queenes. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.35 | If ancient sorrow be most reverend, | If ancient sorrow be most reuerent, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.31 | Now, afore God, this reverend holy Friar, | Now afore God, this reueren'd holy Frier, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.190 | That all is done in reverend care of her. | That all is done in reuerend care of her, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.48 | Now I perceive thou art a reverend father. | Now I p erceiue thou art a reuerent Father: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.60 | And now by law, as well as reverend age, | And now by Law, as well as reuerent age, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.81 | And, for I know your reverend ages love | And for I know, your reuerend Ages loue |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.127 | By two of their most reverend Senate greet thee. | By two of their most reuerend Senate greet thee: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.180 | The reverend'st throat in Athens. So I leave you | The reuerends Throat in Athens. So I leaue you |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.296 | For by my fathers' reverend tomb I vow | For by my Fathers reuerent Tombe I vow |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.23 | O reverend tribunes, O gentle aged men, | Oh reuerent Tribunes, oh gentle aged men, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.136 | Come, come, thou reverend man of Rome, | Come come, thou reuerent man of Rome, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.61 | (To Nestor) And thou most reverend for thy stretched-out life – | And thou most reuerend for thy stretcht-out life, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.204 | Most reverend Nestor, I am glad to clasp thee. | Most reuerend Nestor, I am glad to claspe thee. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.73 | manner how: as, a sad face, a reverend carriage, a slow | manner how: as a sad face, a reuerend carriage, a slow |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.14 | Fie, fie, unreverend tongue, to call her bad | Fie, fie, vnreuerend tongue, to call her bad, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.73 | Give me those flowers there, Dorcas. Reverend sirs, | Giue me those Flowres there (Dorcas.) Reuerend Sirs, |