| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.14 | Thou fumblest, Eros, and my queen's a squire | Thou fumblest Eros, and my Queenes a Squire |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.122 | A hilding for a livery, a squire's cloth, | A Hilding for a Liuorie, a Squires Cloth, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.24 | not us that are squires of the night's body be called | not vs that are Squires of the Nights bodie, bee call'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.12 | not where. If I travel but four foot by the square further | not where. If I trauell but foure foot by the squire further |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.56 | I am Robert Shallow, sir, a poor esquire of | I am Robert Shallow (Sir) a poore Esquire of |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.308 | And now is this Vice's dagger become a squire, | And now is this Vices Dagger become a Squire, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.126 | there will I visit Master Robert Shallow, Esquire. I | there will I visit Master Robert Shallow, Esquire: I |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.14 | Six thousand and two hundred good esquires; | Six thousand and two hundred good Esquires: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.77 | Of other lords and barons, knights and squires, | Of other Lords and Barons, Knights and Squires, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.83 | Of knights, esquires, and gallant gentlemen, | Of Knights, Esquires, and gallant Gentlemen, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.88 | The rest are princes, barons, lords, knights, squires, | The rest are Princes, Barons, Lords, Knights, Squires, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.103 | Sir Richard Kikely, Davy Gam, esquire; | Sir Richard Ketly, Dauy Gam Esquire; |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.34 | him again) You called me yesterday mountain-squire, | You call'd me yesterday Mountaine-Squier, |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.35 | but I will make you today a squire of low degree. I pray | but I will make you to day a squire of low degree. I pray |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.23 | Like to a trusty squire did run away; | Like to a trustie Squire, did run away. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.41 | That Alexander Iden, an esquire of Kent, | That Alexander Iden an Esquire of Kent, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.75 | A poor esquire of Kent, that loves his king. | A poore Esquire of Kent, that loues his King. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.49 | A squire, my Lord; John Copland is his name, | A Esquire my Lord, Iohn Copland is his name: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.70 | Of lords, knights, squires, and English gentlemen, | Of Lords, Knights, Esquires and English gentlemen, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.53 | Enter Audley, wounded, and rescued by two esquires | Enter Audley wounded, & rescued by two squirs. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.18 | Sound trumpets. Enter Audley, with the two esquires | Sound Trumpets, enter Audley. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.51 | These two poor squires redeemed me from the French | These two poore Esquires redeemd me from the French |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.57 | This gift twice doubled to these squires and thee: | This gift twise doubled to these Esquires and thee |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.65 | Is this the proud presumptuous esquire of the north | Is this the proud presumtious Esquire of the North, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.67 | I am, my liege, a northern squire indeed, | I am my liege a Northen Esquire indeed, |
| King John | KJ I.i.177 | A landless knight makes thee a landed squire. | A landlesse Knight, makes thee a landed Squire: |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.237 | Here do you keep a hundred knights and squires, | Heere do you keepe a hundred Knights and Squires, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.209 | To knee his throne and, squire-like, pension beg | To knee his Throne, and Squire-like pension beg, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.88 | No squire in debt nor no poor knight, | No Squire in debt, nor no poore Knight; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.4 | Esquire. | Esquire. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.101 | Esquire, saith he is wronged. | Esquire, saith he is wronged. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.47 | the degree of a squire. | the degree of a Squire. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.131 | Following – her womb then rich with my young squire – | Following (her wombe then rich with my yong squire) |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.48 | A proper squire! And who, and who? Which | A proper squier, and who, and who, which |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.144 | O fie upon them! Some such squire he was | Oh fie vpon them: some such Squire he was |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.17.1 | The First Knight enters and passes by, his squire | The first Knight passes by. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.171.2 | So stands this squire | So stands this Squire |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.111 | look thee, a bearing-cloth for a squire's child! Look thee | Looke thee, a bearing-cloath for a Squires childe: looke thee |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.336 | three but jumps twelve foot and a half by th' square. | three, but iumpes twelue foote and a halfe by th' squire. |