| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.316 | Deadly divorce step between me and you! | Deadly diuorce step betweene me and you. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.131 | Who after me hath many a weary step | Who after me, hath many a weary steppe |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.2 | After the slander of most stepmothers, | After the slander of most Step-Mothers, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.1 | A father cruel, and a stepdame false, | A Father cruell, and a Stepdame false, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.57 | Betwixt a father by thy stepdame governed, | Betwixt a Father by thy Step-dame gouern'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.215.1 | Answered my steps too loud. | Answer'd my steps too lowd. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.5 | Stepped before targes of proof, cannot be found: | Stept before Targes of proofe, cannot be found: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.130 | Make thy demand aloud. (to Iachimo) Sir, step you forth, | Make thy demand alowd. Sir, step you forth, |
| 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.72 | Would step from this to this? Sense sure you have, | Would step from this, to this? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.114 | O, step between her and her fighting soul! | O step betweene her, and her fighting Soule, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.71 | But age with his stealing steps | But Age with his stealing steps |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.10 | He steps to one side | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.31 | may be nothing but ‘ Anon.’ Step aside, and I'll show | may be nothing but, Anon: step aside, and Ile shew |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.75 | Steps me a little higher than his vow | Step me a little higher then his Vow |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.45 | The Prince of Wales stepped forth before the King, | The Prince of Wales stept forth before the king, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.20 | My judgement is, we should not step too far | My iudgement is, we should not step too farre |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.56.1 | He steps aside | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.304 | And threefold vengeance tend upon your steps! | And three-fold Vengeance tend vpon your steps. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.43.1 | Where others tell steps with me. | Where others tell steps with me. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.112 | Gone slightly o'er low steps, and now are mounted | Gone slightly o're lowe steppes, and now are mounted |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.10 | If well, he stepped before me happily | If well, he stept before me happily |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.16 | Comes to the wall; I'll closely step aside, | Comes to the wall, Ile closely step aside, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.70 | But love hath eyes as judgement to his steps, | But loue hath eyes as iudgement to his steps, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.58 | If he should tell by steps, it kills his heart. | If he should tell the steps, it kills his hart: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.3 | And stepped aside for breath and fresher air. | And stept aside for breath and fresher aire. |
| King John | KJ I.i.216 | For it shall strew the footsteps of my rising. | For it shall strew the footsteps of my rising: |
| King John | KJ III.i.143 | Keep Stephen Langton, chosen Archbishop | Keepe Stephen Langton chosen Arshbishop |
| King John | KJ III.iv.151 | That none so small advantage shall step forth | That none so small aduantage shall step forth |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.57 | The steps of wrong, should move you to mew up | The steppes of wrong, should moue you to mew vp |
| King John | KJ V.ii.27 | Wherein we step after a stranger, march | Wherein we step after a stranger, march |
| King John | KJ V.iv.52 | We will untread the steps of damned flight, | We will vntread the steps of damned flight, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.228 | No unchaste action or dishonoured step | No vnchaste action or dishonoured step |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.29 | One step I have advanced thee; if thou dost | One step I haue aduanc'd thee, if thou do'st |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.287.1 | Have followed your sad steps – | Haue follow'd your sad steps. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.42.1 | He stands aside | The King steps aside. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.149 | Now step I forth to whip hypocrisy. | Now step I forth to whip hypocrisie. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.194 | Tell her we measure them by weary steps. | Tell her we measure them by weary steps. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.195.2 | How many weary steps, | How manie wearie steps, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.663.1 | Berowne steps forth and whispers to Costard | Berowne steppes forth. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.49 | The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step | The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.57 | Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear | Heare not my steps, which they may walke, for feare |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.136 | Stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more, | Stept in so farre, that should I wade no more, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.67 | With a reed voice, and turn two mincing steps | With a reede voyce, and turne two minsing steps |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.25 | Enter Stephano | Enter Messenger. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.28 | Stephano is my name, and I bring word | Stephano is my name, and I bring word |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.51 | My friend Stephano, signify, I pray you, | My friend Stephen, signifie pray you |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.53 | Exit Stephano | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.9 | Step into the chamber, Sir John. | Step into th'chamber, Sir Iohn. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.5 | Like to a stepdame or a dowager | Like to a Step-dame, or a Dowager, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.69 | Come from the farthest step of India | Come from the farthest steepe of India? |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.37 | And he requires your haste-post-haste appearance | And he requires your haste, Post-haste appearance, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.198 | Which as a grise or step may help these lovers | Which as a grise, or step may helpe these Louers. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.84 | (sings) King Stephen was and-a worthy peer, | King Stephen was and-a worthy Peere, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.223 | Steps in to Cassio and entreats his pause: | Steppes in to Cassio, and entreats his pause; |
| Pericles | Per II.i.159 | Upon a courser, whose delightful steps | Vpon a Courser, whose delight steps, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.265 | The sullen passage of thy weary steps | The sullen passage of thy weary steppes |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.290 | The flowers fair ladies, and thy steps no more | |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.17 | Which with usurping steps do trample thee. | Which with vsurping steps doe trample thee. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.125 | Measure our confines with such peaceful steps? | Measure our Confines with such peacefull steps? |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.28 | Sir Stephen Scroop, besides a clergyman | Sir Stephen Scroope, besides a Clergie man |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.25 | Let's step into the shadow of these trees. | Let's step into the shadow of these Trees. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.91 | Twice for one step I'll groan, the way being short, | Twice for one step Ile groane, ye Way being short, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.301 | They are as children but one step below, | They are as Children but one steppe below, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.312 | Leads discontented steps in foreign soil, | Leads discontented steppes in Forraine soyle, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.156 | See, where he comes. So please you step aside. | See where he comes, so please you step aside, |
| 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.2.92 | As Stephen Sly, and old John Naps of Greece, | As Stephen Slie, and old Iohn Naps of Greece, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.82 | Petruchio, since we are stepped thus far in, | Petruchio, since we are stept thus farre in, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.101 | Biondello steps forward with the lute and the books | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.138 | Doth watch Bianca's steps so narrowly, | Doth watch Bianca's steps so narrowly: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.41 | Enter Stephano, singing, a bottle in his hand | Enter Stephano singing. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.61 | and it shall be said so again, while Stephano breathes at | and it shall be said so againe, while Stephano breathes at' |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.94 | Stephano! | Stephano. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.98 | Stephano! If thou beest Stephano, touch me | Stephano: if thou beest Stephano, touch me, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.107 | But art thou not drowned, Stephano? I hope now thou | but art thou not dround Stephano: I hope now thou |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.110 | storm. And art thou living, Stephano? O Stephano, two | Storme: And art thou liuing Stephano? O Stephano, two |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.130 | O Stephano, hast any more of this? | O Stephano, ha'st any more of this? |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.1 | Enter Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo | Enter Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.154 | Wilt come? – I'll follow, Stephano. | Wilt come? Ile follow Stephano. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.79 | Can be at once – shall step by step attend | Can be at once) shall step, by step attend |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.194 | Enter Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo, all wet | Enter Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo, all wet |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.222 | O King Stephano! O peer! O worthy | O King Stephano, O Peere: O worthy |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.223 | Stephano, look what a wardrobe here is for thee! | Stephano, / Looke what a wardrobe heere is for thee. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.226 | frippery. O King Stephano! | frippery, O King Stephano. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.259.1 | Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo are driven out | |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.255.1 | Enter Ariel, driving in Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo | Enter Ariell, driuing in Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.277 | Is not this Stephano, my drunken butler? | Is not this Stephano, my drunken Butler? |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.285 | Why, how now, Stephano? | Why how now Stephano? |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.286 | O, touch me not! I am not Stephano, but a | O touch me not, I am not Stephano, but a |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.300 | Exeunt Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo | |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.228 | Buried his father, by whose death he's stepped | Buried his Father, by whose death hee's stepp'd |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.12 | Hath stepped into the law, which is past depth | Hath stept into the Law: which is past depth |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.6 | As stepped within the shadow of your power, | As slept within the shadow of your power |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.394 | My lord, to step out of these dreary dumps, | My Lord to step out of these sudden dumps, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.60 | Saucy controller of my private steps, | Sawcie controuler of our priuate steps: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.42 | 'Tis he. God and Saint Stephen give you good | 'Tis he; God & Saint Stephen giue you good |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.130 | By him one step below, he by the next, | By him one step below; he, by the next, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.131 | That next by him beneath: so every step, | That next, by him beneath: so euery step |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.181 | We'll consecrate the steps that Ajax makes | Weele consecrate the steps that Aiax makes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.192 | Pard to the hind, or stepdame to her son ’ – | Pard to the Hinde, or Stepdame to her Sonne; |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.271 | you as surely as your feet hits the ground they step on. | you as surely, as your feete hits the ground they step on. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.10 | To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps; | To measure Kingdomes with his feeble steps, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.35 | And make a pastime of each weary step, | And make a pastime of each weary step, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.36 | Till the last step have brought me to my love; | Till the last step haue brought me to my Loue, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.8 | into the dining-chamber, but he steps me to her | into the dyning-chamber, but he steps me to her |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.19 | He steps aside | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.60.1 | Valentine steps forward | |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.34 | Each errant step beside is torment. Lo, | Each errant step beside is torment. Loe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.1.1 | I'll no step further. | Ile no step further. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.173 | And leave you to your graver steps. Hermione, | And leaue you to your grauer steps. Hermione, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.220 | Step forth mine advocate: at your request | Step forth mine Aduocate: at your request, |