| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.40 | put you into a butter-woman's mouth, and buy myself | put you into a Butter-womans mouth, and buy my selfe |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.8 | eat no fish of Fortune's buttering. Prithee, allow the | eate no Fish of Fortunes butt'ring. Prethee alow the |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.208 | Am I or that or this for what he'll utter, | Am I, or that or this for what he'l vtter, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.110 | Have power to utter. O, then we bring forth weeds | Haue power to vtter. Oh then we bring forth weeds, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.136 | That which none else can utter. By this marriage | That which none else can vtter. By this marriage, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.238 | Now Antony must leave her utterly. | Now Anthony, must leaue her vtterly. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.35 | Down thy ill-uttering throat. | Downe thy ill vttering throate. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.47 | when Fortune makes Nature's natural the cutter-off of | when fortune makes natures naturall, the cutter off of |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.94 | the right butter-women's rank to market. | the right Butter-womens ranke to Market. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.36 | I'll utter what my sorrow gives me leave. | Ile vtter what my sorrow giues me leaue. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.61 | countenance! I saw him run after a gilded butterfly, and | countenance. I saw him run after a gilded Butterfly, & |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.50 | What I think I utter, and spend my malice in my breath. | What I think, I vtter, and spend my malice in my breath. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.81 | Should not be uttered feebly. It is held | Should not be vtter'd feebly: it is held, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.95 | Than boys pursuing summer butterflies, | Then Boyes pursuing Summer Butter-flies, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.49 | To choke it in the utterance. So our virtues | To choake it in the vtt'rance: So our Vertue, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.25 | his behalf as you have uttered words in your own, you | his behalfe, as you haue vttered words in your owne, you |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.12 | butterfly, yet your butterfly was a grub. This Martius is | Butterfly, yet your Butterfly was a Grub: this Martius, is |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.116 | Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles. | Flatter'd your Volcians in Corioles. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.44 | Sluttery, to such neat excellence opposed | Sluttery to such neate Excellence, oppos'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.83 | So likely to report themselves; the cutter | So likely to report themselues; the Cutter |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.73 | Behoves me keep at utterance. I am perfect | Behooues me keepe at vtterance. I am perfect, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.141 | I am glad to be constrained to utter that | I am glad to be constrain'd to vtter that |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.119 | More grief to hide than hate to utter love. | More greefe to hide, then hate to vtter loue. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.370 | utterance of harmony. I have not the skill. | vtterance of hermony, I haue not the skill. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.143 | That I have uttered. Bring me to the test, | That I haue vttered; bring me to the Test |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.106 | Than out of anger can be uttered. | Then out of anger can be vttered. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.21 | be prologue to an egg and butter. | be Prologue to an Egge and Butter. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.60 | are up already, and call for eggs and butter. They will | are vp already, and call for Egges and Butter. They will |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.114 | Thou wilt not utter – what thou dost not know. | Thou wilt not vtter what thou do'st not know, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.117 | butter – pitiful-hearted Titan! – that melted at the sweet | Butter, pittifull hearted Titan that melted at the sweete |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.130 | How now, woolsack, what mutter you? | How now Woolsacke, what mutter you? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.242 | breath to utter what is like thee! You tailor's-yard, you | breth to vtter. What is like thee? You Tailors yard, you |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.456 | a whoremaster, that I utterly deny. If sack and sugar | a Whore-master, that I vtterly deny. If Sacke and Sugar |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.496.2 | As fat as butter. | As fat as Butter. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.37 | utter darkness. When thou rannest up Gad's Hill in the | vtter Darkenesse. When thou ran'st vp Gads-Hill in the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.20 | duck. I pressed me none but such toasts-and-butter, | Ducke. I prest me none but such Tostes and Butter, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.59 | hath already made thee butter. But tell me, Jack, whose | hath alreadie made thee Butter: but tell me, Iack, whose |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.217 | That strength of speech is utterly denied me. | That strength of Speech it vtterly deni'de mee. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.111 | either to utter them or conceal them. I am, sir, under | either to vtter them, or to conceale them. I am Sir, vnder |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.131 | Come, Pistol, utter more to me, and withal devise | Come Pistoll, vtter more to mee: and withall deuise |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.9 | living, and my uttermost power. He is not – God be | liuing, and my vttermost power. He is not, God be |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.62 | I'll assure you, 'a uttered as prave words at | Ile assure you, a vtt'red as praue words at |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.70 | Amongst the soldiers this is muttered, | Amongst the Souldiers this is muttered, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.163 | Either to quell the Dauphin utterly | Eyther to quell the Dolphin vtterly, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.112 | The utter loss of all the realm of France. | The vtter losse of all the Realme of France. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.13 | Had I sufficient skill to utter them, | (Had I sufficient skill to vtter them) |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.85 | Is utterly bereft you; all is lost. | Is vtterly bereft you: all is lost. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.165 | What mutter you, or what conspire you, lords? | What mutter you, or what conspire you Lords? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.254 | And utter ruin of the house of York. | And vtter ruine of the House of Yorke. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.98 | These were her words, uttered with mild disdain: | These were her words, vtt'red with mild disdaine: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.24 | Most bitterly on you as putter-on | Most bitterly on you, as putter on |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.136 | I've heard him utter to his son-in-law, | I'ue heard him vtter to his Sonne in Law, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.167 | To me should utter, with demure confidence | To me, should vtter, with demure Confidence, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.81 | I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul | I vtterly abhorre; yea, from my Soule |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.171 | Scruple, and prick, on certain speeches uttered | Scruple, and pricke, on certaine Speeches vtter'd |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.160 | How you may hurt yourself, ay, utterly | How you may hurt your selfe: I, vtterly |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.15 | For heaven now bids me, and the words I utter | For Heauen now bids me; and the words I vtter, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.243 | and threw up their sweaty night-caps, and uttered such | and threw vppe their sweatie Night-cappes, and vttered such |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.213 | By the eighth hour; is that the uttermost? | By the eight houre, is that the vttermost? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.214 | Be that the uttermost, and fail not then. | Be that the vttermost, and faile not then. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.235.1 | By that which he will utter? | By that which he will vtter. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.261 | To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue – | To begge the voyce and vtterance of my Tongue) |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.223 | Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech | Action, nor Vtterance, nor the power of Speech, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.2 | His ear to drink her sweet tongue's utterance, | His eare to drinke her sweet tongues vtterance, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.307 | And choke the lavish tongue, when it doth utter | And choke the lauish tongue when it doth vtter |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.77 | If thou have uttered them to foil my fame | If thou haue vttred them to foile my fame, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.43 | Lady, you utter madness, and not sorrow. | Lady, you vtter madnesse, and not sorrow. |
| King John | KJ IV.i.97 | Hubert, the utterance of a brace of tongues | Hubert, the vtterance of a brace of tongues, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.56 | Which holds but till thy news be uttered; | Which holds but till thy newes be vttered, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.328 | What he hath uttered I have writ my sister; | What he hath vtter'd I haue writ my Sister: |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.55 | Ay tailor, sir. A stone-cutter or a painter could not | A Taylor Sir, a Stone-cutter, or a Painter, could not |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.121 | horse buttered his hay. | Horse buttered his Hay. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.13 | At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues | At gilded Butterflies: and heere (poore Rogues) |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.16 | Not uttered by base sale of chapmen's tongues. | Not vttred by base sale of chapmens tongues: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.316 | And utters it again when God doth please. | And vtters it againe, when Ioue doth please. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.521 | royal sweet breath as will utter a brace of words. | royall sweet breath, as will vtter a brace of words. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.71 | And champion me to the utterance! Who's there? | And champion me to th'vtterance. Who's there? |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.90 | Did utter forth a voice. Yes, thou must die. | Did vtter forth a voice. Yes, thou must die: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.96 | I now begin with grief and shame to utter. | I now begin with griefe, and shame to vtter. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.156 | In making question of my uttermost | In making question of my vttermost |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.181 | That shall be racked even to the uttermost | That shall be rackt euen to the vttermost, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.14 | As the dog Jew did utter in the streets: | As the dogge Iew did vtter in the streets; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.265 | Hang him, mechanical salt-butter rogue! I will | Hang him, mechanicall-salt-butter rogue; I wil |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.287 | rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the | rather trust a Fleming with my butter, Parson Hugh the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.7 | ta'en out and buttered, and give them to a dog for a | 'tane out and butter'd, and giue them to a dogge for a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.106 | heat as butter; a man of continual dissolution and thaw. | heate as butter; a man of continuall dissolution, and thaw: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.39 | Why, then, you are utterly shamed, and | Why then you are vtterly sham'd, & |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.46 | Our radiant Queen hates sluts and sluttery. | Our radiant Queene, hates Sluts, and Sluttery. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.139 | Seese is not good to give putter. Your belly is all | Seese is not good to giue putter; your belly is al |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.140 | putter. | putter. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.141 | ‘ Seese ’ and ‘ putter ’? Have I lived to stand at | Seese, and Putter? Haue I liu'd to stand at |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.151 | Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath | Vttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.167 | And pluck the wings from painted butterflies | And plucke the wings from painted Butterflies, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.38 | nor garlic; for we are to utter sweet breath, and I do | nor Garlicke; for wee are to vtter sweete breath, and I doe |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.199 | If this were so, so were it uttered. | If this were so, so were it vttred. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.103 | utter all to thee. | vtter all to thee. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.12 | to utter it. | to vtter it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.96 | Without offence to utter them. Thus, pretty lady, | Without offence to vtter them: thus pretty Lady |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.233 | I have drunk poison whiles he uttered it. | I haue drunke poison whiles he vtter'd it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iii.20 | Till death be uttered, | Till death be vttered, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.69 | The guttered rocks and congregated sands, | The gutter'd-Rockes, and Congregated Sands, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.135 | Utter my thoughts. Why, say they are vile and false? | Vtter my Thoughts? Why say, they are vild, and falce? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.414 | That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs: | that in their sleepes will mutter / Their Affayres: |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.163 | And seek to effect it to my uttermost. | And seeke to effect it to my vttermost. |
| Pericles | Per III.i.58 | Forgot thee utterly. Nor have I time | Forgot thee vtterly, nor haue I time |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.125 | With all the gracious utterance thou hast | With all the gracious vtterance thou hast, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.59 | Of thy tongue's uttering, yet I know the sound. | Of thy tongues vttering, yet I know the sound. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.155 | Your high displeasure. All this – uttered | Your high displeasure: all this vttered, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.174 | Utter your gravity o'er a gossip's bowl, | Vtter your grauitie ore a Gossips bowles |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.67 | Is death to any he that utters them. | Is death to any he, that vtters them. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.100 | Go, sirrah, take them to the buttery, | Go sirra, take them to the Butterie, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.176 | And say she uttereth piercing eloquence. | And say she vttereth piercing eloquence: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.80 | Even to the uttermost, as I please, in words. | Euen to the vttermost as I please in words. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.90 | friend. His backward voice is to utter foul speeches and | friend; his backward voice, is to vtter foule speeches, and |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.49 | Each putter-out of five for one will bring us | Each putter out of fiue for one, will bring vs |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.62 | worship mutter? | Worship mutter? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.167 | But let them hear what fearful words I utter. | But let them heare what fearefull words I vtter. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.12 | And prompt me that my tongue may utter forth | And prompt me that my tongue may vtter forth, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.88 | Nor can I utter all our bitter grief, | Nor can I vtter all our bitter griefe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.68 | utters! His evasions have ears thus long. I have bobbed | vtters: his euasions haue eares thus long. I haue bobb'd |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.78 | As feel in his own fall; for men, like butterflies, | As feele in his owne fall: for men like butter-flies, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.91 | So be it, either to the uttermost | So be it: either to the vttermost, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.67 | hand to the buttery bar and let it drink. | hand to'th Buttry barre, and let it drinke. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.142 | state without book and utters it by great swathes; the | State without booke, and vtters it by great swarths. The |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.8 | My duty pricks me on to utter that | My dutie pricks me on to vtter that |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.14 | And unto him I utter learned things, | and unto him I utter learned things, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.41 | As learned authors utter, washed a tile; | As learned Authours utter, washd a Tile, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.46 | Utterly lost; my virgin's faith has fled me. | Vtterly lost: My Virgins faith has fled me. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.130.1 | Here music is heard and doves are seen to flutter. They | Here Musicke is heard, Doves are seene to flutter, they |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.66 | What stuff she utters! | What stuffe she utters? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.20 | instructs me and as mine honesty puts it to utterance. | instructs me, and as mine honestie puts it to vtterance. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.104 | And clap thyself my love: then didst thou utter | A clap thy selfe, my Loue; then didst thou vtter, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.410 | I mean to utter it, or both yourself and me | I meane to vtter it; or both your selfe, and me, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.443 | Have uttered truth; which if you seek to prove, | Haue vttred Truth: which if you seeke to proue, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.141 | You are abused, and by some putter-on | You are abus'd, and by some putter on, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.186 | several tunes faster than you'll tell money; he utters | seuerall Tunes, faster then you'l tell money: hee vtters |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.321 | That doth utter all men's ware-a. | That doth vtter all mens ware-a. |