| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.137 | In a sweet verbal brief, it did concern | In a sweet verball breefe, it did concerne |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.51 | Have at you with a proverb: shall I set in my staff? | haue at you with a Prouerbe, / Shall I set in my staffe. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.203 | They said they were an-hungry, sighed forth proverbs – | They said they were an hungry, sigh'd forth Prouerbes |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.77 | A man worth any woman: overbuys me | A man, worth any woman: Ouer-buyes mee |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.105 | By being so verbal: and learn now, for all, | By being so verball: and learne now, for all, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.351 | Ay, sir, but ‘ while the grass grows ’ – the proverb | I, but while the grasse growes, the Prouerbe |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.118 | proverbs. He will give the devil his due. | Prouerbs: He will giue the diuell his due. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.65 | any such proverb so little kin to the purpose. | any such Prouerbe, so little kin to the purpose. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.111 | I will cap that proverb with ‘ There is flattery | I will cap that Prouerbe with, There is flatterie |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.116 | devil. Have at the very eye of that proverb with ‘ A pox | Deuill: haue at the very eye of that Prouerbe with, A Pox |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.118 | You are the better at proverbs by how much ‘ A | You are the better at Prouerbs, by how much a |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.39 | But freshly looks, and overbears attaint | But freshly lookes, and ouer-beares Attaint, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.10 | Weak shoulders, overborne with burdening grief, | Weake Shoulders, ouer-borne with burthening Griefe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.13 | Verbatim to rehearse the method of my pen. | Verbatim to rehearse the Methode of my Penne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.53 | Ay, see the Bishop be not overborne. | I, see the Bishop be not ouer-borne: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.60 | The Bishop will be overborne by thee. | The Bishop will be ouer-borne by thee: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.150 | Now, lords, my choler being overblown | Now Lords, my Choller being ouer-blowne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.170 | The ancient proverb will be well effected: | The ancient Prouerbe will be well effected, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.36 | talk of a noun and a verb, and such abominable words as | talke of a Nowne and a Verbe, and such abhominable wordes, as |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.3 | What though the mast be now blown overboard, | What though the Mast be now blowne ouer-boord, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.132 | Will overbear and awe these dear regards, | Will ouerbeare and awe these deare regards, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.25 | Among those ever-bibbing epicures, | Among those euer-bibbing Epicures: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.16 | Now is the proverb verified in you: | Now is the prouerbe verefied in you, |
| King John | KJ II.i.137 | You are the hare of whom the proverb goes, | You are the Hare of whom the Prouerb goes |
| King John | KJ II.i.315 | Their armours that marched hence so silver-bright | Their Armours that march'd hence so siluer bright, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.37 | To overbear it, and we are all well pleased, | To ouer-beare it, and we are all well pleas'd, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.170 | That shall reverberate all as loud as thine. | That shall reuerberate all, as lowd as thine. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.154.1 | Reverb no hollowness. | Reuerbe no hollownesse. |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.24.2 | Made she no verbal question? | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.162 | not say me nay. Pauca verba. Away! The gentles are at | not say me nay: paucaverba. Away, the gentles are at |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.16 | He draweth out the thread of his verbosity | He draweth out the thred of his verbositie, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.729 | If overboldly we have borne ourselves | If ouer-boldly we haue borne our selues, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.3 | Saucy and overbold? How did you dare | Sawcy, and ouer-bold, how did you dare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.138 | The old proverb is very well parted between | The old prouerbe is verie well parted betweene |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.53 | A proverb never stale in thrifty mind. | A prouerbe neuer stale in thriftie minde. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.114 | Pauca verba, Sir John, goot worts. | Pauca verba; (Sir Iohn) good worts. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.96 | Hugh? No; he gives me the proverbs and the no-verbs. | Hugh? No, he giues me the Prouerbes, and the No-verbes. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.139 | have horns to make one mad, let the proverb go with | haue hornes, to make one mad, let the prouerbe goe with |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.92 | That they have overborne their continents. | That they haue ouer-borne their Continents. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.458 | And the country proverb known, | And the Country Prouerb knowne, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.178 | Egeus, I will overbear your will; | Egeus, I will ouer-beare your will; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.152 | ecstasy hath so much overborne her that my daughter | extasie hath so much ouerborne her, that my daughter |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.17 | Patch grief with proverbs, make misfortune drunk | Patch griefe with prouerbs, make misfortune drunke, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.460 | Witness you ever-burning lights above, | Witnesse you euer-burning Lights aboue, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.47 | Sir, your queen must overboard. The sea | Sir your Queene must ouer board, the sea |
| Pericles | Per III.i.53 | briefly yield 'er, for she must overboard straight. | briefly yeeld'er, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.19 | I threw her overboard with these very arms. | I threwe her ouer-boord with these verie armes. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.190 | This ague-fit of fear is overblown. | This ague fit of feare is ouer-blowne, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.19 | Struck me, that thought to stay him, overboard | Strooke me (that thought to stay him) ouer-boord, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.61 | Clean overblown, themselves the conquerors | Cleane ouer-blowne, themselues the Conquerors, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.37 | For I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase – | For I am prouerb'd with a Grandsier Phrase, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.3 | To smile at scapes and perils overblown. | To smile at scapes and perils ouerblowne: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.108 | art not drowned. Is the storm overblown? I hid me | art not dround: Is the Storme ouer-blowne? I hid mee |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.241 | And be my heart an ever-burning hell! | And be my heart an euer-burning hell: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.2 | An emperor in Rome thus overborne, | An Emperour in Rome thus ouerborne, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.320.1 | To overbulk us all. | To ouer-bulke vs all. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.120 | Where they're extended; who like an arch reverb'rate | Where they are extended: who like an arch reuerb'rate |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.261 | Hallow your name to the reverberate hills | Hallow your name to the reuerberate hilles, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.25 | 'Tis true; for you are overboots in love, | 'Tis true; for you are ouer-bootes in loue, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.296 | And thereof comes the proverb: ‘ Blessing of | And thereof comes the prouerbe: (Blessing of |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.92 | And in their songs curse ever-blinded fortune, | And in their Songs, curse ever-blinded fortune |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.96 | And, might we lay th' old proverb to your charge, | And might we lay th' old Prouerb to your charge, |