| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.1.1 | A tucket afar off. Enter the old Widow of Florence, | A Tucket afarre off. Enter old Widdow of Florence, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.1.1 | Enter Helena and the Widow | Enter Hellen, and Widdow. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iv.1 | Enter Helena, the Widow, and Diana | Enter Hellen, Widdow, and Diana. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.i.1.1 | Enter Helena, the Widow, and Diana, with two | Enter Hellen, Widdow, and Diana, with two |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.70 | To see our widower's second marriage-day. | To see our widdowers second marriage day: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.141 | won me. Now is the Count Rossillion a widower; his vows | wonne me. Now is the Count Rossillion a Widdower, his vowes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.157 | Enter the Widow and Diana | Enter Widdow, Diana, and Parrolles. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.293 | Exit the Widow | |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.302 | Enter the Widow, with Helena | Enter Hellen and Widdow. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.28 | be married to three kings in a forenoon and widow them | be married to three Kings in a forenoone, and Widdow them |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.37 | Can from the lap of Egypt's widow pluck | Can from the lap of Egypts Widdow, plucke |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.125.1 | Is now a widower. | is now a widdower. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.27.1 | She was a widow – | she was a widdow. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.27.2 | Widow? Charmian, hark. | Widdow? Charmian, hearke. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.171 | Such eyes the widows in Corioles wear, | Such eyes the Widowes in Carioles were, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.2 | 'Tis I that made thy widows. Many an heir | 'Tis I that made thy Widdowes: Many an heyre |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.153 | Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, | Hath widdowed and vnchilded many a one, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.5 | He purposed to his wife's sole son, a widow | He purpos'd to his wiues sole Sonne, a Widdow |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.233 | If, once a widow, ever I be wife! | If once a Widdow, euer I be Wife. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.68 | grace, I am a poor widow of Eastcheap, and he is | Grace, I am a poore widdow of Eastcheap, and he is |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.81 | widow to so rough a course to come by her own? | Widdowe to so rough a course, to come by her owne? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.57 | He was so suffered; so came I a widow, | He was so suffer'd; so came I a Widow: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.158 | And she a mourning widow of her nobles, | And shee a mourning Widdow of her Nobles, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.285 | That shall fly with them: for many a thousand widows | That shall flye with them: for many a thousand widows |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.106 | Turning the widows' tears, the orphans' cries, | Turning the Widdowes Teares, the Orphans Cryes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.188 | To wring the widow from her customed right, | To wring the Widdow from her custom'd right, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.19 | Had left no mourning widows for our death; | Hed left no mourning Widdowes for our death, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.16 | Widow, we will consider of your suit; | Widow, we will consider of your suit, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.21 | Ay, widow? Then I'll warrant you all your lands, | I Widow? then Ile warrant you all your Lands, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.26 | How many children hast thou, widow? Tell me. | How many Children hast thou, Widow? tell me. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.33 | Lords, give us leave; I'll try this widow's wit. | Lords giue vs leaue, Ile trye this Widowes wit. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.82 | The widow likes him not; she knits her brows. | The Widow likes him not, shee knits her Browes. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.93 | Sweet widow, by my state I swear to thee | Sweet Widow, by my State I sweare to thee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.99 | You cavil, widow; I did mean my queen. | You cauill, Widow, I did meane my Queene. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.102 | Thou art a widow and thou hast some children; | Thou art a Widow, and thou hast some Children, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.110 | The widow likes it not, for she looks very sad. | The Widow likes it not, for shee lookes very sad. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.123 | Widow, go you along. Lords, use her honourably. | Widow goe you along: Lords vse her honourable. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.227 | Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly, | Tell him, in hope hee'l proue a widower shortly, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.99 | ‘ Tell him, in hope he'll prove a widower shortly, | Tell him, in hope hee'le proue a Widower shortly, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.39 | And many an old man's sigh, and many a widow's, | And many an old mans sighe, and many a Widdowes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.71.1 | And widow to Prince Arthur. | And Widdow to Prince Arthur. |
| King John | KJ II.i.32 | O, take his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks, | O take his mothers thanks, a widdows thanks, |
| King John | KJ II.i.305 | Many a widow's husband grovelling lies, | Many a widdowes husband groueling lies, |
| King John | KJ II.i.548 | This widow-lady? In her right we came, | This widdow Lady? In her right we came, |
| King John | KJ III.i.14 | A widow, husbandless, subject to fears, | A widdow, husbandles, subiect to feares, |
| King John | KJ III.i.108 | A widow cries; be husband to me, heavens. | A widdow cries, be husband to me (heauens) |
| King John | KJ III.iv.105 | My widow-comfort, and my sorrows' cure! | My widow-comfort, and my sorrowes cure. |
| King John | KJ V.ii.17 | To be a widow-maker! O, and there | To be a widdow-maker: oh, and there |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.84 | But being widow, and my Gloucester with her, | But being widdow, and my Glouster with her, |
| King Lear | KL V.i.59 | If both remain alive. To take the widow | If both remaine aliue: To take the Widdow, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.5 | New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows | New Widdowes howle, new Orphans cry, new sorowes |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.188 | A tapster, a poor widow's tapster. | A Tapster, a poore widdowes Tapster. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.175 | A widow, then? | A Widow then? |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.177 | Why, you are nothing then. Neither maid, widow, | Why you are nothing then: neither Maid, Widow, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.180 | neither maid, widow, nor wife. | neither Maid, Widow, nor Wife. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.421 | We do instate and widow you with all, | We doe en-state, and widow you with all, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.150 | Alas, fifteen wives is nothing; eleven widows and nine | alas, fifteene wiues is nothing, a leuen widdowes and nine |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.310 | Will live as maids and widows. Come away, | Will liue as maids and widdowes; come away, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.157 | I have a widow aunt, a dowager, | I haue a Widdow Aunt, a dowager, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.72 | in monument than the bell rings and the widow weeps. | in monuments, then the Bels ring, & the Widdow weepes. |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.43 | To God, the widow's champion and defence. | To heauen, the widdowes Champion to defence |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.81 | The jealous o'erworn widow and herself, | The iealous ore-worne Widdow, and her selfe, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.109 | Were it to call King Edward's widow sister, | Were it to call King Edwards Widdow, Sister, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.248 | And made her widow to a woeful bed? | And made her Widdow to a wofull Bed? |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.55 | Thou art a widow; yet thou art a mother, | Thou art a Widdow: yet thou art a Mother, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.65 | Your widow-dolour likewise be unwept! | Your widdow-dolour, likewise be vnwept. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.77 | Was never widow had so dear a loss. | Was neuer widdow had so deere a losse. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.184 | A beauty-waning and distressed widow, | A Beautie-waining, and distressed Widow, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.72 | For making me, so young, so old a widow! | For making me, so young, so old a Widow: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.98 | For happy wife, a most distressed widow; | For happy Wife, a most distressed Widdow: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.65 | and his beauteous sisters. The lady widow of Utruvio. | and his beautious sisters: the Lady widdow of Vtruuio, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.135 | But I, a maid, die maiden-widowed. | But I a Maid, die Maiden widowed. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.124 | Her widowhood – be it that she survive me – | Her widdow-hood, be it that she suruiue me |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.37 | I will be married to a wealthy widow | I wil be married to a wealthy Widdow, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.50 | I'faith, he'll have a lusty widow now, | I'faith hee'l haue a lustie Widdow now, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.78 | Have to my widow! And if she be froward, | Haue to my Widdow, and if she froward, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.1.3 | Katherina, Hortensio with the Widow; followed by | Grumio, and Widdow: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.7 | And thou, Hortensio, with thy loving widow, | And thou Hortentio with thy louing Widdow: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.16 | Now, for my life, Hortensio fears his widow. | Now for my life Hortentio feares his Widow. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.24 | My widow says thus she conceives her tale. | My Widdow saies, thus she conceiues her tale. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.25 | Very well mended. Kiss him for that, good widow. | Verie well mended: kisse him for that good Widdow. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.34 | To her, widow! | To her Widdow. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.48 | Exeunt Bianca, Katherina, and Widow | Exit Bianca. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.118.1 | Enter Katherina with Bianca and Widow | Enter Kate, Bianca, and Widdow. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.78 | Not since widow Dido's time. | Not since widdow Dido's time. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.79 | Widow? A pox o' that! How came that widow | Widow? A pox o'that: how came that Widdow |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.80 | in? Widow Dido! | in? Widdow Dido! |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.81 | What if he had said ‘ widower Aeneas ’ too? | What if he had said Widdower Aeneas too? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.83 | ‘ Widow Dido,’ said you? You make me study of | Widdow Dido said you? You make me study of |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.102 | Bate, I beseech you, widow Dido. | Bate (I beseech you) widdow Dido. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.103 | O, widow Dido? Ay, widow Dido. | O Widdow Dido? I, Widdow Dido. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.135 | More widows in them of this business' making | Mo widdowes in them of this businesse making, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.39 | That makes the wappened widow wed again – | That makes the wappen'd Widdow wed againe; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.74.2 | O, no knees, none, widow; | O no knees, none Widdow, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.166 | Let us be widows to our woes; delay | Let us be Widdowes to our woes, delay |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.81 | The ears of heavenly justice; widows' cries | The eares of heav'nly Iustice: widdows cryes |