| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.194 | Nor would I have him till I do deserve him, | Nor would I haue him, till I doe deserue him, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.47 | you than you have or will to deserve at my hand, but we | you, then you haue or will to deserue at my hand, but we |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.290 | drums! Only to seem to deserve well, and to beguile the | drummes, onely to seeme to deserue well, and to beguile the |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.34 | And did deserve his change. For what I have conquered, | And did deserue his change: for what I haue conquer'd, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.35 | Why should I not? Doth he not deserve well? | Why should I not? doth he not deserue well? |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.82 | the wagging of your beards; and your beards deserve not | the wagging of your Beards, and your Beards deserue not |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.113 | Than crave the hire which first we do deserve. | Then craue the higher, which first we do deserue. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.156 | We pray the gods he may deserve your loves. | We pray the Gods, he may deserue your loues. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.51 | Let me deserve so ill as you, and make me | Let me deserue so ill as you, and make me |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.125 | Did not deserve corn gratis. Being i'th' war, | Did not deserue Corne gratis. Being i'th' Warre, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.112 | Deserve such pity of him as the wolf | Deserue such pitty of him, as the Wolfe |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.207 | Come, enter with us. Ladies, you deserve | Come enter with vs: Ladies you deserue |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.116 | deserve more; a punishment too. | deserue more; a punishment too. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.54 | Doth ill deserve by doing well: what's worse, | Doth ill deserue, by doing well: what's worse |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.130 | Many dream not to find, neither deserve, | Many Dreame not to finde, neither deserue, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.530 | they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty. Take | they deserue, the more merit is in your bountie. Take |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.84 | Shall better speak of you than you deserve. | Shall better speake of you, then you deserue. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.89 | And doth deserve a coronet of gold. | And doth deserue a Coronet of Gold. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.93 | That, to deserve well at my brother's hands, | That to deserue well at my Brothers hands, |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.7 | The subject will deserve it. Such as give | The Subiect will deserue it. Such as giue |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.100 | Your grace must needs deserve all strangers' loves, | Your Grace must needs deserue all strangers loues, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.113.1 | He will deserve more. | He will deserue more. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.101.1 | Deserve we no more reverence? | Deserue we no more Reuerence? |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.136 | I hope she will deserve well – and a little | I hope she will deserue well; and a little |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.143 | And now I should not lie – but will deserve, | (And now I should not lye) but will deserue |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.26.1 | Deserve our better wishes. | Deserue our better wishes. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.138 | This good man – few of you deserve that title – | This good man (few of you deserue that Title) |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.164 | In such an honour. How may I deserve it, | In such an honour: how may I deserue it, |
| King John | KJ III.i.50 | Become thy great birth, nor deserve a crown. | Become thy great birth, nor deserue a Crowne. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.60 | That he which finds him shall deserve our thanks, | That he which finds him shall deserue our thankes, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.25 | Thou mightst deserve or they impose this usage, | Thou might'st deserue, or they impose this vsage, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.61 | Vows for thee broke deserve not punishment. | Vowes for thee broke deserue not punishment. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.207 | Are pick-purses in love, and we deserve to die. | Are picke-purses in Loue, and we deserue to die. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.15 | You may deserve of him, through me; and wisdom | You may discerne of him through me, and wisedome |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.27 | Thou dost deserve enough and yet enough | Thou doost deserue enough, and yet enough |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.31 | As much as I deserve? Why that's the lady! | As much as I deserue, why that's the Lady. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.32 | I do in birth deserve her, and in fortunes, | I doe in birth deserue her, and in fortunes, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.34 | But more than these, in love I do deserve. | But more then these, in loue I doe deserue. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.59 | Did I deserve no more than a fool's head? | Did I deserue no more then a fooles head, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.169 | Sir, I know not how I may deserve to be your | Sir, I know not how I may deserue to bee your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.78 | Keep in that mind – I'll deserve it. | Keepe in that minde, Ile deserue it. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.143 | be your jest; I deserve it. (To John and Robert) How now? | be your iest, / I deserue it: How now? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.130 | When at your hands did I deserve this scorn? | When at your hands did I deserue this scorne? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.133 | Deserve a sweet look from Demetrius' eye, | Deserue a sweete looke from Demetrius eye, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.45 | Deserve as full as fortunate a bed | Deserue as full as fortunate a bed, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.47 | O god of love! I know he doth deserve | O God of loue! I know he doth deserue, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.115 | For others say thou dost deserve, and I | For others say thou dost deserue, and I |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.258 | Ah, how much might the man deserve of me | Ah, how much might the man deserue of mee |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.1 | Pray thee, sweet Mistress Margaret, deserve | Praie thee sweete Mistris Margaret, deserue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.29 | How pitiful I deserve – | how pittifull I deserue. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.184 | On, good Roderigo, I'll deserve your pains. | On good Rodorigo, I will deserue your paines. |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.19 | Marshal the rest as they deserve their grace. | Martiall the rest, as they deserue their grace. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.193 | Did not the one deserve to have an heir? | Did not the one deserue to haue an heyre? |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.199 | As my true service shall deserve your love. | As my true seruice shall deserue your loue. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.200 | Well you deserve. They well deserve to have | Well you deseru'd: / They well deserue to haue, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.222.2 | 'Tis more than you deserve; | 'Tis more then you deserue: |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.95 | Deserve not worse than wretched Clarence did, | Deserue not worse then wretched Clarence did, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.37 | 'Tis more than we deserve or I expect. | 'Tis more then we deserue, or I expect. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.59 | I pray you all, tell me what they deserve | I pray you all, tell me what they deserue, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.415 | Not my deserts, but what I will deserve; | Not my deserts, but what I will deserue: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.21 | We were not all unkind, nor all deserve | We were not all vnkinde, nor all deserue |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.34 | To serve and to deserve my mistress' grace, | To serue, and to deserue my Mistris grace, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.80 | Good fool, as ever thou wilt deserve well at | Good foole, as euer thou wilt deserue well at |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.82 | Only deserve my love by loving him; | Onely deserue my loue, by louing him, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.42 | If you deserve well, sir, I shall soon see't. | If you deserve well Sir; I shall soone see't: |