| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.9 | In each thing give him way. Cross him in nothing. | In each thing giue him way, crosse him in nothing. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.10 | than bear you: yet I should bear no cross if I did bear | then beare you: yet I should beare no crosse if I did beare |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.128 | You and you no cross shall part; | You and you, no crosse shall part; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.79 | And he will bless that cross with other beating, | And he will blesse yt crosse with other beating: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.197 | O for my beads! I cross me for a sinner. | Oh for my beads, I crosse me for a sinner. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.23.1 | Ere they lacked power to cross you. | Ere they lack'd power to crosse you. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.101 | Whom best I love I cross; to make my gift, | Whom best I loue, I crosse; to make my guift |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.127 | I'll cross it, though it blast me. | Ile crosse it, though it blast me. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.20 | Whose soldier now, under whose blessed cross | Whose Souldier now vnder whose blessed Crosse |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.27 | For our advantage on the bitter cross. | For our aduantage on the bitter Crosse. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.194 | So honour cross it from the north to south, | So Honor crosse it from the North to South, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.26 | razes of ginger, to be delivered as far as Charing Cross. | razes of Ginger, to be deliuered as farre as Charing-crosse. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.331 | liegeman upon the cross of a Welsh hook – what a | Liege-man vpon the Crosse of a Welch-hooke; what a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.141 | Fie, cousin Percy, how you cross my father! | Fie, Cousin Percy, how you crosse my Father. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.166 | When you come 'cross his humour, faith he does. | When you doe crosse his humor: 'faith he does. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.182 | To cross the seas and to be crowned in France. | To crosse the Seas, and to be Crown'd in France: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.52 | Henry the Fifth. Whiles they each other cross, | Henrie the fift: Whiles they each other crosse, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.90 | To cross the seas to England and be crowned | To crosse the Seas to England, and be crown'd |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.115 | I charge thee, waft me safely 'cross the Channel. | I charge thee waft me safely crosse the Channell. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.97 | And then to Brittany I'll cross the sea | And then to Britanny Ile crosse the Sea, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.127 | To cross me from the golden time I look for! | To crosse me from the Golden time I looke for: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.235 | Shall cross the seas and bid false Edward battle; | Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.20 | And bear with mildness my misfortune's cross; | And beare with Mildnesse my misfortunes crosse: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.1.8 | two Priests bearing each a silver cross; then Griffith, | two Priests, bearing each a Siluer Crosse: Then |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.214 | Fit for a fool to fall by! What cross devil | Fit for a Foole to fall by: What crosse Diuell |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.234.2 | Who dare cross 'em, | Who dare crosse 'em, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.50 | And when the cross blue lightning seemed to open | And when the crosse blew Lightning seem'd to open |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.19 | Why do you cross me in this exigent? | Why do you crosse me in this exigent. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.20 | I do not cross you; but I will do so. | I do not crosse you: but I will do so. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.97 | Look not for cross invectives at our hands, | Looke not for crosse inuectiues at our hands, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.210 | But first to England thou must cross the seas, | But first to England thou must crosse the seas, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.35 | Of quick cross lightning? To watch, poor perdu, | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.216 | We cannot cross the cause why we were born; | We cannot crosse the cause why we are borne: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.138 | The effect of my intent is to cross theirs. | The effect of my intent is to crosse theirs: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.159.1 | Where prayers cross. | Where prayers crosse. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.164 | Claudio's, to cross this in the smallest. | Claudio's, to crosse this in the smallest. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.35 | And never dare misfortune cross her foot, | And neuer dare misfortune crosse her foote, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.19 | Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my | Let me say Amen betimes, least the diuell crosse my |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.36 | never else cross me thus. | neuer else crosse me thus. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.136 | O cross! – too high to be enthralled to low. | O crosse! too high to be enthral'd to loue. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.153 | Because it is a customary cross, | Because it is a customarie crosse, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.119 | Why should Titania cross her Oberon? | Why should Titania crosse her Oberon? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.22.1 | Attendants cross the stage, led by Antonio's son, and | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.62 | glory of my overthrow; if I can cross him any way, | glorie of my ouerthrow: if I can crosse him any way, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.3 | Yea, my lord, but I can cross it. | Yea my Lord, but I can crosse it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.4 | Any bar, any cross, any impediment will be | Any barre, any crosse, any impediment, will be |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.7 | evenly with mine. How canst thou cross this marriage? | euenly with mine, how canst thou crosse this marriage? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.136 | broke cross. | broke crosse. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.41 | Which who shall cross? – along to go. | Which who shall crosse along to goe, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.16 | She died at night. I'll say so. Who can cross it? | she dide at night, Ile say so, who can crosse it |
| Pericles | Per V.i.230 | It is not good to cross him; give him way. | It is not good to crosse him, giue him way. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.94 | Streaming the ensign of the Christian cross | Streaming the Ensigne of the Christian Crosse, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.240 | Have here delivered me to my sour cross, | Haue here deliuer'd me to my sowre Crosse, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.10 | And was embarked to cross to Burgundy | And was embark'd to crosse to Burgundy, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.126 | My Lord of York will still be cross in talk. | My Lord of Yorke will still be crosse in talke: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.41 | If thou wilt outstrip death, go cross the seas, | If thou wilt out-strip Death, goe crosse the Seas, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.5 | Which, well thou knowest, is cross and full of sin. | Which well thou know'st, is crosse and full of sin. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.20 | To cross my obsequies and true love's rite? | To crosse my obsequies, and true loues right? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.28 | When did she cross thee with a bitter word? | When did she crosse thee with a bitter word? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.243 | Nor hast thou pleasure to be cross in talk. | Nor hast thou pleasure to be crosse in talke: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.53 | Be cross with him, and I'll go fetch thy sons | Be crosse with him, and Ile goe fetch thy Sonnes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.40 | But Valentine being gone, I'll quickly cross | But Valentine being gon, Ile quickely crosse |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.18 | To cross my friend in his intended drift | To crosse my friend in his intended drift, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.55 | And I will follow, more to cross that love | And I will follow, more to crosse that loue |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.100 | I saw from far off cross her – one of 'em | I saw from farre off crosse her, one of 'em |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.119 | By no mean cross her; she is then distempered | By no meane crosse her, she is then distemperd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.40 | And threaten love, and what young maid dare cross 'em? | And threaten Love, and what yong Mayd dare crosse 'em |