| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.47 | Subdue my worthiest self. The witch shall die. | Subdue my worthiest selfe: The Witch shall die, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.82 | Which did subdue the greatest part of Spain; | Which did subdue the greatest part of Spaine; |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.98 | Subdue myself, and be my enemies' friend? | Subdue my selfe, and be my enimies friend, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.174 | glory is to subdue men. Adieu, valour; rust, rapier; be | glorie is to subdue men. Adue Valour, rust Rapier, bee |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.78 | He doth with holy abstinence subdue | He doth with holie abstinence subdue |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.81.1 | Subdue him, at his peril. | Subdue him, at his perill. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.112 | Subdue and poison this young maid's affections? | Subdue, and poyson this yong Maides affections? |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.330 | Th' inclining Desdemona to subdue | Th'inclyning Desdemona to subdue |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.59 | 'Twould make her amiable and subdue my father | 'T would make her Amiable, and subdue my Father |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.139 | Subdue before they touch. Think, dear Duke, think | Subdue before they touch, thinke, deere Duke thinke |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.573 | I think affliction may subdue the cheek, | I thinke Affliction may subdue the Cheeke, |