| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.45 | consequence. I have kept of them tame, and know their | consequence: I haue kept of them tame, & know their |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.71 | made thee a tame snake – and say this to her: that if | made thee a tame snake) and say this to her; That if |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.2 | His remedies are tame – the present peace | His remedies are tame, the present peace, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.16 | Be not too tame neither. But let your own discretion | Be not too tame neyther: but let your owne Discretion |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.318 | I am tame, sir. Pronounce. | I am tame Sir, pronounce. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.70 | The heyday in the blood is tame; it's humble, | The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.23 | Their courage with hard labour tame and dull, | Their courage with hard labour tame and dull, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.10 | Who, never so tame, so cherished and locked up, | Who ne're so tame, so cherisht, and lock'd vp, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.94 | He's no swaggerer, hostess, a tame cheater, | Hee's no Swaggerer (Hostesse:) a tame Cheater, hee: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.173 | To tame and havoc more than she can eat. | To tame and hauocke more then she can eate. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.21 | My noble lords; for those that tame wild horses | My Noble Lords; for those that tame wild Horses, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.262 | And make them tame to their obedience. | And make them tame to their obedience. |
| King John | KJ V.ii.74 | And tame the savage spirit of wild war, | And tame the sauage spirit of wilde warre, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.47 | Send quickly down to tame these vile offences, | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.221 | A most poor man made tame to fortune's blows, | A most poore man, made tame to Fortunes blows |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.46 | You could not with more tame a tongue desire it. | You could not with more tame a tongue desire it: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.138 | yet to be what I would not shall not make me tame. If I | yet to be what I would not, shall not make me tame: If I |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.259 | But yet come not. (To Lysander) You are a tame man, go. | But yet come not: you are a tame man, go. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.198 | Come, you, sir; if justice cannot tame you, she | Come you sir, if iustice cannot tame you, shee |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.23 | I'll watch him tame and talk him out of patience; | Ile watch him tame, and talke him out of patience; |
| Pericles | Per II.v.76 | I'll tame you, I'll bring you in subjection. | Ile tame you; Ile bring you in subiection. Aside. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.52 | Yet can I not of such tame patience boast | Yet can I not of such tame patience boast, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.174 | Give me his gage. Lions make leopards tame. | Giue me his gage: Lyons make Leopards tame. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.230 | But that still use of grief makes wild grief tame, | But that still vse of greefe, makes wilde greefe tame, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.269 | For I am he am born to tame you, Kate, | For I am he am borne to tame you Kate, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.305 | How tame, when men and women are alone, | How tame when men and women are alone, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.196 | He that knows better how to tame a shrew, | He that knowes better how to tame a shrew, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.53.1 | Ay, and he'll tame her. | I, and hee'l tame her. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.58 | To tame a shrew and charm her chattering tongue. | To tame a shrew, and charme her chattering tongue. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.68 | him tame, and get to Naples with him, he's a present | him tame, and get to Naples with him, he's a Present |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.75 | can recover him, and keep him tame, I will not take too | can recouer him, and keepe him tame, I will not take too |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.390 | Two curs shall tame each other; pride alone | Two Curres shal tame each other, Pride alone |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.42 | you be made tame, must you? Come your ways, come | you be made tame, must you? come your wayes, come |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.76 | to weep seas, live in fire, eat rocks, tame tigers; | to weepe seas, liue in fire, eate rockes, tame Tygers; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.10 | Made tame and most familiar to my nature; | Made tame, and most familiar to my nature: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.80 | Make tigers tame, and huge leviathans | Make Tygers tame, and huge Leuiathans |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.16 | I know she's his; he has a tongue will tame | I know she's his, he has a Tongue will tame |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.92 | As fat as tame things. One good deed dying tongueless | As fat as tame things: One good deed, dying tonguelesse, |