| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.311 | Rossillion? An I were not a very coward I'd compel it of | Rossillion, and I were not a verie Coward, I'de compell it of |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.29 | That nature must compel us to lament | That Nature must compell vs to lament |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.145 | But he hath forced us to compel this offer, | But hee hath forc'd vs to compell this Offer, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.101 | That, if requiring fail, he will compel; | That if requiring faile, he will compell. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.158 | You will compel me then to read the will? | You will compell me then to read the Will: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.134 | And what I would not, I'll compel I will, | And what I would not, Ile compell I will, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.252 | encounter acknowledge itself hereafter, it may compel | encounter acknowledge it selfe heereafter, it may compell |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.248 | If she cannot entreat, I can compel. | If she cannot entreate, I can compell. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.249 | Thou canst compel no more than she entreat. | Thou canst compell, no more then she entreate. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.228 | compel her to some second choice. Now, sir, this granted | compell her to some second choice. Now Sir, this granted |