| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.292 | She does abuse our ears. To prison with her. | She does abuse our eares, to prison with her. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.43 | Do not abuse my master's bounty by | do not abuse my Masters bounty, by |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.131 | Must not in haste abuse – if it be true, | Must not in haste abuse) if it be true, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.351 | Unless my sins abuse my divination – | (Vnlesse my sinnes abuse my Diuination) |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.49 | Or is it some abuse, and no such thing? | Or is it some abuse? Or no such thing? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.27 | Would turn their own perfection to abuse, | Would turne their owne Perfection, to Abuse, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.307 | wilful abuse, and then I know how to handle you. | wilfull abuse, and then I know how to handle you. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.308 | No abuse, Hal, o' mine honour, no abuse. | No abuse (Hall) on mine Honor, no abuse. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.311 | No abuse, Hal. | No abuse (Hal.) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.312 | No abuse? | No abuse? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.313 | No abuse, Ned, i'th' world, honest Ned, none. | No abuse (Ned) in the World: honest Ned none. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.318 | for it. No abuse, Hal; none, Ned, none: no, faith, boys, | for it. No abuse (Hal:) none (Ned) none; no Boyes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.13 | Would he abuse the countenance of the king? | Would hee abuse the Countenance of the King, |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.32 | Th' abuse of distance, force a play. | Th' abuse of distance; force a play: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.49 | It was ourself thou didst abuse. | It was our selfe thou didst abuse. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.66 | Victorious Talbot, pardon my abuse. | Victorious Talbot, pardon my abuse, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.69 | And give him chastisement for this abuse. | And giue him chasticement for this abuse. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.41 | Yes, your renowned name; shall flight abuse it? | Yes, your renowned Name: shall flight abuse it? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.40 | In thine own person answer thy abuse. | In thine owne person answere thy abuse. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.92 | Knowing how hardly I can brook abuse? | Knowing how hardly I can brooke abuse? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.172 | Or wherefore dost abuse it, if thou hast it? | Or wherefore doest abuse it, if thou hast it? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.188 | Did I let pass th' abuse done to my niece? | Did I let passe th' abuse done to my Neece? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.13 | That they'll take no offence at our abuse. | That they'le take no offence at our abuse. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.18 | Th' abuse of greatness is when it disjoins | Th'abuse of Greatnesse, is, when it dis-ioynes |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.115 | The sufferance of our souls, the time's abuse – | The sufferance of our Soules, the times Abuse; |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.77 | Do not abuse me. | Do not abuse me. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.50 | Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse | Nature seemes dead, and wicked Dreames abuse |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.194 | goes about to abuse me. | goes about to abuse me. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.203 | This is a strange abuse. Let's see thy face. | This is a strange abuse: Let's see thy face. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.245 | To find out this abuse, whence 'tis derived. | To finde out this abuse, whence 'tis deriu'd. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.3 | John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, | Iohn Falstoffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.iii.7 | My husband will not rejoice so much at the abuse of | my husband will not reioyce so much at the abuse of |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.389 | After some time, to abuse Othello's ear | After some time, to abuse Othello's eares, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.297 | Abuse him to the Moor in the rank garb – | Abuse him to the Moore, in the right garbe |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.13 | Remove your thought: it doth abuse your bosom. | Remoue your thought. It doth abuse your bosome: |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.59 | That there be women do abuse their husbands | That there be women do abuse their husbands |
| Othello | Oth V.i.123.1 | As you that thus abuse me. | As you that thus abuse me. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.127 | As with foul incest to abuse your soul; | As with foule Incest to abuse your soule: |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.38 | They do abuse the king that flatter him, | They doe abuse the King that flatter him, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.16 | Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. | Reuolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.112 | Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me, | Or some inchanted triflle to abuse me, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.52 | Hang him, he'll abuse us! | Hang him, hee'l abuse vs. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.110 | A ring in chase of you. So did I abuse | A Ring in chace of you. So did I abuse |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.89 | Abuse young lays of love. What godlike power | Abuse yong laies of love; what godlike power |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.350 | Interpretation should abuse and call this | Interpretation should abuse, and call this |