| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.185 | Under the gods, keep you in awe, which else | (Vnder the Gods) keepe you in awe, which else |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.63 | After the Danish sword, and thy free awe | After the Danish Sword, and thy free awe |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.211 | O, that that earth which kept the world in awe | Oh, that that earth, which kept the world in awe, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.177 | That doth with awe and terror kneel to it! | That doth with awe, and terror kneele to it. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.225 | France being ours, we'll bend it to our awe, | France being ours, wee'l bend it to our Awe, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.240 | Creating awe and fear in other men? | Creating awe and feare in other men? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.39 | Thy wife is proud; she holdeth thee in awe | Thy Wife is prowd, she holdeth thee in awe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.90 | How France and Frenchmen might be kept in awe? | How France and Frenchmen might be kept in awe, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.96 | In awe of such a thing as I myself. | In awe of such a Thing, as I my selfe. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.123 | And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world | And that same Eye, whose bend doth awe the World, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.52 | Shall Rome stand under one man's awe? What, Rome? | Shall Rome stand vnder one mans awe? What Rome? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.132 | Will overbear and awe these dear regards, | Will ouerbeare and awe these deare regards, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.14 | Wrench awe from fools, and tie the wiser souls | Wrench awe from fooles, and tye the wiser soules |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.188 | The attribute to awe and majesty, | The attribute to awe and Maiestie, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.266 | stare him out of his wits. I will awe him with my cudgel; | stare him out of his wits: I will awe-him with my cudgell: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.233 | and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a | and sentences, and these paper bullets of the braine awe a |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.36 | To keep her still and men in awe, | To keepe her still, and men in awe: |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.118 | Now by my sceptre's awe I make a vow | Now by my Scepters awe, I make a vow, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.311 | Devised at first to keep the strong in awe. | Deuis'd at first to keepe the strong in awe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.17 | Domestic awe, night-rest, and neighbourhood, | Domesticke awe, Night-rest, and Neighbour-hood, |