| 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. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.296 | Who hath abused me as he knows himself, | Who hath abus'd me as he knowes himselfe, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.33 | That he his high authority abused, | That he his high Authority abus'd, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.86 | Nothing more dear to me. You are abused | Nothing more deere to me: You are abus'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.108 | And by a gem of women, to be abused | And by a Iem of women, to be abus'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.43 | Do not abuse my master's bounty by | do not abuse my Masters bounty, by |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.346 | that abuses our young plants with carving ‘ Rosalind ’ on | that abuses our yong plants with caruing Rosalinde on |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.79 | None could be so abused in sight as he. | None could be so abus'd in sight as hee. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.198 | madness, that blind rascally boy that abuses everyone's | madnesse, that blinde rascally boy, that abuses euery ones |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.199 | That hath abused and dishonoured me | That hath abused and dishonored me, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.58 | The people are abused. Set on. This paltering | The People are abus'd: set on, this paltring |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.86 | He hath abused your powers. | He hath abus'd your Powers. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.111 | You are a great deal abused in too bold a persuasion, | You are a great deale abus'd in too bold a perswasion, |
| 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 II.iii.148.2 | You have abused me: | You haue abus'd me: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.104 | Didst undertake it? Why hast thou abused | Didd'st vndertake it? Why hast thou abus'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.122 | But that my master is abused: some villain, | But that my Master is abus'd. Some Villaine, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.351 | Unless my sins abuse my divination – | (Vnlesse my sinnes abuse my Diuination) |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.38 | Rankly abused. But know, thou noble youth, | Rankly abus'd: But know thou Noble youth, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.601 | Abuses me to damn me. I'll have grounds | Abuses me to damne me. Ile haue grounds |
| 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 1 | 1H4 I.ii.154 | thief, for the poor abuses of the time want countenance. | theefe; for the poore abuses of the time, want countenance. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.81 | Cries out upon abuses, seems to weep | Cryes out vpon abuses, seemes to weepe |
| 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 III.vi.108 | French upbraided or abused in disdainful language; | French vpbrayded or abused in disdainefull Language; |
| 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. |
| Henry VIII | H8 epilogue.6 | Abused extremely, and to cry ‘ That's witty!’ – | Abus'd extreamly, and to cry that's witty, |
| 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 Edward III | E3 III.ii.71 | Here, if you stay, your wives will be abused, | Here if you staie your wiues will be abused, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.49 | When most of all abuses are controlled, | When most of all abuses are controld, |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.21 | With checks, as flatteries, when they are seen abused. | |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.147 | To have her gentleman abused, assaulted, | To haue her Gentleman abus'd, assaulted. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.302 | To have his ear abused, wisdom bids fear. | To haue his eare abus'd, wisedome bids feare. |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.90 | O my follies! Then Edgar was abused. | O my Follies! then Edgar was abus'd, |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.22 | The food of thy abused father's wrath! | The food of thy abused Fathers wrath: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.15 | Cure this great breach in his abused nature! | Cure this great breach in his abused Nature, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.53 | I am mightily abused. I should even die with pity | I am mightily abus'd; I should eu'n dye with pitty |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.77 | Do not abuse me. | Do not abuse me. |
| King Lear | KL V.i.11.2 | That thought abuses you. | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.213 | On Navarre and his book-men, for here 'tis abused. | On Nauar and his bookemen, for heere 'tis abus'd. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.50 | Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse | Nature seemes dead, and wicked Dreames abuse |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.141 | Come, we'll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse | Come, wee'l to sleepe: My strange & self-abuse |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.42 | in a commonweal that do nothing but use their abuses | in a Common-weale, that doe nothing but vse their abuses |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.194 | goes about to abuse me. | goes about to abuse me. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.139 | Your royal ear abused. First hath this woman | Your royall eare abus'd: first hath this woman |
| 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. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.340 | treasonable abuses. | treasonable abuses. |
| 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 II.ii.278 | bed shall be abused, my coffers ransacked, my reputation | bed shall be abus'd, my Coffers ransack'd, my reputation |
| 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 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.140 | Should of another therefore be abused! | Should of another therefore be abus'd. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.88 | falsely accused, the Prince and Claudio mightily abused, | falselie accusde, the Prince and Claudio mightilie abusde, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.174 | May be abused? Have you not read, Roderigo, | May be abus'd? Haue you not read Rodorigo, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.74 | Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals | Abus'd her delicate Youth, with Drugs or Minerals, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.78 | For an abuser of the world, a practiser | For an abuser of the World, a practiser |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.60 | She is abused, stolen from me, and corrupted | She is abus'd, stolne from me, and corrupted |
| 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.226 | itself abused, begin to heave the gorge, disrelish and | it selfe abus'd, begin to heaue the, gorge, disrellish and |
| 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 III.iii.146 | To spy into abuses, and of my jealousy | To spy into Abuses, and of my iealousie |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.198 | Out of self-bounty, be abused. Look to't. | Out of selfe-Bounty, be abus'd: Looke too't: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.264 | She's gone: I am abused, and my relief | Shee's gone. I am abus'd, and my releefe |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.333 | I swear 'tis better to be much abused, | I sweare 'tis better to be much abus'd, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.13 | Remove your thought: it doth abuse your bosom. | Remoue your thought. It doth abuse your bosome: |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.138 | The Moor's abused by some most villainous knave, | The Moore's abus'd by some most villanous Knaue, |
| 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, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.136 | The noble Duke hath been too much abused. | The Noble Duke hath been too much abus'd. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.52 | But thus his simple truth must be abused | But thus his simple truth must be abus'd, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.16 | Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. | Reuolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.193 | Nor tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses. | Nor teares, nor prayers shall purchase our abuses. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.29 | Poor soul, thy face is much abused with tears. | Poore soule, thy face is much abus'd with teares. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.97 | Thus strangers may be haled and abused. O | Thus strangers may be haild and abusd: oh |
| 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. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.87 | Good king, to be so mightily abused! | Good King, to be so mightily abused. |
| 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 |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.47 | was never man thus abused. I am no more mad than you | was neuer man thus abus'd, I am no more madde then you |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.88 | abused. I am as well in my wits, fool, as thou art. | abus'd: I am as well in my wits (foole) as thou art. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.19 | friends I am abused. So that, conclusions to be as | friends I am abused: so that conclusions to be as |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.376 | He hath been most notoriously abused. | He hath bene most notoriously abus'd. |
| 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 II.i.141 | You are abused, and by some putter-on | You are abus'd, and by some putter on, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.350 | Interpretation should abuse and call this | Interpretation should abuse, and call this |