| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.48 | approaches her heart but the tyranny of her sorrows | approches her heart, but the tirrany of her sorrowes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.1 | Nay, come, for if they do approach the city, we | Nay come, / For if they do approach the Citty, / We |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.30 | That approaches apace. I would gladly have | That approaches apace: I would gladly haue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.25 | Th' incensing relics of it. Let him approach | Th' incensing reliques of it. Let him approach |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.35 | Than that which is to approach. | then that which is to approach. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.87 | Here at your service. My lord approaches. | Heere at your seruice. My Lord approaches. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.46 | Makes his approaches to the port of Rome. | Makes his approaches to the Port of Rome, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.45 | The neighs of horse to tell of her approach | The neighes of Horse to tell of her approach, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.52 | Beat th' approaching Caesar. But if we fail, | Beate th'approaching Casar. But if we faile, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.46 | Most noble sir, arise. The Queen approaches. | Most Noble Sir arise, the Queene approaches, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.6.2 | Approach and speak. | Approach, and speake. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.89 | Approach there! – Ah, you kite! Now, gods and devils! | Approch there: ah you Kite. Now Gods & diuels |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.39 | Applauding our approach. | Applauding our approach. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.35 | The soldiers approach Cleopatra from behind | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.322 | Approach, ho! All's not well; Caesar's beguiled. | Approach hoa, / All's not well: Casar's beguild. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.8 | He saves my labour by his own approach. | He saues my labor by his owne approach. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.110 | Who with her head nimble in threats approached | Who with her head, nimble in threats approach'd |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.120 | This seen, Orlando did approach the man, | This seene, Orlando did approach the man, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.43 | Returned so soon? Rather approached too late. | Return'd so soone, rather approacht too late: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.96 | approaches. For the love of Juno, let's go. | approches: for the loue of Iuno let's goe. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.70 | He approaches. You shall hear him. | He approaches, you shall heare him. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.39.1 | But not approached. | But not approach'd. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.150 | Now bind my brows with iron, and approach | Now binde my Browes with Iron and approach |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.64 | Approach me, and thou shalt be as thou wast, | Approach me, and thou shalt be as thou was't |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.9 | For England his approaches makes as fierce | For England his approaches makes as fierce, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.87 | the approach of day. | the approach of day. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.34 | For our approach shall so much dare the field | For our approach shall so much dare the field, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.9 | By whose approach the regions of Artois, | By whose approach, the Regions of Artoys, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.62 | And death approach not ere my tale be done. | And Death approach not, ere my Tale be done. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.17 | The period of thy tyranny approacheth. | The period of thy Tyranny approacheth, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.101 | Approacheth, to confer about some matter. | Approacheth, to conferre about some matter. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.6 | Where death's approach is seen so terrible! | Where death's approach is seene so terrible. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.44 | What's he approacheth boldly to our presence? | What's hee approacheth boldly to our presence? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.239 | Prithee return. With thy approach I know | Prethee returne, with thy approch: I know, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.198 | Should the approach of this wild river break, | Should the approach of this wilde Riuer breake, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.8 | Cranmer approaches the council-table | Cranmer approches the Councell Table. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.111 | For this your royal presence, whose approach | For this your Royall presence, whose approch, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.39 | By which I guess that their approach is near. | By which I gesse that their approch is neare. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.81 | He, with the spider afterward approached, | He with the spider afterward approcht |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.41 | But happily, perceiving your approach, | But happily perceiuing your approch, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.139 | That, night approaching, they might escape unfought. | That night approching, they might escape vnfought. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.32 | With their approach there came this sudden fog, | With their approach there came this sodain fog, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.41 | And kings approach the nearest unto God | And kings approch the nearest vnto God, |
| King John | KJ I.i.47 | Let them approach. | Let them approach: |
| King John | KJ II.i.216 | And but for our approach those sleeping stones, | And but for our approch, those sleeping stones, |
| King John | KJ II.i.313 | King John, your king and England's, doth approach, | King Iohn, your king and Englands, doth approach, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.162 | O sir, when he shall hear of your approach, | O Sir, when he shall heare of your approach, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.62 | Approaching near these eyes, would drink my tears | Approaching neere these eyes, would drinke my teares, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.131 | This apish and unmannerly approach, | This apish and vnmannerly approach, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.161 | Approach, thou beacon to this under globe, | Approach thou Beacon to this vnder Globe, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.93 | powers of the kingdom approach apace. | |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.100 | Call by the trumpet. He that dares approach, | Call by the Trumpet: he that dares approach; |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.24 | No woman may approach his silent court. | No woman may approach his silent Court: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.81 | Navarre had notice of your fair approach, | Nauar had notice of your faire approach, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.83 | Against your peace. Love doth approach disguised, | Against your Peace, Loue doth approach, disguis'd: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.509 | Berowne, they will shame us. Let them not approach. | Berowne, they will shame vs: / Let them not approach. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.879 | Holla! Approach. | Holla, Approach. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.47 | The hearing of my wife with your approach; | The hearing of my Wife, with your approach: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.68 | Approach the chamber and destroy your sight | Approch the Chamber, and destroy your sight |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.7 | To gain the timely inn; and near approaches | To gayne the timely Inne, and neere approches |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.99 | Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, | Approach thou like the rugged Russian Beare, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.67 | I doubt some danger does approach you nearly. | I doubt some danger do's approach you neerely. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.133 | Whither indeed, before thy here-approach, | Whither indeed, before they heere approach |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.16.2 | The time approaches | The time approaches, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.57 | The vaporous night approaches. | The vaporous night approaches. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.397 | For this new-married man approaching here, | For this new-maried man, approaching here, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.123 | glad of his approach. If he have the condition of a saint | glad of his approach: if he haue the condition of a Saint, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.24 | I'll watch as long for you then. Approach. | Ile watch as long for you then: approach |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.88 | To signify th' approaching of his lord, | To signifie th' approaching of his Lord, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.31 | Let her approach. | Let her approach. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.78 | approach, and, in her invention and Ford's wife's | approch: and in her inuention, and Fords wiues |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.22 | Beetles black, approach not near, | Beetles blacke approach not neere; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.381 | At whose approach ghosts wandering here and there | At whose approach Ghosts wandring here and there, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.430 | By day's approach look to be visited. | By daies approach looke to be visited. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.107 | Let him approach. | Let him approach. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.276 | Approach, ye Furies fell. | Approch you Furies fell: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.88 | Don Pedro is approached. | Don Pedro is approach'd. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.33 | They approach the bower | |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.6 | For nothing but his majesty's approach. | For nothing but his Maiesties approach. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.107 | And yours, close fighting ere I did approach. | And yours close fighting ere I did approach, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.8 | As signal that thou hearest something approach. | As signall that thou hearest some thing approach, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.18 | The boy gives warning something doth approach. | The Boy giues warning, something doth approach, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.188 | Approach, my Ariel! Come! | Approach my Ariel. Come. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.49 | Dearly, my delicate Ariel. Do not approach | Dearely, my delicate Ariell: doe not approach |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.75 | Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain. | Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertaine. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.80 | Begins to swell, and the approaching tide | Begins to swell, and the approching tide |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.103 | borrow of your masters, they approach sadly and go | borrow of your Masters, they approach sadly, and go |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.217 | To knaves and all approachers. 'Tis most just | To Knaues, and all approachers: 'Tis most iust |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.162 | Of Alcibiades th' approaches wild, | Of Alcibiades th'approaches wild, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.ii.4 | Present approach. | present approach. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.2 | Our terrible approach. | Our terrible approach. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.43 | Approach the fold and cull th' infected forth, | Approach the Fold, and cull th'infected forth, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.13 | And suffer not dishonour to approach | And suffer not Dishonour to approach |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.109 | and when you come to him, at the first approach you | and when you come to him, at the first approach you |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.72 | Ay, now begins our sorrows to approach. | I, now begins our sorrowes to approach, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.44 | Rouse him, and give him note of our approach, | Rouse him, and giue him note of our approach, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.157 | Let him approach. Call in my gentlewoman. | Let him approach: Call in my Gentlewoman. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.190 | approach rather to wonder at you than to hear you. If | approach rather to wonder at you, then to heare you. If |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.1 | Approach, Sir Andrew. Not to be abed after | Approach Sir Andrew: not to bee a bedde after |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.61 | approaches, curtsies there to me . . . | approaches; curtsies there to me. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.191 | his first approach before my lady. He will come to her in | his first approach before my Lady: hee will come to her in |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.31 | By thy approach thou makest me most unhappy. | By thy approach thou mak'st me most vnhappy. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.32 | And me, when he approacheth to your presence. | And me, when he approcheth to your presence. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.93.2 | Let him approach; | Let him approach; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.50 | Green Neptune into purple, whose approach | Greene Nepture into purple. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.9 | For grey approachers; we come towards the gods | For grey approachers; we come towards the gods |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.84 | The surge that next approaches. He much desires | The surge that next approaches: he much desires |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.86 | (approaching) | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.422 | Where I arrive, and my approach be shunned, | Where I arriue, and my approch be shun'd, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.22 | Like very sanctity, she did approach | Like very sanctity she did approach |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.52.2 | See, your guests approach. | See, your Guests approach, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.213 | Prithee bring him in, and let him approach | Pre'thee bring him in, and let him approach |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.89 | Like to his father's greatness. His approach | Like to his Fathers Greatnesse: his approach |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.99 | 'Tis time: descend; be stone no more; approach; | 'Tis time: descend: be Stone no more: approach: |