| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.10 | Approved so to your majesty, may plead | Approu'd so to your Maiesty, may pleade |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.223 | There is a remedy, approved, set down, | There is a remedie, approu'd, set downe, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.13 | For you have showed me that which well approves | For you haue shew'd me that which well approues |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.60 | That he approves the common liar, who | that hee approues the common / Lyar, who |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.149 | Nay, blush not, Cleopatra. I approve | Nay blush not Cleopatra, I approue |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.103 | Till I have used the approved means I have, | Till I haue vs'd the approoued meanes I haue, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.8 | Does not approve me further, who was wont | Do's not approue me further, who was wont |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.9 | favour is well approved by your tongue. What's the news | Fauour is well appear'd by your Tongue. What's the Newes |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.25 | To their approvers they are people such | To their Approuers, they are People, such |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.380 | Thou dost approve thyself the very same: | Thou doo'st approue thy selfe the very same: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.245 | Which must approve thee honest. ‘ If Pisanio | Which must approue thee honest. If Pasanio |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.29 | He may approve our eyes and speak to it. | He may approue our eyes, and speake to it. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.134 | would not much approve me. Well, sir? | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.54 | That ever valiant and approved Scot, | That euer-valiant and approoued Scot, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.9 | Nay, task me to my word, approve me, lord. | Nay, taske me to my word: approue me Lord. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.161 | say of wax, my growth would approve the truth. | say of wax, my growth would approue the truth. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.191 | and singing of anthems. To approve my youth further, | and singing of Anthemes. To approue my youth farther, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.69 | Approves her fit for none but for a king; | Approues her fit for none, but for a King. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.22 | He be approved in practice culpable. | He be approu'd in practise culpable. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.74 | I shall not fail t' approve the fair conceit | I shall not faile t'approue the faire conceit |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.48 | And will approve fair Isabel's descent, | And will approue faire Issabells discent, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.118 | Ay, that approves thee, tyrant, what thou art: | I that approues thee tyrant what thou art, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.184 | And your large speeches may your deeds approve | And your large speeches,may your deeds approue, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.158 | Good King, that must approve the common saw, | Good King, that must approue the common saw, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.178 | I know't – my sister's. This approves her letter | I know't, my Sisters: this approues her Letter, |
| King Lear | KL III.v.9 | to be just! This is the letter he spoke of, which approves | to be iust? This is the Letter which hee spoake of; which approues |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.4 | The temple-haunting martlet, does approve | The Temple-haunting Barlet does approue, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.79 | Will bless it and approve it with a text, | Will blesse it, and approue it with a text, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.74 | On whose eyes I might approve | One whose eyes I might approue |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.351 | noble strain, of approved valour and confirmed honesty. | noble straine, of approued valour, and confirm'd honesty, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.42 | Not to knit my soul to an approved wanton. | Not to knit my soule to an approued wanton. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.297 | Is he not approved in the height a villain that | Is a not approued in the height a villaine, that |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.11 | But the main article I do approve | But the maine Article I do approue |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.77 | My very noble and approved good masters, | My very Noble, and approu'd good Masters; |
| Othello | Oth II.i.44 | That so approve the Moor! O, let the heavens | That so approoue the Moore: Oh let the Heauens |
| Othello | Oth II.i.49 | Of very expert and approved allowance; | Of verie expert, and approu'd Allowance; |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.58 | If consequence do but approve my dream, | If Consequence do but approue my dreame, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.205 | And he that is approved in this offence, | And he that is approu'd in this offence, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.303 | I have well approved it, sir. I drunk! | I haue well approued it, Sir. I drunke? |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.18 | So would not I: my love doth so approve him | So would not I: my loue doth so approue him, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.49 | Let nobody blame him; his scorn I approve – | Let no body blame him, his scorne I approue. |
| Pericles | Per II.i.51 | All that may men approve or men detect! – | All that may men approue, or men detect. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.112 | Both to defend himself and to approve | Both to defend himselfe, and to approue |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.44 | To more approved service and desert. | To more approued seruice, and desert. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.7 | My trusty servant well approved in all, | My trustie seruant well approu'd in all, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.3 | My best beloved and approved friend, | My best beloued and approued friend |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.35 | And that my sword upon thee shall approve, | And that my sword vpon thee shall approue, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.1 | Approved warriors and my faithful friends, | Approued warriours, and my faithfull Friends, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.172 | Approve their truths by Troilus; when their rhymes, | Approue their truths by Troylus, when their rimes, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.54 | I think nobly of the soul, and no way approve | I thinke nobly of the soule, and no way aproue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.43 | O, 'tis the curse in love, and still approved, | Oh 'tis the curse in Loue, and still approu'd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.65 | Was then of me approved, what not, condemned, | Was then of me approov'd, what not condemd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.95 | I have seen it approved, how many times I know not, | I have seene it approved, how many times / I know not, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.27 | they are in losing them when they have approved their | they are in loosing them, when they haue approued their |