| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.56 | To come thus was I not constrained, but did it | To come thus was I not constrain'd, but did it |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.59 | Does pity, as constrained blemishes, | Does pitty, as constrained blemishes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.47 | Whereto constrained by her infirmity, | Whereto constrain'd by her infirmitie, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.15 | Desired more than constrained: to satisfy, | Desir'd, more then constrain'd, to satisfie |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.141 | I am glad to be constrained to utter that | I am glad to be constrain'd to vtter that |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.196 | And they did fight with queasiness, constrained, | And they did fight with queasinesse, constrain'd |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.7 | Constrained to watch in darkness, rain, and cold. | Constrain'd to watch in darknesse, raine, and cold. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.143 | Suppose, my lords, he did it unconstrained, | Suppose, my Lords, he did it vnconstrayn'd, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.102 | Is to surrender ere he be constrained. | Is to surrender ere he be constraynd. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.13 | And none serve with him but constrained things | And none serue with him, but constrained things, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.22 | Will you with free and unconstrained soul | Will you with free and vnconstrained soule |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.176 | Inhuman traitors, you constrained and forced. | Iuhumaine Traytors, you constrain'd and for'st. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.64 | constrained in't to call thee knave, knight. | constrain'd in't, to call thee knaue, Knight. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.65 | 'Tis not the first time I have constrained | 'Tis not the first time I haue constrained |