| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.148 | My honour's at the stake, which to defeat, | My Honor's at the stake, which to defeate |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.68 | Thou strik'st not me; 'tis Caesar thou defeat'st. | Thou strik'st not me, / 'Tis Casar thou defeat'st. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.65 | She do defeat us. For her life in Rome | She do defeate vs. For her life in Rome, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.98 | Of my defeatures. My decayed fair | Of my defeatures. My decayed faire, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.300 | Have written strange defeatures in my face. | Haue written strange defeatures in my face: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.10 | Have we, as 'twere with a defeated joy, | Haue we, as 'twere, with a defeated ioy, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.568 | A damned defeat was made. Am I a coward? | A damn'd defeate was made. Am I a Coward? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.40 | My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, | My stronger guilt, defeats my strong intent, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.58 | They are not near my conscience. Their defeat | They are not neere my Conscience; their debate |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.107 | Making defeat on the full power of France, | Making defeat on the full Power of France: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.214 | Without defeat. Therefore to France, my liege! | Without defeat. Therefore to France, my Liege, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.162 | if these men have defeated the law, and outrun native | if these men haue defeated the Law, and out-runne Natiue |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.14 | Many sharp reasons to defeat the law. | Many sharpe reasons to defeat the Law. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.92 | Therein, ye gods, you tyrants do defeat. | Therein, yee Gods, you Tyrants doe defeat. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.156 | Thereby to have defeated you and me – | Thereby to haue defeated you and me: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.45 | And made defeat of her virginity – | And made defeat of her virginitie. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.337 | defeat thy favour with an usurped beard. I say, put | defeate thy fauour, with an vsurp'd Beard. I say put |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.159 | And his unkindness may defeat my life, | And his vnkindnesse may defeat my life, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.164 | That your activity may defeat and quell | That your Actiuity may defeate and quell |