| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.168 | What great creation and what dole of honour | What great creation, and what dole of honour |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.121 | such pitiful dole over them that all the beholders take | such pittiful dole ouer them, that all the beholders take |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.13 | In equal scale weighing delight and dole, | In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.93 | In obstinate condolement is a course | In obstinate Condolement, is a course |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.11 | with some three or four, comes in again, seem to condole | with some two orthree Mutes comes in againe, seeming to lament |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.75 | Now, my masters, happy man be his dole, say | Now my Masters, happy man be his dole, say |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.169 | That in the dole of blows your son might drop. | That in the dole of blowes, your Son might drop. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.192 | Then death rock me asleep, abridge my doleful days! | then Death rocke me asleepe, abridge my dolefull dayes: |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.122 | Let us condole the knight; for, lambkins, we will live. | Let vs condole the Knight, for (Lambekins) we will liue. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.106 | And I must sing of doleful accidents. | and I must sing of dolefull accidents, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.22 | Who chants a doleful hymn to his own death, | Who chaunts a dolefull hymne to his owne death, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.63 | dole. They can tell you how things go better than I can. | dole, they can tell you how things go, better then I can: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.24 | move storms. I will condole, in some measure. To the | mooue stormes; I will condole in some measure. To the |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.270 | What dreadful dole is here? | What dreadful dole is heere? |
| Pericles | Per II.i.151 | of the waters. There are certain condolements, certain | of the Waters: there are certaine Condolements, certaine |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.27 | The motto thus in Spanish, Piu per dolcera che per forza. | The motto thus in Spanish. Pue per doleera kee per forsa. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.42 | Omit we all their dole and woe. | Omit we all their dole and woe: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.126 | And doleful dumps the mind oppress, | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.137 | afresh. Sweet Bianca! Happy man be his dole. He that | afresh: Sweet Bianca, happy man be his dole: hee that |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.v.3 | Our dole more deadly looks than dying; | Our dole more deadly lookes than dying |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.163 | You will? Why, happy man be's dole! My brother, | You will: why happy man be's dole. My Brother |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.190 | love a ballad but even too well, if it be doleful matter | loue a ballad but euen too well, if it be dolefull matter |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.260 | Here's one to a very doleful tune, how a | Here's one, to a very dolefull tune, how a |