| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.63 | Not much employment for you. You understand | Not much imployement for you, you vnderstand |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.35 | I will employ thee back again. I find thee | I will employ thee backe againe: I finde thee |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.72 | How he's employed. He shall in time be ready. | How hee's imployd: he shall in time be ready. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.70.1 | If you'll employ me to him. | If you'l imploy me to him. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.33 | Marry, sir, be better employed, and be naught a | Marry sir be better employed, and be naught a |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.96 | I will endure, and I'll employ thee too. | I will endure; and Ile employ thee too: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.98 | Than thine own gladness that thou art employed. | Then thine owne gladnesse, that thou art employd. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.104.1 | When't pleased you to employ me. | When't pleas'd you to employ me. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.62 | T' employ you towards this Roman. Come, our queen. | T'employ you towards this Romane. / Come our Queene. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.112 | To lose so bad employment, in the which | To loose so bad employment, in the which |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.111 | undergo those employments wherein I should have | vndergo those Imployments wherin I should haue |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.74 | And his commission to employ those soldiers, | And his Commission to imploy those Soldiers |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.69 | 'Tis e'en so. The hand of little employment | 'Tis ee'n so; the hand of little Imployment |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.57 | Why, man, they did make love to this employment. | Why man, they did make loue to this imployment |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.261 | Your son in Scotland being thus employed, | Your Sonne in Scotland being thus imploy'd, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.498 | For I myself at this time have employed him. | For I my selfe at this time haue imploy'd him: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.73 | not wars? Is there not employment? Doth not the King | not wars? Is there not imployment? Doth not the K. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.127 | employment in the King's affairs. | employment in the Kings Affaires. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.24 | Imply the countenance and grace of heaven | Employ the Countenance, and Grace of Heauen, |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.8 | Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, | Crouch for employment. But pardon, Gentles all: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.69 | I was employed in passing to and fro | I was imploy'd in passing to and fro, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.16 | Employ thee then, sweet virgin, for our good. | Employ thee then, sweet Virgin, for our good. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.72 | I should have begged I might have been employed. | I should haue begg'd I might haue bene employd. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.291 | 'Tis meet that lucky ruler be employed; | 'Tis meet that luckie Ruler be imploy'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.273 | But you, my lord, were glad to be employed, | But you, my Lord, were glad to be imploy'd, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.44 | While you are thus employed, what resteth more | While you are thus imploy'd, what resteth more? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.48 | The Cardinal instantly will find employment, | The Cardnall instantly will finde imployment, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.13.1 | How is the King employed? | How is the King imployd? |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.158 | Employed you where high profits might come home, | Imploy'd you where high Profits might come home, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.153 | Myself, whilst you are jointly thus employed, | Myselfe whilst you are ioyntly thus employd, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.221 | Employ me how thou wilt in proof thereof. | Inploy me how thou wilt in prose therof, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.92 | But if I have been otherwise employed, | But if I haue bin other wise imployd, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.5 | Grudging to be suddenly employed, | Grudging to be soddenly imployd, |
| King John | KJ I.i.96 | Your brother did employ my father much – | Your brother did imploy my father much. |
| King John | KJ I.i.98 | Your tale must be how he employed my mother. | Your tale must be how he employ'd my mother. |
| King John | KJ I.i.198 | At your employment; at your service, sir.’ | At your employment, at your seruice sir: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.226 | Apt, liable to be employed in danger, | Apt, liable to be employ'd in danger, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.127 | On whose employment I was sent to you. | On whose imployment I was sent to you, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.33 | Does not become a sword; thy great employment | Do's not become a Sword, thy great imployment |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.35 | Proud of employment, willingly I go. | Proud of imployment, willingly I goe. Exit. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.6 | hither. I must employ him in a letter to my love. | hither: I must imploy him in a letter to my Loue. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.148 | Stay, slave. I must employ thee. | O stay slaue, I must employ thee: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.134 | unto: Your ladyship's, in all desired employment, | vnto. Your Ladiships in all desired imployment, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.145 | Allons! We will employ thee. | Alone, we will employ thee. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.383 | That I, your vassal, have employed and pained | That I, your vassaile, haue imploid, and pain'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.528 | We shall employ thee in a worthier place. | We shall imploy thee in a worthier place. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.43 | Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts | Be merry, and imploy your chiefest thoughts |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.117 | You cannot better be employed, Bassanio, | You cannot better be employ'd Bassanio, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.127 | made a Jack-a-Lent when 'tis upon ill employment. | made a Iacke-a-Lent, when 'tis vpon ill imployment. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.124 | I must employ you in some business | I must imploy you in some businesse |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.374 | Whiles I in this affair do thee employ | Whiles I in this affaire do thee imply, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.248 | conference with this harpy. You have no employment | conference, with this Harpy: you haue no employment |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.31 | swimmer, Troilus the first employer of panders, and a | swimmer, Troilous the first imploier of pandars, and a |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.48 | Valiant Othello, we must straight employ you | Valiant Othello, we must straight employ you |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.90 | The which he hath detained for lewd employments, | The which he hath detain'd for lewd employments, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.131 | And these, and all, are all amiss employed. | And these, and all, are all amisse imployd. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.37 | You thus employed, I will go root away | You thus imploy'd, I will goe root away |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.108 | And whatsoe'er you will employ me in, | And whatsoe're you will imploy me in, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.36 | When I have most need to employ a friend, | When I haue most need to imploy a Friend, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.180 | Wherein thyself shalt highly be employed. | Wherein thy selfe shalt highly be employ'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.32 | In dear employment. Therefore hence, be gone. | In deare employment, therefore hence be gone: |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.124 | Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employment | Iuno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employment. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.39 | Many a bounteous year must be employed | Many a bounteous yeere, must be imploy'd |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.263 | At duty, more than I could frame employment; | At duty more then I could frame employment; |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.280 | And, Lavinia, thou shalt be employed: | And Lauinia thou shalt be employd in these things: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.40 | Marry, for Justice, she is so employed, | Marrie for iustice she is so imploy'd, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.149 | Tell us, old man, how shall we be employed? | Tell vs old man, how shall we be imploy'd? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.386 | Ajax employed plucks down Achilles' plumes. | Aiax imploy'd, pluckes downe Achilles Plumes. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.40 | You know a sword employed is perilous, | You know, a sword imploy'd is perillous, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.81 | What employment have | What employment haue |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.183 | good capacity and breeding; his employment between | good capacity, and breeding: his employment betweene |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.76 | Come on, Panthino; you shall be employed | Come on Panthino; you shall be imployd, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.3 | There's some great matter she'd employ me in. | Ther's some great matter she'ld employ me in. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.39 | And will employ thee in some service presently. | And will imploy thee in some seruice presently. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.158 | And fit for great employment, worthy lord. | And fit for great employment (worthy Lord.) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.49 | Whom I employed was pre-employed by him. | Whom I employ'd, was pre-employ'd by him: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.373 | Without her love; for her employ them all; | Without her Loue; for her, employ them all, |