| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.160.2 | The greatest grace lending grace, | The greatest grace lending grace, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.279 | Spending his manly marrow in her arms, | Spending his manlie marrow in her armes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.3 | By sending me a letter? Read it again. | By sending me a Letter. Reade it agen. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.135 | Is here attending. Her business looks in her | Is heere attending: her businesse lookes in her |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.73 | Thy master thus: with pleached arms, bending down | Thy Master thus with pleacht Armes, bending downe |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.165 | On whom depending, their obedience fails | On whom depending, their obedience failes |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.37 | strange things from Rome, all tending to the good of | strange things from Rome: all tending to the good of |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.91.1 | Depending on their brands. | Depending on their Brands. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.22 | Is nobler than attending for a check: | Is Nobler, then attending for a checke: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.334 | After your will have crossed the sea, attending | After your will, haue crost the Sea, attending |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.38 | attending Nature's law: | attending Natures Law. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.250 | To temper poisons for her, still pretending | To temper poysons for her, still pretending |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.185 | May do t' express his love and friending to you, | May doe t' expresse his loue and friending to you, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.4 | Our hasty sending. Something have you heard | Our hastie sending. Something haue you heard |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.205 | The passion ending, doth the purpose lose. | The passion ending, doth the purpose lose. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.8 | This sudden sending him away must seem | This sodaine sending him away, must seeme |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.84 | Still ending at the arrival of an hour. | Still ending at the arriuall of an houre, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.44 | And bending forward struck his armed heels | And bending forwards strooke his able heeles |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.81 | Ending with ‘ Brother, son, and all are dead.’ | Ending with Brother, Sonne, and all are dead. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.80 | Yields his engrossments to the ending father. | yeelds his engrossements, / To the ending Father. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.149 | Teacheth this prostrate and exterior bending. | Teacheth this prostrate, and exteriour bending. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.159 | And thus upbraided it: ‘ The care on thee depending | And thus vpbraided it. The Care on thee depending, |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.29 | And whipped th' offending Adam out of him, | And whipt th'offending Adam out of him; |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.247 | Your highness, lately sending into France, | Your Highnesse lately sending into France, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.151 | The King is not bound to answer the particular endings | The King is not bound to answer the particular endings |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.248 | Will it give place to flexure and low bending? | Will it giue place to flexure and low bending? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.29 | I am the most offending soul alive. | I am the most offending Soule aliue. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.58 | From this day to the ending of the world, | From this day to the ending of the World, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.27 | A testament of noble-ending love. | A Testament of Noble-ending-loue: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.341 | Issue to me, that the contending kingdoms | Issue to me, that the contending Kingdomes |
| Henry V | H5 Epil.chorus.2 | Our bending author hath pursued the story, | Our bending Author hath pursu'd the Story, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.35 | And take foul scorn to fawn on him by sending. | And take foule scorne to fawne on him by sending. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.60 | Might liquid tears or heart-offending groans | Might liquid teares, or heart-offending groanes, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.18 | No bending knee will call thee Caesar now, | No bending knee will call thee Casar now, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.224 | That Lewis of France is sending over masquers | That Lewis of France, is sending ouer Maskers |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.94 | That Lewis of France is sending over masquers | That Lewis of France is sending ouer Maskers, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.1.1 | Pursuivants, pages, and others, attending before the | |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.315 | Writings, all tending to the great opinion | Writings, all tending to the great opinion |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.59 | Tending to Caesar's glories, which Mark Antony, | Tending to Casars Glories, which Marke Antony |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.168 | Bending their expedition toward Philippi. | Bending their Expedition toward Philippi. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.133 | That they disdain an ending period. | That they disdaine an ending period. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.9 | And eyeless terror of all-ending night. | And eie lesse terror of all ending night. |
| King John | KJ III.i.47 | Patched with foul moles and eye-offending marks, | Patch'd with foule Moles, and eye-offending markes, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.173 | Offending charity. If but a dozen French | Offending Charity: If but a dozen French |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.65 | Than whereupon our weal, on you depending, | Then, whereupon our weale on you depending, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.5 | Foretell the ending of mortality. | Fore-tell the ending of mortality. |
| King Lear | KL III.i.4 | Contending with the fretful elements: | Contending with the fretfull Elements; |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.105 | Off, off, you lendings! Come, unbutton here. | Off, off you Lendings: Come, vnbutton heere. |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.72 | There is a cliff whose high and bending head | There is a Cliffe, whose high and bending head |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.74 | Opposed against the act, bending his sword | Oppos'd against the act: bending his Sword |
| King Lear | KL IV.iii.54 | Lending me this acquaintance. I pray you | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.1.2 | Katharine, with Boyet and two more attendant | with three attending Ladies, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.19 | In spending your wit in the praise of mine. | In spending your wit in the praise of mine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.97 | A good l'envoy, ending in the goose. Would you | A good Lenuoy, ending in the Goose: would you |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.130 | You chide at him, offending twice as much. | You chide at him, offending twice as much. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.229 | She, an attending star, scarce seen a light. | Shee (an attending Starre) scarce seene a light. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.35.2 | Give him tending: | Giue him tending, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.17 | Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would | Contending 'gainst Obedience, as they would |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.32 | For ending thee no sooner. Thou hast nor youth nor age, | For ending thee no sooner. Thou hast nor youth, nor age |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.147 | Die, perish. Might but my bending down | Die, perish: Might but my bending downe |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.228 | with his comfort, swallowed his vows whole, pretending | with his comfort: swallowed his vowes whole, pretending |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.25 | So stinkingly depending? Go mend, go mend. | So stinkingly depending? Go mend, go mend. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.99 | depending on the caskets. | depending on the Caskets. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.141 | Like one of two contending in a prize, | Like one of two contending in a prize |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.178 | And swear I lost the ring defending it. | And sweare I lost the Ring defending it. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.263 | Why, this is like the mending of highways | Why this is like the mending of high waies |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.72 | Buckled below fair knighthood's bending knee. | Buckled below faire Knight-hoods bending knee; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.20 | God's sending that way; for it is said, ‘ God sends a curst | Gods sending that way: for it is said, God sends a curst |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.224 | and can put them to mending. They say the lady is fair; | and can put them to mending: they say the Lady is faire, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.39 | rhyme; very ominous endings. No, I was not born under | time: verie ominous endings, no, I was not borne vnder |
| Othello | Oth I.i.51 | Keep yet their hearts attending on themselves, | Keepe yet their hearts attending on themselues, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.80 | The very head and front of my offending | The verie head, and front of my offending, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.233 | Most humbly, therefore, bending to your state, | Most humbly therefore bending to your State, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.128.1 | From good descending? | from good discending. |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.17 | So on your patience evermore attending, | So on your Patience euermore attending, |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.18 | New joy wait on you! Here our play has ending. | New ioy wayte on you, heere our play has ending. |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.89 | In name of lendings for your highness' soldiers, | In name of lendings for your Highnesse Soldiers, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.23 | To prove him, in defending of myself, | To proue him (in defending of my selfe) |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.116 | Attending but the signal to begin. | Attending but the signall to begin. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.73 | To watch the fearful bending of thy knee | To watch the fearefull bending of thy knee, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.32 | Give some supportance to the bending twigs. | Giue some supportance to the bending twigges. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.111 | Ascend his throne, descending now from him, | Ascend his Throne, descending now from him, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.18 | Thoughts tending to ambition, they do plot | Thoughts tending to Ambition, they do plot |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.23 | Thoughts tending to content flatter themselves | Thoughts tending to Content, flatter themselues, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.78 | Even to the general all-ending day. | Euen to the generall ending day. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.8 | Intending deep suspicion, ghastly looks | Intending deepe suspition, gastly Lookes |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.95 | Where be the bending peers that flattered thee? | Where be the bending Peeres that flattered thee? |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.80.3 | and others attending | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.166 | Like softest music to attending ears! | Like softest Musicke to attending eares. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.51 | Beshrew your heart for sending me about | Beshrew your heart for sending me about |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.158 | What is she but a foul contending rebel | What is she but a foule contending Rebell, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.174 | For kissing of their feet; yet always bending | For kissing of their feete; yet alwaies bending |
| The Tempest | Tem epilogue.15 | And my ending is despair, | And my ending is despaire, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.1.2 | in; Flavius and others attending; and then enter | in: and then, Enter |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.215 | And so, intending other serious matters, | And so intending other serious matters, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.33 | to that lord; he's ever sending. How shall I thank him, | to that Lord; hee's euer sending: how shall I thank him |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.50 | I am not able to do – the more beast, I say! I was sending | I am not able to do (the more beast I say) I was sending |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.1.1 | Music. Servants attending. Enter Lucullus and | Enter diuers Friends at seuerall doores. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.69 | Then pardon me for reprehending thee, | Then pardon me for reprehending thee, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.81 | To lovesick Dido's sad-attending ear | To loue-sicke Didoes sad attending eare, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.92 | And force you to commiseration. | Lending your kind hand Commiseration. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.159 | 'Tis like a chime a-mending, with terms unsquared | 'Tis like a Chime a mending. With tearmes vnsquar'd, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.236 | As bending angels, that's their fame in peace; | As bending Angels: that's their Fame, in peace: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.135 | All fears attending on so dire a project. | All feares attending on so dire a proiect. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.31 | With eye-offending brine; all this to season | With eye-offending brine: all this to season |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.62 | And not depending on his friendly wish. | And not depending on his friendly wish. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.240 | As ending anthem of my endless dolour. | As ending Antheme of my endlesse dolor. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.3 | Under the colour of commending him, | Vnder the colour of commending him, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.37 | Peril and want contending; they have skiffed | Perill and want contending, they have skift |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.55 | As patiently I was attending sport, | As patiently I was attending sport, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.66 | Your two contending lovers are returned, | Your two contending Lovers are return'd, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.42 | to the navel and in ice up to th' heart, and there th' offending | to the / Nav'le, and in yce up to 'th hart, and there th' offending |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.15.2 | What ending could be | What ending could be |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.57 | To be your prisoner should import offending; | To be your Prisoner, should import offending; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.10.2 | attending | |