| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.104 | Those tender limbs of thine to the event | Those tender limbes of thine, to the euent |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.22.1 | Which thus she hath prevented. | Which thus she hath preuented. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.48 | himself could not have prevented if he had been there to | him selfe could not haue preuented, if he had beene there to |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.74 | thy faith, for seventeen poniards are at thy bosom. | thy faith, for seuenteene ponyards are at thy bosome. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.51 | A market maid to Rome, and have prevented | A Market-maid to Rome, and haue preuented |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.42 | Might have prevented many. Eros, ho! | Might haue preuented many. Eros, hoa? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.3 | All strange and terrible events are welcome, | All strange and terrible euents are welcome, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.358 | A pair so famous. High events as these | A payre so famous: high euents as these |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.71 | From seventeen years till now almost four score | From seauentie yeeres, till now almost fourescore |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.73 | At seventeen years many their fortunes seek, | At seauenteene yeeres, many their fortunes seeke |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.165 | That ends this strange eventful history, | That ends this strange euentfull historie, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.55 | fortune, and prevents the slander of his wife. | fortune, and preuents the slander of his wife. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.49 | upon the seventh cause. | vpon the seuenth cause. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.50 | How seventh cause? – Good my lord, like this | How seuenth cause? Good my Lord, like this |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.64 | But for the seventh cause. How did you find the | But for the seuenth cause. How did you finde the |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.65 | quarrel on the seventh cause? | quarrell on the seuenth cause? |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.93 | the seventh, the Lie Direct. All these you may | the seauenth, the Lye direct: all these you may |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.124 | Of these most strange events. | Of these most strange euents: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.262.1 | But hearts for the event. | But Hearts for the euent. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.98 | And in the brunt of seventeen battles since | And in the brunt of seuenteene Battailes since, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.132 | From twelve to seventy, and pouring war | From twelue, to seuentie: and powring Warre |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.36 | The gods have well prevented it, and Rome | The Gods haue well preuented it, and Rome |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.14.2 | Sir, the event | Sir, the Euent |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.46 | But that her flight prevented it – she had | (But that her flight preuented it) she had |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.121 | And even the like precurse of feared events, | |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.294 | prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the King | preuent your discouery of your secricie to the King |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.168 | Will be some danger; which for to prevent, | Will be some danger, which to preuent |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.41 | Of thinking too precisely on th' event – | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.50 | Makes mouths at the invisible event, | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.166 | The eleventh of this month at Shrewsbury. | The eleuenth of this moneth, at Shrewsbury: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.35 | And to prevent the worst, Sir Michael, speed. | And to preuent the worst, Sir Michell speed; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.166 | You cast th' event of war, my noble lord, | You cast th' euent of Warre (my Noble Lord) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.234 | degrees prevent my curses. Boy! | Degrees preuent my curses. Boy? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.82 | But heaviness foreruns the good event. | But heauinesse fore-runnes the good euent. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.2 | Which in th' eleventh year of the last King's reign | Which in th' eleuẽth yere of ye last Kings reign |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.21 | But what prevention? | But what preuention? |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.158 | But God be thanked for prevention, | But God be thanked for preuention, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.164 | Prevented from a damned enterprise. | Preuented from a damned enterprize; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.71 | Content, my liege? Yes; but that I am prevented, | Content, my Liege? Yes: But yt I am preuented, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.191 | But that it doth presage some ill event. | But that it doth presage some ill euent. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.105 | With hope to find the like event in love | With hope to finde the like euent in loue, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.17 | William of Windsor was the seventh and last. | William of Windsor was the seuenth, and last. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.57 | Nor never seek prevention of thy foes. | Nor neuer seeke preuention of thy foes. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.326 | Lord Suffolk, you and I must talk of that event. | Lord Suffolke, you and I must talke of that euent. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.32 | In this the heaven figures some event. | In this, the Heauen figures some euent. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.63 | O, heavy times, begetting such events! | Oh heauy times! begetting such Euents. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.29 | But to prevent the tyrant's violence – | But to preuent the Tyrants violence, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.96 | Therefore, Lord Oxford, to prevent the worst, | Therefore, Lord Oxford, to preuent the worst, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.36 | Daring th' event to th' teeth, are all in uproar, | Daring th'euent too th'teeth, are all in vprore, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.112 | Henry the Seventh succeeding, truly pitying | Henry the Seauenth succeeding, truly pittying |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.28 | Then, lest he may, prevent. And, since the quarrel | Then least he may, preuent. And since the Quarrell |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.85 | To hide thee from prevention. | To hide thee from preuention. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.160 | As to annoy us all; which to prevent, | As to annoy vs all: which to preuent, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.19 | Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. | Caska be sodaine, for we feare preuention. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.35.2 | I must prevent thee, Cimber; | I must preuent thee Cymber: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.243 | To every several man, seventy-five drachmas. | To euery seuerall man, seuenty fiue Drachmaes. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.175 | Mine speak of seventy senators that died | Mine speake of seuenty Senators, that dy'de |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.104 | For fear of what might fall, so to prevent | For feare of what might fall, so to preuent |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.179 | Than thy prevention can be in my rescue; | Then thy preuention can be in my rescue, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.161 | Had been prevented of this mortal grief! | Had been preuented of this mortall griefe. |
| King John | KJ I.i.35 | This might have been prevented and made whole | This might haue beene preuented, and made whole |
| King John | KJ III.iv.155 | No common wind, no customed event, | No common winde, no customed euent, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.45 | May be prevented now. The princes, France and Burgundy, | May be preuented now. The Princes, France & Burgundy, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.345 | Well, well – th' event! | Well, well, th'euent. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.152 | How to prevent the fiend and to kill vermin. | How to preuent the Fiend, and to kill Vermine. |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.82 | Lest it see more, prevent it. Out, vile jelly! | Lest it see more, preuent it; Out vilde gelly: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.236 | encounter that obscene and most preposterous event that | encounter that obscene and most preposterous euent that |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.234.2 | Seventh sweet, adieu. | Seuenth sweet adue, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.55 | Of dire combustion and confused events | Of dyre Combustion, and confus'd Euents, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.117 | Another yet? A seventh? I'll see no more! | Another yet? A seauenth? Ile see no more: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.15 | Attend the true event, and put we on | Attend the true euent, and put we on |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.228 | events, with a prayer they may prove prosperous, and | euents, with a praier they may proue prosperous, & |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.5 | a commodity of brown paper and old ginger, ninescore-and-seventeen | a commoditie of browne paper, and olde Ginger, nine score |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.61 | If worthier friends had not prevented me. | If worthier friends had not preuented me. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.297 | Of these events at full. Let us go in, | Of these euents at full. Let vs goe in, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.50 | able to overtake seventeen years old. It were a goot | able to ouertake seuenteene yeeres old. It were a goot |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.110 | With liver burning hot. Prevent. Or go thou | With liuer, burning hot: preuent: / Or goe thou |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.294 | jealousy! Eleven o'clock the hour. I will prevent this, | iealousie: eleuen o'clocke the howre, I will preuent this, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.135 | that it wants matter to prevent so gross o'erreaching as | that it wants matter to preuent so grosse ore-reaching as |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.6 | As the event stamps them; but they have a | As the euents stamps them, but they haue a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.121 | O plague right well prevented! So will you say | O plague right well preuented! so will you say, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.233 | Will fashion the event in better shape | Wil fashion the euent in better shape, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.364 | pleasure, me a sport. There are many events in the | pleasure, me a sport. There are many Euents in the |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.I.35 | Which to prevent he made a law, | Which to preuent, he made a Law, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.45 | Prest for this blow. The unborn event | Prest for this blow, the vnborne euent, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.62 | I am prevented. | I am preuented. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.167 | Nor the prevention of poor Bolingbroke | Nor the preuention of poore Bullingbrooke, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.214 | That their events can never fall out good. | That their euents can neuer fall out good. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.179 | But presently prevent the ways to wail. | But presently preuent the wayes to waile: |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.148 | Prevent it; resist it; let it not be so, | Preuent it, resist it, and let it not be so, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.37 | But heaven hath a hand in these events, | But heauen hath a hand in these euents, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.55 | If God prevent not, I purpose so. | If God preuent not, I purpose so. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.131 | In my opinion, ought to be prevented. | In my opinion, ought to be preuented. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.26 | Will touch us all too near, if God prevent not. | Will touch vs all too neere, if God preuent not. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.81 | For I, too fond, might have prevented this. | For I, too fond, might haue preuented this: |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.54 | Somewhat against our meaning, have prevented; | Something against our meanings, haue preuented; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.205 | O God! – O Nurse, how shall this be prevented? | O God! / O Nurse, how shall this be preuented? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.51 | Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it. | Vnlesse thou tell me how I may preuent it: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.70 | As that is desperate which we would prevent. | As that is desperate which we would preuent. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.126 | I'll after him and see the event of this. | Ile after him, and see the euent of this. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.49 | She hath prevented me. Here, Signor Tranio, | She hath preuented me, here signior Tranio, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.117 | Mark his condition and th' event; then tell me | Marke his condition, and th' euent, then tell me |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.350 | Thou didst prevent me. I had peopled else | Thou didst preuent me, I had peopel'd else |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.69 | And crown what I profess with kind event, | And crowne what I professe with kinde euent |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.227 | These are not natural events. They strengthen | These are not naturall euents, they strengthen |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.18 | I'll show you how t' observe a strange event. | Ile shew you how t'obserue a strange euent: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.201 | I'll teach them to prevent wild Alcibiades' wrath. | Ile teach them to preuent wilde Alcibiades wrath. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.177 | That hath been breeder of these dire events. | That hath beene breeder of these dire euents. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.181 | Achievements, plots, orders, preventions, | Atchieuments, plots, orders, preuentions, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.121 | Such and no other than event doth form it, | Such, and no other then euent doth forme it, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.277 | illustrious six-or-seven-times-honoured captain-general | illustrious, sixe or seauen times honour'd Captaine, Generall |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.35 | Of all rejoindure, forcibly prevents | Of all reioyndure: forcibly preuents |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.18 | Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage; | Many a good hanging, preuents a bad marriage: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.169 | the event. Farewell. | the euent: Farewell. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.81 | But we are prevented. (To Olivia) Most excellent, | but we are preuented. Most excellent |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.385 | Come, let's see the event. | Come, let's see the euent. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.40 | Not like a woman, for I would prevent | Not like a woman, for I would preuent |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.21 | Being unprevented, to your timeless grave. | (Being vnpreuented) to your timelesse graue. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.113.2 | Let th' event, | Let th'event, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.87 | Have skipped thy flame, at seventy thou canst catch, | Have skipt thy flame, at seaventy, thou canst catch |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.6 | Have their good wishes. We prevent | Have their good wishes, we prevent |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.405 | Which way to be prevented, if to be; | Which way to be preuented, if to be: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.26.2 | Lords, and the Servant, who try to prevent her | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.i.11.2 | If th' event o'th' journey | If th' euent o'th' Iourney |