| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.220 | In heedfullest reservation to bestow them, | In heedefull'st reseruation to bestow them, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.19 | Those girls of Italy, take heed of them: | Those girles of Italy, take heed of them, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.11 | with the report of it. Well, Diana, take heed of this | with the report of it. / Well Diana take heed of this |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.209 | to take heed of the allurement of one Count Rossillion, a | to take heede of the allurement of one Count Rossillion, a |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.127.2 | Take heed you fall not. | Take heed you fall not |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.267 | Take thou no care; it shall be heeded. | Take thou no care, it shall be heeded. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.83 | Whilst I had been like heedful of the other. | Whil'st I had beene like heedfull of the other. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.2 | Safe at the Centaur, and the heedful slave | Safe at the Centaur, and the heedfull slaue |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.102 | And teach your ears to list me with more heed. | And teach your eares to list me with more heede: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.62 | But, worthy Lords, have you with heed perused | But worthy Lords, haue you with heede perused |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.21 | As may dishonour him – take heed of that – | As may dishonour him; take heed of that: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.111 | I am sorry that with better heed and judgement | I am sorrie that with better speed and iudgement |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.94 | As Vulcan's stithy. Give him heedful note. | As Vulcans Stythe. Giue him needfull note, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.13 | Alas the day, take heed of him – he stabbed me | Alas the day: take heed of him: he stabd me |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.90 | thought on; therefore take heed what guests you receive; | thought on; therefore take heede what Guests you receiue: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.70 | diseases, one of another; therefore let men take heed | diseases, one of another: therefore, let men take heede |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.21 | Therefore take heed how you impawn our person, | Therefore take heed how you impawne our Person, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.23 | We charge you in the name of God, take heed; | We charge you in the Name of God take heed: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.80 | To sit with us once more, with better heed | To sit with vs once more, with better heed |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.3 | Take heed, be wary how you place your words; | Take heed, be wary how you place your words, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.44 | O, negligent and heedless discipline! | O negligent and heedlesse Discipline, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.7 | By this unheedful, desperate, wild adventure. | By this vnheedfull, desperate, wilde aduenture: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.102 | Hume, if you take not heed, you shall go near | Hume, if you take not heed, you shall goe neere |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.80 | Take heed, my lord; the welfare of us all | Take heed, my Lord, the welfare of vs all, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.160 | Take heed, lest by your heat you burn yourselves. | Take heede least by your heate you burne your selues: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.63 | Where fame, late entering at his heedful ears, | Where Fame, late entring at his heedfull Eares, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.173 | On the complaint o'th' tenants. Take good heed | On the complaint o'th'Tenants; take good heed |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.175 | And spoil your nobler soul – I say, take heed; | And spoyle your nobler Soule; I say, take heed; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.169 | Then mark th' inducement. Thus it came – give heed to't: | Then marke th'inducement. Thus it came; giue heede too't: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.110 | Take heed, for heaven's sake take heed, lest at once | Take heed, for heauens sake take heed, least at once |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.80 | He did it with a serious mind; a heed | He did it with a Serious minde: a heede |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.271 | but there's no heed to be taken of them; if Caesar had | But there's no heed to be taken of them; if Casar had |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iii.1 | Caesar, beware of Brutus; take heed of | Casar, beware of Brutus, take heede of |
| King John | KJ IV.i.5 | Fast to the chair. Be heedful. Hence, and watch! | Fast to the chaire: be heedfull: hence, and watch. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.109 | Take heed, sirrah, the whip! | Take heed Sirrah, the whip. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.77 | Take heed o'the foul fiend, obey thy parents, keep | Take heed o'th'foule Fiend, obey thy Parents, keepe |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.82 | Who dazzling so, that eye shall be his heed, | Who dazling so, that eye shall be his heed, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.78 | And wretched fools' secrets heedfully o'ereye. | And wretched fooles secrets heedfully ore-eye. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.83 | The warrant's for yourself: take heed to't. | The warrant's for your selfe: take heede to't. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.6 | says ‘ No, take heed, honest Launcelot, take | saies no; take heede honest Launcelet, take |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.7 | heed, honest Gobbo,’ or as aforesaid, ‘ Honest Launcelot | heed honest Iobbe, or as afore-said honest Launcelet |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.115 | Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by night. | Take heed, haue open eye, for theeues doe foot by night. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.116 | Take heed, ere summer comes or cuckoo-birds do sing. | Take heed, ere sommer comes, or Cuckoo-birds do sing. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.237 | Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste. | Wings and no eyes, figure, vnheedy haste. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.19 | Take heed the Queen come not within his sight, | Take heed the Queene come not within his sight, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.65 | To give it her. I did so; and take heed on't: | To giue it her. I did so; and take heede on't, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.50.2 | Sweet soul, take heed, | Sweet Soule, take heed, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.51 | Take heed of perjury: thou art on thy deathbed. | take heed of Periury, / Thou art on thy death-bed. |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.22 | To show his sorrow he'd correct himself; | to shewe his sorrow, hee'de correct himselfe; |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.27 | If she'd do the deeds of darkness, thou | If shee'd doe the deedes of darknes thou |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.288 | O Buckingham, take heed of yonder dog! | O Buckingham, take heede of yonder dogge: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.202 | Take heed; for He holds vengeance in His hand | Take heed: for he holds Vengeance in his hand, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.12 | Take heed you dally not before your King, | Take heed you dally not before your King, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.187 | My good lords both, with all the heed I can. | My good Lords both, with all the heed I can. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.145 | Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable. | Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.42 | not – ‘ Hic steterat Priami,’ take heed he hear us not – | not, hic staterat priami, take heede he heare vs not, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.152 | You heedless joltheads and unmannered slaves! | You heedlesse iolt-heads, and vnmanner'd slaues. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.89 | Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched | Take heede signior Baptista, least you be coni-catcht |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.78.2 | Sir, most heedfully. | Sir, most heedefully. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.146.1 | He'd sow't with nettle-seed. | Hee'd sow't with Nettle-seed. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.224 | Must be so too, if heed me; which to do | Must be so too, if heed me: which to do, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.22 | That you shall hate it both. Therefore take heed, | That you shall hate it both: Therefore take heede, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.34 | I take no heed of thee. Th' art an Athenian, | I take no heede of thee: Th'art an Athenian, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.13 | To those that without heed do plunge into't. | To those that (without heede) do plundge intoo't. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.58 | heed of Troilus, I can tell them that too. | heede of Troylus; I can tell them that too. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.20 | Take heed, the quarrel's most ominous to us – if | take heede, the quarrel's most ominous to vs: if |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.3 | Ay, madam, so you stumble not unheedfully. | I Madam, so you stumble not vnheedfully. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.11 | Unheedful vows may heedfully be broken; | Vn-heedfull vowes may heedfully be broken, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.179.1 | But take heed to your kindness, though. | But take heede to your kindnes though. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.232 | Not made in passion neither, but good heed. | Not made in passion neither, but good heede. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.303 | And take heed, as you are gentlemen, this quarrel | And take heede, as you are Gentlemen, this Quarrell |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.33 | shrewd measure; take heed! If one be mad, or hang or | shrowd / Measure, take heede; if one be mad, or hang or |