| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.202 | Thy will by my performance shall be served. | Thy will by my performance shall be seru'd: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.179 | And be performed tonight. The solemn feast | And be perform'd to night: the solemne Feast |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.56 | service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer, | seruice is sildome attributed to the true and exact performer, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.24.1 | Perform't, or else we damn thee.' | Perform't, or else we damne thee. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.27.1 | Should my performance perish. | Should my performance perish. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.23 | Or take his life there. This if she perform, | Or take his life there. This if shee performe, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.86.2 | One that but performs | One that but performes |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.203 | Make your best use of this. I have performed | Make your best vse of this. I haue perform'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.330 | To see performed the dreaded act which thou | To see perform'd the dreaded Act which thou |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.108 | perform it. | performe it. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.135 | appointed for the wrestling, and they are ready to perform | appointed for the wrastling, and they are ready to performe |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.265 | Shall be the general's fault, though he perform | Shall be the Generals fault, though he performe |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.43 | A little of that worthy work performed | A little of that worthy Worke, perform'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.109 | To have my praise for this, perform a part | To haue my praise for this, performe a part |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.113 | what villainy soe'er I bid thee do, to perform it, | what villainy soere I bid thee do to performe it, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.18 | I dare be bound he's true, and shall perform | I dare be bound hee's true, and shall performe |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.30 | For three performers are the file when all | For three performers are the File, when all |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.76 | to Cymbeline performed: | to Cymbeline perform'd: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.122 | Let us with care perform his great behest. | Let vs with care performe his great behest. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.21 | From our achievements, though performed at height, | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.150 | And that our drift look through our bad performance, | And that our drift looke through our bad performance, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.12 | act, to do, and to perform. Argal, she drowned herself | Act to doe and to performe; argall she drown'd her selfe |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.387 | But let this same be presently performed, | But let this same be presently perform'd, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.154 | The which if He be pleased I shall perform, | The which, if I performe, and doe suruiue, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.65 | Swore him assistance, and performed it too. | Swore him assistance, and perform'd it too. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.256 | outlive performance? | out-liue performance? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.115 | I will perform with a most Christian care. | I will performe, with a most Christian care. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.74 | To see performed the tenor of my word. | To see perform'd the tenure of our word. |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.35 | And eke out our performance with your mind. | And eech out our performance with your mind. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.vi.3 | Thus Joan la Pucelle hath performed her word. | Thus Ioane de Puzel hath perform'd her word. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.9 | I have performed my task and was espoused; | I haue perform'd my Taske, and was espous'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.72 | To see her coronation be performed. | To see her Coronation be perform'd. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.2 | performance of your promises. | performance of your promises. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.67 | And that's not suddenly to be performed | And that's not suddenly to be perform'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.321 | A charge, Lord York, that I will see performed. | A charge, Lord Yorke, that I will see perform'd. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.201 | This oath I willingly take and will perform. | This Oath I willingly take, and will performe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.99 | And what God will, that let your king perform; | And what God will, that let your King performe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.54 | That's soon performed, because I am a subject. | That's soone perform'd, because I am a Subiect. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.35 | The noble spirits to arms, they did perform | The Noble Spirits to Armes, they did performe |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.161 | As able to perform't, his mind and place | As able to perform't) his minde, and place |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.208 | His father by as much as a performance | His Father, by as much as a performance |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.90 | Laid nobly on her: which performed, the choir, | Laid Nobly on her: which perform'd, the Quire |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.42 | But his performance as he is now, nothing. | But his performance, as he is now, Nothing: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.10 | When Caesar says, ‘ Do this,’ it is performed. | When Casar sayes, Do this; it is perform'd. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.135 | To think that or our cause or our performance | To thinke, that or our Cause, or our Performance |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.305 | That fair performance cannot follow promise? | That faire performance cannot follow promise, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.41 | And will unfeignedly perform the same. | And will vnfaynedly performe the same. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.33 | Not to perform the covenant of my word | Not to performe the couenant of my word, |
| King John | KJ III.i.266 | First made to heaven, first be to heaven performed, | First made to heauen, first be to heauen perform'd, |
| King John | KJ III.i.269 | And may not be performed by thyself. | And may not be performed by thy selfe, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.49 | Or ‘ What good love may I perform for you?’. | Or what good loue may I performe for you? |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.40 | Tigers not daughters, what have you performed? | |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.69 | What cannot you and I perform upon | What cannot you and I performe vpon |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.28 | the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore | the desire, but it takes away the performance. Therefore |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.126.1 | Perform what you command us. | Performe what you command vs. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.76 | Ay, and since too, murders have been performed | I, and since too, Murthers haue bene perform'd |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.129 | While you perform your antic round, | While you performe your Antique round: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.12 | actual performances, what, at any time, have you heard | actuall performances, what (at any time) haue you heard |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.112 | We will perform in measure, time, and place. | We will performe in measure, time, and place: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.270 | And perform an old contracting. | And performe an olde contracting. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.121 | duly performed, with a thought that more depends on it | duely performed with a thought that more depends on it, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.87 | casket, you should refuse to perform your father's will | Casket, you should refuse to performe your Fathers will, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.22 | That will ask some tears in the true performing | That will aske some teares in the true performing |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.103 | For now our observation is performed. | For now our obseruation is perform'd; |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.21 | If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it | If I do vow a friendship, Ile performe it |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.183 | and performances are no kin together. | and / Performances are no kin together. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.16 | Which, to preserve mine honour, I'll perform. | Which to preserue mine honour, I'le performe. |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.99 | So, this was well asked, 'twas so well performed. | So, this was well askt, t'was so well perform'd. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.54 | Shall for itself itself perform. | Shall for it selfe, it selfe performe: |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.59 | Performance shall follow. | Performance shall follow. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.39.1 | Performed to your sole daughter. | performd to your sole daughter. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.246 | Or perform my bidding, or thou livest in woe; | or performe my bidding, or thou liuest in woe: |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.1 | Hail, Dian! To perform thy just command | Haile Dian, to performe thy iust commaund, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.137 | Will the hateful commons perform for us – | Will the hatefull Commons performe for vs, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.4 | Who wrought it with the King, and who performed | Who wrought it with the King, and who perform'd |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.110 | I will perform it to enfranchise you. | I will performe it to infranchise you. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.19 | And I would have it suddenly performed. | And I would haue it suddenly perform'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.146 | Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite, | Where and what time thou wilt performe the right, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.5 | Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, | Spred thy close Curtaine Loue-performing night, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.85 | Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. | Was aptly fitted, and naturally perform'd. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.140 | Which once performed, let all the world say no, | Which once perform'd, let all the world say no, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.194 | Performed to point the tempest that I bade thee? | Performd to point, the Tempest that I bad thee. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.238 | Exactly is performed, but there's more work. | Exactly is perform'd; but there's more worke: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.244.1 | Which is not yet performed me. | Which is not yet perform'd me. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.256 | And, by that destiny, to perform an act | (And by that destiny) to performe an act |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.95 | For yet ere supper-time must I perform | For yet ere supper time, must I performe |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.85 | Performed, my Ariel: a grace it had, devouring. | Perform'd (my Ariell) a grace it had deuouring: |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.36 | Did worthily perform, and I must use you | Did worthily performe: and I must vse you |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.73 | Promise me friendship, but perform none. | Promise me Friendship, but performe none. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.75 | Thou art a man. If thou dost not perform, | thou / art a man: if thou do'st performe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.23 | o'th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance | o'th'Time; / It opens the eyes of Expectation. / Performance, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.27 | Performance is a kind of will or testament which argues | Performance, is a kinde of Will or Testament / Which argues |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.145 | See, lord and father, how we have performed | See Lord and Father, how we haue perform'd |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.59 | And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform. | And with thy weapon nothing dar'st performe. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.79 | Performers of this heinous, bloody deed? | Performers of this hainous bloody deed? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.66 | Ruthful to hear, yet piteously performed; | Ruthfull to heare, yet pittiously preform'd, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.44 | For me, most wretched, to perform the like. | For me (most wretched) to performe the like: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.187 | Would I perform if I might have my will. | Would I performe if I might haue my will: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.197 | Than the performance of our heaving spleens, | Then the performance of our heauing spleenes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.52 | of your performance. – Nell, he is full of harmony. | of your performance. Nel, he is full of harmony. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.82 | They say, all lovers swear more performance | They say all Louers sweare more performance |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.84 | never perform; vowing more than the perfection of | neuer performe: vowing more then the perfection of |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.88 | hound; but when he performs, astronomers foretell it, | Hound; but when he performes, Astronomers foretell it, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.39 | endeavour be so desired, and the performance so | indeuour be so desir'd, and the performance so |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.59 | Content; the sports once ended, we'll perform. | Content; the sports once ended, wee'l performe. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.261 | Against the non-performance, 'twas a fear | Against the non-performance, 'twas a feare |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.115.1 | The King's will be performed! | The Kings will be perform'd. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.196 | Be left her to perform. Come, follow us: | Be left her to performe. Come follow vs, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.168.1 | Thou wilt perform my bidding. | Thou wilt performe my bidding. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.169 | Mark and perform it, see'st thou? For the fail | Marke, and performe it: seest thou? for the faile |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.56.1 | Than to perform it first. | Then to performe it first. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.340.1 | He lets in the herdsmen, who perform their satyrs' | Heere a Dance of twelue Satyres. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.816 | this old man does, when the business is performed; and | this old man do's, when the Businesse is performed, and |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.1 | Sir, you have done enough, and have performed | Sir, you haue done enough, and haue perform'd |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.129 | By us performed before. Most dearly welcome, | By vs perform'd before. Most dearely welcome, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.94 | piece many years in doing and now newly performed by | Peece many yeeres in doing, and now newly perform'd, by |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.154 | Performed in this wide gap of time since first | Perform'd in this wide gap of Time, since first |