| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.25 | When I should take possession of the bride, | When I should take possession of the Bride, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.314 | Now boast thee, death, in thy possession lies | Now boast thee Death, in thy possession lyes |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.106 | For ever housed where it gets possession. | For euer hows'd, where it gets possession. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.53 | To yield possession to my holy prayers, | To yeeld possession to my holie praiers, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.44 | How long hath this possession held the man? | How long hath this possession held the man. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.125 | late master's garments in thy possession? | late Masters Garments in thy possession? |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.89 | spacious in the possession of dirt. | spacious in the possession of dirt. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.43 | Had still kept loyal to possession, | Had still kept loyall to possession, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.221 | Then plain and right must my possession be, | Then plaine and right must my possession be; |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.8 | We lose the better half of our possession; | We loose the better halfe of our Possession: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.91 | possession of the pridge, but he is enforced to retire, | possession of the Pridge, but he is enforced to retyre, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.180 | Je – quand sur le possession de France, et quand vous avez | Ie quand sur le possession de Fraunce, & quand vous aues |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.181 | le possession de moi, – let me see, what then? Saint Denis | le possession de moy. (Let mee see, what then? Saint Dennis |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.44 | I mean to take possession of my right. | I meane to take possession of my Right. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.53 | Than in possession any jot of pleasure. | Then in possession any iot of pleasure. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.110 | To see these honours in possession. | To see these Honors in possession. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.128.1 | Possession of a subject. | Possession of a Subiect. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.109 | 'Tis you are in the possession of the crown, | Tis you are in possession of the Crowne, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.33 | We take possession of the town in peace. | We take possession of the towne in peace, |
| King John | KJ I.i.39 | Our strong possession and our right for us. | Our strong possession, and our right for vs. |
| King John | KJ I.i.40 | Your strong possession much more than your right, | Your strong possessiõ much more then your right, |
| King John | KJ II.i.266 | And stalk in blood to our possession? | And stalke in blood to our possession? |
| King John | KJ II.i.366 | And bear possession of our person here, | And beare possession of our Person heere, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.32 | His words do take possession of my bosom. | His words do take possession of my bosome. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.145 | I got possession of Julietta's bed. | I got possession of Iulietas bed, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.419 | And choke your good to come. For his possessions, | And choake your good to come: For his Possessions, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.219 | The virtue that possession would not show us | The vertue that possession would not shew vs |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.276 | From the possession of this heavenly sight! | From the possession of this Heauenly sight: |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.13 | Broke the possession of a royal bed, | Broke the possession of a Royall Bed, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.110 | To the possession of thy royal hand. | To the possession of thy Royall Hand. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.14 | Of such possessions, and so high esteem, | Of such possessions, and so high esteeme |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.122 | And in possession twenty thousand crowns. | And in possession twentie thousand Crownes. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.153 | Now to deliver her possession up | Now to deliuer her possession vp |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.5 | I have abandoned Troy, left my possession, | I haue abandon'd Troy, left my possession, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.173 | Only for his possessions are so huge, | (Onely for his possessions are so huge) |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.79 | For me and my possessions she esteems not. | For me, and my possessions she esteemes not. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.25 | Considers she my possessions? | Considers she my Possessions? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.131 | Take but possession of her with a touch – | Take but possession of her, with a Touch: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.222 | I that first saw her; I that took possession | I that first saw her; I that tooke possession |