| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.23 | May be a coward's, whose ministers would prevail | May be a Cowards, whose Ministers would preuaile |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.v.2 | Would thou and those thy scars had once prevailed | Would thou, & those thy scars had once preuaild |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.107 | You have prevailed. I will depart in quiet, | You haue preuail'd, I will depart in quiet, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.52 | A sin prevailing much in youthful men, | A sinne preuailing much in youthfull men, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.217 | Ere so prevailed with me. It will in time | Ere so preuayl'd with me; it will in time |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.101 | prevailing and to make it brief wars. This is true, on | preuailing, and to make it breefe Warres. This is true on |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.45.2 | But how prevailed you? | But how preuail'd you? |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.189 | Most dangerously you have with him prevailed, | Most dangerously you haue with him preuail'd, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.6 | especially his mother, may prevail with him. But I say | especially his Mother, may preuaile with him. But I say, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.39 | Good news, good news! The ladies have prevailed, | Good Newes, good newes, the Ladies haue preuayl'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.156 | to understand you have prevailed, I am no further | to vnderstand, you haue preuayl'd, I am no further |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.5 | As poisonous tongued as handed – hath prevailed | (As poysonous tongu'd, as handed) hath preuail'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.66 | But that two villains, whose false oaths prevailed | But that two Villaines, whose false Oathes preuayl'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.199 | And to be brief, my practice so prevailed, | And to be breefe, my practise so preuayl'd |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.107 | This unprevailing woe, and think of us | This vnpreuayling woe, and thinke of vs |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.14 | If wishes would prevail with me, | If wishes would preuayle with me, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.29 | Since, then, my office hath so far prevailed | Since then my Office hath so farre preuayl'd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.9 | Heavens, can you suffer hell so to prevail? | Heauens, can you suffer Hell so to preuayle? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.56 | Sleeping or waking must I still prevail, | Sleeping or waking, must I still preuayle, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.49 | Could not prevail with all their oratory, | Could not preuayle with all their Oratorie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.98 | Thy grave admonishments prevail with me. | Thy graue admonishments preuayle with me: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.67 | I would prevail, if prayers might prevail, | I would preuayle, if Prayers might preuayle, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.78 | But Reignier, King of Naples, that prevailed. | But Reignier King of Naples that preuayl'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.103 | Thus Suffolk hath prevailed; and thus he goes, | Thus Suffolke hath preuail'd, and thus he goes |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.123 | The Dauphin hath prevailed beyond the seas, | The Dolphin hath preuayl'd beyond the Seas, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.212 | pity my case. The spite of man prevaileth against me. O | pitty my case: the spight of man preuayleth against me. O |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.200 | Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails. | Whose Beame stands sure, whose rightful cause preuailes. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.97 | presence? O Peter, thou hast prevailed in right! | presence? O Peter, thou hast preuayl'd in right. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.23 | God forbid any malice should prevail | God forbid any Malice should preuayle, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.164 | Well, seeing gentle words will not prevail, | Well, seeing gentle words will not preuayle, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.9 | Sometime the flood prevails, and then the wind; | Sometime, the Flood preuailes; and than the Winde: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.7 | But if an humble prayer may prevail, | But, if an humble prayer may preuaile, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.78 | With whom an upright zeal to right prevails | With whom, in vpright zeale to right, preuailes |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.143 | They shall no more prevail than we give way to. | They shall no more preuaile, then we giue way too: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.254 | As it hath much prevailed on your condition, | As it hath much preuayl'd on your Condltion, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.54 | Let me upon my knee prevail in this. | Let me vpon my knee, preuaile in this. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.10 | Thou doest not tell him, if he here prevail, | Thou doest not tell him if he heere preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.111 | But were it not, yet ere he should prevail, | But were it not, yet ere he should preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.35 | But 'tis a rightful quarrel must prevail: | But tis a rightfull quarrell must preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.107 | May either of us prosper and prevail, | May eyther of vs prosper and preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.147 | He against whom you fight, if he prevail, | He against whome you fight if hee preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.41 | Thinking belike he soonest should prevail, | Thinking belike he soonest should preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.53 | Philippe, prevail: we yield to thy request. | Phillip preuaile, we yeeld to thy request, |
| King John | KJ I.i.104 | Where how he did prevail I shame to speak – | Where how he did preuaile, I shame to speake: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.35 | Of strong prevailment in unhardened youth – | Of strong preuailment in vnhardned youth) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.293 | Her height, forsooth, she hath prevailed with him. | Her height (forsooth) she hath preuail'd with him. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.259.2 | You shall prevail, | You shall preuaile |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.126 | If we prevail, their heads shall pay for it. | If we preuaile, their heads shall pay for it. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.131 | And have prevailed as much on him as you. | And haue preuail'd as much on him, as you, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.190 | Did York's dread curse prevail so much with heaven | Did Yorkes dread Curse preuaile so much with Heauen, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.153 | prevail with me. | preuaile with me. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.61 | Of damned witchcraft, and that have prevailed | Of damned Witchcraft, and that haue preuail'd |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.61 | It helps not, it prevails not. Talk no more. | It helpes not, it preuailes not, talke no more. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.462 | Rise, Titus, rise; my Empress hath prevailed. | Rise Titus, rise, / My Empresse hath preuail'd. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.26 | My tears are now prevailing orators. | My teares are now preualing Oratours. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.35 | world can more prevail in man's commendation with | world, can more preuaile in mans commendation with |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.46 | You have prevailed, my lord; if I can do it | You haue preuail'd (my Lord) if I can doe it |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.159 | Thou hast prevailed; I pardon them and thee; | Thou hast preuaild, I pardon them and thee: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.27 | But they prevailed had their suits fairly granted; | But they prevaild, had their suites fairely granted, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.54 | Which often hath no less prevailed than so | Which often hath no lesse preuail'd, then so, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.202 | Prevail not, go and see. If you can bring | Preuaile not, go and see: if you can bring |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.660 | Wherein my hope is I shall so prevail | Wherein, my hope is, I shall so preuaile, |