| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.10 | Approved so to your majesty, may plead | Approu'd so to your Maiesty, may pleade |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.217 | Of rare and proved effects, such as his reading | Of rare and prou'd effects, such as his reading |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.223 | There is a remedy, approved, set down, | There is a remedie, approu'd, set downe, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.34 | You have seen and proved a fairer former fortune | You haue seene and proued a fairer former fortune, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.109 | have proved there is no time for all things. | haue prou'd, there is no time for all things. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.103 | Till I have used the approved means I have, | Till I haue vs'd the approoued meanes I haue, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.16 | than now in first seeing he had proved himself a | then now in first seeing he had proued himselfe a |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.95 | He proved best man i'th' field, and for his meed | He prou'd best man i'th' field, and for his meed |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.47.1 | As shall be proved upon you? | As shall be prou'd vpon you. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.9 | favour is well approved by your tongue. What's the news | Fauour is well appear'd by your Tongue. What's the Newes |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.1 | You, Polydore, have proved best woodman, and | You Polidore haue prou'd best Woodman, and |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.178.1 | Proved us unspeaking sots. | Prou'd vs vnspeaking sottes. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.96 | Of unimproved mettle hot and full, | Of vnimproued Mettle, hot and full, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.155.1 | When it proved otherwise? | When it prou'd otherwise? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.47 | 'Tis too much proved, that with devotion's visage | 'Tis too much prou'd, that with Deuotions visage, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.392 | To have proved most royal. And for his passage | To haue prou'd most royally: / And for his passage, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.54 | That ever valiant and approved Scot, | That euer-valiant and approoued Scot, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.85 | Of my young Harry. O that it could be proved | Of my yong Harry. O that it could be prou'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.65 | Did speak these words, now proved a prophecy? | Did speake these words (now prou'd a Prophecie:) |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.57 | And, commendable proved, let's die in pride. | And commendable prou'd, let's dye in pride. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.205 | That e'er I proved thee false or feared thy faith. | That ere I prou'd thee false, or fear'd thy faith. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.258 | By nature proved an enemy to the flock, | By nature prou'd an Enemie to the Flock, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.260 | As Humphrey, proved by reasons, to my liege. | As Humfrey prou'd by Reasons to my Liege. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.306 | Might happily have proved far worse than his. | Might happily haue prou'd farre worse then his. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.22 | He be approved in practice culpable. | He be approu'd in practise culpable. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.34 | dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. It will be proved | Dignity, thou hast built a Paper-Mill. It will be prooued |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.218 | Seeing thou hast proved so unnatural a father! | Seeing thou hast prou'd so vnnaturall a Father. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.189 | After your highness had reproved the Duke | After your Highnesse had reprou'd the Duke |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.59 | That thou hast proved Lucilius' saying true. | That thou hast prou'd Lucillius saying true. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.40 | Whose oracles have many times proved true; | Whose Oracles haue many times prooued true, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.106 | And proved thyself fit heir unto a king. | And proude thy selfe fit heire vnto a king: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.6 | I – and I the fool. Well proved, wit! By the Lord, this | I, and I the foole: Well proued wit. By the Lord this |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.8 | sheep. Well proved again o' my side! I will not love; if | sheepe: Well proued againe a my side. I will not loue; if |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.596 | A kissing traitor. How art thou proved | A kissing traitor. How art thou prou'd |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.114 | But treasons capital, confessed, and proved | But Treasons Capitall, confess'd, and prou'd, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.115 | And rather proved the sliding of your brother | And rather prou'd the sliding of your brother |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.161 | Her shall you hear disproved to her eyes, | Her shall you heare disproued to her eyes, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.55 | And true she is, as she hath proved herself; | And true she is, as she hath prou'd her selfe: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.346 | If it be proved against an alien | If it be proued against an Alien, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.351 | noble strain, of approved valour and confirmed honesty. | noble straine, of approued valour, and confirm'd honesty, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.42 | Not to knit my soul to an approved wanton. | Not to knit my soule to an approued wanton. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.297 | Is he not approved in the height a villain that | Is a not approued in the height a villaine, that |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.20 | before such villains! Masters, it is proved already that | maisters, it is proued alreadie that |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.77 | proved upon thee by good witness. I am a wise fellow, | prou'd vpon thee by good witnesse, I am a wise fellow, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.87 | old coil at home; it is proved my Lady Hero hath been | old coile at home, it is prooued my Ladie Hero hath bin |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.77 | My very noble and approved good masters, | My very Noble, and approu'd good Masters; |
| Othello | Oth II.i.49 | Of very expert and approved allowance; | Of verie expert, and approu'd Allowance; |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.205 | And he that is approved in this offence, | And he that is approu'd in this offence, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.303 | I have well approved it, sir. I drunk! | I haue well approued it, Sir. I drunke? |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.26 | She was in love: and he she loved proved mad | She was in loue: and he she lou'd prou'd mad, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.95.1 | Who now reprovedst me for't – | Who now reprou'dst me fort. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.44 | To more approved service and desert. | To more approued seruice, and desert. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.80 | And proved the subject of mine own soul's curse, | And prou'd the subiect of mine owne Soules Curse, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.7 | My trusty servant well approved in all, | My trustie seruant well approu'd in all, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.3 | My best beloved and approved friend, | My best beloued and approued friend |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.48 | him. 'T has been proved. If I were a huge man, I should | him. 'Tas beene proued, if I were a huge man I should |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.23 | As if he had but proved an argument. | As if he had but prou'd an Argument. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.291 | Accursed if the faults be proved in them – | Accursed, if the faults be prou'd in them. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.292 | If it be proved? You see it is apparent. | If it be prou'd? you see it is apparant, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.1 | Approved warriors and my faithful friends, | Approued warriours, and my faithfull Friends, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.11 | and that same dog-fox, Ulysses – is not proved | and that same dog-foxe Vlisses is not prou'd |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.43 | O, 'tis the curse in love, and still approved, | Oh 'tis the curse in Loue, and still approu'd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.65 | Was then of me approved, what not, condemned, | Was then of me approov'd, what not condemd |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.95 | I have seen it approved, how many times I know not, | I have seene it approved, how many times / I know not, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.27 | they are in losing them when they have approved their | they are in loosing them, when they haue approued their |