| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.12 | Here he comes. I pray you make us friends; I will pursue | Heere he comes, I pray you make vs freinds, I will pursue |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.121.1 | O'th' world I would pursue it. | Ath'world: I would persue it. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.25.1 | Fortune pursue thee! | Fortune pursue thee. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.103 | O'ertake pursued success but I do feel, | Ore-take pursu'de successe: But I do feele |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.353 | She hath pursued conclusions infinite | She hath pursu'de Conclusions infinite |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.155 | Into this abbey, whither we pursued them, | Into this Abbey, whether we pursu'd them, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.307 | Pursue him to his house and pluck him thence, | Pursue him to his house, and plucke him thence, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.101.2 | Let's see't: I will pursue her | Let's see't: I will pursue her |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.161 | And find not her whom thou pursuest. Flow, flow, | And finde not her, whom thou pursuest. Flow, flow |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.157 | So the revenge alone pursued me! Polydore, | So the Reuenge alone pursu'de me: Polidore |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.84 | But howsomever thou pursues this act, | But howsoeuer thou pursuest this Act, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.345 | How are they escoted? Will they pursue the quality no | How are they escoted? Will they pursue the Quality no |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.232 | Both here and hence pursue me lasting strife, | Both heere, and hence, pursue me lasting strife, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.5.1 | Pursued my life. | Pursued my life. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.22 | That the pursuers took him. At my tent | That the pursuers tooke him. At my Tent |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.120 | Strike up our drums, pursue the scattered stray; | Strike vp our Drummes, pursue the scatter'd stray, |
| Henry V | H5 Epil.chorus.2 | Our bending author hath pursued the story, | Our bending Author hath pursu'd the Story, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.1.1 | Here an alarum again, and Talbot pursueth Charles | Here an Alarum againe,and Talbot pursueth |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.26 | Let us pursue him ere the writs go forth. | Let vs pursue him ere the Writs go forth. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.2 | While we pursued the horsemen of the north, | While we pursu'd the Horsmen of ye North, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.5 | Or lambs pursued by hunger-starved wolves. | Or Lambes pursu'd by hunger-starued Wolues. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.22 | Ah, hark! The fatal followers do pursue, | Ah hearke, the fatall followers doe pursue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.33 | Some troops pursue the bloody-minded Queen, | Some Troopes pursue the bloody-minded Queene, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.25 | Pursued him still, and, three nights after this, | Pursu'd him still, and three nights after this, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.118 | Come, we'll pursue the Scots. – Artois, away! | Come wele persue the Scots, Artoyes away. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.27 | With turning Frenchmen, whom he did pursue, | With turning Frenchmen, whom he did persue, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.117 | Ned, thou and Audley shall pursue them still; | Ned, thou and Audley shall pursue them still, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.137 | We do pursue and hunt the time to die. | We do pursue and hunt the time to die, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.42.1 | Pursue him, ho! Go after. | Pursue him, ho: go after. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.88 | Which can pursue th' offender. How dost, my lord? | Which can pursue th'offender; how dost my Lord? |
| King Lear | KL II.i.108.1 | Is he pursued? | Is he pursued? |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.127 | Turns to restraint. Our natures do pursue, | Turnes to restraint: Our Natures doe pursue |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.74 | Your sense pursues not mine. Either you are ignorant, | Your sence pursues not mine: either you are ignorant, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.109 | That with such vehemency he should pursue | That with such vehemency he should pursue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.295 | We trifle time. I pray thee pursue sentence. | We trifle time, I pray thee pursue sentence. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.132 | Clap on more sails; pursue; up with your fights; | Clap on more sailes, pursue: vp with your sights: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.194 | have given. Briefly, I have pursued her as love hath | haue giuen: briefly, I haue pursu'd her, as Loue hath |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.195 | pursued me, which hath been on the wing of all | pursued mee, which hath beene on the wing of all |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.201 | ‘ Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursues, | "Loue like a shadow flies, when substance Loue pursues, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.202 | Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues.’ | "Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.196 | conscience, pursue him with any further revenge? | conscience, pursue him with any further reuenge? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.163 | Cannot pursue us. If thou lovest me, then | Cannot pursue vs. If thou lou'st me, then |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.248 | Pursue her; and for this intelligence | Pursue her; and for his intelligence, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.182 | She shall pursue it with the soul of love. | Shee shall pursue it, with the soule of loue. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.188 | I love thee not, therefore pursue me not. | I loue thee not, therefore pursue me not, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.232 | The dove pursues the griffin; the mild hind | The Doue pursues the Griffin, the milde Hinde |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.234 | When cowardice pursues, and valour flies. | When cowardise pursues, and valour flies. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.224 | Myself the crying fellow did pursue | My selfe, the crying Fellow did pursue, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.59 | Welcome, my lords. I wot your love pursues | Welcome my Lords, I wot your loue pursues |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.28 | To fly the boar before the boar pursues | To flye the Bore, before the Bore pursues, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.129 | Pursued my humour, not pursuing his, | Pursued my Honour, not pursuing his |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.55 | Can vengeance be pursued further than death? | Can vengeance be pursued further then death? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.47 | And then pursue me as you draw your bow. | And then pursue me as you draw your Bow. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.111 | Must we pursue, and I have found the path. | Must we pursue, and I haue found the path: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.157 | That one by one pursue; if you give way, | That one by one pursue; if you giue way, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.69 | Pursue each other, or shall be divided | Pursue each other; or shall be diuided |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.10 | Pursue we him on knees; for I have dreamed | Pursue we him on knees: for I haue dreampt |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.111 | But edifies another with her deeds. | But edifies another with her deedes. Pand. Why, but heare you? Troy. Hence brother lackie; ignomie and shame / Pursue thy life, and liue aye with thy name. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.34 | Pursue thy life, and live aye with thy name! | Pursue thy life, and liue aye with thy name. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.24.1 | E'er since pursue me. | Ere since pursue me. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.130 | Nay, pursue him now, lest the device take air, and | Nay pursue him now, least the deuice take ayre, and |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.69 | that I cannot pursue with any safety this sport the upshot. | that I cannot pursue with any safety this sport the vppeshot. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.377 | Pursue him and entreat him to a peace. | Pursue him, and entreate him to a peace: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.25 | As I pursue this war, which shall be then | As I pursue this war, which shall be then |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.249.1 | If thou pursue that sight. | If thou pursue that sight. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.254 | And use thy freedom; else if thou pursuest her, | And use thy freedome: els if thou pursuest her, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.71 | That any did. Had we pursued that life, | That any did: Had we pursu'd that life, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.57 | Exit, pursued by a bear | Exit pursued by a Beare. |