| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.69 | ‘ We blush that thou shouldst choose, but, be refused, | We blush that thou shouldst choose, but be refused; |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.13 | But if you do refuse to marry me, | But if you do refuse to marrie me, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.24 | If she refuse me – and from hence I go, | If she refuse me, and from hence I go |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.120 | Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me, | Since mine owne doores refuse to entertaine me, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.189 | That would refuse so fair an offered chain. | That would refuse so faire an offer'd Chaine. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.38 | A bribe to pay my sword. I do refuse it. | A Bribe, to pay my Sword: I doe refuse it, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.79 | Refused most princely gifts, am bound to beg | refus'd most Princely gifts, / Am bound to begge |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.34 | Nay, pray be patient. If you refuse your aid | Nay, pray be patient: If you refuse your ayde |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.14 | The first conditions, which they did refuse | The first Conditions which they did refuse, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.24 | And that she should love this fellow, and refuse me! | And that shee should loue this Fellow, and refuse mee. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.94 | The pretty vaulting sea refused to drown me, | The pretty vaulting Sea refus'd to drowne me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.121 | That for my surety will refuse the boys. | That for my Surety will refuse the Boyes. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.82 | Refuse you for my judge, whom yet once more | Refuse you for my Iudge, whom yet once more |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.118 | I do refuse you for my judge, and here, | I do refuse you for my Iudge, and heere |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.241 | put it the third time by; and still as he refused it, the | put it the third time by, and still as hee refus'd it, the |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.244 | a deal of stinking breath because Caesar refused the | a deale of stinking breath, because Casar refus'd the |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.262 | common herd was glad he refused the crown, he | common Heard was glad he refus'd the Crowne, he |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.98 | Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? | Which he did thrice refuse. Was this Ambition? |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.84 | Which if with grudging he refuse to yield, | Which if with grudging he refuse to yeld, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.25 | For who in scorn refused our proffered peace | For who in scorne refused our poffered peace, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.1 | Since they refuse our proffered league, my lord, | Since they refuse our profered league my Lord, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.26 | Since, when we proffered truce, it was refused. | Since when we proffered truce, it was refusde, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.69 | No, sirrah, tell them, since they did refuse | No sirra, tell them since they did refuse, |
| King John | KJ I.i.127 | Being none of his, refuse him. This concludes: | Being none of his, refuse him: this concludes, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.22 | ‘ choose ’! I may neither choose who I would nor refuse | choose, I may neither choose whom I would, nor refuse |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.25 | cannot choose one, nor refuse none? | cannot choose one, nor refuse none. |
| 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, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.88 | if you should refuse to accept him. | if you should refuse to accept him. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.335 | He hath refused it in the open court. | He hath refus'd it in the open Court, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.211 | Which did refuse three thousand ducats of me | Which did refuse three thousand Ducates of me, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.64 | If I refuse to wed Demetrius. | If I refuse to wed Demetrius. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.139 | O, that a lady of one man refused | Oh, that a Lady of one man refus'd, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.90 | As she is prized to have – as to refuse | As she is prisde to haue, as to refuse |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.182 | Refuse me, hate me, torture me to death! | Refuse me, hate me, torture me to death. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.60 | was in this manner accused, in this very manner refused, | was in this manner accus'd, in this very manner refus'd, |
| Othello | Oth III.i.46 | He might not but refuse you; but he protests he loves you | He might not but refuse you. But he protests he loues you |
| Pericles | Per II.i.76 | Which if you shall refuse, when I am dead, | Which if you shall refuse, when I am dead, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.46 | can make her be refused. | can make her be refuz'd. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.31 | And we will not – heaven's offer we refuse, | |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.15 | I heard you say that you had rather refuse | I heard you say, that you had rather refuse |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.201 | Refuse not, mighty lord, this proffered love. | Refuse not, mightie Lord, this proffer'd loue. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.207 | If you refuse it – as, in love and zeal, | If you refuse it, as in loue and zeale, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.34 | Deny thy father and refuse thy name. | Denie thy Father and refuse thy name: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.22 | So thou refuse to drink my dear sons' blood. | So thou refuse to drinke my deare sonnes blood. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.267 | We have had pelting wars since you refused | We haue had pelting Warres since you refus'd |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.205 | Refuse it not, it hath no tongue to vex you. | Refuse it not, it hath no tongue, to vex you: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.98 | To carry that which I would have refused, | To carry that, which I would haue refus'd; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.14 | Shall be the last; and that sword he refuses, | Shall be the last; and that Sword he refutes, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.280.2 | He that she refuses | He that she refuses |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.284 | If she refuse me, yet my grave will wed me, | If she refuse me, yet my grave will wed me, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.137 | With what thou else call'st thine. If thou refuse, | With what thou else call'st thine: if thou refuse, |