| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.10 | That doth my life besiege. Farewell, young lords. | That doth my life besiege: farwell yong Lords, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.18 | Lays down his wanton siege before her beauty, | Layes downe his wanton siedge before her beautie, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.136.1 | As fearful as a siege. | As fearefull as a Siege. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.75.1 | Of the unworthiest siege. | |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.152 | Girding with grievous siege castles and towns; | Girding with grieuous siege, Castles and Townes: |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.25 | Work, work your thoughts, and therein see a siege: | Worke, worke your Thoughts, and therein see a Siege: |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.64 | siege is given, is altogether directed by an Irishman, a | Siege is giuen, is altogether directed by an Irish man, a |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.47 | To raise so great a siege. Therefore, great King, | To rayse so great a Siege: Therefore great King, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.111 | Retiring from the siege of Orleans, | Retyring from the Siege of Orleance, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.157 | So you had need, for Orleans is besieged; | So you had need, for Orleance is besieg'd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.8 | Faintly besiege us one hour in a month. | Faintly besiege vs one houre in a moneth. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.13 | Let's raise the siege. Why live we idly here? | Let's rayse the Siege: why liue we idly here? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.40 | The walls they'll tear down than forsake the siege. | The Walls they'le teare downe, then forsake the Siege. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.53 | Ordained is to raise this tedious siege | Ordayned is to rayse this tedious Siege, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.130 | This night the siege assuredly I'll raise. | This night the Siege assuredly Ile rayse: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.146 | Leave off delays, and let us raise the siege. | Leaue off delayes, and let vs rayse the Siege. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.1 | Sirrah, thou knowest how Orleans is besieged | Sirrha, thou know'st how Orleance is besieg'd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.103 | Is come with a great power to raise the siege. | Is come with a great Power, to rayse the Siege. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.11 | Of horsemen that were levied for this siege! | Of horsemen, that were leuied for this siege. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.170 | Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. | Till Paris was besieg'd, famisht, and lost. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.22 | That lays strong siege unto this wretch's soul, | That layes strong siege vnto this wretches soule, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.50 | Intend here to besiege you in your castle. | Intend here to besiege you in your Castle. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.64 | The army of the Queen mean to besiege us. | The Armie of the Queene meane to besiege vs. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.35 | the women so besiege us? Bless me, what a fry of | the women so besiege vs? Blesse me, what a fry of |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.129 | And now the tyrant hath begirt with siege | And now the tyrant hath beguirt with seege, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.23 | A ling'ring English siege of peevish love. | A lingring English seege of peeuish loue, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.44 | I cannot blame the Scots that did besiege her, | I cannot blame the Scots that did besiege her, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.413 | Unnatural besiege! Woe me unhappy, | Vnnaturall beseege, woe me vnhappie, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.207 | My folly's siege against a faithful lover; | My follies seege, against a faithfull louer, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.119 | And there begirt that haven town with siege. | And there begyrt that Hauen towne with seege: |
| King John | KJ II.i.54 | Then turn your forces from this paltry siege | Then turne your forces from this paltry siege, |
| King John | KJ II.i.213 | All preparation for a bloody siege | All preparation for a bloody siedge |
| King John | KJ II.i.489 | Except this city now by us besieged – | (Except this Cittie now by vs besiedg'd) |
| King John | KJ V.vii.16 | Leaves them invincible, and his siege is now | Leaues them inuisible, and his seige is now |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.227 | So it is, besieged with sable-coloured melancholy, I did | So it is besieged with sable coloured melancholie, I did |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.86 | Like one that comes here to besiege his court, | Like one that comes heere to besiege his Court, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.3 | Will laugh a siege to scorn. Here let them lie | Will laugh a Siedge to scorne: Heere let them lye, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.95 | Besides, upon the very siege of justice, | Besides, vpon the verie siege of Iustice, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.226 | amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Use | amiable siege to the honesty of this Fords wife: vse |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.142 | War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it, | Warre, death, or sicknesse, did lay siege to it; |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.22 | From men of royal siege, and my demerits | From Men of Royall Seige. And my demerites |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.129 | From year to year – the battles, sieges, fortunes | From yeare to yeare: the Battaile, Sieges, Fortune, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.62 | Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege | Whose rocky shore beates backe the enuious siedge |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.212 | She will not stay the siege of loving terms, | Shee will not stay the siege of louing tearmes, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.237 | You, to remove that siege of grief from her, | You, to remoue that siege of Greefe from her, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.205 | Seem to besiege, and make his bold waves tremble, | Seeme to besiege, and make his bold waues tremble, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.104 | thou to be the siege of this mooncalf? Can he vent | thou to be the siege of this Moone-calfe? Can he vent |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.7 | To whom all sores lay siege, can bear great fortune | (To whom all sores lay siege) can beare great Fortune |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.12 | That, after seven years' siege, yet Troy walls stand; | That after seuen yeares siege, yet Troy walles stand, |