| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.51 | lords; you have restrained yourself within the list of too | Lords, you haue restrain'd your selfe within the List of too |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.41 | But puts it off to a compelled restraint; | But puts it off to a compell'd restraint: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.118 | With sharp constraint of hunger; better 'twere | With sharpe constraint of hunger: better 'twere, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.16 | By love's own sweet constraint, and will for ever | By loues owne sweet constraint, and will for euer |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.121 | I will confess what I know without constraint. | I will confesse what I know without constraint, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.213 | Madding my eagerness with her restraint, | Madding my eagernesse with her restraint, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.56 | To come thus was I not constrained, but did it | To come thus was I not constrain'd, but did it |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.59 | Does pity, as constrained blemishes, | Does pitty, as constrained blemishes, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.69 | instrument and play false strains upon thee? Not to be | instrument, and play false straines vpon thee? not to be |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.97 | To know the reason of this strange restraint. | To know the reason of this strange restraint: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.82 | statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poor. If the | Statutes daily, to chaine vp and restraine the poore. If the |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.119 | Should by the cormorant belly be restrained | Should by the Cormorant belly be restrain'd, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.100 | Constrains them weep and shake with fear and sorrow, | Constraines them weepe, and shake with feare & sorow, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.149 | Thou hast affected the fine strains of honour, | Thou hast affected the fiue straines of Honor, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.167 | That thou restrain'st from me the duty which | That thou restrain'st from me the Duty, which |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.5 | That lock up your restraint. For you Posthumus, | That locke vp your restraint. For you Posthumus, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.161 | Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained | Me of my lawfull pleasure she restrain'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.94 | Strains his young nerves, and puts himself in posture | Straines his yong Nerues, and puts himselfe in posture |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.94 | A strain of rareness: and I grieve myself | A straine of Rarenesse: and I greeue my selfe, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.47 | Whereto constrained by her infirmity, | Whereto constrain'd by her infirmitie, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.24.2 | O noble strain! | Oh noble straine! |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.15 | Desired more than constrained: to satisfy, | Desir'd, more then constrain'd, to satisfie |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.141 | I am glad to be constrained to utter that | I am glad to be constrain'd to vtter that |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.18 | Should have kept short, restrained, and out of haunt | Should haue kept short, restrain'd, and out of haunt, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.64 | Stained with the variation of each soil | Strain'd with the variation of each soyle, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.63 | Such as we see when men restrain their breath | Such as we see when men restraine their breath |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.75.2 | You strain too far. | You strayne too farre. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.161 | This strained passion doth you wrong, my lord. | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.176 | Though strongly apprehended, could restrain | (Though strongly apprehended) could restraine |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.196 | And they did fight with queasiness, constrained, | And they did fight with queasinesse, constrain'd |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.132 | The muzzle of restraint, and the wild dog | The muzzle of Restraint; and the wilde Dogge |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.171 | Or swell my thoughts to any strain of pride, | Or swell my Thoughts, to any straine of Pride, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.51 | And he is bred out of that bloody strain | And he is bred out of that bloodie straine, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.97 | Bloody constraint; for if you hide the crown | Bloody constraint: for if you hide the Crowne |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.32 | Straining upon the start. The game's afoot! | Straying vpon the Start. The Game's afoot: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.61 | Hath here distrained the Tower to his use. | Hath here distrayn'd the Tower to his vse. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.10 | My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage, | My brest Ile burst with straining of my courage, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.7 | Constrained to watch in darkness, rain, and cold. | Constrain'd to watch in darknesse, raine, and cold. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.143 | Suppose, my lords, he did it unconstrained, | Suppose, my Lords, he did it vnconstrayn'd, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.46 | And more, and richer, when he strains that lady. | And more, and richer, when he straines that Lady, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.123.2 | attempting to restrain him | |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.255 | And touch thy instrument a strain or two? | And touch thy Instrument a straine or two. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.59 | O, if thou wert the noblest of thy strain, | O if thou wer't the Noblest of thy Straine, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.102 | Is to surrender ere he be constrained. | Is to surrender ere he be constraynd. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.78 | How much more shall the strains of poets' wit | How much more shall the straines of poets wit, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.178 | The prisoner of immured dark constraint, | The prisoner of emured darke constraint, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.49 | Instead of whom, ransack-constraining war | In sted of whome ransackt constraining warre, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.52 | And unrestrained make havoc as they pass, | And vnrestrained make hauock as they passe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.27 | Without restraint may have recourse to Calais | Without restraint may haue recourse to Callis, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.91 | And my constraint stands the excuse for thee. | and my constraint stands the excuse for thee. |
| King John | KJ II.i.244 | Than the constraint of hospitable zeal | Then the constraint of hospitable zeale, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.46 | And strain their cheeks to idle merriment, | And straine their cheekes to idle merriment, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.52 | Th' enfranchisement of Arthur, whose restraint | Th'infranchisement of Arthur, whose restraint |
| King John | KJ V.i.28 | I did suppose it should be on constraint, | I did suppose it should be on constraint, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.169 | Which we durst never yet, and with strained pride | Which we durst neuer yet; and with strain'd pride, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.95 | A saucy roughness, and constrains the garb | A saucy roughnes, and constraines the garb |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.145.1 | Should have him thus restrained. | Should haue him thus restrained. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.138 | She have restrained the riots of your followers, | She haue restrained the Riots of your Followres, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.41 | Sir, you have showed today your valiant strain, | Sir, you haue shew'd to day your valiant straine |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.123 | restrained, captivated, bound. | restrained, captiuated, bound. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.755 | As love is full of unbefitting strains, | As Loue is full of vnbefitting straines, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.8 | Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature | restraine in me the cursed thoughts / That Nature |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.13 | And none serve with him but constrained things | And none serue with him, but constrained things, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.123 | Why, how now, Claudio? Whence comes this restraint? | Why how now Claudio? whence comes this restraint. |
| 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 I.iv.4 | But rather wishing a more strict restraint | But rather wishing a more strict restraint |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.48 | As to put metal in restrained means | As to put mettle in restrained meanes |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.71 | Ay, just. Perpetual durance, a restraint, | I iust, perpetuall durance, a restraint |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.181 | The quality of mercy is not strained, | The quality of mercy is not strain'd, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.82 | unless he know some strain in me that I know not | vnlesse hee know some straine in mee, that I know not |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.174 | of the same strain were in the same distress. | of the same straine, were in the same distresse. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.428 | Now, go thy way. Faintness constraineth me | Now goe thy way: faintnesse constraineth me, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.192 | I would your grace would constrain me to tell. | I would your Grace would constraine mee to tell. |
| 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.22 | Will you with free and unconstrained soul | Will you with free and vnconstrained soule |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.250 | For to strange sores strangely they strain the cure. | For to strange sores, strangely they straine the cure, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.12 | And let it answer every strain for strain, | And let it answere euery straine for straine, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.15 | Or put upon you what restraint and grievance | Or put vpon you, what restraint or greeuance, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.216 | I am to pray you, not to strain my speech | I am to pray you, not to straine my speech |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.248 | Note if your lady strain his entertainment | Note if your Lady straine his Encertainment |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.98 | He, when he hears of her, cannot refrain | He, when he heares of her, cannot restraine |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.89 | Throwing restraint upon us; or say they strike us, | Throwing restraint vpon vs: Or say they strike vs, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.54 | 'Tis a good constraint of fortune it belches upon us. | T'is a good constraint of Fortune it belches vpon vs. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.24 | To think of what a noble strain you are, | to thinke of what a noble straine you are, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.130 | My father's goods are all distrained and sold, | My Fathers goods are all distraynd, and sold, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.7 | With unrestrained loose companions, | With vnrestrained loose Companions, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.323 | They would distrain the one, distain the other. | They would restraine the one, distaine the other, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.15 | Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use, | Nor ought so good, but strain'd from that faire vse, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.50 | and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy. | and in such a case as mine, a man may straine curtesie. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.52 | constrains a man to bow in the hams. | constrains a man to bow in the hams. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.28 | Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps. | Straining harsh Discords, and vnpleasing Sharpes. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.47 | It strains me past the compass of my wits. | It streames me past the compasse of my wits: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.57 | restrained to keep him from stumbling, hath been often | restrain'd to keepe him from stumbling, hath been often |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.386 | The strain of strutting chanticleer | the straine of strutting Chanticlere |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.147 | To build his fortune I will strain a little, | To build his Fortune, I will straine a little, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.254 | And all this courtesy! The strain of man's bred out | and all this Curtesie. The straine of mans bred out |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.143.4 | strain or two to the hautboys, and cease | straine or two to the Hoboyes, and cease. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.214 | Blow off thy cap. Praise his most vicious strain | Blow off thy Cap: praise his most vicious straine, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.146 | Of its own fault, restraining aid to Timon, | Of it owne fall, restraining ayde to Timon, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.225 | And strain what other means is left unto us | And straine what other meanes is left vnto vs |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.176 | Inhuman traitors, you constrained and forced. | Iuhumaine Traytors, you constrain'd and for'st. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.326 | And in the publication make no strain | And in the publication make no straine, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.114 | Now, youthful Troilus, do not these high strains | Now youthfull Troylus, do not these hie strains |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.155 | That so degenerate a strain as this | That so degenerate a straine as this, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.112 | I do not strain at the position – | I doe not straine it at the position, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.221 | And your great love to me, restrains you thus. | And your great loue to me, restraines you thus: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.23 | Cressid, I love thee in so strained a purity | Cressid: I loue thee in so strange a puritie; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.169 | Strained purely from all hollow bias-drawing, | Strain'd purely from all hollow bias drawing: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.4 | That strain again! It had a dying fall. | That straine agen, it had a dying fall: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.64 | constrained in't to call thee knave, knight. | constrain'd in't, to call thee knaue, Knight. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.65 | 'Tis not the first time I have constrained | 'Tis not the first time I haue constrained |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.79 | My love without retention or restraint, | My loue without retention, or restraint, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.40 | their own restraint and disasters. Yet sometime a | their owne restraint, and disasters: Yet sometime a |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.326 | I must constrain you then; and for you are dangerous, | I must constraine you then: and for you are dangerous |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.43 | Away with this strained mirth; I say again, | Away with this straind mirth; I say againe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.244 | Which hoxes honesty behind, restraining | Which hoxes honestie behind, restrayning |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.49 | Have strained t' appear thus: if one jot beyond | Haue strayn'd t' appeare thus; if one iot beyond |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.462 | More straining on for plucking back, not following | More straining on, for plucking backe; not following |