| 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 |
| 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, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.119 | Should by the cormorant belly be restrained | Should by the Cormorant belly be restrain'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.161 | Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained | Me of my lawfull pleasure she restrain'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.47 | Whereto constrained by her infirmity, | Whereto constrain'd by her infirmitie, |
| 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 2 | 2H4 I.i.161 | This strained passion doth you wrong, my lord. | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.196 | And they did fight with queasiness, constrained, | And they did fight with queasinesse, constrain'd |
| 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 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, |
| 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 III.ii.52 | And unrestrained make havoc as they pass, | And vnrestrained make hauock as they passe, |
| 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.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, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.123 | restrained, captivated, bound. | restrained, captiuated, bound. |
| 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 II.iv.48 | As to put metal in restrained means | As to put mettle in restrained meanes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.181 | The quality of mercy is not strained, | The quality of mercy is not strain'd, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.22 | Will you with free and unconstrained soul | Will you with free and vnconstrained soule |
| 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, |
| 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, |
| 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 |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.176 | Inhuman traitors, you constrained and forced. | Iuhumaine Traytors, you constrain'd and for'st. |
| 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 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 |
| 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 III.ii.49 | Have strained t' appear thus: if one jot beyond | Haue strayn'd t' appeare thus; if one iot beyond |