| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.1.1 | Enter the King with divers young Lords taking leave | Enter the King with diuers yong Lords, taking leaue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.206 | good for nothing but taking up, and that thou'rt scarce | good for nothing but taking vp, and that th'ourt scarce |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.48 | Jaques le Grand; which holy undertaking with most | Iaques le grand; which holy vndertaking, with most |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.143 | from Florence, taking no leave, and I follow him to his | from Florence, taking noleaue, and I follow him to his |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.83 | When he hath mused of taking kingdoms in, | (When he hath mus'd of taking kingdomes in) |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.129 | To lay on me a cruelty by taking | To lay on me a Cruelty, by taking |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.297 | It is not worth leave-taking. | It is not worth leaue-taking. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.233 | (taking a chain from her neck) | |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.136 | Who now are here, taking their leaves of me | Who now are heere, taking their leaues of mee, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.37.2 | Should we be taking leave | Should we be taking leaue |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.21 | taking a beggar without less quality. But how comes | taking a Begger without lesse quality. But how comes |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.173 | To try your taking of a false report, which hath | To try your taking of a false report, which hath |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.34.1 | (taking off her bracelet) | |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.142 | To come alone, either he so undertaking, | To come alone, either he so vndertaking, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.104 | And leads the will to desperate undertakings | And leads the will to desperate Vndertakings, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.103 | praying to purse-taking. | Praying, to Purse-taking. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.39 | them in honest taking up, then they must stand upon | them in honest Taking-vp, then they must stand vpon |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.139 | taking their names upon you before you have earned | taking their Names vpon you, before you haue earn'd |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.96 | And then imagine me taking your part, | And then imagine me, taking your part, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.128 | For thy mistaking so, we pardon thee. | For thy mistaking so, We pardon thee. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.3 | For taking bribes here of the Sardians; | For taking Bribes heere of the Sardians; |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.224 | But taking note of thy abhorred aspect, | But taking note of thy abhorr'd Aspect, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.301 | There is further compliment of leave-taking | There is further complement of leaue-taking |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.84 | proceed against him, mistaking his purpose, it would | proceed against him, mistaking his purpose, it would |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.99 | Why? For taking one's part that's out of favour. | Why? for taking ones part that's out of fauour, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.15 | filthy-worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking, | filthy woosted-stocking knaue, a Lilly-liuered, action-taking, |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.5 | Does not attend my taking. Whiles I may 'scape | Do's not attend my taking. Whiles I may scape |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.159.1 | You taking airs, with lameness! | You taking Ayres, with Lamenesse. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.57 | whirlwinds, star-blasting, and taking! Do Poor Tom | Whirle-Windes, Starre-blasting, and taking, do poore Tom |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.29 | Well worth a poor man's taking. Fairies and gods | Well worth a poore mans taking. Fayries, and Gods |
| King Lear | KL V.i.65 | His speedy taking off. As for the mercy | His speedy taking off. As for the mercie |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.57 | (taking another paper) | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.22 | You'll mar the light by taking it in snuff; | You'll marre the light by taking it in snuffe: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.20 | The deep damnation of his taking-off; | The deepe damnation of his taking off: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.141 | And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, | And let vs not be daintie of leaue-taking, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.28 | Without leave-taking? I pray you, | Without leaue-taking. I pray you, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.133 | Either this is the envy in you, folly, or mistaking. The | Either this is Enuie in you, Folly, or mistaking: The |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.215 | of course as it is virtuous to be constant in any undertaking. | of course, as it is vertuous to be constant in any vndertaking. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.59 | By taking nor by giving of excess, | By taking, nor by giuing of excesse, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.210 | that I have lost my edifice by mistaking the place where | that I haue lost my edifice, by mistaking the place, where |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.168 | What a taking was he in when your | What a taking was hee in, when your |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.288 | (taking her by the hand) Tarry, sweet Beatrice. | Tarrie sweet Beatrice. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.262.1 | But in mistaking. | But in mistaking. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.66 | Taking advantage of our misery, | Taking aduantage of our miserie, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.14 | For taking so the head, your whole head's length. | For taking so the Head, your whole heads length. |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.9 | The manner of their taking may appear | The manner of their taking may appeare |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.53 | Then, taking him from thence that is not there, | Then taking him from thence, that is not there, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.104 | Which you, mistaking, offer up to joy. | Which you mistaking offer vp to ioy: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.26 | Taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law, | Taking thy part, hath rusht aside the Law, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.71 | Taking the measure of an unmade grave. | Taking the measure of an vnmade graue. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.45 | Pardon, old father, my mistaking eyes, | Pardon old father my mistaking eies, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.49 | Pardon, I pray thee, for my mad mistaking. | Pardon I pray thee for my mad mistaking. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.248 | Told thee no lies, made thee no mistakings, served | Told thee no lyes, made thee no mistakings, serv'd |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.151 | hold taking, I doubt me. | hold taking, I doubt me. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.86 | (taking the child and drawing his sword) | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.66 | Have miserable, mad, mistaking eyes. | Haue miserable mad mistaking eyes: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.132 | As well my undertakings as your counsels; | As well my vnder-takings as your counsels: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.75 | Nothing, but our undertakings, when we vow | Nothing but our vndertakings, when we vowe |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.33 | Puts back leave-taking, jostles roughly by | Puts backe leaue-taking, iustles roughly by |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.10 | his affairs – unless it be to report your lord's taking of | his affaires, vnlesse it bee to report your Lords taking of |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.60 | For undertaking so unstaid a journey? | For vndertaking so vnstaid a iourney? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.38.1 | As my leave-taking. | As my leave taking. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.44 | That your free undertaking cannot miss | That your free vndertaking cannot misse |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.172 | For which the heavens, taking angry note, | For which, the Heauens (taking angry note) |