| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.50 | men could be contented to be what they are, there were | men could be contented to be what they are, there were |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.6 | If 'twill tie up thy discontented sword | If 'twill tye vp thy discontented Sword, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.ii.15 | contented followers. Go you and prepare Aliena; for, | contented followers: / Go you, and prepare Aliena; for |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.109 | To th' discontented members, the mutinous parts | To'th' discontented Members, the mutinous parts |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.45 | But as a discontented friend, grief-shot | But as a discontented Friend, greefe-shot |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.2 | contented to be there, in respect of the love I bear your | contented to be there, in respect of the loue I beare your |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.4 | He could be contented! Why is he not then? In respect | He could be contented: Why is he not then? in respect |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.84 | Be you contented, wearing now the garland, | Be you contented, wearing now the Garland, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.123 | contented as in the King's company, his cause being | contented, as in the Kings company; his Cause being |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.124 | Hath banished moody discontented fury, | Hath banisht moodie discontented fury, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.47 | Who not contented that he lopped the branch | Who not contented that he lopp'd the Branch |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.67 | Your crown content and you must be contented | Your Crowne Content, and you, must be contented |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.38 | Nor how to be contented with one wife, | Nor how to be contented with one Wife, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.227 | And kingly dignity, we are contented | And Kingly Dignity, we are contented |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.91.1 | He's discontented. | He's discontented. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.105 | Your patience to you and be well contented | Your patience to you, and be well contented |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.240 | And that we are contented Caesar shall | And that we are contented Casar shall |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.108 | You are contented to be led in triumph | You are contented to be led in Triumph |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.127 | My discontented peers. What! Mother dead? | My discontented Peeres. What? Mother dead? |
| King John | KJ V.i.8 | Our discontented counties do revolt; | Our discontented Counties doe reuolt: |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.297 | Th' untented woundings of a father's curse | Th'vntented woundings of a Fathers curse |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.106 | Prithee, nuncle, be contented; 'tis a naughty night | Prythee Nunckle be contented, 'tis a naughtie night |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.131.2 | Well contented. | Well contented. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.390 | Art thou contented, Jew? What dost thou say? | Art thou contented Iew? what dost thou say? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.156 | Good master Ford, be contented. You wrong yourself | Good master Ford, be contented: / You wrong your selfe |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.85 | Their dearest action in the tented field; | Their deerest action, in the Tented Field: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.310 | Now here's another discontented paper | Now, heere's another discontented paper |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.63 | As doth the blushing, discontented sun | As doth the blushing discontented Sunne, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.145 | The King shall be contented. Must he lose | The King shall be contented: Must he loose |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.199 | Are you contented to resign the crown? | Are you contented to resigne the Crowne? |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.11 | For no thought is contented; the better sort, | For no thought is contented. The better sort, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.32 | And none contented. Sometimes am I king. | And none contented. Sometimes am I King; |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.83 | From that contented hap which I enjoyed, | From that contented hap which I inioy'd, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.36 | I know a discontented gentleman | I know a discontented Gentleman, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.312 | Leads discontented steps in foreign soil, | Leads discontented steppes in Forraine soyle, |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.7 | If that your moody discontented souls | If that your moody discontented soules, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.155 | The meat was well, if you were so contented. | The meate was well, if you were so contented. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.25 | I will with you, if you be so contented, | I wil with you, if you be so contented, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.101 | I may and will, if she be so contented. | I may and will, if she be so contented: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.1.6 | discontentedly, like himself | discontentedly like himselfe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.116 | My discontented troops, and lay for hearts. | My discontented Troopes, and lay for hearts; |