| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.177 | Smile upon this contract, whose ceremony | Smile vpon this Contract: whose Ceremonie |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.85 | month's length apiece, By an abstract of success: I have | moneths length a peece, by an abstract of successe: I haue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.35 | Distracted clouds give way; so stand thou forth: | Distracted clouds giue way, so stand thou forth, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.51 | Extended or contracted all proportions | Extended or contracted all proportions |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.9 | A man who is the abstract of all faults | a man, who is th' abstracts of all faults, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.61 | Being an obstruct 'tween his lust and him. | Being an abstract 'tweene his Lust, and him. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.43 | Distract your army, which doth most consist | Distract your Armie, which doth most consist |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.76 | His power went out in such distractions as | His power went out in such distractions, / As |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.i.9 | Make boot of his distraction. Never anger | Make boote of his distraction: Neuer anger |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.305 | between the contract of her marriage and the day it is | between the contract of her marriage, and the day it is |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.16 | many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed | many simples, extracted from many obiects, and indeed |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.42 | The fellow is distract, and so am I, | The fellow is distract, and so am I, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.39 | To fetch my poor distracted husband hence. | To fetch my poore distracted husband hence, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.112 | The contract you pretend with that base wretch, | The Contract you pretend with that base Wretch, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.114 | With scraps o'th' court, it is no contract, none; | With scraps o'th'Court: It is no Contract, none; |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.232 | And not protract with admiration what | And not protract with admiration, what |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.4 | To be contracted in one brow of woe, | To be contracted in one brow of woe: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.97 | In this distracted globe. Remember thee? | In this distracted Globe: Remember thee? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.522 | they are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time. | they are the Abstracts and breefe Chronicles of the time. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.552 | Tears in his eyes, distraction in his aspect, | Teares in his eyes, distraction in's Aspect, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.5 | He does confess he feels himself distracted, | He does confesse he feeles himselfe distracted, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.119 | No, good mother. Here's metal more attractive. | No good Mother, here's Mettle more attractiue. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.47 | As from the body of contraction plucks | As from the body of Contraction pluckes |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.4 | He's loved of the distracted multitude, | Hee's loued of the distracted multitude, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.2 | She is importunate, indeed distract. | She is importunate, indeed distract, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.21.IV.v. | Enter Ophelia | Enter Ophelia distracted. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.63 | To contract – O – the time for – a – my behove, | To contract O the time for a my behoue, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.223 | How I am punished with a sore distraction. | how I am punisht / With sore distraction? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.212 | Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes | Shall shew more goodly, and attract more eyes, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.170 | cherish thy guests, thou shalt find me tractable to any | and cherish thy Guests: / Thou shalt find me tractable to any |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.16 | me out contracted bachelors, such as had been asked | me out contracted Batchelers, such as had beene ask'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.138 | But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction | But wil it not liue with the liuing? No. Why? Detraction |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.105 | hath distracted her. But, for these foolish officers, I | hath distracted her: but for these foolish Officers, I |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.101 | Could out of thee extract one spark of evil | Could out of thee extract one sparke of euill |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.120 | Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. | Else ne're could he so long protract his speech. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.144 | How joyful am I made by this contract! | How ioyfull am I made by this Contract. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.46 | In argument and proof of which contract, | In argument and proofe of which contract, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.142 | Detract so much from that prerogative | Detract so much from that prerogatiue, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.156 | To cavil in the course of this contract. | To cauill in the course of this Contract: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.28 | How shall we then dispense with that contract | How shall we then dispense with that contract, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.40 | Here are the articles of contracted peace | Heere are the Articles of contracted peace, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.52 | (Gloucester lets the contract fall) | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.165 | Attracts the same for aidance 'gainst the enemy; | Attracts the same for aydance 'gainst the enemy, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.318 | Mine hair be fixed on end, as one distract; | Mine haire be fixt an end, as one distract: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.40 | In honour honesty, the tract of everything | In Honor, Honesty, the tract of eu'ry thing, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.64 | This tractable obedience is a slave | This tractable obedience is a Slaue |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.112 | Madam, this is a mere distraction. | Madam, this is a meere distraction, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.153 | That tidings came. With this she fell distract, | That tydings came. With this she fell distract, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.8 | Attracted had the cherry blood from his. | Attracted had the cherie blood from his, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.82 | Whose body is an abstract or a brief, | Whose bodie is an abstract or a breefe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.5 | Are quite distract with gazing on the crows, | are quite distract with gazing on the crowes, |
| King John | KJ II.i.101 | This little abstract doth contain that large | This little abstract doth containe that large, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.280 | Of my huge sorrows! Better I were distract; | Of my huge Sorrowes? Better I were distract, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.87 | 'Tis she is sub-contracted to this lord, | 'Tis she is sub-contracted to this Lord, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.226 | I was contracted to them both. All three | I was contracted to them both, all three |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.101 | Upon their pillows; they stared and were distracted; | Vpon their Pillowes: they star'd, and were distracted, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.123 | Unspeak mine own detraction, here abjure | Vnspeake mine owne detraction. Heere abiure |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.144 | Thus stands it with me: upon a true contract | Thus stands it with me: vpon a true contract |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.217 | which time of the contract and limit of the solemnity, | which time of the contract, and limit of the solemnitie, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.44 | now, for putting the hand in the pocket and extracting | now, for putting the hand in the pocket, and extracting |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.270 | And perform an old contracting. | And performe an olde contracting. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.71 | He is your husband on a pre-contract. | He is your husband on a pre-contract: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iv.2 | In most uneven and distracted manner. His | In most vneuen and distracted manner, his |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.207 | This is the hand which, with a vowed contract, | This is the hand, which with a vowd contract |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.372 | Say, wast thou e'er contracted to this woman? | Say: was't thou ere contracted to this woman? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.102 | Not I, I assure thee. Setting the attractions of | Not I, I assure thee; setting the attraction of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.130 | This news distracts me. | this newes distracts me. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.79 | distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket. | distraction, they conuey'd me into a bucke-basket. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.58 | abstract for the remembrance of such places, and goes | abstract for the remembrance of such places, and goes |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.215 | The truth is, she and I, long since contracted, | The truth is, she and I (long since contracted) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.97 | For she hath blessed and attractive eyes. | For she hath blessed and attractiue eyes. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.31 | I led them on in this distracted fear, | I led them on in this distracted feare, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.223 | seem proud; happy are they that hear their detractions | seeme proud, happy are they that heare their detractions, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.320 | one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to | one gender of Hearbes, or distract it with many: either to |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.249 | And silence those whom this vile brawl distracted. | And silence those whom this vil'd brawle distracted. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.112 | And didst contract and purse thy brow together, | And didd'st contract, and purse thy brow together, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.198 | not but I shall find them tractable enough. Come, I'll | not but I shall finde them tractable enough. Come, Ile |
| Pericles | Per V.i.43 | And other chosen attractions, would allure, | and other chosen attractions, would allure |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.66 | To dim his glory and to stain the track | To dimme his glory, and to staine the tract |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.174 | If thou dost find him tractable to us, | If thou do'st finde him tractable to vs, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.5 | I did, with his contract with Lady Lucy | I did, with his Contract with Lady Lucy, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.6 | And his contract by deputy in France; | And his Contract by Deputie in France, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.178 | For first he was contract to Lady Lucy – | For first was he contract to Lady Lucie, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.28 | Brief abstract and record of tedious days, | Breefe abstract and record of tedious dayes, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.20 | And by the bright track of his fiery car | And by the bright Tract of his fiery Carre, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.117 | I have no joy of this contract tonight. | I haue no ioy of this contract to night, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.154 | And use of service, none. Contract, succession, | And vse of seruice, none: Contract, Succession, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.91 | to detract. If all the wine in my bottle will recover him, | to detract: if all the wine in my bottle will recouer him, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.91 | In their distractions. They now are in my power; | In their distractions: they now are in my powre; |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.19 | To make this contract grow; but barren hate, | To make this contract grow; but barraine hate, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.84 | A contract of true love to celebrate, | A contract of true Loue, to celebrate, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.133 | A contract of true love. Be not too late. | A Contract of true Loue: be not too late. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.12 | His brother, and yours, abide all three distracted, | His Brother, and yours, abide all three distracted, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.51 | Leaving no tract behind. | Leauing no Tract behinde. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.252 | Aches contract and starve your supple joints! | Aches contract, and sterue your supple ioynts: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.114 | You only speak from your distracted soul; | you onely speake from your distracted soule; |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.247 | Hath a distracted and most wretched being, | Hath a distracted and most wretched being, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.438 | The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction | The Sunnes a Theefe, and with his great attraction |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.473 | That you will be more mild and tractable. | That you will be more milde and tractable. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.26 | To see thy noble uncle thus distract? | To see thy Noble Vnckle thus distract? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.20 | But the protractive trials of great Jove | But the protractiue trials of great Ioue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.142 | Paris should ne'er retract what he hath done, | Paris should ne're retract what he hath done, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.149 | altogether more tractable. | altogether more tractable. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.42 | You flow to great distraction; come, my lord. | You flow to great distraction: come my Lord? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.192 | Accept distracted thanks. | Accept distracted thankes. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.85 | Behold distraction, frenzy, and amazement | Behold distraction, frenzie, and amazement, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.31 | By this hand, they are scoundrels and substractors | By this hand they are scoundrels and substractors |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.21 | For she did speak in starts, distractedly. | For she did speake in starts distractedly. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.85 | That nature pranks her in, attracts my soul. | That nature prankes her in, attracts my soule. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.133 | see more detraction at your heels than fortunes before | see more detraction at your heeles, then Fortunes before |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.65 | I know not what 'twas, but distraction. | I know not what 'twas, but distraction. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.154 | A contract of eternal bond of love, | A Contract of eternall bond of loue, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.258 | You would have been contracted to a maid. | You would haue bin contracted to a Maid, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.277 | They say, poor gentleman, he's much distract. | They say poore Gentleman, he's much distract. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.278 | A most extracting frenzy of mine own | A most extracting frensie of mine owne |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.311 | This savours not much of distraction. | This sauours not much of distraction. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.1 | Her distraction is more at some time of the moon | Her distraction is more at some time of the Moone, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.149 | As if you held a brow of much distraction. | as if you held a Brow of much distraction: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.387.1 | Contract us 'fore these witnesses. | Contract vs fore these Witnesses. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.414.1 | Mark our contract. | Marke our Contract. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.203.1 | Our contract celebrated. | Our Contract celebrated. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.47 | distraction that they were to be known by garment, not | distraction, that they were to be knowne by Garment, not |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.5 | With your crowned brother and these your contracted | (With your Crown'd Brother, and these your contracted |