| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.v.2 | Would thou and those thy scars had once prevailed | Would thou, & those thy scars had once preuaild |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.107 | You have prevailed. I will depart in quiet, | You haue preuail'd, I will depart in quiet, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.217 | Ere so prevailed with me. It will in time | Ere so preuayl'd with me; it will in time |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.45.2 | But how prevailed you? | But how preuail'd you? |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.189 | Most dangerously you have with him prevailed, | Most dangerously you haue with him preuail'd, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.39 | Good news, good news! The ladies have prevailed, | Good Newes, good newes, the Ladies haue preuayl'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.156 | to understand you have prevailed, I am no further | to vnderstand, you haue preuayl'd, I am no further |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.5 | As poisonous tongued as handed – hath prevailed | (As poysonous tongu'd, as handed) hath preuail'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.66 | But that two villains, whose false oaths prevailed | But that two Villaines, whose false Oathes preuayl'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.199 | And to be brief, my practice so prevailed, | And to be breefe, my practise so preuayl'd |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.70 | Do not for ever with thy vailed lids | Do not for euer with thy veyled lids |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.29 | Since, then, my office hath so far prevailed | Since then my Office hath so farre preuayl'd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.78 | But Reignier, King of Naples, that prevailed. | But Reignier King of Naples that preuayl'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.103 | Thus Suffolk hath prevailed; and thus he goes, | Thus Suffolke hath preuail'd, and thus he goes |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.123 | The Dauphin hath prevailed beyond the seas, | The Dolphin hath preuayl'd beyond the Seas, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.97 | presence? O Peter, thou hast prevailed in right! | presence? O Peter, thou hast preuayl'd in right. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.254 | As it hath much prevailed on your condition, | As it hath much preuayl'd on your Condltion, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.293 | Her height, forsooth, she hath prevailed with him. | Her height (forsooth) she hath preuail'd with him. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.131 | And have prevailed as much on him as you. | And haue preuail'd as much on him, as you, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.61 | Of damned witchcraft, and that have prevailed | Of damned Witchcraft, and that haue preuail'd |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.462 | Rise, Titus, rise; my Empress hath prevailed. | Rise Titus, rise, / My Empresse hath preuail'd. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.29 | But like a cloistress she will veiled walk, | But like a Cloystresse she will vailed walke, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.46 | You have prevailed, my lord; if I can do it | You haue preuail'd (my Lord) if I can doe it |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.159 | Thou hast prevailed; I pardon them and thee; | Thou hast preuaild, I pardon them and thee: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.27 | But they prevailed had their suits fairly granted; | But they prevaild, had their suites fairely granted, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.54 | Which often hath no less prevailed than so | Which often hath no lesse preuail'd, then so, |