| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.63 | Do wrong to none. Be able for thine enemy | Doe wrong to none: be able for thine enemie |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.73 | That's able to breathe life into a stone, | That's able to breath life into a stone, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.42 | able to lead her a coranto. | able to leade her a Carranto. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.79 | able body as when he numbered thirty. 'A will be here | able bodie as when he number'd thirty, a will be heere |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.78 | Both what by sea and land I can be able | Both what by Sea and Land I can be able |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.74 | My fortunes were more able to relieve her; | My fortunes were more able to releeue her: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.5 | And, not being able to buy out his life, | And not being able to buy out his life, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.79 | Able to bear against the great Aufidius | Able to beare against the great Auffidious |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.20 | He is able to pierce a corslet with his eye, talks like | He is able to pierce a Corslet with his eye: Talkes like |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.197 | now or whensoever, provided I be so able as now. | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.91 | indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much | indeede able to corrupt a Saint. Thou hast done much |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.43 | With that he gave his able horse the head, | With that he gaue his able Horse the head, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.44 | And bending forward struck his armed heels | And bending forwards strooke his able heeles |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.7 | brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able | braine of this foolish compounded Clay-man, is not able |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.54 | How able such a work to undergo, | How able such a Worke to vndergo, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.246 | faculties 'a has that show a weak mind and an able | Faculties hee hath, that shew a weake Minde, and an able |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.39 | at his friend's request. An honest man, sir, is able | at his Friends request. An honest man sir, is able |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.76 | Would I were able to load him with his desert! | Would I were able to loade him with his desert. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.12 | That therefore I have forged, or am not able | That therefore I haue forg'd, or am not able |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.159 | Than I am able to instruct or teach; | Then I am able to instruct or teach: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.15 | Able to ravish any dull conceit; | Able to rauish any dull conceit. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.51 | Henry is able to enrich his queen, | Henry is able to enrich his Queene, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.213 | Lord, have mercy upon me! I never shall be able to fight | Lord haue mercy vpon me, I shall neuer be able to fight |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.141 | Alas, master, I am not able to stand alone. You | Alas Master, I am not able to stand alone: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.148 | Alas, master, what shall I do? I am not able | Alas Master, what shall I doe? I am not able |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.77 | God, for I am never able to deal with my master, he hath | God, for I am neuer able to deale with my Master, hee hath |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.44 | But now of late, not able to travel with her | But now of late, not able to trauell with her |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.52 | I am able to endure much. | I am able to endure much. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.39 | about matters they were not able to answer. Moreover, | about matters they were not able to answer. Moreouer, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.101 | Is able with the change to kill and cure. | Is able with the change, to kill and cure. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.154 | You have a father able to maintain you, | You haue a Father able to maintaine you, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.36 | Should not be able to encounter mine. | Should not be able to encounter mine. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.161 | As able to perform't, his mind and place | As able to perform't) his minde, and place |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.31 | The clothiers all, not able to maintain | The Clothiers all not able to maintaine |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.140 | Would it not grieve an able man to leave | Would it not grieue an able man to leaue |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.387 | I hope I have: I am able now, methinks, | I hope I haue: / I am able now (me thinkes) |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.62 | As well as I am able. The rich stream | As well as I am able. The rich streame |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.153 | And able means, we had not parted thus. | And able meanes, we had not parted thus. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.62 | their dear brothers, are able to endure. I have some of | their deare Brothers are able to endure. I haue some of |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.49 | Able to yoke their stubborn necks with steel | Able to yoak their stubburne necks with steele, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.153 | Answer the number of your able hands, | Answere the number of your able handes, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.169 | None does offend, none, I say, none; I'll able 'em. | None do's offend, none, I say none, Ile able 'em; |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.8 | But that, to your sufficiency, as your worth is able, | But that, to your sufficiency, as your worth is able, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.76 | he would pay him again when he was able. I think the | he would pay him againe when hee was able: I thinke the |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.205 | Is he not able to discharge the money? | Is he not able to discharge the money? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.50 | able to overtake seventeen years old. It were a goot | able to ouertake seuenteene yeeres old. It were a goot |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.100 | inconstancy of man's disposition is able to bear. | inconstancy of mans disposition is able to beare. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.132 | I will never mistrust my wife again till thou art able | I will neuer mistrust my wife againe, till thou art able |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.160 | me. I am dejected. I am not able to answer the Welsh | me, I am deiected: I am not able to answer the Welch |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.210 | man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, | mans hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceiue, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.8 | Athens able to discharge Pyramus but he. | Athens, able to discharge Piramus but he. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.3 | Fie, fie upon her! She's able to freeze the god | Fye, fye, vpon her, shee's able to freze the god |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.52 | Not able to endure the sight of day, | Not able to endure the sight of Day; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.27 | Me they shall feel while I am able to stand: and | Me they shall feele while I am able to stand: And |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.223 | I am the greatest, able to do least, | I am the greatest, able to doe least, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.67 | good father, I am able to maintain it. | good Father, I am able to maintaine it. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.10 | And able horses. No porter at his gate, | And able Horses: No Porter at his gate, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.50 | I am not able to do – the more beast, I say! I was sending | I am not able to do (the more beast I say) I was sending |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.33 | I am as able and as fit as thou | I am as able, and as fit, as thou, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.83 | than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they | then they are able, and yet reserue an ability that they |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.50 | were dry, I am able to fill it with my tears. If the wind | were drie, I am able to fill it with my teares: if the winde |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.176 | Able to lock Jove from a synod, shall | Able to locke Iove from a Synod, shall |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.181 | For what thou feelest not, what thou feelest being able | For what thou feelst not? what thou feelst being able |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.9 | With this refreshing, able once again | With this refreshing, able once againe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.64 | He lisps in's neighing able to entice | He lispes in's neighing able to entice |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.117 | Not able to produce more accusation | (Not able to produce more accusation |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.25 | cannot be able to express it. | cannot be able to expresse it. |