| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.29 | I have a heart as little apt as yours, | I haue a heart as little apt as yours, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.445 | The fit and apt construction of thy name, | The fit and apt Construction of thy name |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.31.2 | I find thee apt, | I finde thee apt, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.264 | Thoughts black, hands apt, drugs fit, and time agreeing, | Thoughts blacke, hands apt, / Drugges fit, and Time agreeing: |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.86 | You know how apt our love was to accord | You know how apt our loue was, to accord |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.281 | Is she not apt? | Is shee not apt? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.122 | Stubborn to justice, apt to accuse it, and | Stubborne to Iustice, apt to accuse it, and |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.97 | Apt to be rendered, for some one to say, | Apt to be render'd, for some one to say, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.160 | I shall not find myself so apt to die; | I shall not finde my selfe so apt to dye. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.68 | Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men | Why do'st thou shew to the apt thoughts of men |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.226 | Apt, liable to be employed in danger, | Apt, liable to be employ'd in danger, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.301 | And what they may incense him to, being apt | And what they may incense him too, being apt, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.65 | They are apt enough to dislocate and tear | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.18 | Pretty and apt. | Pretty and apt. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.19 | How mean you, sir? I pretty and my saying apt, or | How meane you sir, I pretty, and my saying apt? or |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.20 | I apt and my saying pretty? | I apt, and my saying prettie? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.22 | Little pretty, because little. Wherefore apt? | Little pretty, because little: wherefore apt? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.23 | And therefore apt, because quick. | And therefore apt, because quicke. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.73 | Delivers in such apt and gracious words | Deliuers in such apt and gracious words, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.112 | Youth so apt to pluck a sweet! | Youth so apt to plucke a sweet. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.89 | apt, I do assure you, sir, I do assure. | apt I doe assure you sir, I doe assure. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.48.1 | By vain though apt affection. | By vaine, though apt affection. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.495 | I find an apt remission in myself, | I finde an apt remission in my selfe: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.65 | There is not one word apt, one player fitted. | There is not one word apt, one Player fitted. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.271 | And thou shalt see how apt it is to learn | And thou shalt see how apt it is to learne |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.189 | apt to do myself wrong. I am not so reputed; it is the | apt to do my selfe wrong: I am not so reputed, it is the |
| Othello | Oth II.i.170 | three fingers so oft, which now again you are most apt | three fingers so oft, which now againe you are most apt |
| Othello | Oth II.i.278 | That she loves him, 'tis apt and of great credit. | That she loues him, 'tis apt, and of great Credite. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.311 | apt, so blessed a disposition, that she holds it a vice in her | apt, so blessed a disposition, she holds it a vice in her |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.176 | Than what he found himself was apt and true. | Then what he found himselfe was apt, and true. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.30 | An I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any | And I were so apt to quarell as thou art, any |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.40 | You shall find me apt enough to that, sir, an you | You shall find me apt inough to that sir, and you |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.157 | Which heavy sorrow makes them apt unto. | Which heauy sorrow makes them apt vnto. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.165 | She's apt to learn and thankful for good turns. | She's apt to learne, and thankefull for good turnes: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.136 | She is young and apt. | She is yong and apt: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.134 | To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme | To stubborne Criticks, apt without a theame |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.35 | I know thy constellation is right apt | I know thy constellation is right apt |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.24 | Apt, in good faith, very apt. Well, go thy way, if | Apt in good faith, very apt: well go thy way, if |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.124 | O world, how apt the poor are to be proud! | O world, how apt the poore are to be proud? |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.130 | And I, most jocund, apt, and willingly | And I most iocund, apt, and willinglie, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.317 | Madam, I am most apt t' embrace your offer. | Madam, I am most apt t'embrace your offer: |