| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.118 | And she is dead; which nothing but to close | And she is dead, which nothing but to close |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.34 | Follow me close; I'll bring you to't. Adieu. | Follow me close, Ile bring you too't: Adieu. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.6.2 | Stand close, and list him. | Stand close, and list him. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.315 | A lass unparalleled. Downy windows, close; | A Lasse vnparalell'd. Downie Windowes cloze, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.139.1 | Still close as sure. | Still close, as sure. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.46 | She prayed me to excuse her keeping close, | She pray'd me to excuse her keeping close, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.86 | I will not ask again. Close villain, | I will not aske againe. Close Villaine, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.14 | Close by the battle, ditched, and walled with turf – | Close by the battell, ditch'd, & wall'd with turph, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.118 | This must be known, which, being kept close, might move | This must be knowne, wc being kept close might moue |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.75 | Follow her close. Give her good watch, I pray you. | Follow her close, / Giue her good watch I pray you: |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.128 | Will you do this: keep close within your chamber? | Will you doe this, keepe close within your Chamber, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.13 | And furious close of civil butchery, | And furious cloze of ciuill Butchery, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.3 | Stand close! | Stand close. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.31 | down, lay thine ear close to the ground and list if thou | downe, lay thine eare close to the ground, and list if thou |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.74 | Here, hard by, stand close. | Heere hard by: Stand close. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.95 | Stand close, I hear them coming. | Stand close, I heare them comming. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.213 | close, came in, foot and hand, and, with a thought, | close, came in foot and hand; and with a thought, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.527 | keep close, we'll read it at more advantage. There let him | keepe close, wee'le reade it at more aduantage: there let him |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.55 | Wait close; I will not see him. | Wait close, I will not see him. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.18 | If I can close with him, I care not for his thrust | If I can close with him, I care not for his thrust. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.322 | gentlewoman to close with us. Is she of the wicked? Is | Gentle-woman, to close with vs? Is shee of the Wicked? Is |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.182 | Congreeing in a full and natural close, | Congreeing in a full and natural close, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.211 | As many lines close in the dial's centre; | As many Lynes close in the Dials center: |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.58 | Let housewifery appear. Keep close, I thee command. | Let Huswiferie appeare: keepe close, I thee command. |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.2 | Or close the wall up with our English dead! | Or close the Wall vp with our English dead: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.9 | How the English, in the suburbs close intrenched, | How the English, in the Suburbs close entrencht, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.48 | When death doth close his tender-dying eyes, | When Death doth close his tender-dying Eyes. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.1 | My masters, let's stand close. My | My Masters, let's stand close, my |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.49 | Away with them, let them be clapped up close, | Away with them, let them be clapt vp close, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.3 | In this close walk, to satisfy myself | In this close Walke, to satisfie my selfe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.73 | This is close dealing. Well, I will be there. | This is close dealing. Well, I will be there. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.395 | And cry out for thee to close up mine eyes, | And cry out for thee to close vp mine eyes: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.32 | Close up his eyes, and draw the curtain close; | Close vp his eyes, and draw the Curtaine close, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.24 | I vow by heaven these eyes shall never close. | I vow by Heauen, these eyes shall neuer close. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.11 | That makes him close his eyes? I'll open them. | that makes him close his eyes? / Ile open them. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.118 | Defy them then, or else hold close thy lips. | Defie them then, or els hold close thy lips. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.v.17 | Stand you thus close to steal the Bishop's deer? | Stand you thus close to steale the Bishops Deere? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.55.1 | Let's stand close, and behold him. | Let's stand close and behold him. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.36 | The trumpets sound. Stand close, the Queen is coming. | The Trumpets sound: Stand close, / The Queene is comming. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.33 | Let 'em alone, and draw the curtain close; | Let 'em alone, and draw the Curtaine close: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.ii.34 | They partly close the curtain, but remain watching; | |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.30 | puppy. Keep the door close, sirrah. | Puppy, / Keepe the dore close Sirha. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.87 | Stand close up, or I'll make your head ache. | Stand close vp, or Ile make your head ake. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.131 | Stand close awhile, for here comes one in haste. | Stand close a while, for heere comes one in haste. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.202 | It would become me better than to close | It would become me better, then to close |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.162 | Now sit we close about this taper here, | Now sit we close about this Taper heere, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.306 | O, that a man might hold the heart's close book | O that a man might hold the hartes close booke, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.33 | He's close encompassed with a world of odds! | Hees close incompast with a world of odds. |
| King John | KJ II.i.533 | It likes us well. Young princes, close your hands. | It likes vs well young Princes: close your hands |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.72 | Lives in his eye; that close aspect of his | Liues in his eye: that close aspect of his, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.57 | Hast practised on man's life. Close pent-up guilts, | Ha's practis'd on mans life. Close pent-vp guilts, |
| King Lear | KL IV.iv.15.1 | Will close the eye of anguish. | Will close the eye of Anguish. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.90 | I thought to close mine eyes some half an hour, | I thought to close mine eyes some halfe an houre: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.574 | pole-axe sitting on a close-stool, will be given to Ajax. | Pollax sitting on a close stoole, will be giuen to Aiax. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.810 | The sudden hand of death close up mine eye! | The sodaine hand of death close vp mine eie. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.14 | She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice | Shee'le close, and be her selfe, whilest our poore Mallice |
| Macbeth | Mac III.v.7 | The close contriver of all harms, | The close contriuer of all harmes, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.20 | upon my life, fast asleep. Observe her; stand close. | vp-on my life fast asleepe: obserue her, stand close. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.67 | And follows close the rigour of the statute | And followes close the rigor of the Statute |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.117 | In your close patience. | in your close patience. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.339 | Hark how the villain would close now, after his | Harke how the villaine would close now, after his |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.47 | For the close night doth play the runaway, | For the close night doth play the run-away, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.65 | Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it. | Doth grosly close in it, we cannot heare it: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.14 | it in the muddy ditch close by the Thames side. | it in the muddie ditch, close by the Thames side. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.7 | Near to her close and consecrated bower, | Neere to her close and consecrated bower, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.41 | Stand close. This is the same Athenian. | Stand close, this is the same Athenian. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.25 | Close by the ground, to hear our conference. | Close by the ground, to heare our conference. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.101 | Stand thee close then under this penthouse, | Stand thee close then vnder this penthouse, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.105 | stand close. | stand close. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.231 | For this was brief – I found them close together | (For this was briefe) I found them close together |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.122 | They're close dilations, working from the heart, | They're close dilations, working from the heart, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.208 | To seel her father's eyes up close as oak – | To seele her Fathers eyes vp, close as Oake, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.331 | It shall be his. You shall close prisoner rest, | It shall be his. You shall close Prisoner rest, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.55.2 | How close 'tis caulked and bitumed! | How close tis caulkt & bottomed, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.12 | The setting sun, and music at the close, | The setting Sun, and Musicke in the close |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.158 | As for another secret close intent | As for another secret close intent, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.224 | No sleep close up that deadly eye of thine, | No sleepe close vp that deadly Eye of thine, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.35 | Would tempt unto a close exploit of death? | Will tempt vnto a close exploit of Death? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.51 | I will take order for her keeping close. | I will take order for her keeping close. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.36 | The son of Clarence have I pent up close, | The Sonne of Clarence haue I pent vp close, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.107 | And yours, close fighting ere I did approach. | And yours close fighting ere I did approach, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.149 | But to himself so secret and so close, | But to himselfe so secret and so close, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.192 | Hence will I to my ghostly Friar's close cell, | Hence will I to my ghostly Fries close Cell, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.6 | Do thou but close our hands with holy words, | Do thou but close our hands with holy words. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.36 | Follow me close, for I will speak to them. | Follow me close, for I will speake to them. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.5 | Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, | Spred thy close Curtaine Loue-performing night, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.4 | Holding thy ear close to the hollow ground. | Holding thy eare close to the hollow ground, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.125 | Which in a napkin being close conveyed, | Which in a Napkin (being close conuei'd) |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.9 | My banquet is to close our stomachs up | My Banket is to close our stomakes vp |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.216.2 | Close by, my master. | Close by, my Master. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.144 | To hold your hand more close. I did endure | To hold your hand more close: I did indure |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.143 | Let your close fire predominate his smoke, | Let your close fire predominate his smoke, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.389 | That sold'rest close impossibilities, | That souldrest close Impossibilities, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.203 | I have a tree, which grows here in my close, | I haue a Tree which growes heere in my Close, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.117 | The close enacts and counsels of thy heart. | The close enacts and counsels of the hart: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.163 | Stop close their mouths, let them not speak a word. | Stop close their mouthes, let them not speake a word, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.47 | daylight! An 'twere dark, you'd close sooner. (To | day light? and 'twere darke you'ld close sooner: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.8 | To close the day up, Hector's life is done. | To close the day vp, Hectors life is done. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.50 | Doth oft close in pollution, yet of thee | Doth oft close in pollution: yet of thee |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.19 | letter will make a contemplative idiot of him. Close, in | Letter wil make a contemplatiue Ideot of him. Close in |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.156 | Attested by the holy close of lips, | Attested by the holy close of lippes, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.235 | That to close prison he commanded her, | That to close prison he commanded her, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.314 | Close at the heels of her virtues. | Close at the heeles of her vertues. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.118 | Let me be blest to make this happy close; | Let me be blest to make this happy close: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.147 | Without your noble hand to close mine eyes, | Without your noble hand to close mine eies, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.v.6 | Fast by a brook, and there he shall keep close, | Fast by a Brooke, and there he shall keepe close, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.13 | Close in the thicket. The Duke appears; I meet him, | close in the Thicket; the Duke appeares, I meete him |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.57.2 | I'll buckle't close. | Ile buckl't close. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.129 | There must be four; yet I keep close for all this, | There must be fowre; yet I keepe close for all this, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.130 | Close as a cockle; and all these must be boys – | Close as a Cockle; and all these must be Boyes, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.122 | Yea, him I do not love that tells close offices | Yea him I doe not love, that tells close offices |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.96 | I'll close thine eyes, prince; blessed souls be with thee! | Ile close thine eyes Prince; blessed soules be with thee, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.120 | with't, keep it close. Home, home, the next way! We are | with't, keepe it close: home, home, the next way. We are |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.453 | To lie close by his honest bones; but now | To lye close by his honest bones; but now |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.487 | The close earth wombs or the profound sea hides | The close earth wombes, or the profound seas, hides |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.795 | He seems to be of great authority. Close with | He seemes to be of great authoritie: close with |