| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.87 | And draw within the compass of suspect | And draw within the compasse of suspect |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.112 | She is too big, I hope, for me to compass. | She is too bigge I hope for me to compasse, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.23 | points o'th' compass. | points a'th Compasse. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.375 | the top of my compass. And there is much music, excellent | the top of my Compasse: and there is much Musicke, excellent |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.19 | good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all | good compasse: and now I liue out of all order, out of |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.20 | compass. | compasse. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.22 | needs be out of all compass, out of all reasonable | needes bee out of of all compasse; out all reasonable |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.23 | compass, Sir John. | compasse, Sir Iohn. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.27 | Alençon, Reignier compass him about, | Alanson, Reignard, compasse him about, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.48 | To compass wonders but by help of devils. | To compasse Wonders, but by helpe of diuels. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.46 | Above the reach or compass of thy thought? | Aboue the reach or compasse of thy thought? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.48 | My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel. | My minde exceedes the compasse of her Wheele. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.36 | Beyond thought's compass, that former fabulous story, | Beyond thoughts Compasse, that former fabulous Storie |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.340 | Fall into th' compass of a praemunire – | Fall into 'th'compasse of a Premunire; |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.25 | My life is run his compass. (to Pindarus) Sirrah, what news? | My life is run his compasse. Sirra, what newes? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.37 | That, if thou canst not compass my desire, | That if thou canst not compasse my desire, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.140 | Within the compass of the horizon, | Within the compasse of the horison, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.188 | he could not compass. | he could not compasse. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.66 | Like to the Garter's compass, in a ring. | Like to the Garters-Compasse, in a ring |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.96 | We the globe can compass soon, | We the Globe can compasse soone, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.21 | To do this is within the compass of man's wit, and | To do this, is within the compasse of mans Wit, and |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.218 | compass? | compasse? |
| Pericles | Per I.i.25 | To compass such a boundless happiness! | To compasse such a bondlesse happinesse. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.101 | Whose compass is no bigger than thy head, | Whose compasse is no bigger then thy head, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.40 | Why should we, in the compass of a pale, | Why should we, in the compasse of a Pale, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.283 | Nor thou within the compass of my curse. | Nor thou within the compasse of my curse. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.47 | It strains me past the compass of my wits. | It streames me past the compasse of my wits: |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.180 | Of a glad father compass thee about! | Of a glad father, compasse thee about: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.126 | Few come within the compass of my curse – | Few come within few compasse of my curse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.276 | Than ever Greek did compass in his arms; | Then euer Greeke did compasse in his armes, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.45.2 | That were hard to compass, | That were hard to compasse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.212 | If not, to compass her I'll use my skill. | If not, to compasse her Ile vse my skill. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.51 | What compass will you wear your farthingale?’ | What compasse will you weare your Farthingale? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.89.2 | That I may compass yours. | That I may compasse yours. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.142.2 | Where's your compass? | Wher's your Compasse? |