| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.52 | That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, | That thou dead Coarse againe in compleat steele, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.83 | In complete glory she revealed herself; | In compleat Glory shee reueal'd her selfe: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.53 | By my valour, the most complete champion that | By my Valour: the most compleate Champion that |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.26 | How many make the hour full complete, | How many makes the Houre full compleate, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.118 | Than ever they were fair. This man so complete, | Then euer they were faire. This man so compleat, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.49 | She is a gallant creature, and complete | She is a gallant Creature, and compleate |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.53 | And now my hope is full, my joy complete: | And now my hope is full, my ioy complete, |
| King John | KJ II.i.433 | Is the young Dauphin every way complete. | Is the yong Dolphin euery way compleat, |
| King John | KJ II.i.434 | If not complete of, say he is not she; | If not compleat of, say he is not shee, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.134 | A maid of grace and complete majesty – | A Maide of grace and compleate maiestie, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.44 | complete man. | compleat man. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.10 | No, my complete master; but to jig off a tune at | No my compleat master, but to Iigge off a tune at |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.3 | Can pierce a complete bosom. Why I desire thee | Can pierce a compleat bosome: why, I desire thee |
| Othello | Oth II.i.240 | look after. A pestilent complete knave; and the woman | looke after. A pestilent compleat knaue, and the woman |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.190 | Than all the complete armour that thou wearest! | Then all the compleat Armour that thou wear'st. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.10 | And how does that honourable, complete, free-hearted | And how does that Honourable, Compleate, Free-hearted |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.245 | The one is filling still, never complete, | The one is filling still, neuer compleat: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.181 | Then marvel not, thou great and complete man, | Then maruell not thou great and compleat man, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.28 | A thousand complete courses of the sun! | A thousand compleate courses of the Sunne, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.71 | He is complete in feature and in mind, | He is compleat in feature, and in minde, |