| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.223 | a smack o'th' contrary. If ever thou beest bound in thy | a smacke a'th contrarie. If euer thou bee'st bound in thy |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.8 | We have lost our labour; they are gone a contrary way. | we haue lost our labour, / They are gone a contrarie way: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.221 | Our wills and fates do so contrary run | Our Willes and Fates do so contrary run, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.4 | And wouldst thou turn our offers contrary? | And would'st thou turne our offers contrary? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.339 | for suffering flesh to be eaten in thy house, contrary to | for suffering flesh to bee eaten in thy house, contrary to |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.81 | And, banding themselves in contrary parts, | And banding themselues in contrary parts, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.64 | Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss | Whereas the contrarie bringeth blisse, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.58 | Did he not, contrary to form of law, | Did he not, contrary to forme of Law, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.33 | to be used; and, contrary to the King his crown and | to be vs'd, and contrary to the King, his Crowne, and |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.20 | I'll prove the contrary, if you'll hear me speak. | Ile proue the contrary, if you'le heare mee speake. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.131 | The contrary doth make thee wondered at. | The contrary, doth make thee wondred at. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.15 | The King's attorney, on the contrary, | The Kings Atturney on the contrary, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.26 | In the divorce his contrary proceedings | In the Diuorce, his contrarie proceedings |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.182 | Does pay the act of it, as, i'th' contrary, | Does pay the Act of it, as i'th'contrary |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.147 | The best persuasions to the contrary | The best perswasions to the contrary |
| King John | KJ III.i.10 | I have a king's oath to the contrary. | I haue a Kings oath to the contrarie. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.198 | Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet, | Had falsely thrust vpon contrary feete, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.250 | Sorted and consorted, contrary to thy established | sorted and consorted contrary to thy established |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.33 | He speaks the mere contrary – crosses love | He speakes the meere contrary, crosses loue |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.135 | Woo contrary, deceived by these removes. | Woo contrary, deceiu'd by these remoues. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.97 | Professed the contrary. | Profest the contrarie. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.118 | contrary, let Claudio be executed by four of the clock, and, | contrary, let Claudio be executed by foure of the clocke, and |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.90 | deep glass of Rhenish wine on the contrary casket, for if | deepe glasse of Reinish-wine on the contrary Casket, for if |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.14 | contrary? | contrary. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.35 | show to the contrary. | shew to the contrary. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.38 | you to the contrary. O Mistress Page, give me some | you to the contrary: O Mistris Page, giue mee some |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.192 | and, I think, hath appointed them contrary places; for, | and (I thinke) hath appointed them contrary places: for |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.183 | the contrary, if Hero would be my wife. | the contrarie, if Hero would be my wife. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.77 | to the contrary, to be the trumpet of his own virtues, as | to the contrarie, to be the trumpet of his owne vertues, as |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.174 | What in the contrary? | What in the contrarie? |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.15 | But tidings to the contrary | But tidinges to the contrarie, |
| Pericles | Per II.v.80 | May be, nor can I think the contrary, | May be (nor can I thinke the contrary) Aside. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.101 | Who lately came from the King, commands the contrary. | Who lately came from th' King, commands the contrary. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.17 | The King hath strictly charged the contrary. | The King hath strictly charg'd the contrary. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.217 | No, to their lives ill friends were contrary. | No, to their liues, ill friends were contrary. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.85 | You must contrary me! Marry, 'tis time – | You must contrary me, marry 'tis time. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.64 | What storm is this that blows so contrary? | What storme is this that blowes so contrarie? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.90 | And all things change them to the contrary. | And all things change them to the contrarie. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.95 | A falsehood in its contrary, as great | A falsehood in it's contrarie, as great |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.145 | Be quite contrary; and thatch | Be quite contrary, And Thatch |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.306 | despised for the contrary. There's a medlar for thee. | despis'd for the contrary. There's a medler for thee, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.13 | Just the contrary: the better for thy friends. | Iust the contrary: the better for thy friends. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.16 | What instance of the contrary? | What instance of the contrary? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.80 | 'Tis pity love should be so contrary; | 'Tis pitty Loue, should be so contrary: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.372 | Wafting his eyes to th' contrary, and falling | Wafting his eyes to th' contrary, and falling |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.8 | To the contrary I have express commandment. | To the contrary I haue expresse commandment. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.18 | open, thou, Hermione, contrary to the faith and allegiance | open, thou (Hermione) contrary to theFaith and Allegeance |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.45 | My lord should to the heavens be contrary, | My Lord should to the Heauens be contrary, |