| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.163.1 | At heel of that, defy him. | At heele of that, defie him. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.32 | I dare, and do defy thee for a villain. | I dare and do defie thee for a villaine. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.213 | Not a whit. We defy augury. There is special | Not a whit, we defie Augury; there's a speciall |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.225 | All studies here I solemnly defy, | All studies heere I solemnly defie, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.61 | Who, I? No, I defy thee! God's light, I was | Who I? I defie thee: I was |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.6 | By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy | By heauen I cannot flatter: I defie |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.31 | Defy him by the Lord of Westmorland. | Defie him by the Lord of Westmerland |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.69 | That is the word. I thee defy again! | that is the word. I defie thee againe. |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.5 | Defy us to our worst; for, as I am a soldier, | Defie vs to our worst: for as I am a Souldier, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.27 | Gloucester, I do defy thee. Lords, vouchsafe | Gloster, I doe defie thee. Lords vouchsafe |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.60 | the ten meals I have lost, and I'll defy them all. Wither, | the ten meales I haue lost, and I'de defie them all. Wither |
| 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 II.ii.170 | And in this resolution I defy thee; | And in this resolution, I defie thee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.98 | And so, proud-hearted Warwick, I defy thee, | And so, prowd-hearted Warwicke, I defie thee, |
| King John | KJ II.i.155 | My life as soon! I do defy thee, France. | My life as soone: I doe defie thee France, |
| King John | KJ II.i.406 | Why, then defy each other, and pell-mell | Why then defie each other, and pell-mell, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.23 | No, I defy all counsel, all redress, | No, I defie all Counsell, all redresse, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.94 | books, and defy the foul fiend. | Bookes, and defye the foule Fiend. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.65 | Defy the matter. How cheer'st thou, Jessica? | Defie the matter: how cheer'st thou Iessica, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.70 | angels given me this morning, but I defy all angels in | Angels giuen me this morning, but I defie all Angels (in |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.24 | defy the surgeon? | defie the Surgion? |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.60 | I do defy him, and I spit at him, | I do defie him, and I spit at him, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.24 | Is it e'en so? Then I defy you, stars! | Is it euen so? / Then I denie you Starres. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.68 | I do defy thy conjuration | I do defie thy commisseration, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.132 | He that dies pays all debts. I defy thee. | He that dies payes all debts: I defie thee; |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.120 | Lechery! I defy lechery! There's one at the | Letcherie, I defie Letchery: there's one at the |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.97 | is't with you? What, man, defy the devil! Consider, | ist with you? What man, defie the diuell: consider, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.305 | If you offend him, I for him defy you. | If you offend him, I for him defie you. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.25 | Defy me in these fair terms, and you show | Defy me in these faire termes, and you show |