| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.56 | To entertain it so merrily with a fool. | to entertaine it so merrily with a foole. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.63.2 | But entertain it, | But entertaine it, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.397 | would now like him, now loathe him; then entertain | would now like him, now loath him: then entertaine |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.195 | I'll entertain the offered fallacy. | Ile entertaine the free'd fallacie. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.120 | Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me, | Since mine owne doores refuse to entertaine me, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.394.1 | So please you entertain me. | So please you entertaine mee. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.24 | To entertain the lag end of my life | To entertaine the Lagge-end of my life |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.54 | But entertain no more of it, good brothers, | But entertaine no more of it (good Brothers) |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.111 | O noble English, that could entertain | O Noble English, that could entertaine |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.1 | Now entertain conjecture of a time | Now entertaine coniecture of a time, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.71 | I did not entertain thee as thou art. | I did not entertaine thee as thou art. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.176 | For here we entertain a solemn peace. | For heere we entertaine a solemne peace. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.14 | To entertain my vows of thanks and praise! | To entertaine my vowes of thankes and praise. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.4 | To entertain great England's lawful king. | To entertaine great Englands lawfull King. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.60 | All that served Brutus, I will entertain them. | All that seru'd Brutus, I will entertaine them. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.88 | How may I entertain his majesty, | How may I entertayne his Maiestie, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.133 | The misplaced John should entertain an hour, | The mis-plac'd-Iohn should entertaine an houre, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.77 | these hard hearts? You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred. | these hard-hearts. You sir, I entertaine for one of my hundred; |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.78 | Lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertain, | Least thou a feauorous life shouldst entertaine, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.90 | And do a wilful stillness entertain | And do a wilfull stilnesse entertaine, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.10 | I will entertain Bardolph; he shall draw, he shall tap. | I will entertaine Bardolfe: he shall draw; he shall tap; |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.50 | As many devils entertain! And ‘ To her, boy,’ say I. | As many diuels entertaine: and to her Boy say I. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.62 | were to entertain him with hope till the wicked fire of | were, to entertaine him with hope, till the wicked fire of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.80 | ready to wrangle with mine own honesty. I'll entertain | readie to wrangle with mine owne honesty: Ile entertaine |
| Pericles | Per I.i.120 | And until then your entertain shall be | And vntill then, your entertaine shall bee |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.14 | 'Tis now your honour, daughter, to entertain | T'is now your honour (Daughter) to entertaine |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.4 | And entertain a cheerful disposition. | And entertaine a cheerefull disposition. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.29 | To entertain these fair well-spoken days, | To entertaine these faire well spoken dayes, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.256 | And entertain a score or two of tailors | And entertaine a score or two of Taylors, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.4 | Therefore for God's sake entertain good comfort | Therefore for Gods sake entertaine good comfort, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.134 | few or none will entertain it. | few or none / will entertaine it. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.44 | And take a lodging fit to entertain | And take a Lodging fit to entertaine |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.75 | Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain. | Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertaine. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.247 | Pray entertain them, give them guide to us. | Pray entertaine them, giue them guide to vs. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.492 | To entertain me as your steward still. | To entertaine me as your Steward still. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.32 | To entertain your highness and your Empress. | To entertaine your Highnesse, and your Empresse. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.102 | Mistress, it is. Sweet lady, entertain him | Mistris, it is: sweet Lady, entertaine him |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.108 | Sweet lady, entertain him for your servant. | Sweet Lady, entertaine him for your Seruant. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.67 | Therefore, know thou, for this I entertain thee. | Therefore know thee, for this I entertaine thee. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.53 | Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, | Addresse your selfe to entertaine them sprightly, |