| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.122.2 | Forbear me. | Forbeare me |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.11 | Tempt him not so too far. I wish, forbear. | Tempt him not so too farre. I wish forbeare, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.73.2 | My precious queen, forbear, | My precious Queene forbeare, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.39.2 | Forbear me till anon. | Forbeare me till anon. Whispers in's Eare. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.175.2 | Forbear, Seleucus. | Forbeare Seleucus. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.88 | Forbear, and eat no more. | Forbeare, and eate no more. |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.98 | And know some nurture. But forbear, I say, | And know some nourture: But forbeare, I say, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.128 | Then but forbear your food a little while | Then but forbeare your food a little while: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.31 | Till he come home again I would forbear. | Till he come home againe, I would forbeare. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.68 | We must forbear. Here comes the gentleman, | We must forbeare. Heere comes the Gentleman, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.39 | Forbear sharp speeches to her. She's a lady | Forbeare sharpe speeches to her. Shee's a Lady |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.278 | Ghost unlaid forbear thee! | Ghost vnlaid forbeare thee. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.124 | Peace, peace, see further: he eyes us not, forbear; | Peace, peace, see further: he eyes vs not, forbeare |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.269 | For love of God, forbear him. | For loue of God forbeare him. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.110 | What, canst thou not forbear me half an hour? | What? canst thou not forbeare me halfe an howre? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.52 | My lord, it were your duty to forbear. | My Lord, it were your dutie to forbeare. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.106 | Let me persuade you to forbear awhile. | Let me perswade you to forbeare a while. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.49 | O, no, forbear! For that which we have fled | Oh no forbeare: For that which we haue fled |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.58 | Ah, Nell, forbear! Thou aimest all awry; | Ah Nell, forbeare: thou aymest all awry. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.46 | Lay not thy hands on me; forbear, I say; | Lay not thy hands on me: forbeare I say, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.iii.31 | Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. | Forbeare to iudge, for we are sinners all. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.71 | You cannot but forbear to murder me. | You cannot but forbeare to murther me: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.27 | Forbear awhile; we'll hear a little more. | Forbeare a-while, wee'l heare a little more. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.6 | My lords, forbear this talk; here comes the King. | My Lords, forbeare this talke: heere comes the King. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.75 | My love, forbear to fawn upon their frowns; | My Loue, forbeare to fawne vpon their frownes: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.86.1 | Forbear, for shame, my lords. | Forbeare for shame my Lords. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.162 | Dear sir, forbear! | Deare Sir forbeare. |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.158 | offended him, and at my entreaty forbear his presence | offended him: and at my entreaty forbeare his presence, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.104 | To suffer with the body. I'll forbear; | To suffer with the body; Ile forbeare, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.193 | To hear, or forbear hearing? | To heare, or forbeare hearing. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.195 | or to forbear both. | or to forbeare both. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.120 | Forbear till this company be passed. | Forbeare till this company be past. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.439.2 | Peace, peace, forbear! | Peace, peace, forbeare: |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.123 | Forbear it therefore, give your cause to heaven. | Forbeare it therefore, giue your cause to heauen, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.3 | I lose your company. Therefore forbear awhile. | I loose your companie; therefore forbeare a while, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.15 | Forbear. Here's company. | Forbeare: heer's company. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.51 | 'Oman, forbear. | O'man, forbeare. |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.10 | I did full hard forbear him. But I pray, sir, | I did full hard forbeare him. But I pray you Sir, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.52.2 | No, forbear. | |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.41 | Try honour's cause; forbear your suffrages. | Try honours cause; forbeare your suffrages: |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.42 | If that you love Prince Pericles, forbear. | If that you loue Prince Pericles, forbeare, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.30 | Bagot, forbear. Thou shalt not take it up. | Bagot forbeare, thou shalt not take it vp. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.104 | Forbear your conference with the noble Duke. | forbeare / Your Conference with the Noble Duke. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.118 | Forbear to sleep the nights, and fast the days; | Forbeare to sleepe the night, and fast the day: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.85 | Gentlemen, for shame! Forbear this outrage! | Gentlemen, for shame forbeare this outrage, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.220 | And lead you, even to death. Meantime forbear, | And lead you euen to death? meane time forbeare, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.1 | Fiddler, forbear, you grow too forward, sir. | Fidler forbeare, you grow too forward Sir, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.161 | Villains, forbear! We are the Empress' sons. | Villaines forbeare, we are the Empresse Sonnes. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.77 | hardly forbear hurling things at him; I know my lady | hardly forbeare hurling things at him, I know my Ladie |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.14 | Better forbear till Proteus make return. | Better forbeare, till Protheus make returne. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.202 | Villain, forbear. | Villaine, forbeare. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.204 | Sirrah, I say forbear. Friend Valentine, a word. | Sirha, I say forbeare: friend Valentine, a word. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.27 | Love, lend me patience to forbear awhile. | Loue, lend me patience to forbeare a while. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.122.4 | Forbear, | Forbeare, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.123 | Forbear, I say! It is my lord the Duke. | forbeare I say: It is my Lord the Duke. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.80.2 | Good my lord, forbear. | Good my Lord, forbeare: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.85.2 | Either forbear, | Either forbeare, |