| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.84 | Their force, their purposes; nay, I'll speak that | Their force, their purposes: Nay, Ile speake that, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.7 | When oil and fire, too strong for reason's force, | When oyle and fire, too strong for reasons force, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.93 | Made friends of them, jointing their force 'gainst Caesar, | Made friends of them, ioynting their force 'gainst Casar, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.101 | This is stiff news – hath with his Parthian force | (this is stiffe-newes) / Hath with his Parthian Force |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.169 | I will oppose his fate. Our force by land | I will oppose his Fate. Our force by Land, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.189 | Do so, we'll speak to them; and tonight I'll force | Do so, wee'l speake to them, / And to night Ile force |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xi.2 | Which, as I take't, we shall, for his best force | Which as I tak't we shall, for his best force |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.48 | Mars what it does; yea, very force entangles | Marres what it does: yea, very force entangles |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.103 | What would you have? Your gentleness shall force, | What would you haue? / Your gentlenesse shall force, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.104 | More than your force move us to gentleness. | more then your force / Moue vs to gentlenesse. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.26 | Nor, I am sure, there is no force in eyes | Nor I am sure there is no force in eyes |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.359 | By force took Dromio and my son from them, | By force tooke Dromio, and my sonne from them, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.14 | I thought to crush him in an equal force, | I thought to crush him in an equall Force, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.77 | Not fearing outward force, so shall my lungs | Not fearing outward force: So shall my Lungs |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.51.2 | Why force you this? | Why force you this? |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.85 | Your gates against my force. Yet, for I loved thee, | Your gates against my force. Yet for I loued thee, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.101 | Whose every touch – would force the feeler's soul | (Whose euery touch) would force the Feelers soule |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.41 | Will force him think I have picked the lock, and ta'en | Will force him thinke I haue pick'd the lock, and t'ane |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.415 | As then your force did. Take that life, beseech you, | As then your force did. Take that life, beseech you |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.26 | As he in his particular act and place | As he in his peculiar Sect and force |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.550 | Could force his soul so to his own conceit | Could force his soule so to his whole conceit, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.113 | force of honesty can translate beauty into his likeness. | force of Honestie can translate Beautie into his likenesse. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.48 | And what's in prayer but this twofold force, | And what's in Prayer, but this two-fold force, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.120.2 | It must, of force. | It must of force. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.105 | I am sorry I should force you to believe | I am sorry, I should force you to beleeue |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.114 | Was force perforce compelled to banish him, | Was forc'd, perforce compell'd to banish him: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.46 | As force perforce the age will pour it in, | As force, perforce, the Age will powre it in) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.46 | Into one giant arm, it shall not force | into one gyant Arme, / It shall not force |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.150 | With ample and brim fulness of his force, | With ample and brim fulnesse of his force, |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.32 | Th' abuse of distance, force a play. | Th' abuse of distance; force a play: |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.16 | Will cut their passage through the force of France, | Will cut their passage through the force of France? |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.17 | Est-il impossible d'échapper la force de | Est il impossible d' eschapper le force de |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.1 | Where is my strength, my valour, and my force? | Where is my strength, my valour, and my force? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.21 | A witch by fear, not force, like Hannibal, | A Witch by feare, not force, like Hannibal, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.32 | The other yet may rise against their force. | The other yet may rise against their force. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.159 | And those occasions, uncle, were of force; | And those occasions, Vnckle, were of force: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.3 | Too rashly plotted. All our general force | Too rashly plotted. All our generall force, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.36 | The fraud of England, not the force of France, | The fraud of England, not the force of France, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.24 | Which thou didst force from Talbot, my brave boy.’ | Which thou didst force from Talbot, my braue Boy. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.79 | Whether it be through force of your report, | Whether it be through force of your report, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.208 | That Maine which by main force Warwick did win, | That Maine, which by maine force Warwicke did winne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.256 | And force perforce I'll make him yield the crown, | And force perforce Ile make him yeeld the Crowne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.161 | To show some reason of no little force | To shew some reason, of no little force, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.30 | Which now they hold by force and not by right; | Which now they hold by force, and not by right: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.332 | And turns the force of them upon thyself. | And turnes the force of them vpon thy selfe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.22 | Or dare to bring thy force so near the court? | Or dare to bring thy Force so neere the Court? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.186 | To force a spotless virgin's chastity, | To force a spotlesse Virgins Chastitie, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.29 | For hither we have broken in by force. | For hither we haue broken in by force. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.44 | Inferring arguments of mighty force. | Inferring arguments of mighty force: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.206 | And force the tyrant from his seat by war. | And force the Tyrant from his seat by Warre. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.33 | There shall I rest secure from force and fraud. | There shall I rest secure from force and fraud: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.77 | Of force enough to bid his brother battle; | Of force enough to bid his Brother Battaile: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.64 | The force of his own merit makes his way – | The force of his owne merit makes his way |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.101 | The force of this commission. Pray look to't; | The force of this Commission: pray looke too't; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.2 | And force them with a constancy, the Cardinal | And force them with a Constancy, the Cardinall |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.201 | Good reasons must of force give place to better. | Good reasons must of force giue place to better: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.77 | Could force attendance in the ears of hell, | Could force attendance in the eares of hel: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.42 | I come to aid thee with my country's force. | I come to aide thee with my countries force, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.54 | At sea we are as puissant as the force | At Sea we are as puissant as the force; |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.173 | And now the effect of valour and of force, | And now the effect of vallor and of force, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.141 | That your intended force must bide the touch. | That your intended force must bide the touch, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.65 | And ever after dread their force no more | And euer after dread their force no more, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.10 | Thy fortune, not thy force, hath conquered us. | Thy fortune, not thy force hath conquerd vs. |
| King John | KJ I.i.130 | Shall then my father's will be of no force | Shal then my fathers Will be of no force, |
| King John | KJ I.i.132 | Of no more force to dispossess me, sir, | Of no more force to dispossesse me sir, |
| King John | KJ I.i.265 | Against whose fury and unmatched force | Against whose furie and vnmatched force, |
| King John | KJ III.i.142 | So wilfully dost spurn; and force perforce | So wilfully dost spurne; and force perforce |
| King John | KJ III.iii.11 | Use our commission in his utmost force. | Vse our Commission in his vtmost force. |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.66 | Denied me to come in – return and force | Deny'd me to come in) returne, and force |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.11 | Our late edict shall strongly stand in force: | Our late edict shall strongly stand in force, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.145 | We must of force dispense with this decree. | We must of force dispence with this Decree, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.440 | Your oath once broke, you force not to forswear. | your oath once broke, you force not to forsweare. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.18 | The English force, so please you. | The English Force, so please you. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.113 | When he would force it? Sure it is no sin, | When he would force it? Sure it is no sinne, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.30 | Even in the force and road of casualty. | Euen in the force and rode of casualtie. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.56 | Why he a woollen bagpipe, but of force | Why he a woollen bag-pipe: but of force |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.102 | There is no force in the decrees of Venice. | There is no force in the decrees of Venice; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.187 | His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, | His Scepter shewes the force of temporall power, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.418 | Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further. | Deare sir, of force I must attempt you further, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.75 | This flower's force in stirring love. | This flowers force in stirring loue. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.133 | And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me | And thy faire vertues force (perforce) doth moue me. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.40 | That when he waked of force she must be eyed. | That when he wak't, of force she must be eyde. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.73 | Hath such force and blessed power. | Hath such force and blessed power. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.219 | force of his will. | force of his will. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.303 | And take her hearing prisoner with the force | And take her hearing prisoner with the force |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.13 | Our tongues and sorrows force us to sound deep | Our toungs and sorrowes to sound deepe: |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.22 | By you relieved would force me to my duty. | by you relieu'd, / Would force me to my duety: |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.207 | For do we must what force will have us do. | For doe we must, what force will haue vs doe. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.351 | Sweetly in force unto her fair life's end. | Sweetly in force, vnto her faire liues end. |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.23 | Thus doth He force the swords of wicked men | Thus doth he force the swords of wicked men |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.249 | Being the time the potion's force should cease. | Being the time the Potions force should cease. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.172 | What heart, head, sword, force, means, but is Lord Timon's? | What heart, head, sword, force, meanes, but is L. Timons: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.ii.8 | Yet our old love made a particular force, | Yet our old loue made a particular force, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.118 | And strike her home by force, if not by words. | And strike her home by force, if not by words: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.92 | And force you to commiseration. | Lending your kind hand Commiseration. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.116 | Force should be right, or, rather, right and wrong – | Force should be right, or rather, right and wrong, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.220 | He's not yet through warm. Force him | hee's not yet through warme. / Force him |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.150 | Or force of Greekish sinews. You shall do more | Or force of Greekish sinewes: you shall doe more |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.19 | With all my force, pursuit, and policy. | With all my force, pursuite and pollicy. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.100 | If ever she leave Troilus! Time, force, and death, | If euer she leaue Troylus: time, orce and death, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.40 | With such a careless force and forceless care | With such a carelesse force, and forcelesse care, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.300 | Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe. | Fate, shew thy force, our selues we do not owe, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.113 | To force that on you in a shameful cunning | To force that on you in a shamefull cunning |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.54 | And would not force the letter to my view, | And would not force the letter to my view? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.223 | Which, unreversed, stands in effectual force – | (Which vn-reuerst stands in effectuall force) |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.72 | Much is the force of heaven-bred poesy. | much is the force of heauen-bred Poesie. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.58 | And love you 'gainst the nature of love – force ye. | And loue you 'gainst the nature of Loue: force ye. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.59.2 | I'll force thee yield to my desire. | Ile force thee yeeld to my desire. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.85 | Thy force and thy affection; soldieress, | Thy force, and thy affection: Soldiresse |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.194 | Either presuming them to have some force | Either presuming them to have some force, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.201 | My sister her petition in that force, | My Sister her petition in that force, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.21 | As kind a kinsman as you force me find | As kinde a kinsman, as you force me finde |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.294 | Before us that are here, can force his cousin | Before us that are here, can force his Cosen |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.43 | Must be dragged out of blood; force and great feat | Must be drag'd out of blood, force and great feate |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.83 | Before Apollo; that mayst force the king | Before Apollo; that may'st force the King |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.100 | That drift winds force to raging. I did think | That drift windes, force to raging: I did thinke |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.52 | Force me to keep you as a prisoner, | Force me to keepe you as a Prisoner, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.61.2 | Force her hence. | Force her hence. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.371 | That ever made eye swerve, had force and knowledge | That euer made eye swerue, had force and knowledge |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.420 | Of excellent witchcraft, who of force must know | Of excellent Witchcraft, whom of force must know |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.661 | To force him after: in whose company | To force him after: in whose company |