| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.3 | Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all, | Share the aduice betwixt you, if both gaine, all |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.67 | drown our gain in tears! The great dignity that his | drowne our gaine in teares, the great dignitie that his |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.183 | Till your deeds gain them; fairer prove your honour | Till your deeds gaine them fairer: proue your honor, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.24 | Than gain which darkens him. | Then gaine, which darkens him. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.13 | gain nothing under him but growth, for the which his | gaine nothing vnder him but growth, for the which his |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.341 | And gain a husband by his liberty. | And gaine a husband by his libertie: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.21 | gain to them. Let us revenge this with our pikes, ere we | gaine to them. Let vs reuenge this with our Pikes, ere we |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.70 | we hope to gain by you. | we hope to gaine by you. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.25 | Such gain the cap of him that makes him fine, | Such gaine the Cap of him, that makes him fine, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.167 | I'll willingly to him; to gain his colour | Ile willingly to him, to gaine his colour, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.18 | We go to gain a little patch of ground | |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.174 | will gain nothing but my shame and the odd hits. | gaine nothing but my shame, and the odde hits. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.183 | And yet we ventured for the gain proposed, | And yet we ventur'd for the gaine propos'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.76 | And might by no suit gain our audience. | And might, by no Suit, gayne our Audience: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.69 | Like a strange tongue, wherein, to gain the language, | Like a strange Tongue: wherein, to gaine the Language, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.193 | My gain of it by their assistances, | My gaine of it, by their Assistances, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.52 | Make us partakers of a little gain | Make vs partakers of a little gayne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.36 | By me they nothing gain an if I stay; | By me they nothing gaine, and if I stay, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.32 | And try if they can gain your liberty. | And try if they can gaine your liberty. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.115 | As little shall the Frenchmen gain thereby. | As little shall the Frenchmen gaine thereby. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.71 | My mind presageth happy gain and conquest. | My minde presageth happy gaine, and Conquest. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.20 | And of our labours thou shalt reap the gain. | And of our Labours thou shalt reape the gaine. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.212 | For mine own ends – indeed, to gain the popedom, | For mine owne ends, (Indeed to gaine the Popedome, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.181 | So I grow stronger, you more honour gain. | So I grow stronger, you more Honour gaine. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.52 | The spoil of whom will be a treble gain. | The spoyle of whome wiil be a trebble game, |
| King John | KJ I.i.242 | That for thine own gain shouldst defend mine honour? | That for thine owne gaine shouldst defend mine honor? |
| King John | KJ II.i.598 | Gain, be my lord – for I will worship thee! | Gaine be my Lord, for I will worship thee. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.141 | But what shall I gain by young Arthur's fall? | But what shall I gaine by yong Arthurs fall? |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.74 | That sir which serves and seeks for gain, | That Sir, which serues and seekes for gaine, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.67 | If study's gain be thus, and this be so, | If studies gaine be thus, and this be so, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.20 | Whom we, to gain our peace, have sent to peace, | Whom we, to gayne our peace, haue sent to peace, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.7 | To gain the timely inn; and near approaches | To gayne the timely Inne, and neere approches |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.160 | If he should break his day, what should I gain | If he should breake his daie, what should I gaine |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.5 | Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire; | Who chooseth me, shall gaine what men desire. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.37 | Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire. | Who chooseth me shall gaine what many men desire: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.24 | Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire. | Who chooseth me, shall gaine what many men desire: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.29 | Neglecting an attempt of ease and gain | Neglecting an attempt of ease, and gaine |
| Othello | Oth V.i.14 | Every way makes my gain. Live Roderigo, | Euery way makes my gaine. Liue Rodorigo, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.32 | Her countless glory, which desert must gain; | Her countlesse glory; which desert must gaine: |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.8 | Losing a mite, a mountain gain. | Loosing a Mite, a Mountaine gaine: |
| Pericles | Per II.v.52 | A deed might gain her love or your displeasure. | a deed might gaine her loue, / Or your displeasure. |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.113 | despise profit where you have most gain. To weep that | despise profite, where you haue most gaine, to weepe that |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.181 | If that thy master would gain by me, | if that thy master would gaine by me, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.V.10 | Who pour their bounty on her, and her gain | Who powre their bountie on her: and her gaine |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.196 | Your care is gain of care by new care won. | Your Care, is gaine of Care, by new Care wonne: |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.59 | For me to joy and weep their gain and loss; | For me to ioy, and weepe, their gaine and losse. |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.47 | Upon his party for the gain thereof; | Vpon his partie, for the gaine thereof: |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.133 | Or lowly factor for another's gain; | Or lowly Factor, for anothers gaine; |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.62 | Uncertain way of gain! But I am in | Vncertaine way of gaine. But I am in |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.324 | Of ten times double gain of happiness. | Often-times double gaine of happinesse. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.268 | But if I thrive, the gain of my attempt | But if I thriue, the gaine of my attempt, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.322 | 'Twill bring you gain, or perish on the seas. | 'Twill bring you gaine, or perish on the seas. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.323 | The gain I seek is quiet in the match. | The gaine I seeke, is quiet me the match. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.220 | Graves only be men's works, and death their gain! | Graues onely be mens workes, and Death their gaine; |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iv.20 | And might not gain so great a happiness | And might not gaine so great a happines |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.32 | If haply won, perhaps a hapless gain; | If hap'ly won, perhaps a haplesse gaine; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.12.1 | Our gain but life and weakness. | Our gaine but life, and weakenes. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.16 | The gain o'th' martialist, who did propound | The gaine o'th Martialist, who did propound |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.29 | His careless execution, where nor gain | His careles execution, where nor gaine |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.169 | The loss, the gain, the ordering on't, is all | The losse, the gaine, the ord'ring on't, / Is all |