| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.95 | Of every line and trick of his sweet favour. | Of euerie line and tricke of his sweet fauour. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.49 | Which warped the line of every other favour, | Which warpt the line, of euerie other fauour, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.66 | If I do line one of their hands? 'Tis gold | If I do line one of their hands, 'tis Gold |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.447 | memory, begin at this line – let me see, let me see. | memory, begin at this Line, let me see, let me see: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.211 | When in one line two crafts directly meet. | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.166 | To show the line and the predicament | To shew the Line, and the Predicament |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.86 | To line his enterprise. But if you go – | to line his enterprize. But if you go--- |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.85 | And in that very line, Harry, standest thou, | And in that very Line, Harry, standest thou: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.154 | tortures vile also! Hold hook and line, say I! Down | and Tortures vilde also. Hold Hooke and Line, say I: Downe: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.39 | But, being moody, give him time and scope, | But being moodie, giue him Line, and scope, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.71 | Of the true line and stock of Charles the Great – | Of the true Line and Stock of Charles the Great: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.84 | By the which marriage the line of Charles the Great | By the which Marriage, the Lyne of Charles the Great |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.7 | To line and new repair our towns of war | To lyne and new repayre our Townes of Warre |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.88 | He sends you this most memorable line, | He sends you this most memorable Lyne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.78 | Being but fourth of that heroic line. | Being but fourth of that Heroick Lyne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.34 | The third son, Duke of Clarence, from whose line | The third Sonne, Duke of Clarence, / From whose Line |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.19 | Such hope have all the line of John of Gaunt! | Such hope haue all the line of Iohn of Gaunt. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.32 | And till I root out their accursed line | And till I root out their accursed Line, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.43 | line, they need no other penance. That fire-drake did I | Line, they need no other pennance: that Fire-Drake did I |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.106 | [Line thought to be missing here] | |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.143 | That line hath two faults, gross and palpable: | That loue hath two falts grosse and palpable, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.151.1 | Read o'er the line again. | Readeore the line againe, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.155 | Out with the moon line, I will none of it, | Out with the moone line, I wil none of it, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.167 | Let's see what follows that same moonlight line. | Lets see what followes that same moonelight line, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.171 | O monstrous line! Put in the next a sword, | O monstrous line, put in the next a sword |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.81 | And with a strumpet's artificial line | And with a strumpets artifitiall line, |
| King John | KJ II.i.352 | O, now doth death line his dead chaps with steel; | Oh now doth death line his dead chaps with steele, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.24 | We will not line his thin bestained cloak | We will not lyne his thin-bestained cloake |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.152 | Meet in one line; and vast confusion waits, | Meet in one line: and vast confusion waites |
| King Lear | KL I.i.63 | Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, | Of all these bounds euen from this Line, to this, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.111 | With those of Norway, or did line the rebel | with those of Norway, / Or did lyne the Rebell |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.59 | They hailed him father to a line of kings. | They hayl'd him Father to a Line of Kings. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.116 | What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom? | What will the Line stretch out to'th' cracke of Doome? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.152 | That trace him in his line. No boasting, like a fool; | That trace him in his Line. No boasting like a Foole, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.56 | And with full line of his authority, | (And with full line of his authority) |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.77 | Even with the stroke and line of his great justice. | Euen with the stroke and line of his great Iustice: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.149 | here's a simple line of life. Here's a small trifle of wives! | here's a simple line of life, here's a small trifle of wiues, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.55 | you use him kindly? He will line your apron with gold. | you vse him kindly? he will lyne your apron with gold. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.193.2 | Come, hang them on this line. | Come, hang on them this line. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.235 | Be you quiet, monster. Mistress line, is not | Be you quiet (Monster) Mistris line, is not |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.236 | this my jerkin? Now is the jerkin under the line. Now, | this my Ierkin? how is the Ierkin vnder the line: now |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.239 | Do, do! We steal by line and level, an't like | Doe, doe; we steale by lyne and leuell, and't like |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.243 | this country. ‘ Steal by line and level ’ is an excellent | this / Country: Steale by line and leuell, is an excellent |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.88 | Office, and custom, in all line of order. | Office, and custome, in all line of Order: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.123 | Lo, here in one line is his name twice writ: | Loe, here in one line is his name twice writ: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.76 | Moist it again, and frame some feeling line | Moist it againe: and frame some feeling line, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.116 | For my least minnow, let him lead his line | For my least minnow, let him lead his line |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.181 | Though you perceive me not how I give line. | (Though you perceiue me not how I giue Lyne) |