| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.210 | As high as word, my deed shall match thy deed. | As high as word, my deed shall match thy deed. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.220 | Half-won is match well made; match, and well make it. | Halfe won is match well made, match and well make it, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.30 | Then shall we have a match. I have letters sent me | Then shall we haue a match. I haue letters sent me, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.67 | I that do bring the news made not the match. | I that do bring the newes, made not the match. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.111 | I could match this beginning with an old tale. | I could match this beginning with an old tale. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.79 | match. If thou beest not damned for this, the devil | match. If thou bee'st not damn'd for this, the diuell |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.342 | monstrous till his fellow-fault came to match it. | monstrous, til his fellow-fault came to match it. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.94 | I have but lean luck in the match, and yet | I haue but leane lucke in the match, and yet |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.79 | A match, sir. There's in all two worthy | A match Sir, there's in all two worthie |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.12 | That most desired the match. But not a courtier, | That most desir'd the Match. But not a Courtier, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.142 | your unworthy thinking. I dare you to this match: | your vnworthy thinking. I dare you to this match: |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.22 | match. | match. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.3 | Will play the cook and servant, 'tis our match: | Will play the Cooke, and Seruant, 'tis our match: |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.469 | Repugnant to command. Unequal matched, | Repugnant to command: vnequall match, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.99 | If one could match you; the scrimers of their nation | If one could match you |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.107 | match! O, if men were to be saved by merit, what | Watch. O, if men were to be saued by merit, what |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.89 | cunning match have you made with this jest of the | cunning match haue you made this iest of the |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.531 | death will be a march of twelve score. The money shall | death will be a Match of Twelue-score. The Money shall |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.265 | Tell him he hath made a match with such a wrangler | Tell him, he hath made a match with such a Wrangler, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.96 | And our nobility will scorn the match. | And our Nobility will scorne the match. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.66 | Whom should we match with Henry, being a king, | Whom should we match with Henry being a King, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.129 | To match with her that brings no vantages. | To match with her that brings no vantages. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.156 | If you oppose yourselves to match Lord Warwick. | If you oppose your selues to match Lord Warwicke. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.10 | But match to match I have encountered him, | But match to match I haue encountred him, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.57 | The match is made; she seals it with a curtsy. | The Match is made, shee seales it with a Cursie. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.134 | Her beauty hath no match but my affection; | Her bewtie hath no match but my affection, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.43 | What says the more than Cleopatra's match | Ki. What saies the more then Cleopatras match, |
| King John | KJ II.i.430 | If love ambitious sought a match of birth, | If loue ambitious, sought a match of birth, |
| King John | KJ II.i.447 | To our fast-closed gates. For at this match, | To our fast closed gates: for at this match, |
| King John | KJ II.i.450 | And give you entrance. But without this match, | And giue you entrance: but without this match, |
| King John | KJ II.i.468 | Son, list to this conjunction, make this match; | Son, list to this coniunction, make this match |
| King John | KJ II.i.541 | I know she is not, for this match made up | I know she is not for this match made vp, |
| King John | KJ III.i.336 | Assured loss, before the match be played! | Assured losse, before the match be plaid. |
| King John | KJ V.ii.106 | To win this easy match played for a crown? | To winne this easie match, plaid for a Crowne? |
| King Lear | KL I.i.210 | To match you where I hate; therefore beseech you | To match you where I hate, therefore beseech you |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.2 | To match thy goodness? My life will be too short | To match thy goodnesse? / My life will be too short, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.209 | That took away the match from Isabel, | That tooke away the match from Isabell, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.40 | There I have another bad match! A bankrupt, | There I haue another bad match, a bankrout, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.74 | Why, if two gods should play some heavenly match | Why, if two gods should play some heauenly match, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.276 | hour is fixed, the match is made. Would any man have | howre is fixt, the match is made: would any man haue |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.52 | We have lingered about a match between Anne | We haue linger'd about a match betweene An |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.71 | She is no match for you. | She is no match for you. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.27 | Her mother – ever strong against that match | Her Mother, (euen strong against that match |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.305.1 | That I can match her.... | That I can match her. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.57 | truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred. | truly I hold it a sinne to match in my kinred. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.95 | God match me with a good dancer! | God match me with a good dauncer. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.279 | my fortunes. His grace hath made the match, and all | my fortunes: his grace hath made the match, & all |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.340 | th' one with th' other. I would fain have it a match, and | th'one with th'other, I would faine haue it a match, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.34 | honour, who hath made this match, and his friend's | honor who hath made this match) and his friends |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.235 | May fall to match you with her country forms, | May fal to match you with her Country formes, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.68.1 | As nothing else could match. | As nothing else could match. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.204 | Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief | Thy Match was mortall to him: and pure greefe |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.165 | And make some pretty match with shedding tears, | And make some prettie Match, with shedding Teares? |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.101 | Iwis your grandam had a worser match. | I wis your Grandam had a worser match. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.37 | Whose humble means match not his haughty spirit. | Whose humble meanes match not his haughtie spirit: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.92 | Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun. | Nere saw her match, since first the world begun. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.69 | match. | match. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.12 | And learn me how to lose a winning match, | And learne me how to loose a winning match, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.223 | I think you are happy in this second match, | I thinke you are happy in this second match, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.312 | God send you joy! Petruchio, 'tis a match. | God send you ioy, Petruchio, 'tis a match. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.318 | Was ever match clapped up so suddenly? | Was euer match clapt vp so sodainly? |
| 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. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.46 | The match is made, and all is done – | The match is made, and all is done, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.74.3 | A match! 'Tis done. | A match, 'tis done. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.36 | A match. | A match. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.247 | It doth, my worthy lord, and in this match | It doth my worthy Lord, and in this match, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.194 | To match us in comparisons with dirt, | To match vs in comparisons with durt, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.164 | Might be affronted with the match and weight | Might be affronted with the match and waight |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.37.2 | I'll make my match to live, | Ile make my match to liue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.46 | It were no match, your nail against his horn. | It were no match, your naile against his horne: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.205 | I would my arms could match thee in contention, | I would my armes could match thee in contention |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.259 | But I'll endeavour deeds to match these words, | But Ile endeuour deeds to match these words, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.270.2 | Thy hand upon that match. | Thy hand vpon that match. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.26 | What art thou, Greek? Art thou for Hector's match? | What art thou Greek? art thou for Hectors match? |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.103 | She'll none o'the Count; she'll not match above | Shee'l none o'th Count, she'l not match aboue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.30 | But tell me true, will't be a match? | But tell me true, wil't be a match? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.62 | To match my friend Sir Thurio to my daughter. | To match my friend Sir Thurio, to my daughter. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.63 | I know it well, my lord; and, sure, the match | I know it well (my Lord) and sure the Match |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.357 | I'll have her; an if it be a match, as nothing is | ile haue her: and if it be a match, as nothing is |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.23 | The match between Sir Thurio and my daughter? | The match betweene sir Thurio, and my daughter? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iii.30 | To keep me from a most unholy match, | To keepe me from a most vnholy match, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.97 | Enter your muset, lest this match between's | Enter your Musicke least this match between's |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.72 | No settled senses of the world can match | No setled Sences of the World can match |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.137 | As I by thine a wife. This is a match, | As I by thine a Wife. This is a Match, |