| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.8 | must of necessity hold his virtue to you, whose worthiness | must of necessitie hold his vertue to you, whose worthinesse |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.42 | The strong necessity of time commands | The strong necessity of Time, commands |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.62 | Very necessity of this thought, that I, | Very necessity of this thought, that I |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.90 | Nor shalt not, till necessity be served. | Nor shalt not, till necessity be seru'd. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.59 | Think me for the man I am, necessity | thinke me for the man I am, necessitie |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.93 | Wherein necessity, of matter beggared, | Where in necessitie of matter Beggard, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.69 | But that necessity so bowed the state | But that necessitie so bow'd the State, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.175 | Yet that is but a crushed necessity, | Yet that is but a crush'd necessity, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iii.15 | God comfort him in this necessity! | God comfort him in this necessity: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.68 | But from deceit bred by necessity; | But from Deceit, bred by Necessitie: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.225 | And nature must obey necessity, | And Nature must obey Necessitie, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.121 | the moon, and stars, as if we were villains on necessity, | the Moone, and Starres, as if we were villaines on necessitie, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.208 | Which else were shame, that then necessity | Which else were shame, that then necessitie |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.146 | She must lie here on mere necessity. | She must lye here on meere necessitie. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.147 | Necessity will make us all forsworn | Necessity will make vs all forsworne |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.152 | I am forsworn on mere ‘ necessity.’ | I am forsworne on meere necessitie. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.152 | I'll rather dwell in my necessity. | Ile rather dwell in my necessitie. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.34 | The which my love and some necessity | The which my loue and some necessity |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.123 | sword and it shall bite upon my necessity. He loves your | sword: and it shall bite vpon my necessitie: he loues your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.24 | necessity, am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch; and | necessity, am faine to shufflle: to hedge, and to lurch, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.296 | The fairest grant is the necessity. | The fairest graunt is the necessitie: |
| Othello | Oth I.i.156 | Yet for necessity of present life | Yet, for necessitie of present life, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.239 | necessity in his death that you shall think yourself | necessitie in his death, that you shall thinke your selfe |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.6 | Till he hath passed necessity. | Till he hath past necessitie: |
| Pericles | Per II.i.129 | ‘ For that it saved me, keep it. In like necessity, | For that it saued me, keepe it in like necessitie: |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.45 | good clothes. There's no further necessity of qualities | good cloathes: theres no farther necessitie of qualities |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.277 | Teach thy necessity to reason thus: | |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.278 | There is no virtue like necessity. | |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.21 | To grim Necessity, and he and I | To grim Necessitie; and hee and I |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.416 | Urge the necessity and state of times, | Vrge the Necessity and state of times, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.232 | Bid him suppose some good necessity | Bid him suppose, some good necessity |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.13 | and showed what necessity belonged to't, and yet was | and shewed what necessity belong'd too't, and yet was |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.84 | Had his necessity made use of me, | Had his necessity made vse of me, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.105 | his legs are legs for necessity, not for flexure. | His legge are legs for necessitie, not for flight. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.325 | What will you do, now my necessity | What will you do: now my necessitie |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.378 | his friend here in necessity and denying him; and for his | his frend heere in necessity, and denying him: and for his |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.62 | To make a virtue of necessity, | To make a vertue of necessity, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.22 | Were there necessity in your request, although | Were there necessitie in your request, although |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.630 | thou must think there's a necessity in't – and change | (thou must thinke there's a necessitie in't) and change |