| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.157 | Obey our will which travails in thy good. | Obey Our will, which trauailes in thy good: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.57.2 | I shall obey his will. | I shall obey his will. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.34 | He hath spoken true. The very dice obey him, | He hath spoken true. The very Dice obey him, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.47 | Her tongue will not obey her heart, nor can | Her tongue will not obey her heart, nor can |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.68.1 | Obey it on all cause. | Obey it on all cause. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.117.1 | I must obey. | I must obey, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.199 | Which my love makes religion to obey, | (Which my loue makes Religion to obey) |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.29 | Ere I learn love, I'll practise to obey. | Ere I learne loue, Ile practise to obey. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.200 | If we obey them not, this will ensue: | If we obay them not, this will insue: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.71 | And charge you in the Duke's name to obey me. | and charge you in the Dukes name to obey me. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.81 | I do obey thee till I give thee bail. | I do obey thee, till I giue thee baile. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.231 | I did obey, and sent my peasant home | I did obey, and sent my Pesant home |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.103 | Give me excuse, good madam, I will obey you | Giue me excuse good Madame, I will obey you |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.175 | A foe to th' public weal. Obey, I charge thee, | A Foe to'th' publike Weale. Obey I charge thee, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.35 | Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand | Be such a Gosling to obey instinct; but stand |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.2 | No more obey the heavens than our courtiers | no more obey the Heauens / Then our Courtiers: |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.50 | You tender to her: that you in all obey her, | You tender to her: that you in all obey her, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.i.17 | And make me blest to obey. I am brought hither | And make me blest to obey. I am brought hither |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.120 | I shall in all my best obey you, madam. | I shall in all my best / Obey you Madam. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.136 | I shall obey, my lord. | I shall obey my Lord. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.88 | Let's follow. 'Tis not fit thus to obey him. | Let's follow; 'tis not fit thus to obey him. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.29.2 | But we both obey, | We both obey, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.37.2 | I shall obey you. – | I shall obey you, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.340 | We shall obey, were she ten times our mother. | We shall obey, were she ten times our Mother. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.211 | If your mind dislike anything, obey it. I will | If your minde dislike any thing, obey. I will |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.106 | Offend you and obey you, as I did. | Offend you, and obey you, as I did. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.6 | Let them obey that knows not how to rule; | Let them obey, that knowes not how to Rule. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.108 | Obey, audacious traitor; kneel for grace. | Obey audacious Traitor, kneele for Grace. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.136 | He is arrested, but will not obey; | He is arrested, but will not obey: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.92 | And be you kings, command, and I'll obey. | And be you kings, command, and Ile obey. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.78 | And their true sovereign, whom they must obey? | And their true Soueraigne, whom they must obey? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.79 | Nay, whom they shall obey, and love thee too, | Nay, whom they shall obey, and loue thee too, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.210 | Be done in this and all things! I obey. | Be done in this and all things: I obey. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.24 | Till they obey the manage. If we suffer, | Till they obey the mannage. If we suffer |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.225 | And nature must obey necessity, | And Nature must obey Necessitie, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.34 | Is lawless, and I need not to obey. | Is lawlesse, and I need not to obey. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.98 | Obey you, love you, and most honour you. | Obey you, Loue you, and most Honour you. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.77 | Take heed o'the foul fiend, obey thy parents, keep | Take heed o'th'foule Fiend, obey thy Parents, keepe |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.142 | T' obey in all your daughters' hard commands; | T'obey in all your daughters hard commands: |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.64 | To let these hands obey my blood, | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.201 | You are a royal one, and we obey you. | You are a Royall one, and we obey you. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.321 | The weight of this sad time we must obey; | The waight of this sad time we must obey, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.215 | Young blood doth not obey an old decree. | Young bloud doth not obey an old decree. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.104 | I shall obey him. | I shall obey him. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.36 | I shall obey you in all fair commands. | I shall obey you in all faire commands. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.180 | will scarce obey this medicine. | will scarse obey this medicine. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.104 | set it down, obey him. Quickly, dispatch. | set it downe, obey him: quickly, dispatch. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.187 | Let's obey his humour a little further. Come, | Let's obey his humour a little further: Come |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.170 | obey you to go with us. | obey you to goe with vs. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.174 | we'll obey you. | weele obey you. |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.87.2 | What if I do obey? | What if do obey? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.297 | To spend with thee. We must obey the time. | To spend with thee. We must obey the the time. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.465 | And to obey shall be in me remorse, | And to obey shall be in me remorse, |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.261 | I'll send for you anon. – Sir, I obey the mandate, | Ile send for you anon. Sir I obey the Mandate, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.195 | 'Tis proper I obey him, but not now. | 'Tis proper I obey him; but not now: |
| Pericles | Per II.i.4 | And I, as fits my nature, do obey you. | And I (as fits my nature) do obey you. |
| Pericles | Per III.iii.9.2 | We cannot but obey | We cannot but obey |
| Pericles | Per V.i.250.1 | I will obey thee. Helicanus! | I will obey thee Hellicanus. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.210 | A king, woe's slave, shall kingly woe obey. | A King, Woes slaue, shall Kingly Woe obey: |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.105 | We know thy charge, Brakenbury, and will obey. | We know thy charge Brakenbury, and wil obey. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.106 | We are the Queen's abjects, and must obey. | We are the Queenes abiects, and must obey. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.140 | I charge thee in the Prince's name obey. | I charge thee in the Princes names obey. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.57 | Obey, and go with me. For thou must die. | Obey and go with me, for thou must die, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.222 | Obey the bride, you that attend on her. | Obey the Bride you that attend on her. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.163 | When they are bound to serve, love, and obey. | When they are bound to serue, loue, and obay. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.38 | Obey, and be attentive. Canst thou remember | Obey, and be attentiue. Canst thou remember |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.372 | (aside) I must obey. His art is of such power, | I must obey, his Art is of such pow'r, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.484.2 | Come on, obey! | Come on, obey: |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.2 | My charms crack not, my spirits obey, and time | My charmes cracke not: my Spirits obey, and Time |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.51 | Be crowned with plagues, that thee alone obey. | Be crown'd with Plagues, that thee alone obay. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.99 | Yet should both ear and heart obey my tongue. | Yet should both eare and heart obey my tongue. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.149 | Shall more obey than to the edge of steel | Shall more obey then to the edge of Steele, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.72 | He cares not; he'll obey conditions. | He cares not, heele obey conditions. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.41 | My major vow lies here; this I'll obey. – | My maior vow lyes heere; this Ile obay: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.73 | He does obey every point of the letter that I | He does obey euery point of the Letter that I |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.323 | I must obey. (To Viola) This comes with seeking you. | I must obey. This comes with seeking you: |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.31 | and let your flesh and blood obey it. | and let your flesh and blood obey it. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.427 | Forbid the sea for to obey the moon | Forbid the Sea for to obey the Moone, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.52 | I willingly obey your command. | I willingly obey your command. |