| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.32 | He had the wit which I can well observe | He had the wit, which I can well obserue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.131 | Her eye is sick on't; I observe her now. | Her eie is sicke on't, I obserue her now. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.45 | to him I live, and observe his reports for me. | to him I liue, and obserue his reports for me. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.34 | Observe how Antony becomes his flaw, | Obserue how Anthony becomes his flaw, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.258 | With their refusal, both observe and answer | With their refusall, both obserue and answer |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.71 | Observe his inclination in yourself. | Obserue his inclination in your selfe. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.594 | Before mine uncle. I'll observe his looks. | Before mine Vnkle. Ile obserue his lookes, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.90 | Observe my uncle. If his occulted guilt | Obserue mine Vnkle: If his occulted guilt, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.49 | I shall observe him with all care and love. | I shall obserue him with all care, and loue. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.121 | The people fear me, for they do observe | The people feare me: for they doe obserue |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.4 | Can you not see? Or will ye not observe | Can you not see? or will ye not obserue |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.75.2 | Observe, observe, he's moody. | Obserue, obserue, hee's moody. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.10 | next two, who observe the same order in their changes, | next two, who obserue the same order in their Changes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.13 | likewise observe the same order. At which, as it were | likewise obserue the same Order. At which (as it were |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.32 | Brutus, I do observe you now of late: | Brutus, I do obserue you now of late: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.45 | Must I observe you? Must I stand and crouch | Must I obserue you? Must I stand and crouch |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.63 | And wait the season, and observe the times, | And wait the season, and obserue the times, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.20 | upon my life, fast asleep. Observe her; stand close. | vp-on my life fast asleepe: obserue her, stand close. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.9 | I am enjoined by oath to observe three things: | I am enioynd by oath to obserue three things; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.131 | No doubt they rose up early to observe | No doubt they rose vp early, to obserue |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.195 | Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio. | Looke to your wife, obserue her well with Cassio, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.238 | Set on thy wife to observe. Leave me, Iago. | Set on thy wife to obserue. / Leaue me Iago. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.280 | What I have seen and known. You shall observe him, | What I haue seene, and knowne. You shall obserue him, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.1 | We did observe. Cousin Aumerle, | We did obserue. Cosine Anmerle, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.33 | I come to observe, I give thee warning on't. | I come to obserue, I giue thee warning on't. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.64.1 | Do you observe this, Hostilius? | Do you obserue this Hostilius? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.18 | I'll show you how t' observe a strange event. | Ile shew you how t'obserue a strange euent: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.213 | And let his very breath whom thou'lt observe | And let his very breath whom thou'lt obserue |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.77 | Which I have seen thee careful to observe, | Which I haue seene thee carefull to obserue: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.86 | Observe degree, priority, and place, | Obserue degree, priority, and place, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.167 | make a third, where he shall find the letter. Observe his | make a third, where he shall finde the Letter: obserue his |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.18 | Observe him, for the love of mockery, for I know this | obserue him for the loue of Mockerie: for I know this |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.60 | He must observe their mood on whom he jests, | He must obserue their mood on whom he iests, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.35 | This bright young virgin; pray observe her goodness. | This bright yong Virgin; pray observe her goodnesse; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.13.1 | You should observe her every way. | You should observe her ev'ry way. |