| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.138 | Under a compelling occasion, let women die. | Vnder a compelling an occasion, let women die. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.129 | his occasion here. | his occasion heere. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.67 | were gravelled for lack of matter, you might take occasion | were grauel'd, for lacke of matter, you might take occasion |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.162 | her fault her husband's occasion, let her never nurse her | her fault her husbands occasion, let her neuer nurse her |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.130 | And nature, stronger than his just occasion, | And Nature stronger then his iust occasion, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.28 | thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience. | theefe of Occasion, will rob you of a great deale of Patience: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.187 | Hark, Polydore – it sounds: but what occasion | (Hearke Polidore) it sounds: but what occasion |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.196 | And brings the dire occasion in his arms | And brings the dire occasion in his Armes, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.54 | Occasion smiles upon a second leave. | Occasion smiles vpon a second leaue. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.16 | So much as from occasion you may glean, | So much as from Occasions you may gleane, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.271 | To visit you, my lord. No other occasion. | To visit you my Lord, no other occasion. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.46 | recount the occasion of my sudden and more strange return. | recount th'Occasions of my sodaine, and more strange returne. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.270 | Of that occasion that shall bring it on. | Of that occasion that shall bring it on. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.74 | So, when he had occasion to be seen, | So when he had occasion to be seene, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.56 | You took occasion to be quickly wooed | You tooke occasion to be quickly woo'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.5 | I well allow the occasion of our arms, | I well allow the occasion of our Armes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.86 | And publish the occasion of our arms. | And publish the occasion of our Armes. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.104 | man must know that as oft as he has occasion to name | man must know that, as oft as hee hath occasion to name |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.72 | By the rough torrent of occasion, | By the rough Torrent of Occasion, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.204 | As his misdoubts present occasion. | As his mis-doubts present occasion: |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.100 | I sall quit you with gud leve, as I may pick occasion: that | I sall quit you with gud leue, as I may pick occasion: that |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.330 | having any occasion to write for matter of grant, shall | hauing any occasion to write for matter of Graunt, shall |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.130 | Much less to take occasion from their mouths | Much lesse to take occasion from their mouthes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.3 | Whate'er occasion keeps him from us now. | What e're occasion keepes him from vs now. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.5 | Repairs him with occasion? This happy day | Repaires him with Occasion. This happy day |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.45 | But that I seek occasion how to rise, | But that I seeke occasion how to rise, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.44 | And when I give occasion of offence, | And when I giue occasion of offence, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.236 | And, as occasion serves, this noble Queen | And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.7 | To meet the least occasion that may give me | To meete the least occasion, that may giue me |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.109 | And am right glad to catch this good occasion | And am right glad to catch this good occasion |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.149 | Th' occasion shall instruct you. If entreaties | Th'occasion shall instruct you. If intreaties |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.67 | See how occasion laughs me in the face! | See how occasion laughes me in the face, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.129 | Yet now, to see the occasion with our eyes | Yet now to see the occasion with our eies, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.198 | These prisoners, chief occasion of our strife. | These prisoners, chiefe occasion of our strife. |
| King John | KJ II.i.82 | For courage mounteth with occasion. | For courage mounteth with occasion, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.125 | Withhold thy speed, dreadful occasion! | With-hold thy speed, dreadfull Occasion: |
| King John | KJ V.iv.51 | Of this most fair occasion, by the which | Of this most faire occasion, by the which |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.69 | His eye begets occasion for his wit, | His eye begets occasion for his wit, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.71 | upon the mellowing of occasion. But the gift is good | vpon the mellowing of occasion: but the gift is good |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.143 | Upon the next occasion that we meet, | Vpon the next occasion that we meete, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.70 | Get on your nightgown, lest occasion call us | Get on your Night-Gowne, least occasion call vs, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.54 | occasion to use me for your own turn, you shall find me | occasion to vse me for your owne turne, you shall finde me |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.64 | And you embrace th' occasion to depart. | And you embrace th' occasion to depart. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.51 | Yet more quarrelling with occasion. Wilt thou | Yet more quarrellng with occasion, wilt thou |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.231 | married and have more occasion to know one another. | married, and haue more occasion to know one another: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.191 | every slight occasion that could but niggardly give me | euery slight occasion that could but nigardly giue mee |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.139 | – Nay, I can gleek upon occasion. | Nay, I can gleeke vpon occasion. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.141 | least a month, and he heartily prays some occasion may | least a moneth, and he heartily praies some occasion may |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.3 | There is no measure in the occasion that | There is no measure in the occasion that |
| Othello | Oth II.i.235 | – a slipper and subtle knave, a finder-out of occasions; | A slipper, and subtle knaue, a finder of occasion: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.258 | from you. Do you find some occasion to anger Cassio, | from you. Do you finde some occasion to anger Cassio, |
| Othello | Oth III.i.48 | To take the safest occasion by the front | |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.58 | I would on great occasion speak with you. | I would on great occasion, speake with you. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.148 | For by the way I'll sort occasion, | For by the way, Ile sort occasion, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.26 | On what occasion God He knows, not I, | On what occasion God he knowes, not I; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.156 | I dare draw as soon as another man, if I see occasion in | I dare draw assoone as another man, if I see occasion in |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.41 | will give me occasion. | will giue me occasion. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.42 | Could you not take some occasion without | Could you not take some occasion without |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.36 | Till I can find occasion of revenge. | Till I can finde occasion of reuenge. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.101 | And tells us what occasion of import | And tell vs what occasion of import |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.177 | minister occasion to these gentlemen, who are of such | minister occasion to these Gentlemen, who are of such |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.211 | What thou shouldst be. Th' occasion speaks thee, and | What thou should'st be: th' occasion speaks thee, and |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.24 | My master is awaked by great occasion | My Master is awak'd by great Occasion, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.19 | supply; who, having great and instant occasion to use | supply: who hauing great and instant occasion to vse |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.24 | occasion so many talents. | Occasion so many Talents. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.35 | 'Has only sent his present occasion now, my | Has onely sent his present Occasion now my |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.41 | If his occasion were not virtuous, | If his occasion were not vertuous, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.4 | Had I so good occasion to lie long | Had I so good occasion to lye long |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.17 | But when contention and occasion meet, | But when contention, and occasion meetes, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.44 | Till I had made mine own occasion mellow – | Till I had made mine owne occasion mellow |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.82 | and minister occasion to him, he is gagged. I protest I | and minister occasion to him, he is gag'd. I protest I |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.37 | least occasion more, mine eyes will tell tales of me. I am | least occasion more, mine eyes will tell tales of me: I am |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.18 | Smil'st thou? I sent for thee upon a sad occasion. | Smil'st thou? I sent for thee vpon a sad occasion. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.170 | You may have very fit occasion for't. He is now in | Yon may haue verie fit occasion fot't: he is now in |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.151 | To keep in darkness what occasion now | To keepe in darkenesse, what occasion now |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.2 | on the like occasion whereon my services are now | on the like occasion whereon my seruices are now |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.827 | am courted now with a double occasion: gold, and a | am courted now with a double occasion: (Gold, and a |