| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.6 | Spoke scantly of me; when perforce he could not | spoke scantly of me, / When perforce he could not |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.37 | Diseases in our bodies. I must perforce | Diseases in our Bodies. I must perforce |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.18 | heir: for what he hath taken away from thy father perforce, | heire; for what hee hath taken away from thy father perforce, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.94 | He rushed into my house and took perforce | He rush'd into my house, and tooke perforce |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.117 | And take perforce my husband from the Abbess. | And take perforce my husband from the Abbesse. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.72 | Which he to seek of me again, perforce, | Which he, to seeke of me againe, perforce, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.165 | To stormy passion, must perforce decay. | To stormy Passion, must perforce decay. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.72 | And one against Glendower; perforce a third | And one against Glendower: Perforce a third |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.101 | And these unseasoned hours perforce must add | And these vnseason'd howres perforce must adde |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.114 | Was force perforce compelled to banish him, | Was forc'd, perforce compell'd to banish him: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.46 | As force perforce the age will pour it in, | As force, perforce, the Age will powre it in) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.35 | Perforce must move. My gracious lord! My father! | Perforce must moue. My gracious Lord, my Father, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vi.33 | For, hearing this, I must perforce compound | For hearing this, I must perforce compound |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.153 | constancy; for he perforce must do thee right, because | Constancie, for he perforce must do thee right, because |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.115 | How I am braved and must perforce endure it! | How I am brau'd, and must perforce endure it? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.256 | And force perforce I'll make him yield the crown, | And force perforce Ile make him yeeld the Crowne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.34 | Unless he seek to thrust you out perforce. | Vnlesse he seeke to thrust you out perforce. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.142 | And made him to resign his crown perforce. | And made him to resigne his Crowne perforce. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.68 | Away with her; go, bear her hence perforce. | Away with her, go beare her hence perforce. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.47 | Perforce be their acquaintance. These exactions, | Perforce be their acquaintance. These exactions |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.147 | Her times of preservation, which perforce | Her times of preseruation, which perforce |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.182 | That we perforce were fain to give them way, | That we perforce were fayne to giue them way, |
| King John | KJ I.i.268 | He that perforce robs lions of their hearts | He that perforce robs Lions of their hearts, |
| King John | KJ III.i.142 | So wilfully dost spurn; and force perforce | So wilfully dost spurne; and force perforce |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.295 | That these hot tears which break from me perforce | That these hot teares, which breake from me perforce |
| King Lear | KL I.v.37 | To take't again perforce! Monster ingratitude! | To tak't againe perforce; Monster Ingratitude! |
| King Lear | KL II.i.15 | This weaves itself perforce into my business. | This weaues it selfe perforce into my businesse, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.35 | From her material sap perforce must wither | |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.49 | Humanity must perforce prey on itself | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.78 | Perforce, against all checks, rebukes, and manners, | Perforce, against all checkes, rebukes, and manners, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.26 | But she perforce withholds the loved boy, | But she (perforce) with-holds the loued boy, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.137 | But fare you well. Perforce I must confess | But fare you well; perforce I must confesse, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.133 | And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me | And thy faire vertues force (perforce) doth moue me. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.90 | Of thy misprision must perforce ensue | Of thy misprision, must perforce ensue |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.254 | Thou hast no weapon, and perforce must suffer. | Thou hast no weapon, and perforce must suffer. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.120 | Plucked from my arms perforce, and given away | Pluckt from my armes perforce, and giuen away |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.35 | The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, | The hearts of men, they must perforce haue melted, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.116.2 | I must perforce. Farewell. | I must perforce: Farewell. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.30 | But by his mother was perforce withheld. | But by his Mother was perforce with-held. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.36 | And from her jealous arms pluck him perforce. | And from her iealous Armes pluck him perforce. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.89 | Patience perforce with wilful choler meeting | Patience perforce, with wilfull choler meeting, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.238 | Betrothed and would have married her perforce | Betroth'd, and would haue married her perforce |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.133 | My dukedom of thee, which perforce, I know, | My Dukedome of thee, which, perforce I know |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.107 | You must perforce accomplish as you may. | You must perforce accomplish as you may: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.134 | Come, mistress, now perforce we will enjoy | Come Mistris, now perforce we will enioy, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.42 | So that perforce you must needs stay a time. | So that perforce you must needs stay a time. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.123 | Must make perforce an universal prey, | Must make perforce an vniuersall prey, |