| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.139 | I am possessed of. 'Tis exactly valued, | I am possest of, 'tis exactly valewed, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.133 | after you have possessed her. | after you haue possest her? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.149 | I am possessed with an adulterate blot. | I am possest with an adulterate blot, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.168 | Possessed with such a gentle sovereign grace, | Possest with such a gentle soueraigne grace, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.90 | Mistress, both man and master is possessed; | Mistris, both Man and Master is possest, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.246 | Cries out I was possessed. Then all together | Cries out, I was possest. Then altogether |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.127 | in them. Is the Senate possessed of this? | in them. Is the Senate possest of this? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.53 | That cannot be, since I am still possessed | That cannot be, since I am still possest |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.103 | The thieves are all scattered and possessed with fear | The Theeues are scattred, and possest with fear |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.40 | Because the King is certainly possessed | Because the King is certainely possest |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.64 | Should be still-born, and that we now possessed | Should be still-borne: and that we now possest |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.138 | 'Tis known already that I am possessed | 'Tis knowne already that I am possest |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.70 | Unless you be possessed with devilish spirits, | Vnlesse you be possest with diuellish spirits, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.57 | May be possessed with some store of crowns; | May be possessed with some store of Crownes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.158 | To the good Queen, possessed him with a scruple | To the good Queene, possest him with a scruple |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.3 | And I again am quietly possessed | And I againe am quietly possest, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.22 | The fear-possessed abject soul to fly. | The feare possessed abiect soule to flie, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.41 | And thou possessed with a thousand wrongs; | And thou possessed with a thousand wrongs: |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.9 | Therefore, to be possessed with double pomp, | Therefore, to be possess'd with double pompe, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.41 | I have possessed you with, and think them strong; | I haue possest you with, and thinke them strong. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.145 | Possessed with rumours, full of idle dreams, | Possest with rumors, full of idle dreames, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.43 | And that I have possessed him my most stay | And that I haue possest him, my most stay |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.85 | How now? What noise? That spirit's possessed with haste | How now? what noise? That spirit's possest with hast, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.61 | I'll break a custom. (To Bassanio) Is he yet possessed | Ile breake a custome: is he yet possest |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.35 | I have possessed your grace of what I purpose, | I haue possest your grace of what I purpose, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.386 | Here in the court of all he dies possessed | Heere in the Court of all he dies possest |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.293 | After his death, of all he dies possessed of. | After his death, of all he dies possess'd of. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.100 | As well possessed. My love is more than his, | As well possest: my loue is more then his: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.178 | such matter; there's her cousin, an she were not possessed | such matter: there's her cosin, and she were not possest |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.145 | placed, and possessed, by my master Don John, saw afar | placed, and possessed by my Master Don Iohn, saw a far |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.150 | by his oaths, which first possessed them, partly by the | by his oathes, which first possest them, partly by the |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.107 | Deposing thee before thou wert possessed, | Deposing thee before thou wert possest, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.108 | Which art possessed now to depose thyself. | Which art possest now to depose thy selfe. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.162 | Whereof our uncle Gaunt did stand possessed. | Whereof our Vncle Gaunt did stand possest. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.196 | Whereof the King my brother stood possessed. | Whereof the King, my Brother, was possest. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.27 | But not possessed it; and though I am sold, | But not possest it, and though I am sold, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.10 | Ah me! how sweet is love itself possessed, | Ah me, how sweet is loue it selfe possest, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.49 | saddle and stirrups of no kindred – besides, possessed | saddle, and stirrops of no kindred: besides possest |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.472 | Is so possessed with guilt. Come from thy ward! | Is so possest with guilt: Come, from thy ward, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.411 | Meanwhile I am possessed of that is mine. | Meanewhile I am possest of that is mine. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.168 | He makes important. Possessed he is with greatness, | He makes important; possest he is with greatnesse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.7 | From certain and possessed conveniences, | From certaine and possest conueniences, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.9 | He is sure possessed, madam. | He is sure possest Madam. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.86 | possessed him, yet I'll speak to him. | possest him, yet Ile speake to him. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.206 | So much of bad already hath possessed them. | So much of bad already hath possest them. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.62 | Cold as old Saturn and like him possessed | Cold as old Saturne, and like him possest |