| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.50 | the tenderness of her nature became as a prey to her | the tendernesse of her Nature, became as a prey to her |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.167.1 | Have buried them for prey! | Haue buried them for prey. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.119 | To prey on nothing that doth seem as dead. | To prey on nothing, that doth seeme as dead: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.116 | And would have reft the fishers of their prey | And would haue reft the Fishers of their prey, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.40 | We are beastly: subtle as the fox for prey, | We are beastly; subtle as the Fox for prey, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.57 | And prey on garbage. | & prey on Garbage. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.81 | commonwealth, or rather not pray to her, but prey on | Common-wealth; or rather, not to pray to her, but prey on |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.169 | For once the eagle England being in prey, | For once the Eagle (England) being in prey, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.74 | might have a good prey of us, if he knew of it, for there | might haue a good pray of vs, if he knew of it, for there |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.28 | Do rush upon us as their hungry prey. | Doe rush vpon vs as their hungry prey. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.193 | And give her as a prey to law and shame | And giue her as a Prey to Law and Shame, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.51 | The rascal people, thirsting after prey, | The Rascall people, thirsting after prey, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.11 | And made a prey for carrion kites and crows | And made a prey for Carrion Kytes and Crowes |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.185 | Be thou a prey unto the house of York, | Be thou a prey vnto the House of Yorke, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.14 | And so he walks, insulting o'er his prey, | And so he walkes, insulting o're his Prey, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.39 | That to my foes this body must be prey, | That to my Foes this body must be prey, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.86 | As we were sickly prey; their shadows seem | As we were sickely prey; their shadowes seeme |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.33 | The lion scorns to touch the yielding prey, | The Lion scornes to touch the yeelding pray, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.45 | And prey upon the carrion that they kill. | and praie vpon the carrion that they kill, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.90 | stealth, wolf in greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey. | stealth, Wolfe in greedinesse, Dog in madnes, Lyon in prey. |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.49 | Humanity must perforce prey on itself | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.90 | 'Gainst thee, thou lamb, that standest as his prey. | Gainst thee thou Lambe, that standest as his pray: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.23 | That goes not out to prey. Now, as fond fathers, | That goes not out to prey: Now, as fond Fathers, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.2 | Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, | Setting it vp to feare the Birds of prey, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.30 | Yea, mock the lion when he roars for prey, | Yea, mocke the Lion when he rores for pray |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.156 | And you sat smiling at his cruel prey. | And yet sat smiling at his cruell prey. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.260 | To prey at fortune. Haply, for I am black | To prey at Fortune. Haply, for I am blacke, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.133 | While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. | Whiles Kites and Buzards play at liberty. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.70 | That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. | That Wrens make prey, where Eagles dare not pearch. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.83 | Without control, listed to make his prey. | Without controll, lusted to make a prey. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.106 | And left thee but a very prey to time, | And left thee but a very prey to time, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.386 | Thy broken faith hath made the prey for worms. | Thy broken Faith hath made the prey for Wormes. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.55 | Tigers must prey, and Rome affords no prey | Tigers must pray, and Rome affords no prey |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.95 | Shall seize this prey out of his father's hands. | Shall ceaze this prey out of his fathers hands: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.197 | But throw her forth to beasts and birds to prey. | But throw her foorth to Beasts and Birds of prey: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.123 | Must make perforce an universal prey, | Must make perforce an vniuersall prey, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.125 | If one should be a prey, how much the better | If one should be a prey, how much the better |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.18 | Like to a pair of lions, smeared with prey, | Like to a paire of Lions, smeard with prey, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.13 | They have made prey of him? He has no weapons; | They have made prey of him? he has no weapons, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.12.1 | Of prey that keep upon't. | Of prey, that keepe vpon't. |