| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.135 | rule of nature. To speak on the part of virginity is to | rule of Nature. To speake on the part of virginitie, is to |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.7 | Shall all be done by th' rule. Good night, dear lady. | Shall all be done byth'Rule: good night deere Lady: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.73 | By what rule, sir? | By what rule sir? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.74 | Marry, sir, by a rule as plain as | Marry sir, by a rule as plaine as |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.36 | You being their mouths, why rule you not their teeth? | You being their Mouthes, why rule you not their Teeth? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.40 | Suffer't, and live with such as cannot rule | Suffer't, and liue with such as cannot rule, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.100 | A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, | A Cutpurse of the Empire and the Rule. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.39 | So long as out of limit and true rule | So long as out of Limit, and true Rule, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.86 | So much the worse, if your own rule be true. | So much the worse, if your owne Rule be true. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.188 | Creatures that by a rule in nature teach | Creatures that by a rule in Nature teach |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.46 | Let senses rule. The word is ‘ Pitch and pay!’ | Let Sences rule: The world is, Pitch and pay: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.145 | imputation of his wickedness, by your rule, should be | imputation of his wickednesse, by your rule, should be |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.107 | Margaret shall now be Queen, and rule the King; | Margaret shall now be Queene, and rule the King: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.108 | But I will rule both her, the King, and realm. | But I will rule both her, the King, and Realme. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.257 | Whose bookish rule hath pulled fair England down. | Whose bookish Rule, hath pull'd faire England downe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.6 | Let them obey that knows not how to rule; | Let them obey, that knowes not how to Rule. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.94 | Not fit to govern and rule multitudes, | Not fit to gouerne and rule multitudes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.95 | Which darest not – no, nor canst not – rule a traitor. | Which dar'st not, no nor canst not rule a Traitor. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.104 | Give place; by heaven, thou shalt rule no more | Giue place: by heauen thou shalt rule no more |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.76 | For though usurpers sway the rule awhile, | For though Vsurpers sway the rule a while, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.61 | Away with scrupulous wit! Now arms must rule. | Away with scrupulous Wit, now Armes must rule. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.27 | Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? | Why, what is Pompe, Rule, Reigne, but Earth and Dust? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.92 | Ever beloved and loving may his rule be; | Euer belou'd and louing, may his Rule be; |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.76.1 | An army cannot rule 'em. | An Army cannot rule 'em. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.7 | Where is thy leather apron, and thy rule? | Where is thy Leather Apron, and thy Rule? |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.100 | Even by the rule of that philosophy | Euen by the rule of that Philosophy, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.24 | Ought not admit a governor to rule | Ought not admit a gouernor to rule, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.49 | Since now we will divest us both of rule, | (Since now we will diuest vs both of Rule, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.143 | By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. | By rule of Knight-hood, I disdaine and spurne: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.318 | Rule in this realm, and the gored state sustain. | Rule in this Realme, and the gor'd state sustaine. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.16.1 | Within the belt of rule. | Within the belt of Rule. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.175 | Yet in such rule that the Venetian law | Yet in such rule, that the Venetian Law |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.48 | Now, the report goes she has all the rule of | Now, the report goes, she has all the rule of |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.199 | My blood begins my safer guides to rule, | My blood begins my safer Guides to rule, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.123.1 | That passion cannot rule. | That Passion cannot rule. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.109 | Your rule direct to any; if to me, | your rule direct to anie, if to me, |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.38 | That best know how to rule and how to reign, | That best know how to rule, and how to raigne, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.29 | And were they to be ruled, and not to rule, | And were they to be rul'd, and not to rule, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.20 | That, if his rule were true, he should be gracious. | That if his rule were true, he should be gracious. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.108 | And awful rule, and right supremacy, | An awfull rule, and right supremicie: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.162 | Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, | Or seeke for rule, supremacie, and sway, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.267 | Than now they are. There be that can rule Naples | Then now they are: There be that can rule Naples |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.19 | Ambitiously for rule and empery, | Ambitiously for Rule and Empery: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.194 | Tomorrow yield up rule, resign my life, | To morrow yeeld vp rule, resigne my life, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.78 | The specialty of rule hath been neglected, | The specialty of Rule hath beene neglected; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.136 | By Cressid's rule; rather think this not Cressid. | By Cressids rule. Rather thinke this not Cressid. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.144 | If there be rule in unity itself, | If there be rule in vnitie it selfe, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.119 | means for this uncivil rule. She shall know of it, by this | meanes for this vnciuill rule; she shall know of it by this |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.302 | your drunken cousin rule over me, yet have I the benefit of | your drunken Cosine rule ouer me, yet haue I the benefit of |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.46.2 | What? Canst not rule her? | What? canst not rule her? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.50.1 | He shall not rule me. | He shall not rule me: |