| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.18 | that ‘ had,’ how sad a passage 'tis! – whose skill was | that had, how sad a passage tis, whose skill was |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.238 | More than my father's skill, which was the greatest | More then my Fathers skill, which was the great'st |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.184 | Skill infinite, or monstrous desperate. | Skill infinite, or monstrous desperate, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.39 | Is dearest to me I have no skill in sense | Is deerest to me, I haue no skill in sence |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.19 | much skill in grass. | much skill in grace. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.57 | no skill, by so much is a horn more precious than to | no skill, by so much is a horne more precious then to |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.22 | Smiled at their lack of skill, but found their courage | Smil'd at their lacke of skill, but found their courage |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.184 | Detest them, curse them: yet 'tis greater skill | Detest them, curse them: yet 'tis greater Skill |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.434.1 | His skill in the construction. | His skill in the construction. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.370 | utterance of harmony. I have not the skill. | vtterance of hermony, I haue not the skill. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.31 | We must with all our majesty and skill | We must with all our Maiesty and Skill |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.250 | Your skill shall, like a star i'th' darkest night, | Your Skill shall like a Starre i'th'darkest night, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.214 | I'll so offend, to make offence a skill, | Ile so offend, to make offence a skill, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.133 | Honour hath no skill in surgery, then? No. What is | Honour hath no skill in Surgerie, then? No. What is |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.111 | and this valour comes of sherris. So that skill in the | and this Valour comes of Sherris. So, that skill in the |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.60.2 | But first, to try her skill, | but first, to try her skill, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.63 | By this means shall we sound what skill she hath. | By this meanes shall we sound what skill she hath. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.13 | Had I sufficient skill to utter them, | (Had I sufficient skill to vtter them) |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.29 | They do confound their skill in covetousness; | They do confound their skill in couetousnesse, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.66 | What place this is; and all the skill I have | What place this is: and all the skill I haue |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.28 | If wounding, then it was to show my skill, | If wounding, then it was to shew my skill, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.396 | Here stand I, lady; dart thy skill at me. | Heere stand I, Ladie dart thy skill at me, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.152 | my ancient skill beguiles me; but in the boldness of my | my ancient skill beguiles me: but in the boldnes of my |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.204 | I have heard the Frenchman hath good skill in his | I haue heard the French-man hath good skill in his |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.195 | O that your frowns would teach my smiles such skill! | O that your frownes would teach my smiles such skil. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.125 | And touching now the point of human skill, | And touching now the point of humane skill, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.110 | But with good will. To show our simple skill, | But with good will. To shew our simple skill, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.ii.24 | use your skill. Good cousin, have a care this busy time. | vse your skill, / good cosin haue a care this busie time. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.30 | This Philoten contends in skill | This Phyloten contends in skill |
| Pericles | Per V.i.75 | My utmost skill in his recovery, provided | my vtmost skill in his recouerie, prouided |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.103 | I would my skill were subject to thy curse. | I would my skill were subiect to thy curse: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.25 | Be heaped like mine, and that thy skill be more | Be heapt like mine, and that thy skill be more |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iii.7 | Our captain hath in every figure skill, | Our Captaine hath in euery Figure skill; |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.43 | Meanwhile, sir, with the little skill I have, | Meanewhile sir, with the little skill I haue, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.8 | Fierce to their skill, and to their fierceness valiant; | Fierce to their skill, and to their fiercenesse Valiant: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.173 | Were it a casque composed by Vulcan's skill, | Were it a Caske compos'd by Vulcans skill, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.190 | – into a most hideous opinion of his rage, skill, fury, and | into a most hideous opinion of his rage, skill, furie, and |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.228 | strength, skill, and wrath can furnish man withal. | strength, skill, and wrath, can furnish man withall. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.8 | According to my shallow simple skill. | According to my shallow simple skill. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.212 | If not, to compass her I'll use my skill. | If not, to compasse her Ile vse my skill. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.28 | Though craving seriousness and skill, passed slightly | Though craving seriousnes, and skill, past slightly |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.47 | Their best skill tender. Lead into the city, | Their best skill tender. Leade into the Citty, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.60 | To his own skill, came near, but yet perceived not | To his owne skill, came neere, but yet perceivd not |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.58 | With military skill, that to thy laud | With military skill, that to thy lawde |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.51 | If I have any skill, in all the parish; | (If I have any skill) in all the parish, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.166 | Or seeming so in skill – cannot or will not | Or seeming so, in skill, cannot, or will not |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.152 | As little skill to fear as I have purpose | As little skill to feare, as I haue purpose |