| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.200 | Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke and made | Which to the tune of Flutes kept stroke, and made |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.1 | Now, darting Parthia, art thou struck; and now | Now darting Parthya art thou stroke, and now |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.91 | Before I strike this bloody stroke, farewell. | Before I strike this bloody stroke, Farwell. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.64 | Lest in her greatness, by some mortal stroke, | Least in her greatnesse, by some mortall stroke |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.294 | The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, | The stroke of death is as a Louers pinch, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.69 | Stand you both forth now: stroke your | Stand you both forth now: stroke your |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.40 | So tender of rebukes that words are strokes, | So tender of rebukes, that words are stroke;, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.265 | Thou art past the tyrant's stroke, | Thou art past the Tirants stroake, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.469 | Which I made known to Lucius ere the stroke | Which I made knowne to Lucius ere the stroke |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.334 | struck her into amazement and admiration. | stroke her into amazement, and admiration. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.95 | i'faith. You may stroke him as gently as a puppy greyhound. | you may stroake him as gently, as a Puppie Grey-hound: |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.61 | the first stroke, I'll run him up to the hilts, as I am a | the first stroake, Ile run him vp to the hilts, as I am a |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.134 | Cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. | Cowardly fled, not hauing struck one stroake. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.35 | For none would strike a stroke in his revenge. | For none would strike a stroake in his reuenge. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.22 | Before we met or that a stroke was given, | Before we met, or that a stroke was giuen, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.155 | Free from oppression or the stroke of war, | Free from oppression, or the stroke of Warre, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.117 | That made me happy, at one stroke has taken | That made me happy; at one stroake ha's taken |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.34 | That, when the greatest stroke of fortune falls, | That when the greatest stroake of Fortune falls |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.73 | My liege, the drum that stroke the lusty march | My liege the drum that stroke the lusty march, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.91 | And if thou scape the bloody stroke of war | And if thou scape the bloody strooke of warre, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.37 | And after, feel the stroke of quartering steel. | And after feele the stroake of quartering steele, |
| King John | KJ II.i.418 | Win you this city without stroke or wound, | Win you this Citie without stroke, or wound, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.48 | The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, | The wildest Sauagery, the vildest stroke |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.77 | But not without that harmful stroke which since | But not without that harmefull stroke, which since |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.34 | In the most terrible and nimble stroke | |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.25 | If thou be'st slain, and with no stroke of mine, | If thou beest slaine, and with no stroake of mine, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.77 | Even with the stroke and line of his great justice. | Euen with the stroke and line of his great Iustice: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.1 | The Windsor bell hath struck twelve; the | The Windsor-bell hath stroke twelue: the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.15 | If such a one will smile and stroke his beard, | If such a one will smile and stroke his beard, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.156 | When I did speak of some distressful stroke | When I did speake of some distressefull stroke |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.276.1 | That stroke would prove the worst! | That stroke would proue the worst. |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.31 | More welcome is the stroke of death to me | More welcome is the stroake of death to me, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.177 | I lay it naked to the deadly stroke | I lay it naked to the deadly stroke, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.5 | Upon the stroke of four. | Vpon the stroke of foure. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.111.1 | Upon the stroke of ten. | |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.113 | Because that like a Jack thou keep'st the stroke | |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.218 | Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard | Haue stroke more terror to the soule of Richard, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.236 | Upon the stroke of four. | Vpon the stroke of foure. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.23 | And smilest upon the stroke that murders me. | And smilest vpon the stroke that murders me. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.153 | And with that word she struck me on the head, | And with that word she stroke me on the head, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.121 | Himself with his good arms in lusty stroke | Himselfe with his good armes in lusty stroke |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.297 | I'll come by Naples. Draw thy sword. One stroke | I'le come by Naples: Draw thy sword, one stroke |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.23 | On Athens, ripe for stroke. Thou cold sciatica, | On Athens ripe for stroke. Thou cold Sciatica, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.22.1 | The common stroke of war. | The common stroke of warre. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.367 | Marcus, even thou hast struck upon my crest, | Marcus, Euen thou hast stroke vpon my Crest, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.110 | Wherein I had no stroke of mischief in it? | Wherein I had no stroke of Mischeife in it. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.34 | battle and struck him down, the disdain and shame | battell and stroke him downe, the disdaind & shame |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.165 | Now play me Nestor; hum, and stroke thy beard, | Now play me Nestor; hum, and stroke thy Beard |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.7 | Shall be struck off.’ Hector, what say you to't? | Shall be stroke off. Hector, what say you too't. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.3 | Strike not a stroke, but keep yourselves in breath, | Strike not a stroake, but keepe your selues in breath; |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.105 | With bloodless stroke my heart doth gore; | With bloodlesse stroke my heart doth gore, |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.34 | him, if there be any law in Illyria – though I struck him | him, if there be any law in Illyria: though I stroke him |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.113.1 | The fall o'th' stroke do damage? | The fall o'th stroke doe damage? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.4 | Threats a brave life; each stroke laments | Threats a brave life, each stroake laments |