| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.12 | His taken labours bid him me forgive; | His taken labours bid him me forgiue; |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.5 | It is reported that he has taken their greatest | It is reported, / That he has taken their great'st |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.51 | He's bravely taken here. He stole from France, | He's brauely taken heere. He stole from France |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.76 | he hath taken a solemn leave: his lordship will next | hee hath taken a solemne leaue: his Lordshippe will next |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.112 | His confession is taken, and it shall be | His confession is taken, and it shall bee |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.293 | suspected an ambush where I was taken? | suspected an ambush where I was taken? |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.54 | Taken as seen; for Pompey's name strikes more | Taken as seene: for Pompeyes name strikes more |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.55 | Caesar has taken Toryne. | Casar ha's taken Toryne. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.23 | Lest I be taken. Not th' imperious show | Least I be taken: not th'Imperious shew |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.38 | O Cleopatra! Thou art taken, queen. | Oh Cleopatra, thou art taken Queene. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.18 | heir: for what he hath taken away from thy father perforce, | heire; for what hee hath taken away from thy father perforce, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.94 | Hellespont and being taken with the cramp was drowned, | Hellespont, and being taken with the crampe, was droun'd, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.111 | And in our sight they three were taken up | And in our sight they three were taken vp |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.357 | And the twin Dromio all were taken up. | And the twin Dromio, all were taken vp; |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.144.1 | Be taken from the people. | be taken from the People. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.51 | He was not taken well; he had not dined. | He was not taken well, he had not din'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.11.1 | The battle continues, the Britons fly, Cymbeline is taken: then enter | The Battaile continues, the Britaines fly, Cymbeline is taken: Then enter |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.84 | Great Jupiter be praised, Lucius is taken: | Great Iupiter be prais'd, Lucius is taken, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.14 | Taken to wife. Nor have we herein barred | Taken to Wife; nor haue we heerein barr'd |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.137 | Horatio, this three years I have took note of it, the age | Horatio, these three yeares I haue taken note of it, the Age |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.41 | Was by the rude hands of that Welshman taken, | Was by the rude hands of that Welshman taken, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.43 | garters! If I be taken, I'll peach for this. An I have not | Garters: If I be tane, Ile peach for this: and I haue not |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.154 | have taken a thousand pound this day morning. | haue ta'ne a thousand pound this Morning. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.156 | Where is it? Taken from us it is. A hundred | Where is it? taken from vs, it is: a hundred |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.308 | years ago, and wert taken with the manner, and ever | yeeres agoe, and wert taken with the manner, and euer |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.317 | Choler, my lord, if rightly taken. | Choler, my Lord, if rightly taken. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.318 | No, if rightly taken, halter. | No, if rightly taken, Halter. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.373 | Thy state is taken for a joint-stool, thy | Thy State is taken for a Ioyn'd-Stoole, thy |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.67 | According to our threefold order taken? | According to our three-fold order ta'ne? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.114 | Discomfited great Douglas, taken him once, | Discomfited great Dowglas, ta'ne him once, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.22 | And, his corruption being taken from us, | And his corruption being tane from vs, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.47 | taken from me all ostentation of sorrow. | taken from me, all ostentation of sorrow. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.26 | In deeds dishonourable? You have taken up, | In deedes dis-honorable? You haue taken vp, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.37 | have in my pure and immaculate valour taken Sir John | haue, in my pure and immaculate Valour, taken Sir Iohn |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.160 | But taken and impounded as a stray | But taken and impounded as a Stray, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iii.36 | Your fathers taken by the silver beards, | Your Fathers taken by the siluer Beards, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.107 | the villages, nothing taken but paid for, none of the | the Villages; nothing taken, but pay'd for: none of the |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.74 | What prisoners of good sort are taken, uncle? | What Prisoners of good sort are taken, Vnckle? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.14 | Talbot is taken, whom we wont to fear. | Talbot is taken, whom we wont to feare: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.26 | Were there surprised and taken prisoners. | Were there surpriz'd, and taken prisoners. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.73 | for I think I have taken my last draught in this world. | for I thinke I haue taken my last Draught in this World. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.376 | Say he be taken, racked, and tortured, | Say he be taken, rackt, and tortured; |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.61.1 | They fight and York is taken | |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.118 | My gracious lord, Henry your foe is taken, | My gracious Lord, Henry your Foe is taken, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.7 | Ay, almost slain, for he is taken prisoner, | I almost slaine, for he is taken prisoner, |
| 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 III.ii.382 | These ruined pillars, out of pity, taken | These ruin'd Pillers, out of pitty, taken |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.12 | Nor, I'll assure you, better taken, sir. | Nor Ile assure you better taken Sir. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.265 | would not have taken him at a word, I would I might go | would not haue taken him at a word, I would I might goe |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.271 | but there's no heed to be taken of them; if Caesar had | But there's no heed to be taken of them; if Casar had |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.217 | Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; | Which taken at the Flood, leades on to Fortune: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.285 | Now I have taken heart, thou vanishest. | Now I haue taken heart, thou vanishest. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.32 | Tush, they that have already taken arms | Tush they that haue already taken armes, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.46 | Vanquished, subdued, and taken prisoner. | Vanquisht, subdude, and taken prisoner. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.163 | To call him back, if he be taken hence. | To call him backe, if he be taken hence, |
| King John | KJ V.vi.40 | Passing these flats, are taken by the tide – | Passing these Flats, are taken by the Tide, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.327 | Not fear still to be taken. I know his heart. | Not feare still to be taken. I know his heart, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.109 | If he be taken he shall never more | If he be taken, he shall neuer more |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.157 | 'Twill be ill taken. | 'Twill be ill taken. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.199 | The manner of it is, I was taken with the | The manner of it is, I was taken with the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.204 | with her upon the ‘ form,’ and taken ‘ following ’ her | with her vpon the Forme, and taken following her |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.275 | It was proclaimed a year's imprisonment to be taken | It was proclaimed a yeeres imprisoment to bee taken |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.277 | I was taken with none, sir; I was taken with a | I was taken with none sir, I was taken with a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.283 | If it were, I deny her virginity. I was taken with | If it were, I denie her Virginitie: I was taken with |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.299 | taken with Jaquenetta, and Jaquenetta is a true girl. | taken with Iaquenetta, and Iaquenetta is a true girle, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.128 | To be o'erheard and taken napping so. | To be ore-heard, and taken napping so. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.122 | Lady Macbeth is taken out | |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.109 | there will be pity taken on you. You that have worn your | there will bee pitty taken on you; you that haue worne your |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.147 | Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken | Of your faire flesh, to be cut off and taken |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.162 | A pound of man's flesh taken from a man | A pound of mans flesh taken from a man, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.341 | To be so taken at thy peril, Jew. | To be taken so at thy perill Iew. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.275 | Sackerson loose twenty times, and have taken him by | Sackerson loose, twenty times, and haue taken him by |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.172 | being taken up of these men's bills. | being taken vp of these mens bils. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.136 | Of being taken by the insolent foe, | Of being taken by the Insolent Foe, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.206 | before. Give me thy hand, Roderigo. Thou hast taken | before: giue me thy hand Rodorigo. Thou hast taken |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.327 | Your power and your command is taken off | Your Power, and your Command is taken off, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.37 | Blame both my lord and me that we have taken | blame both my Lord and me, that we haue taken |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.125 | I must have your maidenhead taken off, or the | I must haue your mayden-head taken off, or the |
| Pericles | Per V.i.23 | To anyone, nor taken sustenance | to anie one, nor taken sustenance, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.55 | Suddenly taken, and hath sent post-haste | Sodainly taken, and hath sent post haste |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.30 | Taken from Paul's to be interred there. | Taken from Paules, to be interred there. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.28 | Have taken sanctuary. The tender Prince | Haue taken Sanctuarie: The tender Prince |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.531 | My liege, the Duke of Buckingham is taken. | My Liege, the Duke of Buckingham is taken, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.135 | If thou art taken. Hence, be gone, away! | If thou art taken: hence, be gone, away. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.76 | Thou wilt be taken. – Stay awhile! – Stand up. | Thou wilt be taken, stay a while, stand vp: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.23 | You have taken it wiselier than I meant you | You haue taken it wiselier then I meant you |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.190 | Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost. | Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.128 | Till the fresh taste be taken from that clearness | Till the fresh taste be taken from that cleerenes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.80 | Ho, the gibbet-maker? He says that he hath taken | Ho the Iibbetmaker, he sayes that he hath taken |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.8 | engineer. If Troy be not taken till these two undermine | Enginer. If Troy be not taken till these two vndermine |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.198 | taken such pains to bring you together, let all pitiful | taken such paines to bring you together, let all pittifull |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.167 | taken great pains to con it. Good beauties, let me sustain | taken great paines to con it. Good Beauties, let mee sustaine |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.6 | have saved me my pains, to have taken it away yourself. | haue saued mee my paines, to haue taken it away your selfe. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.128 | His very genius hath taken the infection of the | His very genius hath taken the infection of the |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.117 | Now you have taken the pains to set it together, | Now you haue taken the paines to set it together, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.135 | Nay, I was taken up for laying them down. | Nay, I was taken vp, for laying them downe. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.104 | Went I so willing way. My lord is taken | Went I so willing, way. My Lord is taken |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.25 | Nor in a state of life; had they been taken | Nor in a state of life, had they bin taken |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.283 | And like enough the Duke hath taken notice | And like enough the Duke hath taken notice |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.70 | ‘ His shackles will betray him; he'll be taken, | His shackles will betray him, hee'l be taken, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.222 | But, so it is, it is not. Was this taken | But so it is, it is not. Was this taken |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.281 | My present vengeance taken. 'Shrew my heart, | My present vengeance taken: 'shrew my heart, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.26 | Humbling their deities to love, have taken | (Humbling their Deities to loue) haue taken |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.723 | you had not taken yourself with the manner. | you had not taken your selfe with the manner. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.54.1 | Have taken treasure from her lips – | Haue taken Treasure from her Lippes. |