| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.72 | If he were living I would try him yet. | If he were liuing, I would try him yet. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.242 | But give me leave to try success, I'd venture | But giue me leaue to trie successe, I'de venture |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.134 | What I can do can do no hurt to try, | What I can doe, can doe no hurt to try, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.185 | Sweet practiser, thy physic I will try, | Sweet practiser, thy Physicke I will try, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.15 | I would I knew in what particular action to try | I would I knew in what particular action to try |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.34.1 | To try a larger fortune. | to try a larger Fortune. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.124.2 | I'll try you on the shore. | Ile try you on the shore. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.26 | (To Thidias) To try eloquence now 'tis time. Dispatch. | To try thy Eloquence, now 'tis time, dispatch, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.31 | The ne'er-touched vestal. Try thy cunning, Thidias. | The ne're touch'd Vestall. Try thy cunning Thidias, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.118 | to come in disguised against me to try a fall. Tomorrow, | to come in disguis'd against mee to try a fall: to morrow |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.159 | I come but in as others do, to try with him the strength | I come but in as others do, to try with him the strength |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.191 | You shall try but one fall. | You shall trie but one fall. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.19 | I would try, if I could cry ‘ hem ’ and have | I would try if I could cry hem, and haue |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.24 | O, a good wish upon you; you will try in time, in | O, a good wish vpon you: you will trie in time in |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.185 | such offenders, and let Time try. Adieu! | such offenders, and let time try: adieu. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.153 | Try all the friends thou hast in Ephesus; | Try all the friends thou hast in Ephesus, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.42 | Well, I will marry one day, but to try. | Well, I will marry one day but to trie: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.422 | That's a question. How shall we try it? | That's a question, how shall we trie it. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.224 | Come, try upon yourselves what you have seen me. | Come trie vpon your selues, what you haue seene me. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.250 | I'll try whether my old wit be in request | Ile trie whether my old Wit be in request |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.80 | Those whose great power must try him – even this, | Those whose great power must try him. Euen this |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.18 | Other conclusions? I will try the forces | Other Conclusions? I will try the forces |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.21 | To try the vigour of them, and apply | To try the vigour of them, and apply |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.173 | To try your taking of a false report, which hath | To try your taking of a false report, which hath |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.14 | fingering, so: we'll try with tongue too: if none will | fingering, so: wee'l try with tongue too: if none will |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.373 | Try many, all good: serve truly: never | Try many, all good: serue truly: neuer |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.159.2 | How may we try it further? | How may we try it further? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.167.2 | We will try it. | We will try it. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.218 | And who in want a hollow friend doth try | And who in want a hollow Friend doth try, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.65 | Try what repentance can. What can it not? | Try what Repentance can. What can it not? |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.196 | To try conclusions, in the basket creep | To try Conclusions in the Basket, creepe |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.63 | Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.100 | Try fortune with him in a single fight. | Try fortune with him, in a Single Fight. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.44 | persistency. Let the end try the man. But I tell thee, | persistencie. Let the end try the man. But I tell thee, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.56 | First let them try themselves. So did your son; | First let them trye themselues. So did your Sonne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.303 | back, and spoke it on purpose to try my patience. | back, and spoke it on purpose, to trie my patience. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.43 | If not, we ready are to try our fortunes | If not, wee readie are to trye our fortunes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.167 | To try with it, as with an enemy | To try with it (as with an Enemie, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.156 | of swords, can try it out with all unspotted soldiers. | of Swords, can trye it out with all vnspotted Souldiers: |
| 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.89 | My courage try by combat, if thou darest, | My Courage trie by Combat, if thou dar'st, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.149 | Presently we'll try. Come, let's away about it. | Presently wee'le try: come,let's away about it, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.111 | And then we'll try what these dastard Frenchmen dare. | And then wee'le try what these dastard Frenchmen dare. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.63 | To try if that our own be ours or no. | To try if that our owne be ours, or no. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.32 | And try if they can gain your liberty. | And try if they can gaine your liberty. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.32 | To try his strength, forsaketh yet the lists | To try his strength, forsaketh yet the Listes |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.309 | My lord of York, try what your fortune is. | My Lord of Yorke, trie what your fortune is: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.314 | And try your hap against the Irishmen? | And trie your hap against the Irishmen? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.16 | Say we intend to try his grace today. | Say, we intend to try his Grace to day, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.33 | Lords, give us leave; I'll try this widow's wit. | Lords giue vs leaue, Ile trye this Widowes wit. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.143 | Power as he was a Councillor to try him, | Power, as he was a Counsellour to try him, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.146 | Would try him to the utmost, had ye mean; | Would trye him to the vtmost, had ye meane, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.292 | Into the market-place; there shall I try, | Into the Market place: There shall I try |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.110 | We shall try fortune in a second fight. | We shall try Fortune in a second fight. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.274 | Doth but so try the wife of Salisbury, | Doth but to try the wife of Salisbury, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.43 | Thus once I mean to try a Frenchman's faith. | Thus once I meane to trie a French mans faith. |
| King John | KJ V.v.22 | To try the fair adventure of tomorrow. | To try the faire aduenture of to morrow. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.241 | try whether your costard or my ballow be the harder. | try whither your Costard, or my Ballow be the harder; |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.71 | Yet I will try the last. Before my body | Yet I will try the last. Before my body, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.21 | Guiltier than him they try; what's open made to justice, | Guiltier then him they try; what's open made to Iustice, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.22 | And try your penitence, if it be sound, | And try your penitence, if it be sound, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.76 | To try her gracious fortune with Lord Angelo | To try her gracious fortune with Lord Angelo, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.180 | Try what my credit can in Venice do, | Try what my credit can in Venice doe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.24 | To try my fortune. By this scimitar | To trie my fortune: By this Symitare |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.33 | knows me not. I will try confusions with him. | knows me not, I will trie confusions with him. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.178 | I will lay a plot to try that, and we will | I will lay a plot to try that, and wee will |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.88 | We'll try that; for I'll appoint my men | Wee'l try that: for Ile appoint my men |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.336 | Now follow – if thou darest – to try whose right | Now follow if thou dar'st, to try whose right, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.412 | Follow my voice. We'll try no manhood here. | Follow my voice, we'l try no manhood here. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.240 | Well, as time shall try: | Well, as time shall trie: |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.47 | To try me with affliction, had they rained | To try me with Affliction, had they rain'd |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.41 | Try honour's cause; forbear your suffrages. | Try honours cause; forbeare your suffrages: |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.184 | Then, dear my liege, mine honour let me try. | Then (deere my Liege) mine Honor let me trie, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.85 | Now shall he try his friends that flattered him. | Now shall he try his friends that flattered him. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.85 | If he may be repealed to try his honour. | If he may be repeal'd, to trie his Honor. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.9 | To try if thou be current gold indeed. | To trie if thou be currant Gold indeed: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.3 | You shall have none ill, sir. For I'll try if | You shall haue none ill sir, for Ile trie if |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.5 | How! Canst thou try them so? | How canst thou trie them so? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.17 | I'll try how you can sol-fa and sing it. | Ile trie how you can Sol,Fa, and sing it. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.217.2 | That I'll try. | That Ile trie. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.35 | lower! Bring her to try with main-course. | lower, bring her to Try with Maine-course. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.183 | And try the argument of hearts, by borrowing, | And try the argument of hearts, by borrowing, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.188 | Shall I try friends. You shall perceive | Shall I trie Friends. You shall perceiue |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.3 | did but try us this other day. | did but try vs this other day. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.9 | Then this breaking of his has been but a try for his | Then this breaking of his, / Ha's beene but a Try for his |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.69 | Are singled forth to try experiments. | Are singled forth to try experiments: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.145 | Let me go and try. | Let me goe and try: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.8 | Some to the wars to try their fortune there; | Some to the warres, to try their fortune there; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.287 | I will try thee. Tell me this: who begot thee? | I will try thee: tell me this: who begot thee? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.291 | Come, fool, come; try me in thy paper. | Come foole, come: try me in thy paper. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.25 | Should I try death by dozens. I am moped; | Should I try death by dussons: I am mop't, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.26.2 | Lords, and the Servant, who try to prevent her | |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.72 | For me to try how. All I know of it | For me to try how: All I know of it, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.1 | I that please some, try all; both joy and terror | I that please some, try all: both ioy and terror |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.131 | try whether I am not now a gentleman born. | try whether I am not now a Gentleman borne. |