| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.30 | And wore us out of act. It much repairs me | And wore vs out of act: It much repaires me |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.152 | The help of heaven we count the act of men. | The help of heauen we count the act of men. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.7.1 | In any staining act. | In any staining act. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.46 | And lawful meaning in a lawful act, | And lawfull meaning in a lawfull act, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.45 | deal of his act. | deale of his act. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.144 | which commits some loving act upon her, she hath such | which commits some louing acte vpon her, she hath such |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.50 | Did urge me in his act. I did inquire it, | Did vrge me in his Act: I did inquire it, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.152 | Further this act of grace, and from this hour | Further this act of Grace: and from this houre, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.78 | Hath so betrayed thine act. Being done unknown, | Hath so betraide thine acte. Being done vnknowne, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.i.13 | May make too great an act. For learn this, Silius: | May make too great an act. For learne this Sillius, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.284 | To praise my noble act. I hear him mock | To praise my Noble Act. I heare him mock |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.330 | To see performed the dreaded act which thou | To see perform'd the dreaded Act which thou |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.80 | support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act established | support Vsurers; repeale daily any wholsome Act established |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ii.5 | That could be brought to bodily act ere Rome | That could be brought to bodily act, ere Rome |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.19.1 | Hath overta'en mine act. | Hath ouerta'ne mine Act. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.94 | When he might act the woman in the scene, | When he might act the Woman in the Scene, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.22 | Allayments to their act, and by them gather | Allayments to their Act, and by them gather |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.60 | Of thy dear husband, than that horrid act | Of thy deere Husband. Then that horrid Act |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.21 | Art thou a feodary for this act, and look'st | Art thou a Fodarie for this Act; and look'st |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.53 | As record of fair act. Nay, many times, | As Record of faire Act. Nay, many times |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.26 | must act for me, if thy faith be not tainted with the | must acte for me, if thy Faith be not tainted with the |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.93 | It is no act of common passage, but | It is no acte of common passage, but |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.29 | Three thousand confident, in act as many – | Three thousand confident, in acte as many: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.265 | What, mak'st thou me a dullard in this act? | What, mak'st thou me a dullard in this Act? |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.205 | Almost to jelly with the act of fear, | Almost to Ielly with the Act of feare, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.26 | As he in his particular act and place | As he in his peculiar Sect and force |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.60 | Nor any unproportioned thought his act. | Nor any vnproportion'd thought his Act: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.84 | But howsomever thou pursues this act, | But howsoeuer thou pursuest this Act, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.127 | shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows | shape, or time to acte them in. What should such Fellowes |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.88 | I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot, | I prythee, when thou see'st that Acte a-foot, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.91 | At game, a-swearing, or about some act | At gaming, swearing, or about some acte |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.41.2 | Such an act | Such an Act |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.52.1 | Is thought-sick at the act. | Is thought-sicke at the act. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.52.2 | Ay me, what act, | Aye me; what act, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.11 | argues an act, and an act hath three branches – it is to | argues an Act: and an Act hath three branches. It is an |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.12 | act, to do, and to perform. Argal, she drowned herself | Act to doe and to performe; argall she drown'd her selfe |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.329 | That are but mutes or audience to this act, | That are but Mutes or audience to this acte: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.156 | To feed contention in a lingering act; | To feede Contention in a ling'ring Act: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.114 | sack commences it and sets it in act and use. Hereof | Sack commences it, and sets it in act, and vse. Hereof |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.3 | A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, | A Kingdome for a Stage, Princes to Act, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.189 | The act of order to a peopled kingdom. | The Act of Order to a peopled Kingdome. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.17 | Doing the execution and the act | Doing the execution, and the acte, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.103 | And with the same to act controlling laws. | And with the same to acte controlling Lawes: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.10 | Persuaded him from any further act; | Perswaded him from any further act: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.245 | Before I would have granted to that act. | Before I would haue granted to that Act. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.249 | Until that act of parliament be repealed | Vntill that Act of Parliament be repeal'd, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.91 | Have caused him by new act of parliament | Haue caus'd him by new Act of Parliament, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.10 | What scene of death hath Roscius now to act? | What Scene of death hath Rossius now to Acte? |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.85 | For our best act. If we shall stand still, | For our best Act: if we shall stand still, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.195 | The part my father meant to act upon | The Part my Father meant to act vpon |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.182 | Does pay the act of it, as, i'th' contrary, | Does pay the Act of it, as i'th'contrary |
| Henry VIII | H8 epilogue.3 | And sleep an act or two; but those, we fear, | And sleepe an Act or two; but those we feare |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.176 | Stir up their servants to an act of rage, | Stirre vp their Seruants to an acte of Rage, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.166 | As by our hands and this our present act | As by our hands, and this our present Acte |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.270 | How much more to infringe the holy act | How much more to infringe the holy act, |
| King John | KJ III.i.274 | The better act of purposes mistook | The better Act of purposes mistooke, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.57 | Though that my death were adjunct to my act, | Though that my death were adiunct to my Act, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.149 | This act, so evilly borne, shall cool the hearts | This Act so euilly borne shall coole the hearts |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.18 | This act is as an ancient tale new told, | This acte, is as an ancient tale new told, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.240 | And consequently thy rude hand to act | And consequently, thy rude hand to acte |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.126 | To this most cruel act, do but despair; | To this most cruell Act: do but dispaire, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.135 | If I in act, consent, or sin of thought | If I in act, consent, or sinne of thought, |
| King John | KJ V.i.45 | Be great in act, as you have been in thought; | Be great in act, as you haue beene in thought: |
| King Lear | KL II.i.18 | Which I must act. Briefness and fortune work! – | Which I must act, Briefenesse, and Fortune worke. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.108 | Should he sit here? This act persuades me | Should he sit heere? This act perswades me, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.84 | my mistress' heart and did the act of darkness with her, | my Mistris heart, and did the acte of darkenesse with her. |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.86.1 | To quit this horrid act. | To quit this horrid acte. |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.74 | Opposed against the act, bending his sword | Oppos'd against the act: bending his Sword |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.127 | As happy prologues to the swelling Act | As happy Prologues to the swelling Act |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.40 | To be the same in thine own act and valour | To be the same in thine owne Act, and Valour, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.5 | Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with man's act, | Thou seest the Heauens, as troubled with mans Act, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.53 | To act in safety. There is none but he | To act in safetie. There is none but he, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.169 | Now puts the drowsy and neglected act | Now puts the drowsie and neglected Act |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.64 | As mice by lions, hath picked out an act, | As Myce, by Lyons) hath pickt out an act, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.104 | Lives not to act another. Be satisfied | Liues not to act another. Be satisfied; |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.26 | So then it seems your most offenceful act | So then it seemes your most offence full act |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.70 | Condemned upon the act of fornication | Condemnd vpon the Act of Fornication |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.448 | His act did not o'ertake his bad intent, | his Act did not ore-take his bad intent, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.80 | Between these woolly breeders in the act, | Betweene these woolly breeders in the act, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.19 | To the last hour of act, and then 'tis thought | To the last houre of act, and then 'tis thought |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.311.2 | Thyself shalt see the act, | Thy selfe shalt see the Act: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.91 | Nay, I will consent to act any villainy | Nay, I wil consent to act any villany |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.36 | I warrant thee. If I do not act it, hiss me. | I warrant thee, if I do not act it, hisse me. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.100 | We do not act that often jest and laugh; | We do not acte that often, iest, and laugh, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.464 | Exit | They sleepe all the Act. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.63 | The native act and figure of my heart | The natiue act, and figure of my heart |
| Othello | Oth I.i.152 | Which even now stand in act, that for their souls | (Which euen now stands in Act) that for their soules |
| Othello | Oth I.i.172 | By what you see them act. Is there not charms | By what you see them act. Is there not Charmes, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.221 | made dull with the act of sport, there should be, again | made dull with the Act of Sport, there should be a game |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.133 | Though I am bound to every act of duty, | Though I am bound to euery Acte of dutie, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.325 | But, with a little act upon the blood, | But with a little acte vpon the blood, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.162 | To do the act that might the addition earn | To do the Act, that might the addition earne, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.189.1 | O monstrous act! | O monstrous Acte. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.202 | I know this act shows horrible and grim. | I know this acte shewes horrible and grim. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.210 | That she with Cassio hath the act of shame | That she with Cassio, hath the Act of shame |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.367 | This heavy act with heavy heart relate. | This heauie Act, with heauie heart relate. |
| Pericles | Per I.i.93 | Few love to hear the sins they love to act. | Few loue to heare the sinnes they loue to act, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.18 | Since he's so great can make his will his act, | Since hee's so great, can make his will his act, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.139 | Extremity out of act. What were thy friends? | extremitie out of act, what were thy friends? |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.138 | And future ages groan for this foul act. | And future Ages groane for his foule Act. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.39 | To make an act of tragic violence. | To make an act of Tragicke violence. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.1 | The tyrannous and bloody act is done, | The tyrannous and bloodie Act is done, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.1 | So smile the heavens upon this holy act, | So smile the heauens vpon this holy act, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.19 | My dismal scene I needs must act alone. | My dismall Sceane, I needs must act alone: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.273 | To act her earthy and abhorred commands, | To act her earthy, and abhord commands, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.256 | And, by that destiny, to perform an act | (And by that destiny) to performe an act |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.73 | Thy brother was a furtherer in the act. | Thy brother was a furtherer in the Act, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.24 | is ever the duller for his act; and but in the plainer | is euer the duller for his acte, / And but in the plainer |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.199 | Forestall prescience, and esteem no act | Fore-stall prescience, and esteeme no acte |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.348 | And choice, being mutual act of all our souls, | And choise being mutuall acte of all our soules, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.120 | We may not think the justness of each act | We may not thinke the iustnesse of each acte |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.81 | boundless, and the act a slave to limit. | boundlesse, and the act a slaue to limit. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.86 | They that have the voice of lions and the act of hares, | They that haue the voyce of Lyons, and the act of Hares: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.131 | An act that very chance doth throw upon him – | An act that very chance doth throw vpon him? |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.26 | It shall become thee well to act my woes; | It shall become thee well to act my woes: |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.35 | That they may fairly note this act of mine! | That they may fairely note this acte of mine. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.244 | He finished indeed his mortal act | He finished indeed his mortall acte |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.164 | This grand act of our life, this daring deed | This grand act of our life, this daring deede |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.69 | To his own nerves and act; commands men service, | To his owne Nerves and act; Commands men service, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.70 | Speak this and act it in your glass as to | Speake this, and act it in your Glasse, as to |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.24 | As to deny my act; but that I would not, | As to deny my act, but that I would not, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.165 | With sacred act advances: but one rose! | With sacred act advances: But one Rose, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.14 | Shall make and act the story, the belief | Shall make, and act the Story, the beleife |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.181 | For in an act of this importance 'twere | (For in an Acte of this importance, 'twere |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.50 | The bound of honour, or in act or will | The bound of Honor, or in act, or will |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.77 | The dignity of this act was worth | The Dignitie of this Act was worth |