| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.29 | I have a heart as little apt as yours, | I haue a heart as little apt as yours, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.445 | The fit and apt construction of thy name, | The fit and apt Construction of thy name |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.31.2 | I find thee apt, | I finde thee apt, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.264 | Thoughts black, hands apt, drugs fit, and time agreeing, | Thoughts blacke, hands apt, / Drugges fit, and Time agreeing: |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.86 | You know how apt our love was to accord | You know how apt our loue was, to accord |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.281 | Is she not apt? | Is shee not apt? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.122 | Stubborn to justice, apt to accuse it, and | Stubborne to Iustice, apt to accuse it, and |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.97 | Apt to be rendered, for some one to say, | Apt to be render'd, for some one to say, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.160 | I shall not find myself so apt to die; | I shall not finde my selfe so apt to dye. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.68 | Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men | Why do'st thou shew to the apt thoughts of men |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.226 | Apt, liable to be employed in danger, | Apt, liable to be employ'd in danger, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.301 | And what they may incense him to, being apt | And what they may incense him too, being apt, |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.65 | They are apt enough to dislocate and tear | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.18 | Pretty and apt. | Pretty and apt. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.19 | How mean you, sir? I pretty and my saying apt, or | How meane you sir, I pretty, and my saying apt? or |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.20 | I apt and my saying pretty? | I apt, and my saying prettie? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.22 | Little pretty, because little. Wherefore apt? | Little pretty, because little: wherefore apt? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.23 | And therefore apt, because quick. | And therefore apt, because quicke. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.73 | Delivers in such apt and gracious words | Deliuers in such apt and gracious words, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.112 | Youth so apt to pluck a sweet! | Youth so apt to plucke a sweet. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.89 | apt, I do assure you, sir, I do assure. | apt I doe assure you sir, I doe assure. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.48.1 | By vain though apt affection. | By vaine, though apt affection. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.495 | I find an apt remission in myself, | I finde an apt remission in my selfe: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.65 | There is not one word apt, one player fitted. | There is not one word apt, one Player fitted. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.271 | And thou shalt see how apt it is to learn | And thou shalt see how apt it is to learne |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.189 | apt to do myself wrong. I am not so reputed; it is the | apt to do my selfe wrong: I am not so reputed, it is the |
| Othello | Oth II.i.170 | three fingers so oft, which now again you are most apt | three fingers so oft, which now againe you are most apt |
| Othello | Oth II.i.278 | That she loves him, 'tis apt and of great credit. | That she loues him, 'tis apt, and of great Credite. |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.311 | apt, so blessed a disposition, that she holds it a vice in her | apt, so blessed a disposition, she holds it a vice in her |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.176 | Than what he found himself was apt and true. | Then what he found himselfe was apt, and true. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.30 | An I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any | And I were so apt to quarell as thou art, any |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.40 | You shall find me apt enough to that, sir, an you | You shall find me apt inough to that sir, and you |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.157 | Which heavy sorrow makes them apt unto. | Which heauy sorrow makes them apt vnto. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.165 | She's apt to learn and thankful for good turns. | She's apt to learne, and thankefull for good turnes: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.136 | She is young and apt. | She is yong and apt: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.134 | To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme | To stubborne Criticks, apt without a theame |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.35 | I know thy constellation is right apt | I know thy constellation is right apt |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.24 | Apt, in good faith, very apt. Well, go thy way, if | Apt in good faith, very apt: well go thy way, if |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.124 | O world, how apt the poor are to be proud! | O world, how apt the poore are to be proud? |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.130 | And I, most jocund, apt, and willingly | And I most iocund, apt, and willinglie, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.317 | Madam, I am most apt t' embrace your offer. | Madam, I am most apt t'embrace your offer: |
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| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Passionate Pilgrim | PP.16.14 | Youth, so apt to pluck a sweet. | Youth, so apt to pluck a sweet, |
| Venus and Adonis | Ven.354 | As apt as new-fall'n snow takes any dint. | As apt, as new falne snow takes any dint. |
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| Andrew | the Saint Andrew; name of a Spanish galleon captured at Cadiz in 1596 |
| Antiopa | [pron: an'tiyopa] Amazon captured or abducted by Theseus |
| apply | conform, bend, adapt |
| apt | fit, ready, prepared |
| apt | likely, inclined, prone |
| apt | yielding, compliant, submissive |
| apt | natural, predictable, plausible, to be expected |
| apt | prompt, quick, ready |
| apt | impressionable, susceptible |
| aptly | easily, readily |
| Arion | [a'riyon] legendary Greek musician; about to be robbed and killed by a ship’s crew, he was allowed to sing one last song; dolphins then appeared, Arion leapt overboard, and was carried by one of them to safety |
| bay | [hunting] last stand, point of capture |
| bearing-cloth | christening garment, baptismal shawl |
| beguile | charm, captivate, bewitch |
| captain | commander, chief, leader |
| captain | principal, pre-eminent, chief |
| captain-general | commander-in-chief |
| captainship | leadership, command |
| capten | Scottish pronunciation of 'captain' |
| captious | capacious, spacious, roomy |
| captivate | make captive, capture, imprison |
| captive | imprisoning, confining, incarcerating |
| captive | capture, take captive |
| captivity | those made captive, prisoners |
| catch | seize, get hold of, capture |
| christendom | baptismal name, Christian name |
| congruent | fitting, apt, suitable |
| disposition | aptitude, gift, capacity |
| enchanting | bewitching, captivating, holding under a spell |
| enrapt | enraptured, inspired, carried away |
| enthralled | enslaved, made captive |
| enure, inure | accustom, habituate, adapt |
| fain | fond, inclined [to], apt [to] |
| fairy | enchantress, captivator |
| feelingly | pertinently, aptly, to the point |
| fetch | surround, close in upon, capture |
| fit | adapt, conform, accommodate |
| fitly | justly, fittingly, aptly |
| frame | adapt, adjust, shape, accommodate |
| gossip | godparent, baptismal sponsor |
| happily | fittingly, appropriately, aptly |
| happiness | felicity, aptness, appropriateness [of expression] |
| head | commander, officer, captain |
| hold | apply, be apt, remain valid |
| infixed | captured, caught, firmly held |
| inure | accustom, habituate, adapt |
| liable | fitting, apt, suitable |
| Limbo | domain on the border of hell believed to contain the souls of unbaptised infants and of just people born before Christ |
| lock | keep captive, keep away, detain |
| measurable | fitting, apt, suitable |
| new-ta'en | [new-taken] freshly caught, just captured |
| pat | neatly, opportunely, aptly |
| periapt | amulet, charm, talisman |
| pretty | nice, proper, apt |
| prisonment | imprisonment, detention, captivity |
| prize | captured ship |
| rap | transport, move with rapture |
| rapt | enraptured, entranced, thrilled |
| rapt | absorbed, engrossed, preoccupied |
| rapt | carried away with emotion, lost for words |
| rapture | fit, seizure, convulsion |
| rapture | seizure, plundering, carrying away |
| ravish | entrance, enrapture, carry away with joy |
| redime | free yourself from captivity at the lowest ransom |
| restraint | captivity, imprisonment, confinement |
| servility | slavery, servitude, captivity |
| sort | fashion, frame, adapt |
| space | freedom from captivity; or: possession of property |
| square | regulate, direct, adapt |
| suited | dressed up, set out, adapted |
| surprise | attack, capture, seize |
| surprise | take prisoner, capture [especially: suddenly, unexpectedly] |
| sympathize | capture, represent fittingly, express with feeling |
| take | captivate, delight, enrapture |
| thraldom | bondage, servitude, captivity |
| thrall | slave, subject, captive |
| thrall | enslave, make captive |
| thrall | captive, enslaved, subject |
| transport | carry away, captivate, enrapture |
| turn | adapt, alter, modify |
| unapt | not inclined, unwilling, not prone |
| unapt | unfit, not suited |
| unaptness | inaptitude, unreadiness, unwillingness |
| wear | fashion, adapt, conform |
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