| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.44 | let us assay our plot which if it speed | let vs assay our plot which if it speed |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.71 | to give th assay of arms against your majesty | to giue th assay of armes against your maiestie |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.14.2 | did you assay him | did you assay him |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.69 | art more engaged help angels make assay | art more ingagd helpe angels make assay |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.33 | i will assay thee and defend thyself | i will assay thee so defend thy selfe |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.118 | i would assay proud queen to make thee blush | i would assay prowd queene to make thee blush |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.12 | o hapless fortune let us yet assay | o haplesse fortune let vs yet assay |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.143 | the great assay of art but at his touch | the great assay of art but at his touch |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.180 | to the strict deputy bid herself assay him | to the strict deputie bid her selfe assay him |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.76.2 | assay the power you have | assay the powre you haue |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.164 | purpose to corrupt her only he hath made an assay of | purpose to corrupt her onely he hath made an assay of |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.24 | manner assay me why he hath not been thrice in my | manner assay me why hee hath not beene thrice / in my |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.18 | by no assay of reason tis a pageant | by no assay of reason tis a pageant |
| Othello | Oth II.i.119 | come on assay theres one gone to the harbour | come on assay / theres one gone to the harbour |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.405 | let us make the assay upon him if he | let vs make the assay vpon him if he |