| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.60 | instrument of honour again into his native quarter, be | instrument of honour againe into his natiue quarter, be |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.202 | So bad an instrument: his name's Parolles. | So bad an instrument, his names Parrolles. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.236.2 | What poor an instrument | What poore an Instrument |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.69 | instrument and play false strains upon thee? Not to be | instrument, and play false straines vpon thee? not to be |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.74.2 | Hence, vile instrument! | Hence vile Instrument, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.186.2 | My ingenious instrument – | My ingenuous Instrument, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.10 | The penitent instrument to pick that bolt, | The penitent Instrument to picke that Bolt, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.378 | on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will, | on, then a Pipe? Call me what Instrument you will, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.310 | The treacherous instrument is in thy hand, | The Treacherous Instrument is in thy hand, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.58 | Was cursed instrument of his decease. | Was cursed Instrument of his decease. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.65 | And fashioned thee that instrument of ill, | And fashion'd thee that Instrument of Ill, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.18 | He was the author, thou the instrument. | He was the Author, thou the Instrument. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.154 | As Caesar's death's hour; nor no instrument | As Casars deaths houre; nor no Instrument |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.237 | Give me the gown. Where is thy instrument? | Giue me the Gowne. Where is thy Instrument? |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.255 | And touch thy instrument a strain or two? | And touch thy Instrument a straine or two. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.269 | If thou dost nod, thou break'st thy instrument; | If thou do'st nod, thou break'st thy Instrument, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.290 | He thinks he still is at his instrument. | He thinkes he still is at his Instrument. |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.219 | To be the instrument to show thy power, | To be the instrument to shew thy power, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.103 | Lo, by my troth, the instrument is cold | Loe, by my troth, the Instrument is cold, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.81 | Or useful servingman and instrument | Or vsefull seruing-man, and Instrument |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.43 | And such an instrument I was to use. – | And such an Instrument I was to vse. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.267 | My speculative and officed instruments, | My speculatiue, and offic'd Instrument: |
| Othello | Oth III.i.10 | Marry, sir, by many a wind instrument that I | Marry sir, by many a winde Instrument that I |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.217 | I kiss the instrument of their pleasures. | I kisse the Instrument of their pleasures. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.44 | An instrument of this your calling back, | An Instrument of this your calling backe, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.44 | The pregnant instrument of wrath | The pregnant instrument of wrath. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.163 | Or like a cunning instrument cased up – | Or like a cunning Instrument cas'd vp, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.149 | His tongue is now a stringless instrument. | His tongue is now a stringlesse instrument, |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.106 | Villain, thy own hand yields thy death's instrument. | Villaine, thine owne hand yeelds thy deaths instrument, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.99 | I here bestow a simple instrument, | I heere bestow a simple instrument, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.154 | And through the instrument my pate made way, | And through the instrument my pate made way, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.22 | Take you your instrument, play you the whiles – | Take you your instrument, play you the whiles, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.25 | That will be never. Tune your instrument. | That will be neuer, tune your instrument. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.62 | Madam, before you touch the instrument | Madam, before you touch the instrument, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.55 | That hath to instrument this lower world | That hath to instrument this lower world, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.92 | an instrument. – Now, sweet queen. | an Instrument now sweete Queene. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.120 | And that I partly know the instrument | And that I partly know the instrument |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.415 | As he had seen't, or been an instrument | As he had seen't, or beene an Instrument |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.620 | We'll make an instrument of this, omit | Wee'le make an Instrument of this: omit |