| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.128 | That you were made of is mettle to make virgins. | That you were made of, is mettall to make Virgins. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.34 | metal this counterfeit lump of ore will be melted, if you | mettle this counterfeyt lump of ours will be melted if you |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.143 | far poorer moment. I do think there is mettle in death, | farre poorer moment: I do think there is mettle in death, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.82 | His folly to the mettle of my speech? | His folly to the mettle of my speech, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.96 | Of unimproved mettle hot and full, | Of vnimproued Mettle, hot and full, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.119 | No, good mother. Here's metal more attractive. | No good Mother, here's Mettle more attractiue. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.12 | mettle, a good boy – by the Lord, so they call me! – and | mettle, a good boy, and |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.342 | Well, that rascal hath good mettle in him, he | Well, that Rascall hath good mettall in him, hee |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.22 | And now their pride and mettle is asleep, | And now their pride and mettall is asleepe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.23 | Lends mettle to us all! | lends mettall to vs all. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.116 | For from his metal was his party steeled, | For from his Mettle, was his Party steel'd; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.37 | of this mettle. | of this Mettle. |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.27 | The mettle of your pasture; let us swear | The mettell of your Pasture: let vs sweare, |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.15 | Dieu de batailles! Where have they this mettle? | Dieu de Battailes, where haue they this mettell? |
| Henry V | H5 III.v.29 | Our mettle is bred out, and they will give | Our Mettell is bred out, and they will giue |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.63 | mettle enough in his belly. Hold, there is twelve pence | mettell enough in his belly: Hold, there is twelue-pence |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.239 | Of what coarse metal ye are moulded – envy; | Of what course Mettle ye are molded, Enuy, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.61 | See where their basest mettle be not moved: | See where their basest mettle be not mou'd, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.293 | He was quick mettle when he went to school. | He was quick Mettle, when he went to Schoole. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.306 | Thy honourable mettle may be wrought | Thy Honorable Mettle may be wrought |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.134 | Nor th' insuppressive mettle of our spirits, | Nor th'insuppressiue Mettle of our Spirits, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.24 | Make gallant show and promise of their mettle; | Make gallant shew, and promise of their Mettle: |
| King John | KJ II.i.401 | An if thou hast the mettle of a king, | And if thou hast the mettle of a king, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.16 | That I must draw this metal from my side | That I must draw this mettle from my side |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.73 | For thy undaunted mettle should compose | For thy vndaunted Mettle should compose |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.48 | Let there be some more test made of my metal | Let there be some more test, made of my mettle, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.48 | As to put metal in restrained means | As to put mettle in restrained meanes |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.72 | take it not patiently, why, your mettle is the more. | take it not patiently: Why, your mettle is the more: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.132 | a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care. | a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.204 | Why, now I see there's mettle in thee; and even from | Why, now I see there's mettle in thee: and euen from |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.23 | That mettle, that self-mould, that fashioned thee | That mettle, that selfe-mould that fashion'd thee, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.185 | You are gentlemen of brave mettle. You would | You are Gentlemen of braue mettal: you would |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.180 | Teems and feeds all; whose selfsame mettle, | Teemes and feeds all: whose selfesame Mettle |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.258 | And every Greek of mettle, let him know | And euery Greeke of mettle, let him know, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.14 | metal of India? | Mettle of India? |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.266 | who knows so much of my mettle. | who knowes so much of my mettle. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.319 | So much against the mettle of your sex, | So much against the mettle of your sex, |