| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.49 | In me to lose. Thus your own proper wisdom | In mee to loose. Thus your owne proper wisedome |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.24 | his proper stream o'erflows himself. | his proper streame, ore-flowes himselfe. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.208 | advertisement to a proper maid in Florence, one Diana, | aduertisement to a proper maide in Florence, one Diana, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iii.37.2 | A proper man. | A proper man. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.112 | Three proper young men, of excellent growth | Three proper yong men, of excellent growth |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.298 | that been as proper? | that bin as proper? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.55 | And out of you she sees herself more proper | And out of you she sees her selfe more proper |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.115 | He'll make a proper man. The best thing in him | Hee'll make a proper man: the best thing in him |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.56 | Like one that means his proper harm – in manacles, | (Like one that meanes his proper harme) in Manacles, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.63 | Wilt lay the leaven on all proper men; | Wilt lay the Leauen on all proper men; |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.97 | When I have slain thee with my proper hand, | When I haue slaine thee with my proper hand, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.114 | By heaven, it is as proper to our age | It seemes it is as proper to our Age, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.66 | Thrown out his angle for my proper life, | Throwne out his Angle for my proper life, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.32 | Proper to madmen, led his powers to death, | (Proper to mad men) led his Powers to death, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.63 | is that I am a second brother, and that I am a proper | is, that I am a second Brother, and that I am a proper |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.148 | A proper gentlewoman, sir, and a kinswoman of my | A proper Gentlewoman, Sir, and a Kinswoman of my |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.37 | In his true, native, and most proper shape, | In his true, natiue, and most proper shape, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.109 | That dares do justice on my proper son; | That dares do Iustice, on my proper Sonne; |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.5 | Which cannot in their huge and proper life | Which cannot in their huge and proper life, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.37 | O, Charles the Dauphin is a proper man; | Oh, Charles the Dolphin is a proper man, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.59 | and she sent over of the King of England's own proper | and shee sent ouer of the King of Englands owne proper |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.130 | A proper jest, and never heard before, | A proper iest, and neuer heard before, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.115 | No, many a pound of mine own proper store, | No: many a Pound of mine owne proper store, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.88 | I am sorry for't. The man is a proper man, of mine | I am sorry for't: The man is a proper man of mine |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.98 | A proper title of a peace, and purchased | A proper Title of a Peace, and purchas'd |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.24 | when they are in great danger, I recover them. As proper | when they are in great danger, I recouer them. As proper |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.41 | Conceptions only proper to myself, | Conceptions onely proper to my selfe, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.96.1 | In our own proper entrails. | In our owne proper Entrailes. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.314 | My proper harm should buy your highness' good. | My proper harme should buy your highnes good, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.196 | Install your highness in your proper right, | Install your highnes in your proper right, |
| King John | KJ I.i.250 | Some proper man, I hope. Who was it, mother? | Some proper man I hope, who was it mother? |
| King Lear | KL I.i.17 | so proper. | so proper. |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.60 | Proper deformity shows not in the fiend | Proper deformitie seemes not in the Fiend |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.59.2 | O proper stuff! | O proper stuffe: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.30 | Are not thine own so proper as to waste | Are not thine owne so proper, as to waste |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.128 | Like rats that ravin down their proper bane, | Like Rats that rauyn downe their proper Bane, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.30 | The mere effusion of thy proper loins, | The meere effusion of thy proper loines |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.110 | Faults proper to himself. If he had so offended, | Faults proper to himselfe: if he had so offended |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.306 | And in the witness of his proper ear, | And in the witnesse of his proper eare, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.405 | Most audible, even from his proper tongue, | Most audible, euen from his proper tongue. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.68 | proper man's picture, but, alas, who can converse with a | proper mans picture, but alas who can conuerse with a |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.46 | May stand more proper, my eye shall be the stream | May stand more proper, my eye shall be the streame |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.ii.80 | is a sweet-faced man; a proper man as one shall see in a | is a sweet-fac'd man, a proper man as one shall see in a |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.48 | A proper squire! And who, and who? Which | A proper squier, and who, and who, which |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.181 | He is a very proper man. | He is a very proper man. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.173 | That which appears in proper nakedness? | That which appeares in proper nakednesse? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.304 | Talk with a man out at a window! A proper | Talke with a man out at a window, a proper |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.69 | After your own sense, yea, though our proper son | After your owne sense: yea, though our proper Son |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.261 | In me defunct – and proper satisfaction; | In my defunct, and proper satisfaction. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.386 | Cassio's a proper man: let me see now; | Cassio's a proper man: Let me see now, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.34 | This Lodovico is a proper man. | This Lodouico is a proper man. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.195 | 'Tis proper I obey him, but not now. | 'Tis proper I obey him; but not now: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.254 | Myself to be a marvellous proper man. | My selfe to be a maru'llous proper man. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.124 | This noble isle doth want her proper limbs; | The Noble Ile doth want his proper Limmes: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.141 | A proper stripling and an amorous! | A proper stripling, and an amorous. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.59 | four legs. For it hath been said, ‘ As proper a man as | foure legges: for it hath bin said; as proper a man as |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.61.1 | Their proper selves. | Their proper selues: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.50 | Provide thee two proper palfreys, black as jet, | Prouide thee two proper Palfries, as blacke as Iet, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.193 | proper man of person. When comes Troilus? I'll show | proper man of person: when comes Troylus? Ile shew |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.90 | The issue of your proper wisdoms rate, | The issue of your proper Wisedomes rate, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.29 | How easy is it for the proper false | How easie is it, for the proper false |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.130 | Your wife is like to reap a proper man. | your wife is like to reape a proper man: |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.316 | Here at my house, and at my proper cost. | Heere at my house, and at my proper cost. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.10 | Ay, by my beard, will we; for he's a proper man. | I by my beard will we: for he is a proper man. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.16.1 | Upon my soul, a proper man. | Vpon my soule, a proper man. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.139 | The bastard brains with these my proper hands | The Bastard-braynes with these my proper hands |