| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.12 | Here he comes. I pray you make us friends; I will pursue | Heere he comes, I pray you make vs freinds, I will pursue |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.121.1 | O'th' world I would pursue it. | Ath'world: I would persue it. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.25.1 | Fortune pursue thee! | Fortune pursue thee. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.307 | Pursue him to his house and pluck him thence, | Pursue him to his house, and plucke him thence, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.101.2 | Let's see't: I will pursue her | Let's see't: I will pursue her |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.345 | How are they escoted? Will they pursue the quality no | How are they escoted? Will they pursue the Quality no |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.232 | Both here and hence pursue me lasting strife, | Both heere, and hence, pursue me lasting strife, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.120 | Strike up our drums, pursue the scattered stray; | Strike vp our Drummes, pursue the scatter'd stray, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.26 | Let us pursue him ere the writs go forth. | Let vs pursue him ere the Writs go forth. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.22 | Ah, hark! The fatal followers do pursue, | Ah hearke, the fatall followers doe pursue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.33 | Some troops pursue the bloody-minded Queen, | Some Troopes pursue the bloody-minded Queene, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.118 | Come, we'll pursue the Scots. – Artois, away! | Come wele persue the Scots, Artoyes away. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.27 | With turning Frenchmen, whom he did pursue, | With turning Frenchmen, whom he did persue, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.117 | Ned, thou and Audley shall pursue them still; | Ned, thou and Audley shall pursue them still, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.137 | We do pursue and hunt the time to die. | We do pursue and hunt the time to die, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.42.1 | Pursue him, ho! Go after. | Pursue him, ho: go after. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.88 | Which can pursue th' offender. How dost, my lord? | Which can pursue th'offender; how dost my Lord? |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.127 | Turns to restraint. Our natures do pursue, | Turnes to restraint: Our Natures doe pursue |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.109 | That with such vehemency he should pursue | That with such vehemency he should pursue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.295 | We trifle time. I pray thee pursue sentence. | We trifle time, I pray thee pursue sentence. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.132 | Clap on more sails; pursue; up with your fights; | Clap on more sailes, pursue: vp with your sights: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.196 | conscience, pursue him with any further revenge? | conscience, pursue him with any further reuenge? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.163 | Cannot pursue us. If thou lovest me, then | Cannot pursue vs. If thou lou'st me, then |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.248 | Pursue her; and for this intelligence | Pursue her; and for his intelligence, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.182 | She shall pursue it with the soul of love. | Shee shall pursue it, with the soule of loue. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.188 | I love thee not, therefore pursue me not. | I loue thee not, therefore pursue me not, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.224 | Myself the crying fellow did pursue | My selfe, the crying Fellow did pursue, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.47 | And then pursue me as you draw your bow. | And then pursue me as you draw your Bow. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.111 | Must we pursue, and I have found the path. | Must we pursue, and I haue found the path: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.157 | That one by one pursue; if you give way, | That one by one pursue; if you giue way, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.69 | Pursue each other, or shall be divided | Pursue each other; or shall be diuided |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.10 | Pursue we him on knees; for I have dreamed | Pursue we him on knees: for I haue dreampt |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.111 | But edifies another with her deeds. | But edifies another with her deedes. Pand. Why, but heare you? Troy. Hence brother lackie; ignomie and shame / Pursue thy life, and liue aye with thy name. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.34 | Pursue thy life, and live aye with thy name! | Pursue thy life, and liue aye with thy name. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.24.1 | E'er since pursue me. | Ere since pursue me. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.130 | Nay, pursue him now, lest the device take air, and | Nay pursue him now, least the deuice take ayre, and |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.69 | that I cannot pursue with any safety this sport the upshot. | that I cannot pursue with any safety this sport the vppeshot. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.377 | Pursue him and entreat him to a peace. | Pursue him, and entreate him to a peace: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.25 | As I pursue this war, which shall be then | As I pursue this war, which shall be then |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.249.1 | If thou pursue that sight. | If thou pursue that sight. |