| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.177 | And what impossibility would slay | And what impossibility would slay |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.6.1 | In puny battle slay me. | In puny Battell slay me. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.24 | This enemy town. I'll enter. If he slay me, | This Enemie Towne: Ile enter, if he slay me |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.5 | Must or for Britons slay us or receive us | Must, or for Britaines slay vs or receiue vs |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.7.1 | During their use, and slay us after. | During their vse, and slay vs after. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.86 | Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a sealed compact | Did slay this Fortinbras: who by a Seal'd Compact, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.141 | Is Talbot slain? Then I will slay myself, | Is Talbot slaine then? I will slay my selfe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.40 | To slay thy brother Abel, if thou wilt. | To slay thy Brother Abel, if thou wilt. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iii.41 | I will not slay thee, but I'll drive thee back. | I will not slay thee, but Ile driue thee back: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.115 | To slay your sovereign and destroy the realm. | To slay your Soueraigne, and destroy the Realme. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.45 | To save a paltry life and slay bright fame, | To saue a paltry Life, and slay bright Fame, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.261 | And do not stand on quillets how to slay him; | And doe not stand on Quillets how to slay him: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iii.38 | I never did thee harm; why wilt thou slay me? | I neuer did thee harme: why wilt thou slay me? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.187 | I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk; | Ile slay more gazers then the Basiliske, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.22.1 | For I will slay myself. | For I will slay my selfe. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.205 | Revenge! About! Seek! Burn! Fire! Kill! Slay! Let | Reuenge / About, seeke, burne, fire, kill, slay, / Let |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.48 | And in thy tyrannous proceeding slay | And in thy tyranous proceeding slay, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.190 | The one I'll slay; the other slayeth me. | The one Ile stay, the other stayeth me. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.182 | O, 'twas the foulest deed to slay that babe, | O, 'twas the foulest deed to slay that Babe, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.185 | To slay the innocent? What is my offence? | To slay the innocent? What is my offence? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.152 | Tybalt, here slain, whom Romeo's hand did slay. | Tybalt here slaine, whom Romeo's hand did slay, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.116 | Hast thou slain Tybalt? Wilt thou slay thyself? | Hast thou slaine Tybalt? wilt thou slay thy selfe? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.117 | And slay thy lady that in thy life lives, | And slay thy Lady, that in thy life lies, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.59 | Turn to another, this shall slay them both. | Turne to another, this shall slay them both: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.72 | Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, | Thou hast the strength of will to stay thy selfe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.421 | With his own hand did slay his youngest son | With his owne hand did slay his youngest Son, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.37 | To slay his daughter with his own right hand | To slay his daughter with his owne right hand, |