| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.22 | themselves till they attain to their abhorred ends, so he | themselues, till they attaine to their abhorr'd ends: so he |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.16 | What simple thief brags of his own attaint? | What simple thiefe brags of his owne attaine? |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.263 | Better be held nor more attained than by | Better be held, nor more attain'd then by |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.184 | Upon his honoured finger – to attain | Vpon his honour'd finger) to attaine |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.71 | Be looked upon and learnt, which, once attained, | Be look'd vpon, and learn'd: which once attayn'd, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.39 | But freshly looks, and overbears attaint | But freshly lookes, and ouer-beares Attaint, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.92 | And by his treason standest not thou attainted, | And by his Treason, stand'st not thou attainted, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.96 | My father was attached, not attainted, | My Father was attached, not attainted, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.81 | My tender youth was never yet attaint | My tender youth was neuer yet attaint |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.106 | And her attainture will be Humphrey's fall. | And her Attainture, will be Humphreyes fall: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.70 | Are hardly attained and hardly understood. | are hardly attain'd, / And hardly vnderstood. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.59 | I must offend before I be attainted; | I must offend, before I be attainted: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iii.6 | Ere he attain his easeful western bed; | Ere he attaine his easefull Westerne Bed: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.41 | By all conjectures: first, Kildare's attainder, | By all coniectures: First Kildares Attendure; |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.24 | But when he once attains the upmost round, | But when he once attaines the vpmost Round, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.38 | By this vile conquest shall attain unto. | By this vile Conquest shall attaine vnto. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.42 | That have but laboured to attain this hour. | That haue but labour'd, to attaine this houre. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.116 | Upon whose tall top, when thy foot attains, | Vpon whose tall top when thy foot attaines, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.26 | Rebel against us, find myself attainted | Rebell against vs, finde my selfe attainted |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.84 | On capital treason, and, in thy attaint, | On capitall Treason; and in thy arrest, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.155 | Stands in attainder of eternal shame. | Stands in attainder of eternall shame. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.811 | | Hence euer then, my heart is in thy brest. / Ber. And what to me my Loue? and what to me? / Ros. You must be purged too, your sins are rack'd. / You are attaint with faults and periurie: / Therefore if you my fauor meane to get, / A tweluemonth shall you spend, and neuer rest, / But seeke the wearie beds of people sicke. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.13 | Could have attained th' effect of your own purpose, | Could haue attaind th' effect of your owne purpose, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.37 | Miss that which one unworthier may attain, | Misse that which one vnworthier may attaine, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.21 | Cannot attain it, why then – hark you hither. | Cannot attaine it, why then harke you hither. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.95 | Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard. | Hath rotted, ere his youth attain'd a beard: |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.64 | And far surmounts our labour to attain it. | And farre surmounts our labour to attaine it. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.24 | With the attainder of his slanderous lips. | With th'Attaindor of his sland'rous Lippes. |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.32 | He lived from all attainder of suspects. | He liu'd from all attainder of suspects. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.84 | Go thither, and, with unattainted eye | Go thither and with vnattainted eye, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.330 | t' attain to! If thou wert the lion, the fox would beguile | t'attaine to. If thou wert the Lyon, the Fox would beguile |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.25 | glimpse of, nor any man an attaint but he carries some | glimpse of, nor any man an attaint, but he carries some |