| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.99 | As she had made the overture, she ceased | As she had made the ouerture, she ceast |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.164 | And both shall cease, without your remedy. | And both shall cease, without your remedie. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.67 | The purposes I bear; which are, or cease, | The purposes I beare: which are, or cease, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.47 | Her head's declined, and death will seize her but | Her head's declin'd, and death will cease her, but |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.48.1 | If not, why cease you till you are so? | If not, why cease you till you are so? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.121 | Lest I surcease to honour mine own truth | Least I surcease to honor mine owne truth, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.20 | Let them not cease, but with a din confused | Let them not cease, but with a dinne confus'd |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.119 | To say ‘ Beseech you, cease.’ You have made fair hands, | To say, beseech you cease. You haue made faire hands, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.39 | Big of this gentleman – our theme – deceased | Bigge of this Gentleman (our Theame) deceast |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.31 | Better to cease to be. Pray, sir, to th' army: | Better to cease to be. Pray Sir, to'th'Army: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.255 | A certain stuff, which being ta'en would cease | A certaine stuffe, which being tane, would cease |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.485 | Set on there! Never was a war did cease – | Set on there: Neuer was a Warre did cease |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.15 | The lives of many. The cess of majesty | The liues of many, the cease of Maiestie |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.357 | If aught of woe or wonder, cease your search. | If ought of woe, or wonder, cease your search. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.77 | Figuring the nature of the times deceased, | Figuring the nature of the Times deceas'd: |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.67 | It must be so, for miracles are ceased; | It must be so; for Miracles are ceast: |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.69 | of predeceased valour, and dare not avouch in your | of predeceased valor, and dare not auouch in your |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.344 | May cease their hatred, and this dear conjunction | May cease their hatred; and this deare Coniunction |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.44 | Cease, cease these jars, and rest your minds in peace; | Cease, cease these Iarres, & rest your minds in peace: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.134 | Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself | Which neuer ceaseth to enlarge it selfe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.3 | Here sound retreat and cease our hot pursuit. | Here sound Retreat, and cease our hot pursuit. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.58 | Was cursed instrument of his decease. | Was cursed Instrument of his decease. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.132 | The noble Duke of Bedford, late deceased, | The Noble Duke of Bedford, late deceas'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.25 | And his advantage following your decease, | And his aduantage following your decease, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.351 | And this fell tempest shall not cease to rage | And this fell Tempest shall not cease to rage, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.205 | Nor cease to be an arrogant controller, | Nor cease to be an arrogant Controller, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.305 | Cease, gentle Queen, these execrations, | Cease, gentle Queene, these Execrations, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.339 | O, let me entreat thee cease. Give me thy hand | Oh, let me intreat thee cease, giue me thy hand, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.3 | Think therefore on revenge and cease to weep. | Thinke therefore on reuenge, and cease to weepe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.4 | But who can cease to weep and look on this? | But who can cease to weepe, and looke on this. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.56 | My hope is gone, now Suffolk is deceased. | My hope is gone, now Suffolke is deceast. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.45 | To cease! Wast thou ordained, dear father, | To cease. Was't thou ordain'd (deere Father) |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.175 | Enjoy the kingdom after my decease. | Enioy the Kingdome after my decease. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.197 | To cease this civil war; and, whilst I live, | To cease this Ciuill Warre: and whil'st I liue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.50 | The lamb will never cease to follow him. | The Lambe will neuer cease to follow him. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.95 | Music ceases | Musicke ceases. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.4 | The birds cease singing, and the wand'ring brooks | the birdes cease singing, and the wandring brookes, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.175 | While we bewail our valiant son's decease. | While we bewaile our valiant sonnes decease. |
| King John | KJ I.i.8 | Of thy deceased brother Geoffrey's son, | Of thy deceased brother, Geffreyes sonne, |
| King John | KJ I.i.32 | How that ambitious Constance would not cease | How that ambitious Constance would not cease |
| King John | KJ II.i.65 | With them a bastard of the King's deceased. | With them a Bastard of the Kings deceast, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.85 | He tells us Arthur is deceased tonight. | He tels vs Arthur is deceas'd to night. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.112 | From whom we do exist, and cease to be, | From whom we do exist, and cease to be, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.193.1 | Or cease your quest of love? | Or cease your quest of Loue? |
| King Lear | KL III.i.7 | That things might change or cease; tears his white hair, | That things might change, or cease. |
| King Lear | KL V.i.46 | And machination ceases. Fortune love you. | And machination ceases. Fortune loues you. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.262.2 | Fall and cease! | Fall and cease. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.4 | With his surcease success – that but this blow | With his surcease, Successe: that but this blow |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.24 | Things at the worst will cease or else climb upward | Things at the worst will cease, or else climbe vpward, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.58 | Three and such branches of learning, is indeed deceased, | three, & such branches of learning, is indeede deceased, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.109 | Music ceases | Musicke ceases. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.53 | Of learning, late deceased in beggary. | of learning, late deceast in beggerie. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.3.2 | I pray thee, cease thy counsel, | I pray thee cease thy counsaile, |
| Pericles | Per II.i.1 | Yet cease your ire, you angry stars of heaven! | Yet cease your ire you angry Starres of heauen, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.76 | By break of day, if the wind cease. | By breake of day, if the Wind cease. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.145.1 | Or here I'll cease. | or here Ile cease. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.119 | Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be | Too like the lightning which doth cease to be |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.152 | To cease thy strife and leave me to my grief. | To cease thy strife, and leaue me to my griefe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.97 | Shall keep his native progress, but surcease. | Shall keepe his natiue progresse, but surcease: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.23 | She's dead, deceased. She's dead, alack the day! | Shee's dead: deceast, shee's dead: alacke the day. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.249 | Being the time the potion's force should cease. | Being the time the Potions force should cease. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.12 | Heaven cease this idle humour in your honour! | Heauen cease this idle humor in your Honor. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.53 | Antonio, my father, is deceased, | Antonio my father is deceast, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.101 | And he knew my deceased father well. | And he knew my deceased father well: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.184 | Will ever after droop. Here cease more questions. | Will euer after droope: Heare cease more questions, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.5.1 | You said our work should cease. | You said our worke should cease. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.143.4 | strain or two to the hautboys, and cease | straine or two to the Hoboyes, and cease. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.16 | Importune him for my moneys. Be not ceased | Importune him for my Moneyes, be not ceast |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.3 | Nor cease his flow of riot. Takes no account | Nor cease his flow of Riot. Takes no accompt |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.46 | Your importunacy cease till after dinner, | Your importunacie cease, till after dinner, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.187 | With these our late-deceased emperor's sons. | With these our late deceased Emperours Sonnes: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.408 | ‘ Rape ’ call you it, my lord, to seize my own, | Rape call you it my Lord, to cease my owne, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.136 | Sweet father, cease your tears, for at your grief | Sweet Father cease your teares, for at your griefe |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.117 | Trumpets cease | trũpets cease. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.1 | Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus; | CEase to perswade, my louing Protheus; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.81 | cease. | cease. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.241 | Cease to lament for that thou canst not help, | Cease to lament for that thou canst not helpe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.150.2 | Cease, no more! | Cease, no more: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.118.2 | Prithee, no more! Cease! Thou know'st | 'Prethee no more; cease: thou know'st |