| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.87 | And draw within the compass of suspect | And draw within the compasse of suspect |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.112 | She is too big, I hope, for me to compass. | She is too bigge I hope for me to compasse, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.23 | points o'th' compass. | points a'th Compasse. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.197 | Mine eyes to sweat compassion. But, good sir, | Mine eyes to sweat compassion. But (good sir) |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.10 | By this encompassment and drift of question | By this encompassement and drift of question, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.375 | the top of my compass. And there is much music, excellent | the top of my Compasse: and there is much Musicke, excellent |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.19 | good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all | good compasse: and now I liue out of all order, out of |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.20 | compass. | compasse. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.22 | needs be out of all compass, out of all reasonable | needes bee out of of all compasse; out all reasonable |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.23 | compass, Sir John. | compasse, Sir Iohn. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.287 | My father made in compassing the crown! | My Father made, in compassing the Crowne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.114 | Was round encompassed and set upon. | Was round incompassed, and set vpon: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.120 | Compassion on the King commands me stoop, | Compassion on the King commands me stoupe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.53 | Encompassed with thy lustful paramours, | Incompass'd with thy lustfull Paramours, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.56 | Moved with compassion of my country's wrack, | Mou'd with compassion of my Countries wracke, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.27 | Alençon, Reignier compass him about, | Alanson, Reignard, compasse him about, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.48 | To compass wonders but by help of devils. | To compasse Wonders, but by helpe of diuels. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.125 | Of mere compassion and of lenity, | Of meere compassion, and of lenity, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.46 | Above the reach or compass of thy thought? | Aboue the reach or compasse of thy thought? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.15 | Or as a bear encompassed round with dogs, | Or as a Beare encompass'd round with Dogges: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.3 | That sought to be encompassed with your crown. | That sought to be incompast with your Crowne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iii.48 | My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel. | My minde exceedes the compasse of her Wheele. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.36 | Beyond thought's compass, that former fabulous story, | Beyond thoughts Compasse, that former fabulous Storie |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.340 | Fall into th' compass of a praemunire – | Fall into 'th'compasse of a Premunire; |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.154 | That her wide walls encompassed but one man? | That her wide Walkes incompast but one man? |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.iii.25 | My life is run his compass. (to Pindarus) Sirrah, what news? | My life is run his compasse. Sirra, what newes? |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.420 | When poison hath encompassed the root; | When poyson hath encompassed the roote: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.33 | He's close encompassed with a world of odds! | Hees close incompast with a world of odds. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.i.37 | That, if thou canst not compass my desire, | That if thou canst not compasse my desire, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.59 | And we have compassed him; he cannot scape. | And we haue compast him he cannot scape. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.59 | And make their way to the encompassed prince. | And make their waie to the incompast prince, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.140 | Within the compass of the horizon, | Within the compasse of the horison, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.88 | Let him come back, that his compassion may | Let him come backe, that his compassion may |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.95 | I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl | I see thee compast with thy Kingdomes Pearle, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.149 | encompassed you? Go to; via! | encompass'd you? goe to, via. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.188 | he could not compass. | he could not compasse. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.101 | next, to be compassed like a good bilbo in the circumference | Next to be compass'd like a good Bilbo in the circumference |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.66 | Like to the Garter's compass, in a ring. | Like to the Garters-Compasse, in a ring |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.96 | We the globe can compass soon, | We the Globe can compasse soone, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.355 | in compassing thy joy than to be drowned and go | in Compassing thy ioy, then to be drown'd, and go |
| Othello | Oth II.i.233 | humane seeming for the better compassing of his salt | Humaine seeming, for the better compasse of his salt, |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.21 | To do this is within the compass of man's wit, and | To do this, is within the compasse of mans Wit, and |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.71 | The sun to course two hundred compasses, | The Sun to course, two hundred compasses, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.218 | compass? | compasse? |
| Pericles | Per I.i.25 | To compass such a boundless happiness! | To compasse such a bondlesse happinesse. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.174 | It boots thee not to be compassionate. | It boots thee not to be compassionate, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.101 | Whose compass is no bigger than thy head, | Whose compasse is no bigger then thy head, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.40 | Why should we, in the compass of a pale, | Why should we, in the compasse of a Pale, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.48 | And in compassion weep the fire out; | And in compassion, weepe the fire out: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.203 | Look how this ring encompasseth thy finger, | Looke how my Ring incompasseth thy Finger, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.283 | Nor thou within the compass of my curse. | Nor thou within the compasse of my curse. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.7 | Melting with tenderness and mild compassion, | Melted with tendernesse, and milde compassion, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.47 | It strains me past the compass of my wits. | It streames me past the compasse of my wits: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.135 | ‘ With a small compassed cape.’ | With a small compast cape. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.27 | The very virtue of compassion in thee, | The very vertue of compassion in thee: |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.58 | How now shall this be compassed? Canst | How now shall this be compast? / Canst |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.180 | Of a glad father compass thee about! | Of a glad father, compasse thee about: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.5 | Honour, health, and compassion to the Senate! | Honor, health, and compassion to the Senate. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.217 | Aaron is gone, and my compassionate heart | Aaron is gone, / And my compassionate heart |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.124 | And not relent, or not compassion him? | And not relent, or not compassion him? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.126 | Few come within the compass of my curse – | Few come within few compasse of my curse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.112 | th' other day into the compassed window – and you | th'other day into the compast window, and you |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.276 | Than ever Greek did compass in his arms; | Then euer Greeke did compasse in his armes, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.45.2 | That were hard to compass, | That were hard to compasse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.212 | If not, to compass her I'll use my skill. | If not, to compasse her Ile vse my skill. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.51 | What compass will you wear your farthingale?’ | What compasse will you weare your Farthingale? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.231 | Could penetrate her uncompassionate sire – | Could penetrate her vncompassionate Sire; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.89.2 | That I may compass yours. | That I may compasse yours. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.1.3 | after Hymen, a nymph, encompassed in her tresses, | After Hymen, a Nimph, encompast in her Tresses, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.213 | Compassion to 'em both, how would you place it? | Compassion to 'em both, how would you place it? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.239 | To all but your compassion – how their lives | To all but your compassion) how their lives |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.271 | What may be done? For now I feel compassion. | What may be done? for now I feele compassion. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.11 | His rash oath or the sweet compassion | His rash o'th, or the sweet compassion |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.62 | Had so encompassed it. I laid me down | Had so encompast it: I laide me downe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.142.2 | Where's your compass? | Wher's your Compasse? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.132 | Which yields compassion where he conquers; sharp | Which yeelds compassion where he conquers: sharpe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.93 | a bailiff; then he compassed a motion of the Prodigal | (a Bayliffe) then hee compast a Motion of the Prodigall |