| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.118 | With sharp constraint of hunger; better 'twere | With sharpe constraint of hunger: better 'twere, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.16 | By love's own sweet constraint, and will for ever | By loues owne sweet constraint, and will for euer |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.121 | I will confess what I know without constraint. | I will confesse what I know without constraint, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.56 | To come thus was I not constrained, but did it | To come thus was I not constrain'd, but did it |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.59 | Does pity, as constrained blemishes, | Does pitty, as constrained blemishes, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.100 | Constrains them weep and shake with fear and sorrow, | Constraines them weepe, and shake with feare & sorow, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.47 | Whereto constrained by her infirmity, | Whereto constrain'd by her infirmitie, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.15 | Desired more than constrained: to satisfy, | Desir'd, more then constrain'd, to satisfie |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.141 | I am glad to be constrained to utter that | I am glad to be constrain'd to vtter that |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.196 | And they did fight with queasiness, constrained, | And they did fight with queasinesse, constrain'd |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.97 | Bloody constraint; for if you hide the crown | Bloody constraint: for if you hide the Crowne |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.7 | Constrained to watch in darkness, rain, and cold. | Constrain'd to watch in darknesse, raine, and cold. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.143 | Suppose, my lords, he did it unconstrained, | Suppose, my Lords, he did it vnconstrayn'd, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.102 | Is to surrender ere he be constrained. | Is to surrender ere he be constraynd. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.178 | The prisoner of immured dark constraint, | The prisoner of emured darke constraint, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.49 | Instead of whom, ransack-constraining war | In sted of whome ransackt constraining warre, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.91 | And my constraint stands the excuse for thee. | and my constraint stands the excuse for thee. |
| King John | KJ II.i.244 | Than the constraint of hospitable zeal | Then the constraint of hospitable zeale, |
| King John | KJ V.i.28 | I did suppose it should be on constraint, | I did suppose it should be on constraint, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.95 | A saucy roughness, and constrains the garb | A saucy roughnes, and constraines the garb |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.13 | And none serve with him but constrained things | And none serue with him, but constrained things, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.428 | Now, go thy way. Faintness constraineth me | Now goe thy way: faintnesse constraineth me, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.192 | I would your grace would constrain me to tell. | I would your Grace would constraine mee to tell. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.22 | Will you with free and unconstrained soul | Will you with free and vnconstrained soule |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.54 | 'Tis a good constraint of fortune it belches upon us. | T'is a good constraint of Fortune it belches vpon vs. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.52 | constrains a man to bow in the hams. | constrains a man to bow in the hams. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.176 | Inhuman traitors, you constrained and forced. | Iuhumaine Traytors, you constrain'd and for'st. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.64 | constrained in't to call thee knave, knight. | constrain'd in't, to call thee knaue, Knight. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.65 | 'Tis not the first time I have constrained | 'Tis not the first time I haue constrained |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.326 | I must constrain you then; and for you are dangerous, | I must constraine you then: and for you are dangerous |