| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.177 | Smile upon this contract, whose ceremony | Smile vpon this Contract: whose Ceremonie |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.51 | Extended or contracted all proportions | Extended or contracted all proportions |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.305 | between the contract of her marriage and the day it is | between the contract of her marriage, and the day it is |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.112 | The contract you pretend with that base wretch, | The Contract you pretend with that base Wretch, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.114 | With scraps o'th' court, it is no contract, none; | With scraps o'th'Court: It is no Contract, none; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.4 | To be contracted in one brow of woe, | To be contracted in one brow of woe: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.47 | As from the body of contraction plucks | As from the body of Contraction pluckes |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.63 | To contract – O – the time for – a – my behove, | To contract O the time for a my behoue, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.16 | me out contracted bachelors, such as had been asked | me out contracted Batchelers, such as had beene ask'd |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.144 | How joyful am I made by this contract! | How ioyfull am I made by this Contract. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.46 | In argument and proof of which contract, | In argument and proofe of which contract, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.156 | To cavil in the course of this contract. | To cauill in the course of this Contract: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.28 | How shall we then dispense with that contract | How shall we then dispense with that contract, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.40 | Here are the articles of contracted peace | Heere are the Articles of contracted peace, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.52 | (Gloucester lets the contract fall) | |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.87 | 'Tis she is sub-contracted to this lord, | 'Tis she is sub-contracted to this Lord, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.226 | I was contracted to them both. All three | I was contracted to them both, all three |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.144 | Thus stands it with me: upon a true contract | Thus stands it with me: vpon a true contract |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.217 | which time of the contract and limit of the solemnity, | which time of the contract, and limit of the solemnitie, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.270 | And perform an old contracting. | And performe an olde contracting. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.71 | He is your husband on a pre-contract. | He is your husband on a pre-contract: |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.207 | This is the hand which, with a vowed contract, | This is the hand, which with a vowd contract |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.372 | Say, wast thou e'er contracted to this woman? | Say: was't thou ere contracted to this woman? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.215 | The truth is, she and I, long since contracted, | The truth is, she and I (long since contracted) |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.112 | And didst contract and purse thy brow together, | And didd'st contract, and purse thy brow together, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.5 | I did, with his contract with Lady Lucy | I did, with his Contract with Lady Lucy, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.6 | And his contract by deputy in France; | And his Contract by Deputie in France, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.178 | For first he was contract to Lady Lucy – | For first was he contract to Lady Lucie, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.117 | I have no joy of this contract tonight. | I haue no ioy of this contract to night, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.154 | And use of service, none. Contract, succession, | And vse of seruice, none: Contract, Succession, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.19 | To make this contract grow; but barren hate, | To make this contract grow; but barraine hate, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.84 | A contract of true love to celebrate, | A contract of true Loue, to celebrate, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.133 | A contract of true love. Be not too late. | A Contract of true Loue: be not too late. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.252 | Aches contract and starve your supple joints! | Aches contract, and sterue your supple ioynts: |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.154 | A contract of eternal bond of love, | A Contract of eternall bond of loue, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.258 | You would have been contracted to a maid. | You would haue bin contracted to a Maid, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.387.1 | Contract us 'fore these witnesses. | Contract vs fore these Witnesses. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.414.1 | Mark our contract. | Marke our Contract. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.203.1 | Our contract celebrated. | Our Contract celebrated. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.5 | With your crowned brother and these your contracted | (With your Crown'd Brother, and these your contracted |