| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.2 | Have fought with equal fortune, and continue | Haue fought with equall fortune, and continue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.38 | His equal had awaked them, and his honour, | His equall had awak'd them, and his honour |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.76.1 | To equal my great fortune. | To equall my great fortune. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.47 | Equality of two domestic powers | Equality of two Domesticke powers, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.101 | Seems much unequal. He's married to Octavia. | Seemes much vnequall, he's married to Octauia. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.35 | Can never be so equal that your love | Can neuer be so equall, that your loue |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.36 | Can equally move with them. Provide your going; | Can equally moue with them. Prouide your going, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.76 | To tell them that this world did equal theirs | To tell them that this World did equall theyrs, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.31.1 | Waged equal with him. | wag'd equal with him. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.48 | Our equalness to this. Hear me, good friends – | our equalnesse to this. / Heare me good Friends, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.32 | bestowed equally. | bestowed equally. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.165 | would counsel you to a more equal enterprise. We pray | would counsel you to a more equall enterprise. We pray |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.251 | He has no equal. | He has no equall. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.x.14 | I thought to crush him in an equal force, | I thought to crush him in an equall Force, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.95 | I shall unfold equal discourtesy | I shall vnfold equall discourtesie |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.32 | equally to me disloyal. | equally to me disloyall. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.192 | Or stomach-qualmed at land, a dram of this | Or Stomacke-qualm'd at Land, a Dramme of this |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.50 | Been less, and so more equal ballasting | Bin lesse, and so more equall ballasting |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.13 | In equal scale weighing delight and dole, | In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.469 | Repugnant to command. Unequal matched, | Repugnant to command: vnequall match, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.78 | Hast ta'en with equal thanks. And blest are those | Hath 'tane with equall Thankes. And blest are those, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.69 | Into three limits very equally. | Into three Limits, very equally: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.93 | In quantity equals not one of yours. | In quantitie equals not one of yours: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.67 | Even as we are, to equal with the King. | (Euen as we are) to equall with the King. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.67 | I have in equal balance justly weighed | I haue in equall ballance iustly weigh'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.100 | To lay a heavy and unequal hand | To lay a heauie and vnequall Hand vpon our Honors? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.137 | In equal rank with the best-governed nation; | In equall ranke, with the best gouern'd Nation, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.23 | My duty to you both, on equal love, | My dutie to you both, on equall loue. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.22 | Poor gentleman, his wrong doth equal mine. | Poore Gentleman, his wrong doth equall mine. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.85 | My vows are equal partners with thy vows. | My Vowes are equall partners with thy Vowes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.33 | He'll make his cap co-equal with the crown.’ | Hee'l make his cap coequall with the Crowne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.34 | A poor earl's daughter is unequal odds, | A poore Earles daughter is vnequall oddes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.199 | And poise the cause in Justice' equal scales, | And poyse the Cause in Iustice equall Scales, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.111 | To equal him, I will make myself a knight presently. | To equall him I will make my selfe a knight presently; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.89 | And let thy tongue be equal with thy heart. | And let thy tongue be equall with thy heart. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.13 | So is the equal poise of this fell war. | So is the equall poise of this fell Warre. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.137 | Wishing his foot were equal with his eye, | Wishing his foot were equall with his eye, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.145 | Unless my hand and strength could equal them. | Vnlesse my Hand and Strength could equall them. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.159 | To shape my legs of an unequal size; | To shape my Legges of an vnequall size, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.55 | If this foul deed were by to equal it. | If this foule deed were by, to equall it. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.29 | Equal in lustre, were now best, now worst, | Equall in lustre, were now best, now worst |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.159 | Or wolf, or both – for he is equal ravenous | Or Wolfe, or both (for he is equall rau'nous |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.106 | Two equal men. The Queen shall be acquainted | Two equall men: The Queene shall be acquainted |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.18 | Of equal friendship and proceeding. Alas, sir, | Of equall Friendship and Proceeding. Alas Sir: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.76 | Are quartered equally by herald's art. | Are quartred equally by Heralds art; |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.65 | For one to one is fair equality. | For one to one, is faire equalitie. |
| King John | KJ II.i.327 | Of both your armies; whose equality | Of both yonr Armies, whose equality |
| King John | KJ II.i.358 | You equal potents, fiery-kindled spirits! | You equall Potents, fierie kindled spirits, |
| King John | KJ II.i.486 | Her dowry shall weigh equal with a queen. | Her Dowrie shall weigh equall with a Queene: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.46.1 | May equally determine. | May equally determine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.360 | And justice always whirls in equal measure. | And Iustice alwaies whirles in equall measure: |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.68 | Were equal poise of sin and charity. | Were equall poize of sinne, and charitie. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.27 | Go to, sir, you weigh equally. A feather will | Goe too Sir, you waigh equallie: a feather will |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.65 | For inequality, but let your reason serve | For inequality, but let your reason serue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.146 | Be nominated for an equal pound | Be nominated for an equall pound |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.13 | Whose souls do bear an equal yoke of love, | Whose soules doe beare an egal yoke of loue. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.12 | Much deserved on his part and equally remembered | Much deseru'd on his part, and equally remembred |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.150 | him from her; she is no equal for his birth. You may | him from her, she is no equall for his birth: you may |
| Pericles | Per II.i.112 | Were my fortunes equal to my desires, I could | Were my fortunes equall to my desires, I could |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.8 | To equal any single crown o'th' earth | to equall any single Crowne ath earth |
| Pericles | Per V.i.87 | Might equal yours, if both were justly weighed. | might equall yours, if both were iustly wayde, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.97 | To equal mine – was it not thus? What say you? | to equall mine, was it not thus, what say you? |
| Pericles | Per V.i.131 | And that thou thought'st thy griefs might equal mine, | and that thou thoughts thy griefs might equall mine, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.22 | On equal terms to give him chastisement? | On equall termes to giue him chasticement? |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.249 | On me, whose all not equals Edward's moiety? | On me, whose All not equals Edwards Moytie? |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.295 | Consisting equally of horse and foot; | Consisting equally of Horse and Foot: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.144 | If she be mated with an equal husband? | If she be mated with an equall Husband? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.59 | This and my food are equals, there's no odds. | This and my food are equals, there's no ods, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.34 | Else surely his had equalled. | Else surely his had equall'd. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.15 | If sad and merry madness equal be. | If sad and merry madnesse equall bee. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.158 | Bestow thy fawning smiles on equal mates; | Bestow thy fawning smiles on equall mates, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.86 | That equally canst poise sternness with pity, | That equally canst poize sternenes with pitty, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.227 | And earn'st a deity equal with Mars. | And earnst a Deity equal with Mars, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.32 | Directing in his head – his mind nurse equal | Directing in his head, his minde, nurse equall |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.55 | Your question's with your equal, who professes | Your question's with your equall, who professes |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.224 | And my oath equally; I have said they die. | And my oth equally: I have said they die, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.53 | That having two fair gauds of equal sweetness, | That having two faire gawdes of equall sweetnesse, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.155 | Were I to lose one, they are equal precious, | Were I to loose one, they are equall precious, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.115 | The gods have been most equal. Palamon, | The gods have beene most equall: Palamon, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.25 | Equal with wond'ring. What of her ensues | Equall with wond'ring. What of her insues |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.383.1 | Her portion equal his. | Her Portion, equall his. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.101 | Nor was not to be, equalled; thus your verse | Nor was not to be equall'd, thus your Verse |