| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.27 | When I did love you ill? This has no holding, | When I did loue you ill? This ha's no holding |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.109 | The holding every man shall beat as loud | The holding euery man shall beate as loud, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.54 | beholding to your wives for. But he comes armed in his | beholding to your wiues for: but he comes armed in his |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.9 | from her beholding, I, considering how honour would | from her beholding; I considering how Honour would |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.37 | Holding Corioles in the name of Rome | Holding Corioles in the name of Rome, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vii.4 | For a short holding. If we lose the field, | For a short holding, if we loose the Field, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.240 | Dispropertied their freedoms, holding them | dispropertied their Freedomes; holding them, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.92 | to convince the honour of my mistress, if in the holding | to conuince the Honour of my Mistris: if in the holding |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.18 | Holding a weak supposal of our worth, | Holding a weake supposall of our worth; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.90 | beholding to the night than to fern-seed for your | beholding to the Night, then to the Fernseed, for your |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.87 | Would, by beholding him, have washed his knife | Would (by beholding him) haue wash'd his Knife |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.48 | Who, holding in disdain the German women | Who holding in disdaine the German Women, |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.17 | Holding due course to Harfleur. Follow, follow! | Holding due course to Harflew. Follow, follow: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.42 | Beholding him, plucks comfort from his looks. | Beholding him, plucks comfort from his Lookes. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.270 | upholding the nice fashion of your country in denying | vpholding the nice fashion of your Countrey, in denying |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.96 | Play on the lute, beholding the towns burn. | Play on the Lute, beholding the Townes burne: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.4 | The cable broke, the holding-anchor lost, | The Cable broke, the holding-Anchor lost, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.41 | I am beholding to you. Cheer your neighbours. | I am beholding to you: cheere your neighbours: |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.21 | I should have been beholding to your paper. | I should haue beene beholding to your Paper: |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.11 | and holding the garland over her head; which done, | and holding the Garland ouer her head. Which done, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.156 | May be beholding to a subject, I | May be beholding to a Subiect; I |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.70 | And you, good brethren, I am much beholding: | And you good Brethren, I am much beholding: |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.66 | For Brutus' sake, I am beholding to you. | For Brutus sake, I am beholding to you. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.68 | He finds himself beholding to us all. | He findes himselfe beholding to vs all. |
| King John | KJ I.i.239 | To whom am I beholding for these limbs? | To whom am I beholding for these limmes? |
| King John | KJ III.iv.18 | Holding th' eternal spirit, against her will, | Holding th'eternall spirit against her will, |
| King John | KJ V.i.3 | From this my hand, as holding of the Pope | From this my hand, as holding of the Pope |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.181 | whipped for holding my peace. I had rather be any kind | whipt for holding my peace. I had rather be any kind |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.8 | take upon your traitorous father are not fit for your beholding. | take vppon your Traitorous Father, are not fit for your beholding. |
| King Lear | KL V.ii.1.2 | Cordelia holding his hand, and soldiers, over the | Cordelia, and Souldiers, ouer the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.477 | Holding a trencher, jesting merrily? | Holding a trencher, iesting merrilie? |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.262 | It lies much in your holding up. Haste you speedily | It lies much in your holding vp: haste you speedily |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.157 | Sir, the Duke is marvellous little beholding to your | Sir, the Duke is marueilous little beholding to your |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.102 | Well, Shylock, shall we be beholding to you? | Well Shylocke, shall we be beholding to you? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.254 | A justice of peace sometime may be beholding to his | a Iustice of peace sometime may be beholding to his |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.232 | Things base and vile, holding no quantity, | Things base and vilde, holding no quantity, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.92 | Then fate o'errules, that, one man holding truth, | Then fate ore-rules, that one man holding troth, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.37 | Holding out gold that's by the touchstone tried. | Holding out Gold, that's by the Touch-stone tride: |
| Pericles | Per II.v.25 | To you as much, sir. I am beholding to you | To you as much: Sir, I am behoulding to you |
| Pericles | Per V.i.223 | Give me my robes. I am wild in my beholding. | giue me my robes. I am wilde in my beholding, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.160 | Little are we beholding to your love, | Little are we beholding to your Loue, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.131 | Have been beholding to him in his life; | Haue bin beholding to him in his life: |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.107 | Then he is more beholding to you than I. | Then he is more beholding to you, then I. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.62 | And now I cloy me with beholding it. | And now I cloy me with beholding it. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.4 | Holding thy ear close to the hollow ground. | Holding thy eare close to the hollow ground, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.271 | To whom we all rest generally beholding. | To whom we all rest generally beholding. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.78 | been more kindly beholding to you than any, freely give | beene / More kindely beholding to you then any: / Freely giue |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.399 | Is she not then beholden to the man | Is she not then beholding to the man, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.33 | We are beholden to you, good Andronicus. | We are beholding to you good Andronicus? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.52 | She is not worth what she doth cost the holding. | she is not worth / What she doth cost the holding. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.91 | Something not worth in me such rich beholding | Something not worth in me such rich beholding, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.170 | She is beholding to thee, gentle youth. | She is beholding to thee (gentle youth) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.1.7 | holding a garland over her head, her tresses likewise | holding a Garland over her head (her Tresses likewise |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.1.8 | hanging; after her, Emilia holding up her train; | hanging.) After her Emilia holding up her Traine. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.137.3 | in white holding up her train, her hair stuck with | in white holding up her traine, her haire stucke with |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.119 | O that he were alive, and here beholding | Oh that he were aliue, and here beholding |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.353.1 | Of happy holding her. | Of happie holding her. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.46 | of eyes, holding up of hands, with countenance of such | of Eyes, holding vp of Hands, with Countenance of such |