| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.39 | education promises her dispositions she inherits – which | education promises her dispositions shee inherits, which |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.200 | safety. But the composition that your valour and fear | safetie: / But the composition that your valour and feare |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.41 | in your disposition. | in your disposition. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.17 | made in the unchaste composition. | made in the vnchaste composition. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.291 | supposition of that lascivious young boy, the Count, | supposition of that lasciuious yong boy the Count, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iv.29 | Go with your impositions, I am yours, | Go with your impositions, I am yours |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.53 | O well-divided disposition! Note him, | Oh well diuided disposition: Note him, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.58 | I crave our composition may be written, | I craue our composion may be written |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.7 | disposition, he cries out ‘ No more;’ reconciles them | disposition, hee cries out, no more; reconciles them |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.117 | that your younger brother, Orlando, hath a disposition | that your yonger brother Orlando hath a disposition |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.229 | My father's rough and envious disposition | My Fathers rough and enuious disposition |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.77 | My master is of churlish disposition, | My master is of churlish disposition, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.190 | and hose in my disposition? One inch of delay more is a | and hose in my disposition? One inch of delay more, is a |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.226 | propositions of a lover; but take a taste of my finding | propositions of a Louer: but take a taste of my finding |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.103 | disposition; and ask me what you will, I will grant it. | disposition: and aske me what you will, I will grant it. |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.118 | The royal disposition of that beast | The royall disposition of that beast |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.50 | And in that glorious supposition think | And in that glorious supposition thinke, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.74 | Wave thus to express his disposition, | Waue thus to expresse his disposition, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.29 | Give your dispositions the reins and be angry at your | Giue your dispositions the reines, and bee angry at your |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.13 | the true knowledge he has in their disposition, and out of | the true knowledge he ha's in their disposition, and out of |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.3 | Our swifter composition. | Our swifter Composition. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.21 | The crossings of your dispositions, if | The things of your dispositions, if |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.111 | Away, my disposition, and possess me | Away my disposition, and possesse me |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.169 | Cried ‘ O!’ and mounted; found no opposition | Cry'de oh, and mounted; found no opposition |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.i.13 | and more remarkable in single oppositions; | and more remarkeable in single oppositions; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.100 | Why should we in our peevish opposition | Why should we in our peeuish Opposition |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.169 | A truant disposition, good my lord. | A truant disposition, good my Lord. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.55 | So horridly to shake our disposition | So horridly to shake our disposition, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.172 | To put an antic disposition on – | To put an Anticke disposition on:) |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.298 | disposition that this goodly frame the earth seems to | disposition; that this goodly frame the Earth, seemes to |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.12 | But with much forcing of his disposition. | But with much forcing of his disposition. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.168 | I mean, my lord, the opposition of your person | I meane my Lord, the opposition of your person |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.98 | In single opposition hand to hand, | In single Opposition hand to hand, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.15 | opposition. | Opposition. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.8 | Supposition all our lives shall be stuck full of eyes, | Supposition, all our liues, shall be stucke full of eyes; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.8 | to remember so weak a composition. | to remember so weake a Composition. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.7 | Your exposition on the holy text, | Your exposition on the holy Text, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.74 | The outward composition of his body. | The outward composition of his body. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.87 | Of disposition gentle and of wisdom | Of disposition gentle, and of wisedome, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.144 | Thy opposition is beyond our law. | Thy opposition is beyond our Law, |
| King John | KJ I.i.88 | In the large composition of this man? | In the large composition of this man? |
| King John | KJ II.i.561 | Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! | Mad world, mad kings, mad composition: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.303 | If our father carry authority with such disposition as he | if our Father carry authority with such disposition as he |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.12 | More composition and fierce quality | More composition, and fierce qualitie, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.127 | man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a | man, to lay his Goatish disposition on the charge of a |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.217 | These dispositions which of late transform you | These dispositions, which of late transport you |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.289 | But let his disposition have that scope | But let his disposition haue that scope |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.19 | composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and | composition of a Knaue, Begger, Coward, Pandar, and |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.151 | Whose disposition all the world well knows | Whose disposition all the world well knowes |
| King Lear | KL III.v.5 | brother's evil disposition made him seek his death; but | Brothers euill disposition made him seeke his death: but |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.31 | Blows in your face. I fear your disposition: | Blowes in your face. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.728 | The liberal opposition of our spirits, | The liberall opposition of our spirits, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.62 | Craves composition; | Craues composition: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.112 | Even to the disposition that I owe | Euen to the disposition that I owe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.2 | composition with the King of Hungary, why then all the | composition with the King of Hungary, why then all the |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.117 | I do it not in evil disposition, | I do it not in euill disposition, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.187 | like, which else would stand under grievous imposition, | like, which else would stand vnder greeuous imposition: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.165 | her virtue to practise his judgement with the disposition | her vertue, to practise his iudgement with the disposition |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.220 | day's news. I pray you, sir, of what disposition was the | daies newes. I pray you Sir, of what disposition was the |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.218 | Came short of composition, but in chief | Came short of Composition: But in chiefe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.98 | by some other sort than your father's imposition, | by some other sort then your Fathers imposition, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.17 | sufficient. Yet his means are in supposition. He hath | sufficient, yet his meanes are in supposition: he hath |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.33 | Not to deny this imposition, | Not to denie this imposition, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.234 | You know the law, your exposition | You know the Law, your exposition |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.56 | have sworn his disposition would have gone to the | haue sworne his disposition would haue gone to the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.21 | Mercy on me! I have a great dispositions to cry. | 'Mercie on mee, I haue a great dispositions to cry. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.100 | inconstancy of man's disposition is able to bear. | inconstancy of mans disposition is able to beare. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.38 | an exposition of sleep come upon me. | an exposition of sleepe come vpon me. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.5 | He is of a very melancholy disposition. | He is of a very melancholy disposition. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.190 | base, though bitter, disposition of Beatrice that puts the | base (though bitter) disposition of Beatrice, that putt's the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.236 | The supposition of the lady's death | The supposition of the Ladies death, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.1 | There is no composition in these news | There's no composition in this Newes, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.234 | I crave fit disposition for my wife, | I craue fit disposition for my Wife, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.229 | – as it is a most pregnant and unforced position – who | (as it is a most pregnant and vnforc'd position) who |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.178 | In opposition bloody. I cannot speak | In opposition bloody. I cannot speake |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.262 | imposition; oft got without merit and lost without | imposition; oft got without merit, aud lost without |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.311 | apt, so blessed a disposition, that she holds it a vice in her | apt, so blessed a disposition, she holds it a vice in her |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.199 | I know our country disposition well: | I know our Country disposition well: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.232 | But, pardon me, I do not in position | But (pardon me) I do not in position |
| Pericles | Per I.i.113 | Your exposition misinterpreting, | Your exposition misinterpreting, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.73 | O, how that name befits my composition! | Oh how that name befits my composition: |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.4 | And entertain a cheerful disposition. | And entertaine a cheerefull disposition. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.63 | The King, of his own royal disposition, | The King on his owne Royall disposition, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.231 | Attend the sequel of your imposition, | Attend the sequell of your Imposition, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.66 | How stands your dispositions to be married? | How stands your disposition to be Married? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.55 | A most courteous exposition. | A most curteous exposition. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.115 | I thought thy disposition better tempered. | I thought thy disposition better temper'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.18 | Of disobedient opposition | Of disobedient opposition: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.135 | When my indisposition put you back, | When my indisposition put you backe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.3 | The ample proposition that hope makes | The ample proposition that hope makes |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.77 | thinking it harder for our mistress to devise imposition | thinking it harder for our Mistresse to deuise imposition |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.112 | I do not strain at the position – | I doe not straine it at the position, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.49 | The bitter disposition of the time | The bitter disposition of the time |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.87 | and of free disposition, is to take those things for bird-bolts | and of free disposition, is to take those things for Bird-bolts, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.117 | position portend? If I could make that resemble | position portend, if I could make that resemble |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.194 | her, which will now be so unsuitable to her disposition – | her, which will now be so vnsuteable to her disposition, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.132 | Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship. | Grace and good disposition attend your Ladyship: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.44 | Without some imposition, sickness in will | Without some imposition, sicknes in will |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.52 | In manners this was false position. | In manners this was false position |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.74 | Boldly ‘ Not guilty,’ the imposition cleared | Boldly, not guilty; the Imposition clear'd, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.27 | Since fate, against thy better disposition, | Since Fate (against thy better disposition) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.135.1 | Does change my disposition. | Do's change my disposition: |