| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.75 | I kiss his conquering hand. Tell him I am prompt | I kisse his conqu'ring hand: Tell him, I am prompt |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.5 | Ready, when time shall prompt them, to make road | Readie when time shall prompt them, to make roade |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.54 | Nor by th' matter which your heart prompts you, | nor by'th' matter / Which your heart prompts you, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.106.2 | Come, come, we'll prompt you. | Come, come, wee'le prompt you. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.84 | The roofs of palaces, and Nature prompts them | The Roofes of Palaces, and Nature prompts them |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.582 | Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, | Prompted to my Reuenge by Heauen, and Hell, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.119 | My voice shall sound as you do prompt mine ear, | My voice shall sound, as you do prompt mine eare, |
| Henry V | H5 III.iv.40 | Non, je réciterai à vous promptement: d'hand, | Nome ie recitera a vous promptement, d' Hand, |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.2 | That I may prompt them; and of such as have, | That I may prompt them: and of such as haue, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.21 | And every petty disadvantage prompts | and euerie pettie disaduantage promptes |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.298 | Such fiery numbers as the prompting eyes | Such fiery Numbers as the prompting eyes, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.178 | Though he hath fall'n by prompture of the blood, | Though he hath falne by prompture of the blood, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.283 | All prompting me how fair young Hero is, | All prompting mee how faire yong Hero is, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.84 | Without a prompter. Where will you that I go | Without a Prompter. Whether will you that I goe |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.230 | A natural and prompt alacrity | A Naturall and prompt Alacartie, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.170 | My proud heart sues, and prompts my tongue to speak. | My proud heart sues, and prompts my tongue to speake. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.8 | After the prompter, for our entrance. | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.80 | By love, that first did prompt me to inquire. | By Loue that first did promp me to enquire, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.421 | As my soul prompts it. – Spirit, fine spirit, I'll free thee | As my soule prompts it: Spirit, fine spirit, Ile free thee |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.82 | And prompt me, plain and holy innocence. | And prompt me plaine and holy innocence. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.146 | Prompted you in the ebb of your estate | Prompted you in the ebbe of your estate, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.35 | prompt spirit, give thee thy due, and one that knows | prompt spirit, giue thee thy due, and one that knowes |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.12 | And prompt me that my tongue may utter forth | And prompt me that my tongue may vtter forth, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.2 | Th' advantage of the time prompts me aloud | Th'aduantage of the time promps me aloud, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.87 | To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnant; | To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnant: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.178 | In his descent than shall my prompted sword | In his discent; then shall my prompted sword, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.137 | till our very pastime, tired out of breath, prompt us to | til our very pastime tyred out of breath, prompt vs to |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.333 | And part being prompted by your present trouble, | And part being prompted by your present trouble, |