| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.135 | rule of nature. To speak on the part of virginity is to | rule of Nature. To speake on the part of virginitie, is to |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.iii.7 | Shall all be done by th' rule. Good night, dear lady. | Shall all be done byth'Rule: good night deere Lady: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.210 | With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers shall | With greazie Aprons, Rules, and Hammers shall |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.73 | By what rule, sir? | By what rule sir? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.74 | Marry, sir, by a rule as plain as | Marry sir, by a rule as plaine as |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.94 | Be ruled by me. Depart in patience, | Be rul'd by me, depart in patience, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.36 | You being their mouths, why rule you not their teeth? | You being their Mouthes, why rule you not their Teeth? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.40 | Suffer't, and live with such as cannot rule | Suffer't, and liue with such as cannot rule, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.41.1 | Nor ever will be ruled. | Nor euer will be ruled. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.90 | Go, and be ruled; although I know thou hadst rather | Goe, and be rul'd: although I know thou hadst rather |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.81.1 | Be ruled. You shall not go. | Be rul'd, you shall not goe. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.100 | A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, | A Cutpurse of the Empire and the Rule. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.58.1 | Will you be ruled by me? | will you be rul'd by me? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.59 | So you will not o'errule me to a peace. | If so you'l not o'rerule me to a peace. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.67.2 | My lord, I will be ruled; | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.39 | So long as out of limit and true rule | So long as out of Limit, and true Rule, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.18 | And comes not in, o'erruled by prophecies, | And comes not in, ouer-rul'd by Prophecies, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.30 | In military rules, humours of blood, | In Militarie Rules, Humors of Blood, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.86 | So much the worse, if your own rule be true. | So much the worse, if your owne Rule be true. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.65 | That led me hither. Had they been ruled by me, | That led me hither: had they beene rul'd by me, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.188 | Creatures that by a rule in nature teach | Creatures that by a rule in Nature teach |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.46 | Let senses rule. The word is ‘ Pitch and pay!’ | Let Sences rule: The world is, Pitch and pay: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.145 | imputation of his wickedness, by your rule, should be | imputation of his wickednesse, by your rule, should be |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.5 | But now thou shalt not. Be thou ruled by me. | But now thou shalt not. Be thou rul'd by me: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.50 | Yet hath a woman's kindness overruled; | Yet hath a Womans kindnesse ouer-rul'd: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.11 | And we be lords and rulers over Rouen. | And we be Lords and Rulers ouer Roan, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.8 | If Dauphin and the rest will be but ruled. | If Dolphin and the rest will be but rul'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.111 | Good Lord, what madness rules in brain-sick men, | Good Lord, what madnesse rules in braine-sicke men, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.30 | As doth a ruler with unlawful oaths, | As doth a Ruler with vnlawfull Oathes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.107 | Margaret shall now be Queen, and rule the King; | Margaret shall now be Queene, and rule the King: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.108 | But I will rule both her, the King, and realm. | But I will rule both her, the King, and Realme. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.107 | Suffolk, the new-made duke that rules the roast, | Suffolke, the new made Duke that rules the rost, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.187 | Unlike the ruler of a commonweal. | Vnlike the Ruler of a Common-weale. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.257 | Whose bookish rule hath pulled fair England down. | Whose bookish Rule, hath pull'd faire England downe. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.43 | And he a prince and ruler of the land; | And he a Prince, and Ruler of the Land: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.44 | Yet so he ruled and such a prince he was | Yet so he rul'd, and such a Prince he was, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.291 | 'Tis meet that lucky ruler be employed; | 'Tis meet that luckie Ruler be imploy'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.296 | On any ground that I am ruler of, | On any ground that I am Ruler of, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.16 | Ruled like a wandering planet over me, | Rul'd like a wandering Plannet ouer me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.6 | Let them obey that knows not how to rule; | Let them obey, that knowes not how to Rule. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.94 | Not fit to govern and rule multitudes, | Not fit to gouerne and rule multitudes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.95 | Which darest not – no, nor canst not – rule a traitor. | Which dar'st not, no nor canst not rule a Traitor. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.104 | Give place; by heaven, thou shalt rule no more | Giue place: by heauen thou shalt rule no more |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.105 | O'er him whom heaven created for thy ruler. | O're him, whom heauen created for thy Ruler. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.30 | You shall have four, if you'll be ruled by him. | You shall haue foure, if you'le be rul'd by him. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.76 | For though usurpers sway the rule awhile, | For though Vsurpers sway the rule a while, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.61 | Away with scrupulous wit! Now arms must rule. | Away with scrupulous Wit, now Armes must rule. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.27 | Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? | Why, what is Pompe, Rule, Reigne, but Earth and Dust? |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.92 | Ever beloved and loving may his rule be; | Euer belou'd and louing, may his Rule be; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.101 | Our hard-ruled King. Again, there is sprung up | Our hard rul'd King. Againe, there is sprung vp |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.76.1 | An army cannot rule 'em. | An Army cannot rule 'em. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.7 | Where is thy leather apron, and thy rule? | Where is thy Leather Apron, and thy Rule? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.147 | It shall be said his judgement ruled our hands; | It shall be sayd, his iudgement rul'd our hands, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.47 | If Cassius might have ruled. | If Cassius might haue rul'd. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.100 | Even by the rule of that philosophy | Euen by the rule of that Philosophy, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.24 | Ought not admit a governor to rule | Ought not admit a gouernor to rule, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.145 | He that you fight for, rules in clemency, | He that you fight for rules in clemencie, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.161 | Let come the hour when he that rules it will! | Let come the houre when he that rules it will, |
| King John | KJ II.i.377 | Your royal presences, be ruled by me: | Your Royall presences be rul'd by mee, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.49 | Since now we will divest us both of rule, | (Since now we will diuest vs both of Rule, |
| King Lear | KL I.iii.17 | Not to be overruled. Idle old man, | |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.143 | Of his confine. You should be ruled and led | Of his confine: you should be rul'd, and led |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.143 | By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. | By rule of Knight-hood, I disdaine and spurne: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.318 | Rule in this realm, and the gored state sustain. | Rule in this Realme, and the gor'd state sustaine. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.513 | Nay, my good lord, let me o'errule you now. | Nay my good Lord, let me ore-rule you now; |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.16.1 | Within the belt of rule. | Within the belt of Rule. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.vi.4.2 | Be ruled by him. | Be rul'd by him. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.19 | well.’ ‘ Fiend,’ say I, ‘ you counsel well.’ To be ruled | well, fiend say I you counsaile well, to be rul'd |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.22 | away from the Jew, I should be ruled by the fiend, who, | away from the Iew I should be ruled by the fiend, who |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.175 | Yet in such rule that the Venetian law | Yet in such rule, that the Venetian Law |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.66 | ruled by your well-willers. I will peat the door for | ruled by your well-willers: I will peat the doore for |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.48 | Now, the report goes she has all the rule of | Now, the report goes, she has all the rule of |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.5 | What night-rule now about this haunted grove? | What night-rule now about this gaunted groue? |
| 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, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.44 | Well, niece, I trust you will be ruled | Well neece, I trust you will be rul'd |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.101 | Against all rules of nature, and must be driven | Against all rules of Nature, and must be driuen |
| Othello | Oth II.i.255 | Pish! But, sir, be you ruled by me. I have brought you | Pish. But Sir, be you rul'd by me. I haue brought you |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.199 | My blood begins my safer guides to rule, | My blood begins my safer Guides to rule, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.123.1 | That passion cannot rule. | That Passion cannot rule. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.328 | And Cassio rules in Cyprus. For this slave, | And Cassio rules in Cyprus. For this Slaue, |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.109 | Your rule direct to any; if to me, | your rule direct to anie, if to me, |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.38 | That best know how to rule and how to reign, | That best know how to rule, and how to raigne, |
| Pericles | Per II.v.85 | Either be ruled by me, or I will make you – | Either be rul'd by mee, or Ile make you, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.152 | Wrath-kindled gentlemen, be ruled by me: | Wrath-kindled Gentlemen be rul'd by me: |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.62 | Why this it is when men are ruled by women; | Why this it is, when men are rul'd by Women: |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.68 | Lady, you know no rules of charity, | Lady, you know no Rules of Charity, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.29 | And were they to be ruled, and not to rule, | And were they to be rul'd, and not to rule, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.20 | That, if his rule were true, he should be gracious. | That if his rule were true, he should be gracious. |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.57 | My lord, you shall overrule my mind for once. | My Lord, you shall o're-rule my mind for once. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.225 | Be ruled by me – forget to think of her. | Be rul'd by me, forget to thinke of her. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.13 | Of my child's love. I think she will be ruled | Of my Childes loue: I thinke she will be rul'd |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.22 | Henceforward I am ever ruled by you. | Henceforward I am euer rul'd by you. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.79 | To change true rules for odd inventions. | To charge true rules for old inuentions. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.108 | And awful rule, and right supremacy, | An awfull rule, and right supremicie: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.162 | Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, | Or seeke for rule, supremacie, and sway, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.267 | Than now they are. There be that can rule Naples | Then now they are: There be that can rule Naples |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.19 | Ambitiously for rule and empery, | Ambitiously for Rule and Empery: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.194 | Tomorrow yield up rule, resign my life, | To morrow yeeld vp rule, resigne my life, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.445 | My lord, be ruled by me, be won at last, | My Lord, be rul'd by me, be wonne at last, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.78 | The specialty of rule hath been neglected, | The specialty of Rule hath beene neglected; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.254.2 | Be ruled by him, Lord Ajax. | Be rul'd by him Lord Aiax. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.136 | By Cressid's rule; rather think this not Cressid. | By Cressids rule. Rather thinke this not Cressid. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.144 | If there be rule in unity itself, | If there be rule in vnitie it selfe, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.119 | means for this uncivil rule. She shall know of it, by this | meanes for this vnciuill rule; she shall know of it by this |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.63 | Nay, come, I prithee. Would thou'dst be ruled by me! | Nay come I prethee, would thoud'st be rul'd by me |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.302 | your drunken cousin rule over me, yet have I the benefit of | your drunken Cosine rule ouer me, yet haue I the benefit of |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.66 | We'll do thee homage, and be ruled by thee, | We'll doe thee homage, and be rul'd by thee, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.46.2 | What? Canst not rule her? | What? canst not rule her? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.50.1 | He shall not rule me. | He shall not rule me: |