| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.154.1 | And sway our great designs. | And sway our great Designes. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.4 | Thy huntress' name that my full life doth sway. | Thy Huntresse name, that my full life doth sway. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.28 | But were you wedded, you would bear some sway. | But were you wedded, you wold bear some sway |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.196.1 | Than sway with them in theirs. | Then sway with them in theirs. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.181 | A place of potency and sway o'th' state, | A place of Potencie, and sway o'th' State, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.26 | But to be rough, unswayable and free. | But to be rough, vnswayable, and free. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.224 | And, but that great command o'ersways the order, | And but that great Command, o're-swaies the order, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.130 | And God forgive them that so much have swayed | And Heauen forgiue them, that so much haue sway'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.57 | To gripe the general sway into your hand, | To gripe the generall sway into your hand, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.41 | Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway, | Rebellion in this Land shall lose his way, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.24 | Let us sway on and face them in the field. | Let vs sway-on, and face them in the field. |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.73 | Or rather swaying more upon our part | Or rather swaying more vpon our part, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.37 | It is because no one should sway but he, | It is because no one should sway but hee, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.135 | A gentler heart did never sway in court. | A gentler Heart did neuer sway in Court. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.5 | Now sways it this way, like a mighty sea | Now swayes it this way, like a Mighty Sea, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.7 | Now sways it that way, like the selfsame sea | Now swayes it that way, like the selfe-same Sea, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.14 | And, Henry, hadst thou swayed as kings should do, | And Henry, had'st thou sway'd as Kings should do, |
| 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.vi.32 | No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway, | No Warwicke, thou art worthy of the sway, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.3 | Are not you moved, when all the sway of earth | Are not you mou'd, when all the sway of Earth |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.20 | I have not known when his affections swayed | I haue not knowne, when his Affections sway'd |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.203 | I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear | I can ore-sway him: For he loues to heare, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.219 | Swayed from the point by looking down on Caesar. | Sway'd from the point, by looking downe on Casar. |
| King John | KJ I.i.13 | Which sways usurpingly these several titles, | Which swaies vsurpingly these seuerall titles, |
| King John | KJ II.i.344 | That sways the earth this climate overlooks, | That swayes the earth this Climate ouer-lookes, |
| King John | KJ II.i.578 | This sway of motion, this commodity, | This sway of motion, this commoditie, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.136 | The name and all th' addition to a king; the sway, | The name, and all th'addition to a King: the Sway, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.50 | tyranny, who sways not as it hath power but as it is | tyranny, who swayes not as it hath power, but as it is |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.185 | If you do love old men, if your sweet sway | If you do loue old men; if your sweet sway |
| King Lear | KL IV.vii.20 | I'the sway of your own will. Is he arrayed? | I'th'sway of your owne will: is he array'd? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.67 | So pair-taunt-like would I o'ersway his state | So pertaunt like would I o'resway his state, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.68 | Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom. | Giue solely soueraigne sway, and Masterdome. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.9 | The mind I sway by and the heart I bear | The minde I sway by, and the heart I beare, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.43 | To do it slander. And to behold his sway | To do in slander: And to behold his sway |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.90 | But swayed and fashioned by the hand of heaven. | But sway'd and fashion'd by the hand of heauen. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.51 | Master of passion, sways it to the mood | Masters of passion swayes it to the moode |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.190 | But mercy is above this sceptred sway, | But mercy is aboue this sceptred sway, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.193 | You sway the motion of Demetrius' heart. | you sway the motion of Demetrius hart. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.121 | The will of man is by his reason swayed, | The will of man is by his reason sway'd: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.383 | That in crossways and floods have burial | That in crosse-waies and flouds haue buriall, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.199 | And let my counsel sway you in this case. | And let my counsell sway you in this case, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.20 | You gods that made me man, and sway in love, | You Gods that made me man, and sway in loue; |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.205 | The pride of kingly sway from out my heart. | The pride of Kingly sway from out my Heart. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.469 | Is the chair empty? Is the sword unswayed? | Is the Chayre emptie? is the Sword vnsway'd? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.10 | That she do give her sorrow so much sway, | That she doth giue her sorrow so much sway: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.54 | begnawn with the bots, swayed in the back and shoulder-shotten, | begnawne with the Bots, Waid in the backe, and shoulder-shotten, |
| 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 I.ii.112 | So dry he was for sway – wi'th' King of Naples | (so drie he was for Sway) with King of Naples |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.111 | sways him. He gave me a jewel th' other day, and now he | swaies him. He gaue me a Iewell th'other day, and now hee |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.60 | The which, most mighty for thy place and sway – | The which most mighty for thy place and sway, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.35 | Bear the great sway of his affairs with reasons, | Beare the great sway of his affayres with reasons, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.114 | Minds swayed by eyes are full of turpitude. | Mindes swai'd by eyes, are full of turpitude. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.31 | So sways she level in her husband's heart. | So swayes she leuell in her husbands heart: |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.106 | M.O.A.I. doth sway my life. | M.O.A.I. doth sway my life. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.109 | ‘ M.O.A.I. doth sway my life.’ Nay, but first | M.O.A.I. doth sway my life. Nay but first |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.i.51 | Let thy fair wisdom, not thy passion, sway | Let thy fayre wisedome, not thy passion sway |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.iii.17 | She could not sway her house, command her followers, | She could not sway her house, command her followers, |