| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.7 | Why, 'tis the rarest argument of wonder that | Why 'tis the rarest argument of wonder, that |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.58 | In argument of praise or to the worth | In argument of praise, or to the worth |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.3 | An argument that he is plucked, when hither | An argument that he is pluckt, when hither |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.45 | sent in this fool to cut off the argument? | sent in this foole to cut off the argument? |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.268 | Grounded upon no other argument | Grounded vpon no other argument, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.i.3 | I should not seek an absent argument | I should not seeke an absent argument |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.53 | It was much like an argument that fell out last night, | It was much like an argument that fell out last night, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.354 | argument unless the poet and the player went to cuffs | argument, vnlesse the Poet and the Player went to Cuffes |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.148 | Belike this show imports the argument of the | Belike this shew imports the Argument of the |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.242 | Have you heard the argument? Is there no offence | Haue you heard the Argument, is there no Offence |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.54 | Is not to stir without great argument, | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.93 | London, it would be argument for a week, laughter for a | London, it would be argument for a Weeke, Laughter for a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.274 | Content, and the argument shall be thy | Content, and the argument shall be, thy |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.198 | Acting that argument. And now my death | Acting that argument. And now my death |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.23 | We do remember, but our argument | We do remember: but our Argument |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.21 | And sheathed their swords for lack of argument. | And sheath'd their Swords, for lack of argument. |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.78 | his argument as well as any military man in the world, in | his Argument as well as any Militarie man in the World, in |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.94 | war, the Roman wars, in the way of argument, look you, | Warre, the Roman Warres, in the way of Argument, looke you, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.34 | horse is argument for them all. 'Tis a subject for a | Horse is argument for them all: 'tis a subiect for a |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.139 | blood is their argument? Now, if these men do not die | Blood is their argument? Now, if these men doe not dye |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.113 | Good argument, I hope, we will not fly – | Good argument (I hope) we will not flye: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.57 | The argument you held was wrong in you; | The argument you held, was wrong in you; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.59 | Now, Somerset, where is your argument? | Now Somerset, where is your argument? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.45 | This day an argument upon a case | This day in argument vpon a Case, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.46 | In argument and proof of which contract, | In argument and proofe of which contract, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.32 | Tut, this was nothing but an argument | Tut, this was nothing but an argument, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.241 | And yet we have but trivial argument, | And yet we haue but triuiall argument, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.44 | Inferring arguments of mighty force. | Inferring arguments of mighty force: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.49 | Inferreth arguments of mighty strength, | Inferreth arguments of mighty strength, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.67 | And that without delay their arguments | And that (without delay) their Arguments |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.11 | An argument that heaven aids the right. | an argument that heauen aides the right, |
| King John | KJ I.i.36 | With very easy arguments of love, | With very easie arguments of loue, |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.54 | To break into this dangerous argument: | To breake into this dangerous argument. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.215 | The argument of your praise, balm of your age, | The argument of your praise, balme of your age, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.8 | ear-kissing arguments? | ear-kissing arguments. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.164 | is a great argument of falsehood, if I love. And how | ia a great argument of falshood) if I loue. And how |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.103 | Come hither, come hither. How did this argument begin? | Come hither, come hither: / How did this argument begin? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.107 | argument in; then the boy's fat l'envoy, the goose that | argument in: / Then the Boyes fat Lenuoy, the Goose that |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.59 | 'Gainst whom the world cannot hold argument, | 'Gainst whom the world cannot hold argument, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.17 | finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such | finer then the staple of his argument. I abhor such |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.23 | Therefore, I'll darkly end the argument. | Therefore Ile darkely end the argument. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.84 | Armed in arguments. You'll be surprised. | Armed in arguments, you'll be surpriz'd. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.742 | Yet, since love's argument was first on foot, | Yet since loues argument was first on foote, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.117 | That most may claim this argument for ours? | That most may clayme this argument for ours? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.236 | my hand, my desires had instance and argument to | my hand; my desires had instance and argument to |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.242 | You would not make me such an argument. | You would not make me such an argument: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.236 | thou wilt prove a notable argument. | thou wilt proue a notable argument. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.11 | follies in others, become the argument of his own | follies in others, become the argument of his owne |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.51 | Or, if thou wilt hold longer argument, | Or if thou wilt hold longer argument, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.227 | troth, it is no addition to her wit, nor no great argument | troth it is no addition to her witte, nor no great argument |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.96 | For shape, for bearing, argument and valour, | For shape, for bearing argument and valour, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.12 | As near as I could sift him on that argument, | As neere as I could sift him on that argument, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.148 | With lies well steeled with weighty arguments; | With Lyes well steel'd with weighty Arguments, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.97 | meant indeed to occupy the argument no longer. | meant indeed to occupie the argument no longer. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.183 | And try the argument of hearts, by borrowing, | And try the argument of hearts, by borrowing, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.21 | So it may prove an argument of laughter | So it may proue an Argument of Laughter |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.23 | As if he had but proved an argument. | As if he had but prou'd an Argument. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.25 | In like conditions as our argument, | In like conditions, as our Argument; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.94 | I cannot fight upon this argument; | I cannot fight vpon this Argument: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.71 | such knavery! All the argument is a whore and a | such knauerie: all the argument is a Cuckold and a |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.95 | argument. | Argument. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.96 | No. You see, he is his argument that has his | No, you see he is his argument that has his |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.97 | argument – Achilles. | argument Achilles. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.26 | I had good argument for kissing once. | I had good argument for kissing once. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.27 | But that's no argument for kissing now; | But that's no argument for kissing now; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.29 | And parted thus you and your argument. | |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.146 | tongue tang arguments of state. Put thyself into the trick of | tongue tang arguments of state; put thy selfe into the tricke of |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.10 | This was a great argument of love in her toward | This was a great argument of loue in her toward |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.12 | The rather by these arguments of fear, | The rather by these arguments of feare |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.33 | Might well have given us bloody argument. | Might well haue giuen vs bloody argument: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.71 | tongue tang with arguments of state, put thyself into the | tongue langer with arguments of state, put thy selfe into the |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.70 | Today extinct; our argument is love, | To daie extinct; our argument is love, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.29 | Is th' argument of Time. Of this allow, | Is th' argument of Time: of this allow, |