| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.75 | Debate it at their leisure. Welcome, Count, | Debate it at their leisure. Welcome Count, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.13 | Those bated that inherit but the fall | (Those bated that inherit but the fall |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.220 | bate thee a scruple. | bate thee a scruple. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.20 | May it be gently heard. When we debate | May it be gently heard. When we debate |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.101 | I will debate this matter at more leisure, | I will debate this matter at more leisure |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.138 | Must have their voices, neither will they bate | must haue their Voyces, / Neyther will they bate |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.132 | As most abated captives to some nation | As most abated Captiues, to some Nation |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.65 | abate her nothing, though I profess myself her | abate her nothing, though I professe my selfe her |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.157 | your enemy; she is not worth our debate. If she | your Enemy, shee is not worth our debate. If shee |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.55 | O let me bate – but not like me: yet long'st | (Oh let me bate) but not like me: yet long'st |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.21 | On their abatement: that's not my desire. | On their abatement; that's not my desire. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.61 | When he the ambitious Norway combated. | When th'Ambitious Norwey combatted: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.84 | Dared to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet – | Dar'd to the Combate. In which, our Valiant Hamlet, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.26 | Will not debate the question of this straw. | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.114 | A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it, | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.119 | And hath abatements and delays as many | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.137 | A sword unbated, and, in a pass of practice, | A Sword vnbaited, and in a passe of practice, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.23 | That on the supervise, no leisure bated, | That on the superuize no leasure bated, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.45 | Without debatement further, more or less, | Without debatement further, more or lesse, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.58 | They are not near my conscience. Their defeat | They are not neere my Conscience; their debate |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.311 | Unbated and envenomed. The foul practice | Vnbated and envenom'd: the foule practise |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.2 | last action? Do I not bate? Do I not dwindle? Why, my | last action? doe I not bate? doe I not dwindle? Why my |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.99 | Bated, like eagles having lately bathed, | Bayted like Eagles, hauing lately bath'd, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.26 | In general journey-bated and brought low. | In generall iourney bated, and brought low: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.117 | Which once in him abated, all the rest | Which once, in him abated, all the rest |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.244 | smooth like unto the sign of the leg, and breeds no bate | smooth, like vnto the Signe of the Legge; and breedes no bate |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.2 | To this debate that bleedeth at our doors, | To this Debate, that bleedeth at our doores, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.14 | Bate me some, and I will pay you some, and, as most | Bate me some, and I will pay you some, and (as most |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.41 | Hear him debate of commonwealth affairs, | Heare him debate of Common-wealth Affaires; |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.63 | An oath of mickle might, and fury shall abate. | An oath of mickle might, and fury shall abate. |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.23 | Abate thy rage, abate thy manly rage, | abate thy Rage, abate thy manly Rage; |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.24 | Abate thy rage, great Duke! | abate thy Rage, great Duke. |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.25 | Good bawcock, bate thy rage! Use lenity, sweet chuck! | Good Bawcock bate thy Rage: vse lenitie sweet Chuck. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.109 | appears it will bate. | appeares, it will bate. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.31 | I and my bosom must debate awhile, | I and my Bosome must debate a while, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.84.1 | Enter three soldiers, John Bates, Alexander Court, | Enter three Souldiers, Iohn Bates, Alexander Court, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.84 | Brother John Bates, is not that the morning which | Brother Iohn Bates, is not that the Morning which |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.47 | Tell him my fury shall abate, and I | Tell him my fury shall abate, and I |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.78 | Grant me the combat, gracious sovereign. | Grant me the Combate, gracious Soueraigne. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.79 | And me, my lord, grant me the combat too. | And me (my Lord) grant me the Combate too. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.84 | And wherefore crave you combat, or with whom? | And wherefore craue you Combate? Or with whom? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.35 | Have been considered and debated on. | Haue bin consider'd and debated on, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.ii.7 | Else ruin combat with their palaces! | Else ruine combate with their Pallaces. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.42 | Took odds to combat a poor famished man. | Tooke oddes to combate a poore famisht man. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.148 | Are these thy bears? We'll bait thy bears to death, | Are these thy Beares? Wee'l bate thy Bears to death, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.51 | Nay, stay, Sir John, a while, and we'll debate | Nay stay, Sir Iohn, a while, and wee'le debate |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.52 | Of every realm, that did debate this business, | Of euery Realme, that did debate this Businesse, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.40 | Than striving to rebate a tyrant's pride | Then stryuing to rebate a tyrants pride, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.6 | Famine shall combat where our swords are stopped. | Famine shall combate where our swords are stopt. |
| King John | KJ V.iv.53 | And like a bated and retired flood, | And like a bated and retired Flood, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.59 | There's a great abatement of kindness appears as well | theres a great abatement of kindnesse appeares as well |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.154 | She hath abated me of half my train, | She hath abated me of halfe my Traine; |
| King Lear | KL V.i.69 | Stands on me to defend, not to debate. | Stands on me to defend, not to debate. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.6 | That honour which shall bate his scythe's keen edge, | That honour which shall bate his sythes keene edge, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.171 | From tawny Spain, lost in the world's debate. | From tawnie Spaine lost in the worlds debate. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.59 | affection would deliver me from the reprobate thought | affection, would deliuer mee from the reprobate thought |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.540 | Abate throw at novum, and the whole world again | Abate throw at Novum, and the whole world againe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.60 | But doth rebate and blunt his natural edge | But doth rebate, and blunt his naturall edge |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.72 | This reprobate till he were well inclined, | This Reprobate, til he were wel enclin'd, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.99 | Release my brother, and after much debatement | Release my brother; and after much debatement, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.121 | With bated breath and whispering humbleness, | With bated breath, and whispring humblenesse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.11 | His tedious measures with the unbated fire | His tedious measures with the vnbated fire, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iii.32 | These griefs and losses have so bated me | These greefes and losses haue so bated mee, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.72 | And bid the main flood bate his usual height, | And bid the maine flood baite his vsuall height, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.198 | You would abate the strength of your displeasure. | You would abate the strength of your displeasure? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.12 | nor no breed-bate. His worst fault is that he is given to | nor no breede-bate: his worst fault is, that he is giuen to |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.190 | Were the world mine, Demetrius being bated, | Were the world mine, Demetrius being bated, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.116 | Comes from our debate, from our dissension. | Comes from our debate, from our dissention, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.432 | Abate thy hours, shine comforts from the East, | Abate thy houres, shine comforts from the East, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.176 | than she will bate one breath of her accustomed | than shee will bate one breath of her accustomed |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.3 | Upon the error that you heard debated; | Vpon the errour that you heard debated: |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.48 | I cannot be bated one doit of a thousand pieces. | I cannot be bated one doit of a thousand peeces. |
| Richard III | R3 V.v.35 | Abate the edge of traitors, gracious Lord, | Abate the edge of Traitors, Gracious Lord, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.120 | Abate thy valour in the acting it. | Abate thy valour in the acting it. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.135 | May well abate the overmerry spleen, | May well abate the ouer-merrie spleene, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.182 | That bate and beat and will not be obedient. | That baite, and beate, and will not be obedient: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.250.1 | To bate me a full year. | To bate me a full yeere. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.102 | Bate, I beseech you, widow Dido. | Bate (I beseech you) widdow Dido. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.86 | Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated | Of my Instruction, hast thou nothing bated |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.56.1 | Abates the ardour of my liver. | Abates the ardour of my Liuer. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.206 | You bate too much of your own merits. | You bate too much of your owne merits. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iii.27 | Who bates mine honour shall not know my coin. | Who bates mine Honor, shall not know my Coyne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.46 | That you withdraw you and abate your strength, | That you withdraw you, and abate your Strength, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.20 | These quarrels must be quietly debated. | These quarrels must be quietly debated, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.335 | If not Achilles? Though't be a sportful combat, | If not Achilles; though't be a sportfull Combate, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.13 | But falls into abatement and low price | But falles into abatement, and low price |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.220.1 | Keep the feast full, bate not an hour on't. | Keepe the feast full, bate not an howre on't. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.225 | Make no abatement. Once more, farewell all. | Make no abatement; once more farewell all. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.92 | she is in, which is with falsehoods to be combated. This | / She is in, which is with fasehoods to be combated. / This |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.60 | And would by combat make her good, so were I | And would by combate, make her good so, were I |