| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.54 | Thither we bend again. | Thither we bend againe. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.4 | Have glowed like plated Mars, now bend, now turn | Haue glow'd like plated Mars: / Now bend, now turne |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.213 | And made their bends adornings. At the helm | And made their bends adornings. At the Helme. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.12 | Tawny-finned fishes. My bended hook shall pierce | Tawny fine fishes, my bended hooke shall pierce |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.73 | Thy master thus: with pleached arms, bending down | Thy Master thus with pleacht Armes, bending downe |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.118 | And therefore homeward did they bend their course. | And therefore homeward did they bend their course. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.257 | Upon him as he passed. The nobles bended | Vpon him as he pass'd: the Nobles bended |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.119 | Who bowed but in my stirrup, bend like his | Who bow'd but in my Stirrop, bend like his |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.81 | Except she bend her humour, shall be assured | Except she bend her humor, shall be assur'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.61 | Whose boughs did bend with fruit. But in one night, | Whose boughes did bend with fruit. But in one night, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.55 | My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France | My thoughts and wishes bend againe towards France, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.115 | And, we beseech you, bend you to remain | And we beseech you, bend you to remaine |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.100 | And to the last bended their light on me. | And to the last, bended their light on me. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.118 | That you do bend your eye on vacancy, | That you bend your eye on vacancie, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.44 | Why dost thou bend thine eyes upon the earth, | Why dost thou bend thine eyes vpon the earth? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.36 | Towards York shall bend you with your dearest speed | Towards Yorke shall bend you, with your deerest speed |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.44 | And bending forward struck his armed heels | And bending forwards strooke his able heeles |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.149 | Teacheth this prostrate and exterior bending. | Teacheth this prostrate, and exteriour bending. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.225 | France being ours, we'll bend it to our awe, | France being ours, wee'l bend it to our Awe, |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.16 | Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit | Hold hard the Breath, and bend vp euery Spirit |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.248 | Will it give place to flexure and low bending? | Will it giue place to flexure and low bending? |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.18 | His bruised helmet and his bended sword | His bruised Helmet, and his bended Sword |
| Henry V | H5 Epil.chorus.2 | Our bending author hath pursued the story, | Our bending Author hath pursu'd the Story, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.61 | I'll either make thee stoop and bend thy knee | Ile either make thee stoope, and bend thy knee, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.34 | See how the ugly witch doth bend her brows | See how the vgly Witch doth bend her browes, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.10 | And humbly now upon my bended knee, | And humbly now vpon my bended knee, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.173 | For shame! In duty bend thy knee to me, | For shame in dutie bend thy knee to me, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.33 | O Warwick, I do bend my knee with thine; | Oh Warwicke, I do bend my knee with thine, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.18 | No bending knee will call thee Caesar now, | No bending knee will call thee Casar now, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.58 | And, lords, towards Coventry bend we our course, | And Lords, towards Couentry bend we our course, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.22 | Speak gentle words, and humbly bend thy knee, | Speake gentle words, and humbly bend thy Knee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.87 | To bend the fatal instruments of war | To bend the fatall Instruments of Warre |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.117 | A wretched creature, and must bend his body | A wretched Creature, and must bend his body, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.123 | And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world | And that same Eye, whose bend doth awe the World, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.45 | If thou dost bend and pray and fawn for him, | If thou doest bend, and pray, and fawne for him, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.168 | Bending their expedition toward Philippi. | Bending their Expedition toward Philippi. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.74 | But how? Not servilely disposed to bend, | But how? not seruilely disposd to bend, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.87 | But to his person I will bend my knee. | But to his person I will bend my knee. |
| King John | KJ II.i.379 | Be friends awhile, and both conjointly bend | Be friends a-while, and both conioyntly bend |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.51 | Bend their best studies – heartily request | Bend their best studies, heartily request |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.90 | Why do you bend such solemn brows on me? | Why do you bend such solemne browes on me? |
| King Lear | KL II.i.45 | 'Gainst parricides did all the thunder bend, | 'Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.107 | When that which makes me bend makes the King bow – | |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.72 | There is a cliff whose high and bending head | There is a Cliffe, whose high and bending head |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.74 | Opposed against the act, bending his sword | Oppos'd against the act: bending his Sword |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.33 | We bend to that the working of the heart; | We bend to that, the working of the hart. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.79.2 | I am settled; and bend up | I am settled, and bend vp |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.45 | You do unbend your noble strength, to think | You doe vnbend your Noble strength, to thinke |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.40 | Both thanks and use. But I do bend my speech | Both thanks, and vse; but I do bend my speech |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.147 | Die, perish. Might but my bending down | Die, perish: Might but my bending downe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.120 | Shall I bend low, and in a bondman's key, | Shall I bend low, and in a bond-mans key |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.72 | Buckled below fair knighthood's bending knee. | Buckled below faire Knight-hoods bending knee; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.39 | Yet bend not all the harm upon yourself; | Yet bend not all the harme vpon your selfe, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.264 | I would bend under any heavy weight | I would bend vnder anie heauie waight, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.233 | Most humbly, therefore, bending to your state, | Most humbly therefore bending to your State, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.5 | Now to Marina bend your mind, | Now to Marina bend your mind, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.30 | Will to my sense bend no licentious ear, | will to my sense bende no licentious eare, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.170 | Or bend one wrinkle on my sovereign's face. | Or bend one wrinckle on my Soueraignes face: |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.116 | Thy very beadsmen learn to bend their bows | Thy very Beads-men learne to bend their Bowes |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.73 | To watch the fearful bending of thy knee | To watch the fearefull bending of thy knee, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.32 | Give some supportance to the bending twigs. | Giue some supportance to the bending twigges. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.165 | To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my knee. | To insinuate, flatter, bowe, and bend my Knee. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.96 | Unto my mother's prayers I bend my knee. | Vnto my mothers prayres, I bend my knee. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.97 | Against them both my true joints bended be. | Against them both, my true ioynts bended be. |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.95 | The which thou once didst bend against her breast, | The which, thou once didd'st bend against her brest, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.95 | Where be the bending peers that flattered thee? | Where be the bending Peeres that flattered thee? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.v.17 | And towards London do they bend their power, | And towards London do they bend their power, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.176 | Bend thoughts and wits to achieve her. Thus it stands: | Bend thoughts and wits to atcheeue her. Thus it stands: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.114 | Subject his coronet to his crown, and bend | Subiect his Coronet, to his Crowne and bend |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.174 | For kissing of their feet; yet always bending | For kissing of their feete; yet alwaies bending |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.236 | As bending angels, that's their fame in peace; | As bending Angels: that's their Fame, in peace: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.380 | His crest that prouder than blue Iris bends. | His Crest, that prouder then blew Iris bends. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.71 | They pass by strangely. They were used to bend, | They passe by strangely: they were vs'd to bend |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.138 | To our own selves bend we our needful talk. | To our owne selues bend we our needefull talke. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.229 | But neither bended knees, pure hands held up, | But neither bended knees, pure hands held vp, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.229 | Thou being but mortal makest affections bend | Thou being but mortall makest affections bend |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.30.2.1 | he bends his fist at Arcite | bends his fist at Arcite. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.48 | And bend your spirits towards him. | And bend your spirits towards him. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.164 | Who for Bohemia bend, to signify | Who for Bohemia bend, to signifie |