| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.40 | Exception bid him speak, and at this time | Exception bid him speake: and at this time |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.261 | soldiership I know not, except in that country he had | souldiership I know not, except in that Country, he had |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.93 | dinners and suppers and sleeping-hours excepted: it is | dinners, and suppers, and sleeping hours excepted: it is |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.195 | Exeunt all except Rosalind | Exit |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.55 | To none of these except it be the last, | To none of these, except it be the last, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.81 | Except she bend her humour, shall be assured | Except she bend her humor, shall be assur'd |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.216 | will not more willingly part withal – except my life, | will more willingly part withall, except my life, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.217 | except my life, except my life. | my life. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.224 | What I have done | What I haue done / That might your nature honour, and exception |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.225 | That might your nature, honour, and exception | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.77 | But with proviso and exception, | But with Prouiso and Exception, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.91 | Exeunt all except King Henry IV and Prince Henry | Exit. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.34 | How modest in exception, and withal | How modest in exception; and withall, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.23 | 'Tis positive 'gainst all exceptions, lords, | 'Tis positiue against all exceptions, Lords, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.10 | Except, O signieur, thou do give to me | except O Signieur thou doe giue to me |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.43 | Except it be to pray against thy foes. | Except it be to pray against thy foes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.91 | Except some petty towns of no import. | Except some petty Townes, of no import. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.111 | Mourn not, except thou sorrow for my good; | Mourne not, except thou sorrow for my good, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.34 | More than I do, except I be provoked? | More then I doe? except I be prouok'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.114 | Except you mean with obstinate repulse | Except you meane with obstinate repulse |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.118 | Then be at peace, except ye thirst for blood. | Then be at peace, except ye thirst for blood. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.105 | And he first took exceptions at this badge, | And he first tooke exceptions at this badge, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.191 | Excepting none but good Duke Humphrey; | Excepting none but good Duke Humfrey. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.267 | Not resolute, except so much were done; | Not resolute, except so much were done, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.9 | Except a sword or sceptre balance it. | Except a Sword or Scepter ballance it. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.46 | But you will take exceptions to my boon. | But you will take exceptions to my Boone. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.47 | No, gracious lord, except I cannot do it. | No, gracious Lord, except I cannot doe it. |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.60 | Except immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus, | (Except immortall Casar) speaking of Brutus, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.281 | Is it excepted I should know no secrets | Is it excepted, I should know no Secrets |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.ii.52 | Exeunt all except Brutus and Cassius | Exeunt / Manet Brutus and Cassius |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.25 | Except he be descended of the male; | Except he be discended ofthe male, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.29 | Except your highness presently descend. | Except your highnes presently descend. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.73 | Except, within these two days, six of them, | Except within these two daies sixe of them |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.10 | No, good my lord, except the same be just; | No good my Lord except the same be iust, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.2 | Copland, except he can excuse his fault, | Copland, except he can excuse his fault, |
| King John | KJ I.i.73 | I know not why, except to get the land – | I know not why, except to get the land: |
| King John | KJ II.i.489 | Except this city now by us besieged – | (Except this Cittie now by vs besiedg'd) |
| King Lear | KL I.v.47 | Exeunt all except the Fool | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.108.2 | Exeunt all except Boyet, Rosaline, Maria, and Costard | Exeunt. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.40 | Except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds | Except they meant to bathe in reeking Wounds, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.12 | Except to steal your thoughts, my gentle queen. | Except to steale your thoughts my gentle Queene. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.182 | Exeunt all except Slender | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.117 | am loved of all ladies, only you excepted; and I would | am loued of all Ladies, onely you excepted: and I would |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.151 | Exeunt all except Benedick and Claudio | Exeunt. Manet Benedicke and Claudio. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.140 | Exeunt all dancing, except Don John, Borachio, and Claudio | Exeunt. Musicke for the dance. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.93 | Always excepted my dear Claudio. | Alwaies excepted, my deare Claudio. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.29 | Marry, sir, our watch tonight, excepting your | Marry sir our watch to night, excepting your |
| Othello | Oth II.i.206 | Exeunt all except Iago and Roderigo | Exit Othello and Desdemona. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.207 | against me a most just exception; but yet I protest I have | against me a most iust exception: but yet I protest I haue |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.72 | Which fear, not reverence, makes thee to except. | Which feare, not reuerence makes thee to except. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.44 | Except the Marshal and such officers | Except the Marshall, and such Officers |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.6 | Faith, none for me, except the north-east wind, | Faith none for me: except the Northeast wind |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.138 | Except like curs to tear us all to pieces. | Except like Curres, to teare vs all in peeces: |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.31 | Excepting one, I would he were the best | Excepting one, I would he were the best |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.319.1 | Exeunt all except the Abbot of Westminster, | Exeunt. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.99 | He that doth naught with her, excepting one, | I tell thee Fellow, he that doth naught with her / (Excepting one) |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.244 | Richard except, those whom we fight against | ( Richard except) those whom we fight against, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.95.1 | Exeunt all except the Nurse, casting | Exeunt |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.88 | I cannot tell, except they are busied about a | I cannot tell, expect they are busied about a |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.194 | All sleep except Alonso, Sebastian, and Antonio | |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.498 | Forgive my general and exceptless rashness, | Forgiue my generall, and exceptlesse rashnesse |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.4 | o' nights. Your cousin, my lady, takes great exceptions to | a nights: your Cosin, my Lady, takes great exceptions to |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.6 | Why, let her except before excepted. | Why let her except, before excepted. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.120 | Except mine own name. That some whirlwind bear | Except mine own name: That, some whirle-winde beare |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.81 | Lest he should take exceptions to my love, | Least he should take exceptions to my loue, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.83 | Hath he excepted most against my love. | Hath he excepted most against my loue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.149 | She gave me none, except an angry word. | She gaue me none, except an angry word. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.138 | Now no discourse, except it be of love; | Now, no discourse, except it be of loue: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.152.1 | Except my mistress. | Except my Mistresse. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.152.2 | Sweet, except not any, | Sweet: except not any, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.153 | Except thou wilt except against my love. | Except thou wilt except against my Loue. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.178 | Except I be by Silvia in the night, | Except I be by Siluia in the night, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.ii.3 | And yet she takes exceptions at your person. | And yet she takes exceptions at your person. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.40 | All go out except Emilia and her attendants | Exeunt Theseus, Hipolita, Perithous, &c. |