| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.178 | If it be not, forswear't; howe'er, I charge thee, | If it be not, forsweare't how ere I charge thee, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.398 | him, then forswear him; now weep for him, then spit | him, then forswear him: now weepe for him, then spit |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.401 | forswear the full stream of the world and to live in a | forsweare the ful stream of ye world, and to liue in a |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.55 | to swear and to forswear, according as marriage | to sweare, and to forsweare, according as mariage |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.25 | Who heard me to deny it or forswear it? | Who heard me to denie it or forsweare it? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.183 | he fight longer than he sees reason, I'll forswear arms. | he fight longer then he sees reason, Ile forswear Armes. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.38 | By now forswearing that he is forsworn. | By now forswearing that he is forsworne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.199 | Here's a goodly tumult! I'll forswear keeping | Here's a goodly tumult: Ile forsweare keeping |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.121 | principle I would teach them should be to forswear | Principle I would teach them, should be to forsweare |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iv.21 | swinged I'll forswear half-kirtles. | swing'd, Ile forsweare halfe Kirtles. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.75 | Ay, but thou usest to forswear thyself, | I, but thou vsest to forsweare thy selfe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.331 | Then fools you were these women to forswear, | Then fooles you were these women to forsweare: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.410 | I do forswear them; and I here protest | I do forsweare them, and I heere protest, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.440 | Your oath once broke, you force not to forswear. | your oath once broke, you force not to forsweare. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.157 | do you little harm; you'll forswear this again. | doe you little harme: You'll for-sweare this againe? |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.169 | Yes, marry, did I, but I was fain to forswear it. | Yes marrie did I; but I was faine to forswear it, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.240 | As waggish boys in game themselves forswear, | As waggish boyes in game themselues forsweare; |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.158 | Comfort forswear me! Unkindness may do much, | Comfort forsweare me. Vnkindnesse may do much, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.210 | All pomp and majesty I do forswear. | All Pompe and Maiestie I doe forsweare: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.205 | For false forswearing and for murder too: | For false Forswearing, and for murther too: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.52 | Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! | Did my heart loue till now, forsweare it sight, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.26 | Forswear Bianca and her love for ever. | Forsweare Bianca, and her loue for euer. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.29 | Never to woo her more, but do forswear her, | Neuer to woo her more, but do forsweare her |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.100 | him, forswear him, or else we are all undone. | him, forsweare him, or else we are all vndone. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.134 | Enough to make a whore forswear her trade, | Enough to make a Whore forsweare her Trade, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.130 | Accuse some innocent and forswear myself, | Accuse some Innocent, and forsweare myselfe, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.85 | An I thought that, I'd forswear it. I'll ride | And I thought that, I'de forsweare it. Ile ride |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.246 | or forswear to wear iron about you. | or forsweare to weare iron about you. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.2 | Forswear not thyself, sweet youth, for I am not | Forsweare not thy selfe, sweet youth, for I am not |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.6 | Love bade me swear, and Love bids me forswear. | Loue bad mee sweare, and Loue bids me for-sweare; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.361 | Let villainy itself forswear't. I must | Let Villanie it selfe forswear't. I must |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.199 | Forswear themselves as often as they speak; | Forsweare themselues as often as they speake: |