| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.205 | instruction shall serve to naturalize thee, so thou wilt be | instruction shall serue to naturalize thee, so thou wilt be |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.37 | Instruct my daughter how she shall persever | Instruct my daughter how she shall perseuer, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.263 | to instruct for the doubling of files. I would do the | to instruct for the doubling of files. I would doe the |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iv.27 | Under my poor instructions yet must suffer | Vnder my poore instructions yet must suffer |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.7 | I have fled myself, and have instructed cowards | I haue fled my selfe, and haue instructed cowards |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.98 | Have by their brave instruction got upon me | Haue by their braue instruction got vpon me |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.54 | Of thy intents desires instruction, | Of thy intents, desires, instruction, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.100 | Did see and hear, devise, instruct, walk, feel, | Did see, and heare, deuise, instruct, walke, feele, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.22 | Their noise be our instruction. Ladders, ho! | Their noise be our instruction. Ladders hoa. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.53 | To th' people, not by your own instruction, | to th' people: / Not by your owne instruction, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.47 | She will not quench, and let instructions enter | She will not quench, and let instructions enter |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.3 | Instructs you how t' adore the heavens; and bows you | Instructs you how t'adore the Heauens; and bowes you |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.360 | He'll then instruct us of this body. Young one, | Hee'l then instruct vs of this body: Young one, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.202 | She well instructs me. | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.83 | Instruct us, boy! What dream, boy? | Instruct vs Boy: what dreame, Boy? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.134 | What, shall a child instruct you what to do? | What, shall a Child instruct you what to doe? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.159 | Than I am able to instruct or teach; | Then I am able to instruct or teach: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.113 | That he may furnish and instruct great teachers, | That he may furnish and instruct great Teachers, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.149 | Th' occasion shall instruct you. If entreaties | Th'occasion shall instruct you. If intreaties |
| King John | KJ III.i.68 | I will instruct my sorrows to be proud, | I will instruct my sorrowes to bee proud, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.30 | As this instructs thee, thou dost make thy way | As this instructs thee, thou dost make thy way |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.78 | shall want no instruction; if their daughters be capable, | shall want no instruction: If their Daughters be capable, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.9 | Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return | Bloody Instructions, which being taught, returne |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.80 | I am not yet instructed. | I am not yet instructed. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iii.46 | Supply me with the habit, and instruct | Supply me with the habit, and instruct me |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.38 | And I am going with instruction to him. | And I am going with instruction to him: |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.30 | Correction and instruction must both work | Correction, and Instruction must both worke |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.114 | and that instructed him to mercy. | and that instructed him to mercie. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.235 | himself, by the instruction of his frailty, many deceiving | himselfe (by the instruction of his frailty) manie deceyuing |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.16 | I would be glad to receive some instruction from my | I would bee glad to receiue some instruction from my |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.51 | Come, on, bawd. I will instruct thee in my | Come on (Bawd) I will instruct thee in my |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.166 | instructions may be your guide. Let this Barnardine be | instructions may be your guide, / Let this Barnardine be |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.v.3 | The matter being afoot, keep your instruction, | The matter being a foote, keepe your instruction |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.15 | his own instructions. I can easier teach twenty what were | his owne instructions; I can easier teach twentie what were |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.66 | shall go hard but I will better the instruction. | shall goe hard but I will better the instruction. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.215 | Lay thy finger thus, and let thy soul be instructed. | Lay thy finger thus: and let thy soule be instructed. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.227 | abhor the Moor. Very nature will instruct her in it and | abhorre the Moore, very Nature wil instruct her in it, and |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.41 | instruction. It is not words that shake me thus! Pish! | Iustruction. It is not words that shakes me thus, (pish) |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.102 | The ills we do, their ills instruct us so. | The illes we do, their illes instruct vs so. |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.50 | your money presently. Wife, take her in. Instruct her | your money presenly, wife take her in, instruct her |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.128 | Anon I'll give thee more instructions. | Anon Ile giue thee more instructions. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.95 | Fit to instruct her youth. If you, Hortensio, | Fit to instruct her youth. If you Hortensio, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.184 | To get her cunning schoolmasters to instruct her? | To get her cunning Schoolemasters to instruct her. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.132 | Well seen in music, to instruct Bianca, | Well seene in Musicke, to instruct Bianca, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.171 | A fine musician to instruct our mistress. | A fine Musitian to instruct our Mistris, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.57 | To instruct her fully in those sciences, | To instruct her fully in those sciences, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.120 | In all these circumstances I'll instruct you. | In all these circumstances Ile instruct you, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.425 | And that you will some good instruction give | And that you will some good instruction giue |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.227.1 | Hereditary sloth instructs me. | Hereditary Sloth instructs me. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.166 | Show thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how | show thee a Iayes nest, and instruct thee how |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.86 | Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated | Of my Instruction, hast thou nothing bated |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.137 | Our own precedent passions do instruct us | Our owne precedent passions do instruct vs |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.18 | Instruction, manners, mysteries, and trades, | Instruction, Manners, Mysteries, and Trades, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.98 | Indeed, I was their tutor to instruct them. | Indeede, I was their Tutor to instruct them, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.248 | Instructed by the antiquary times; | Instructed by the Antiquary times: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.vii.17 | bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind, | Bastard begot, Bastard instructed, Bastard in minde, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.123 | T' instruct me 'gainst a capital grief, indeed | T'instruct me gainst a Capitall greefe indeed |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.57 | Youngest follower of thy drum, instruct this day | Yongest follower of thy Drom, instruct this day |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.20 | instructs me and as mine honesty puts it to utterance. | instructs me, and as mine honestie puts it to vtterance. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.114 | Shall best instruct you measure me; and so | Shall best instruct you, measure me; and so |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.185 | Some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravens | Some powerfull Spirit instruct the Kytes and Rauens |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.579 | She lacks instructions, for she seems a mistress | She lacks Instructions, for she seemes a Mistresse |