| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.141 | – that had the whole theoric of war in the knot of his | that had the whole theoricke of warre in the knot of his |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.314 | scarf; that has a knot on't yet. | scarfe, that has a knot on't yet. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.132 | With an unslipping knot, take Antony | With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.303 | With thy sharp teeth this knot intrinsicate | With thy sharpe teeth this knot intrinsicate, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.ii.32.1 | The noble knot he made. | The Noble knot he made. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.34 | As slippery as the Gordian knot was hard. | As slippery as the Gordian-knot was hard. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.118 | But brats and beggary – in self-figured knot, | But Brats and Beggery) in selfe-figur'd knot, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.18 | Thy knotted and combined locks to part, | Thy knotty and combined locks to part, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.223 | clay-brained guts, thou knotty-pated fool, thou whoreson, | Clay-brayn'd Guts, thou Knotty-pated Foole, thou Horson |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.16 | This churlish knot of all-abhorred war, | This churlish knot of all-abhorred Warre? |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.46 | The Gordian knot of it he will unloose, | The Gordian Knot of it he will vnloose, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.16 | And surer bind this knot of amity, | And surer binde this knot of amitie, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.55 | With nuptial knot, if thou vouchsafe to grant | With Nuptiall Knot, if thou vouchsafe to graunt |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.6 | Have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen | Haue riu'd the knottie Oakes, and I haue seene |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.117 | So often shall the knot of us be called | So often shall the knot of vs be call'd, |
| King John | KJ II.i.470 | For by this knot thou shalt so surely tie | For by this knot, thou shalt so surely tye |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.10 | Blanket my loins, elf all my hair in knots, | Blanket my loines, elfe all my haires in knots, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.240 | east from the west corner of thy curious-knotted garden. | East from the West corner of thy curious knotted garden; |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.27 | Those precious motives, those strong knots of love, | Those precious Motiues, those strong knots of Loue, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.46 | Trust me, a good knot. I have good cheer at home, | Trust me, a good knotte; I haue good cheere at home, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.68 | much. No, he shall not knit a knot in his fortunes with | much: no, hee shall not knit a knot in his fortunes, with |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.111 | you panderly rascals! There's a knot, a ging, a pack, a | you Panderly Rascals, there's a knot: a gin, a packe, a |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.329 | You minimus of hindering knot-grass made, | You minimus, of hindring knot-grasse made, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.61 | To knot and gender in! Turn thy complexion there, | To knot and gender in. Turne thy complexion there: |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.141 | Untied I still my virgin knot will keep. | Vntide I still my virgin knot will keepe. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.46 | Her knots disordered, and her wholesome herbs | Her Knots disorder'd, and her wholesome Hearbes |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.182 | His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries | His ancient Knot of dangerous Aduersaries |
| Richard III | R3 III.iii.5 | A knot you are of damned blood-suckers. | A Knot you are, of damned Blood-suckers. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.42 | And by that knot looks proudly on the crown, | And by that knot lookes proudly on the Crowne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.24 | I'll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning. | Ile haue this knot knit vp to morrow morning. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.58 | burst and new-repaired with knots; one girth six times | burst, and now repaired with knots: one girth sixe times |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.224.1 | His arms in this sad knot. | His armes in this sad knot. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.295 | And peg thee in his knotty entrails, till | And peg-thee in his knotty entrailes, till |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.15 | If thou dost break her virgin-knot before | If thou do'st breake her Virgin-knot, before |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.89 | You knot of mouth-friends! Smoke and lukewarm water | You knot of Mouth-Friends: Smoke, & lukewarm water |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.4 | Marcus, unknit that sorrow-wreathen knot. | Marcus vnknit that sorrow-wreathen knot: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.7 | As knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, | As knots by the conflux of meeting sap, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.50 | Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks, | Makes flexible the knees of knotted Oakes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.316 | Blunt wedges rive hard knots; the seeded pride | Blunt wedges riue hard knots: the seeded Pride |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.160 | And with another knot, five-finger-tied, | And with another knot fiue finger tied, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.33 | Let grow thy sinews till their knots be strong, | Let grow thy Sinews till their knots be strong; |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.ii.41 | It is too hard a knot for me t' untie. | It is too hard a knot for me t'vnty. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.46 | With twenty odd-conceited true-love knots – | With twentie od-conceited true-loue knots: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.41 | Yet fate hath brought them off. Their knot of love, | Yet fate hath brought them off: Their knot of love |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.112 | The gout had knit his fingers into knots, | The Gout had knit his fingers into knots, |