| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.32 | He had the wit which I can well observe | He had the wit, which I can well obserue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.131 | Her eye is sick on't; I observe her now. | Her eie is sicke on't, I obserue her now. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.45 | to him I live, and observe his reports for me. | to him I liue, and obserue his reports for me. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.201 | Here is my hand; the premises observed, | Heere is my hand, the premises obseru'd, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.34 | Observe how Antony becomes his flaw, | Obserue how Anthony becomes his flaw, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.8 | Enter Rosalind, Celia, and Corin, unobserved | Enter Rosalind, Celia, and Corin. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.258 | With their refusal, both observe and answer | With their refusall, both obserue and answer |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.71 | Observe his inclination in yourself. | Obserue his inclination in your selfe. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.594 | Before mine uncle. I'll observe his looks. | Before mine Vnkle. Ile obserue his lookes, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.155 | Th' observed of all observers, quite, quite down! | Th'obseru'd of all Obseruers, quite, quite downe. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.90 | Observe my uncle. If his occulted guilt | Obserue mine Vnkle: If his occulted guilt, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.78 | The which observed, a man may prophesy, | The which obseru'd, a man may prophecie |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.30 | For he is gracious, if he be observed; | For hee is gracious, if hee be obseru'd: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.36 | His temper therefore must be well observed. | His temper therefore must be well obseru'd: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.49 | I shall observe him with all care and love. | I shall obserue him with all care, and loue. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.121 | The people fear me, for they do observe | The people feare me: for they doe obserue |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.28 | As young as I am, I have observed these three | As young as I am, I haue obseru'd these three |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.4 | Can you not see? Or will ye not observe | Can you not see? or will ye not obserue |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.75.2 | Observe, observe, he's moody. | Obserue, obserue, hee's moody. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.10 | next two, who observe the same order in their changes, | next two, who obserue the same order in their Changes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.13 | likewise observe the same order. At which, as it were | likewise obserue the same Order. At which (as it were |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.32 | Brutus, I do observe you now of late: | Brutus, I do obserue you now of late: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.201 | He is a great observer, and he looks | He is a great Obseruer, and he lookes |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.45 | Must I observe you? Must I stand and crouch | Must I obserue you? Must I stand and crouch |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.96 | Checked like a bondman; all his faults observed, | Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obseru'd, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.41 | Am as a kneeling vassal, that observes | Am as a kneeling vassaile that obserues, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.137 | I heard your guilty rhymes, observed your fashion, | I heard your guilty Rimes, obseru'd your fashion: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.63 | And wait the season, and observe the times, | And wait the season, and obserue the times, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.9 | Where they most breed and haunt I have observed | Where they must breed, and haunt: I haue obseru'd |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.20 | upon my life, fast asleep. Observe her; stand close. | vp-on my life fast asleepe: obserue her, stand close. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.28 | That to th' observer doth thy history | That to th' obseruer, doth thy history |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.9 | I am enjoined by oath to observe three things: | I am enioynd by oath to obserue three things; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.131 | No doubt they rose up early to observe | No doubt they rose vp early, to obserue |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.195 | Look to your wife; observe her well with Cassio. | Looke to your wife, obserue her well with Cassio, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.238 | Set on thy wife to observe. Leave me, Iago. | Set on thy wife to obserue. / Leaue me Iago. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.280 | What I have seen and known. You shall observe him, | What I haue seene, and knowne. You shall obserue him, |
| Pericles | Per III.i.52 | still observed, and we are strong in custom. Therefore | still obserued. And we are strong in easterne, therefore |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.1 | We did observe. Cousin Aumerle, | We did obserue. Cosine Anmerle, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.24 | Observed his courtship to the common people, | Obseru'd his Courtship to the common people: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.109 | Such as he hath observed in noble ladies | Such as he hath obseru'd in noble Ladies |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.33 | I come to observe, I give thee warning on't. | I come to obserue, I giue thee warning on't. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.34 | I have observed thee always for a towardly | I haue obserued thee alwayes for a towardlie |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.64.1 | Do you observe this, Hostilius? | Do you obserue this Hostilius? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.18 | I'll show you how t' observe a strange event. | Ile shew you how t'obserue a strange euent: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.213 | And let his very breath whom thou'lt observe | And let his very breath whom thou'lt obserue |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.77 | Which I have seen thee careful to observe, | Which I haue seene thee carefull to obserue: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.86 | Observe degree, priority, and place, | Obserue degree, priority, and place, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.167 | make a third, where he shall find the letter. Observe his | make a third, where he shall finde the Letter: obserue his |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.18 | Observe him, for the love of mockery, for I know this | obserue him for the loue of Mockerie: for I know this |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.60 | He must observe their mood on whom he jests, | He must obserue their mood on whom he iests, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.42 | Hast thou observed that? Even she I mean. | Hast thou obseru'd that? euen she I meane. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.33 | To these so differing twins. Have you observed him | To these so diffring Twyns; have you observ'd him, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.35 | This bright young virgin; pray observe her goodness. | This bright yong Virgin; pray observe her goodnesse; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.13.1 | You should observe her every way. | You should observe her ev'ry way. |