| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.25 | He was famous, sir, in his profession, and it | He was famous sir in his profession, and it |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.239 | Of his profession, that his good receipt | Of his profession, that his good receipt, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.83 | With one that in her sex, her years, profession, | With one, that in her sexe, her yeeres, profession, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.102.1 | In what he did profess, well found. | In what he did professe, well found. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.245 | rapes and ravishments he parallels Nessus. He professes | rapes and rauishments he paralels Nessus. Hee professes |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.20 | Whether dost thou profess thyself, a knave or a | Whether doest thou professe thy selfe, a knaue or a |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.387 | in love too. Yet I profess curing it by counsel. | in loue too: yet I professe curing it by counsel. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.21 | son; I therein would have found issue. Hear me profess | Sonne, I therein would haue found issue. Heare me professe |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.65 | abate her nothing, though I profess myself her | abate her nothing, though I professe my selfe her |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.53 | Profess myself the winner of her honour, | Professe my selfe the winner of her Honor, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.67 | Where, I confess, I slept not, but profess | (Where I confesse I slept not, but professe |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.6 | In my profession? Knighthoods and honours, borne | In my profession? Knighthoods, and Honors borne |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.31 | hold up Adam's profession. | hold vp Adams Profession. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.72 | do the profession some grace, that would, if matters | doe the Profession some grace; that would (if matters |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.91 | For I profess not talking. Only this – | For I professe not talking: Onely this, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.114 | For my profession's sacred from above. | For my Profession's sacred from aboue: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.20 | A man of thy profession and degree. | A man of thy Profession, and Degree. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.14 | Should reign among professors of one faith. | Should reigne among Professors of one Faith. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.84.2 | I do profess | I do professe |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.117 | Your high profession spiritual, that again | Your high profession Spirituall. That agen |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.115 | And all such false professors! Would you have me – | And all such false Professors. Would you haue me |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.157 | The way of our profession is against it. | The way of our Profession is against it; |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.167 | Those we profess, peace-makers, friends, and servants. | Those we professe, Peace-makers, Friends, and Seruants. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.44.1 | For I profess you have it. | For I professe you haue it. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.190.2 | I do profess | I do professe, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.5 | Of your profession? Speak, what trade art thou? | Of your Profession? Speake, what Trade art thou? |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.77 | That I profess myself in banqueting | That I professe my selfe in Banquetting |
| King Lear | KL I.i.72 | Only she comes too short, that I profess | Onely she comes too short, that I professe |
| King Lear | KL I.i.74 | Which the most precious square of sense possesses, | Which the most precious square of sense professes, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.272 | To your professed bosoms I commit him. | To your professed bosomes I commit him, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.11 | What dost thou profess? What wouldst thou with | What dost thou professe? What would'st thou with |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.13 | I do profess to be no less than I seem: to serve him | I do professe to be no lesse then I seeme; to serue him |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.128 | My oath, and my profession. I protest, | My oath, and my profession. I protest, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.17 | I had thought to have let in some of all professions that | I had thought to haue let in some of all Professions, that |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.49 | I conjure you, by that which you profess, | I coniure you, by that which you Professe, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.37 | The day almost itself professes yours, | The day almost it selfe professes yours, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.63 | plucked down in the suburbs, and now she professes a | pluckt downe in the Suborbs: and now shee professes a |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.226 | merry at anything which professed to make him rejoice: | merrie at anie thing which profest to make him reioice. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.232 | He professes to have received no sinister measure | He professes to haue receiued no sinister measure |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.97 | Professed the contrary. | Profest the contrarie. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.175 | saint whom I profess, I will plead against it with my life. | Saint whom I professe, I will plead against it with my life. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.2 | house of profession. One would think it were Mistress | house of profession: one would thinke it were Mistris |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.36 | fight, you go against the hair of your professions. Is it | fight, you goe against the haire of your professions: is it |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.3 | profess requital to a hair's breadth, not only, Mistress | professe requitall to a haires bredth, not onely Mist. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.164 | pass under the profession of fortune-telling. She works | passe vnder the profession of Fortune-telling. She workes |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.158 | me speak after my custom, as being a professed tyrant | me speake after my custome, as being a professed tyrant |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.61 | you professed apprehension? | you profest apprehension? |
| Othello | Oth I.i.55 | And such a one do I profess myself. | And such a one do I professe my selfe. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.186 | So much I challenge, that I may profess | So much I challenge, that I may professe |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.333 | and blind puppies. I have professed me thy friend, and | and blind Puppies. I haue profest me thy Friend, and |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.36 | worse. Neither is our profession any trade; it's no | worse, neither is our profession any trade, It's no |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.7 | profession, she has me her quirks, her reasons, her | profession, shee has me her quirks, her reasons, her |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.68 | How long have you been of this profession? | How long haue you bene of this profession? |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.133 | She makes our profession as it were to stink afore | He makes our profession as it were to stincke afore |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.177 | For what thou professest, a baboon, could he speak, | for what thou professest, a Baboone could he |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.51 | A sin-absolver, and my friend professed, | A Sin-Absoluer, and my Friend profest: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.19 | bear-herd, and now by present profession a tinker? Ask | Beare-heard, and now by present profession a Tinker. Aske |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.269 | And since you do profess to be a suitor, | And since you do professe to be a sutor, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.8 | I read that I profess, The Art to Love. | I reade, that I professe the Art to loue. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.240 | Professes to persuade – the King his son's alive, | Professes to perswade) the King his sonne's aliue, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.69 | And crown what I profess with kind event, | And crowne what I professe with kinde euent |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.428 | That you are thieves professed, that you work not | That you are Theeues profest: that you worke not |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.430 | In limited professions. Rascal thieves, | In limited Professions. Rascall Theeues |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.452 | 'Has almost charmed me from my profession, | Has almost charm'd me from my Profession, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.269 | professes not answering; speaking is for beggars; he | professes not answering; speaking is for beggers: he |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.55 | Your question's with your equal, who professes | Your question's with your equall, who professes |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.38 | Before the god of our profession; there | Before the god of our profession: There |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.456 | Professed to him, why, his revenges must | Profess'd to him: why his Reuenges must |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.53 | And I beseech you hear me, who professes | And I beseech you heare me, who professes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.96 | knavish professions, he settled only in rogue. Some call | knauish professions) he setled onely in Rogue: some call |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.366.1 | What you profess. | What you professe. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.536 | To what we wildly do, so we profess | To what we wildely do, so we professe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.678 | my profession. | my Profession. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.108 | Of all professors else, make proselytes | Of all Professors else; make Proselytes |