| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.50 | So in approof lives not his epitaph | So in approofe liues not his Epitaph, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.2 | Yes, my lord, and of very valiant approof. | Yes my Lord and of verie valiant approofe. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.121 | My forepast proofs, howe'er the matter fall, | My fore-past proofes, how ere the matter fall |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.199.1 | That ring's a thousand proofs. | That Ring's a thousand proofes. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.126 | If Cleopatra heard you, your reproof | if Cleopater heard you, your proofe |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.27 | Shall pass on thy approof. Most noble Antony, | Shall passe on thy approofe: most Noble Anthony, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.viii.15 | Through proof of harness to my heart, and there | Through proofe of Harnesse to my heart, and there |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.162 | your years. You have seen cruel proof of this man's | your yeares: you haue seene cruell proofe of this mans |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.76 | true: this is called the Reproof Valiant. If again ‘ it was | true: this is call'd the reproofe valiant. If againe, it was |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.91 | fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck | fourth, the Reproofe valiant: the fift, the Counterchecke |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.90 | She did betray me to my own reproof. | She did betray me to my owne reproofe, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.25 | With hearts more proof than shields. Advance, brave Titus. | With hearts more proofe then Shields. / Aduance braue Titus, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.32 | reproof and rebuke from every ear that heard it. | reproofe and rebuke from euery Eare that heard it. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.70 | By history, report, or his own proof, | By History, Report, or his owne proofe |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.77.2 | Let proof speak. | Let proofe speake. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.27 | Out of your proof you speak: we poor unfledged, | Out of your proofe you speak: we poore vnfledg'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.24 | but from proof as strong as my grief, and as certain | but from proofe as strong as my greefe, and as certaine |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.5 | Stepped before targes of proof, cannot be found: | Stept before Targes of proofe, cannot be found: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.200 | That I returned with simular proof enough | That I return'd with simular proofe enough, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.488 | On Mars's armour, forged for proof eterne, | On Mars his Armours, forg'd for proofe Eterne, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.115 | proof. I did love you once. | proofe. I did loue you once. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.179 | Now what my love is, proof hath made you know, | Now what my loue is, proofe hath made you know, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.39 | That it be proof and bulwark against sense. | That it is proofe and bulwarke against Sense. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.111 | And that I see, in passages of proof, | And that I see in passages of proofe, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.153 | If this should blast in proof. Soft, let me see. | If this should blast in proofe: Soft, let me see |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.33 | moon. As for proof? Now, a purse of gold most resolutely | Moone: as for proofe. Now a Purse of Gold most resolutely |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.188 | reproof of this lives the jest. | reproofe of this, lyes the iest. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.67 | Well, we leave that to the proof. | Wee'l leaue that to the proofe. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.169 | Without the taste of danger and reproof. | Without the taste of danger, and reproofe: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.23 | As, in reproof of many tales devised, | As in reproofe of many Tales deuis'd, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.54 | To gentle exercise and proof of arms. | To gentle exercise, and proofe of Armes. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.112 | She is pistol-proof, sir; you shall not hardly | She is Pistoll-proofe (Sir) you shall hardly |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.114 | Come, I'll drink no proofs, nor no bullets. I'll | Come, Ile drinke no Proofes, nor no Bullets: I will |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.90 | proof, for thin drink doth so overcool their blood, and | proofe: for thinne Drinke doth so ouer-coole their blood, |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.18 | Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof! – | Whose blood is fet from Fathers of Warre-proofe: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.198 | Your reproof is something too round. I | Your reproofe is something too round, I |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.94 | Only this proof I'll of thy valour make: | Onely this proofe Ile of thy Valour make, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.68 | Call we to mind, and mark but this for proof: | Call we to minde, and marke but this for proofe: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.46 | In argument and proof of which contract, | In argument and proofe of which contract, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.8 | This speedy and quick appearance argues proof | This speedy and quicke appearance argues proofe |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.57 | proof. | proofe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.154 | And proofs as clear as founts in July when | And proofes as cleere as Founts in Iuly, when |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.197 | He shall appear in proof. | He shall appeare in proofe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.16 | Urged on the examinations, proofs, confessions, | Vrg'd on the Examinations, proofes, confessions |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.21 | More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof, | More then his Reason. But 'tis a common proofe, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.299 | I have made strong proof of my constancy, | I haue made strong proofe of my Constancie, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.49 | The proof of it will turn to redder drops. | The proofe of it will turne to redder drops: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.221 | Employ me how thou wilt in proof thereof. | Inploy me how thou wilt in prose therof, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.293 | With reason and reproof fond love away. | With reason and reproofe fond loue a waie. |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.13 | The country gives me proof and precedent | The Country giues me proofe, and president |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.111 | In thy just proof repeals and reconciles thee. | |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.105 | ague-proof. | Agu-proofe. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.186 | A troop of horse with felt. I'll put 't in proof; | A Troope of Horse with Felt: Ile put't in proofe, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.510 | We are shame-proof, my lord; and 'tis some policy | We are shame-proofe my Lord: and 'tis some policie, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.ii.56 | Till that Bellona's bridegroom, lapped in proof, | Till that Bellona's Bridegroome, lapt in proofe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.174 | Either of condemnation or approof, | Either of condemnation, or approofe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.258 | benefit defends the deceit from reproof. What think you | benefit defends the deceit from reproofe. What thinke you |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.28 | Nay, if the devil have given thee proofs for sin, | Nay, if the diuell haue giuen thee proofs for sin |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.39 | Proof? | Proofe. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.134 | Angelo, came not to an undoubtful proof. | Angelo, came not to an vndoubtfull proofe. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.144 | I oft found both. I urge this childhood proof | I oft found both. I vrge this child-hoode proofe, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.55 | well-behaved reproof to all uncomeliness that I would | wel-behaued reproofe to al vncomelinesse, that I would |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.182 | with a reproof the easier, sith you yourself know how | with a reproofe the easier, sith you your selfe know how |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.98 | We'll leave a proof, by that which we will do, | We'll leaue a proofe by that which we will doo, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.120 | Ay, and an ox too. Both the proofs are extant. | I, and an Oxe too: both the proofes are extant. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.166 | This is an accident of hourly proof, | This is an accident of hourely proofe, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.24 | What proof shall I make of that? | What proofe shall I make of that? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.25 | Proof enough to misuse the Prince, to vex | Proofe enough, to misuse the Prince, to vexe |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.165 | tender a body, we have ten proofs to one that blood | tender a body, we haue ten proofes to one, that bloud |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.43 | Dear my lord, if you, in your own proof, | Deere my Lord, if you in your owne proofe, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.105 | But what was true and very full of proof. | But what was true, and very full of proofe. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.122 | are high-proof melancholy, and would fain have it | are high proofe melancholly, and would faine haue it |
| Othello | Oth I.i.28 | And I, of whom his eyes had seen the proof | And I (of whom his eies had seene the proofe |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.106.2 | To vouch this is no proof, | To vouch this, is no proofe, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.189 | And on the proof, there is no more but this: | And on the proofe, there is no more but this, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.194 | Receive it from me. I speak not yet of proof. | Receiue it from me. I speake not yet of proofe: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.321 | As proofs of holy writ. This may do something. | As proofes of holy Writ. This may do something. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.357 | Be sure of it: give me the ocular proof, | Be sure of it: Giue me the Occular proofe, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.383 | I'll have some proof. Her name that was as fresh | Ile haue some proofe. My name that was as fresh |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.427 | And this may help to thicken other proofs | And this may helpe to thicken other proofes, |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.438 | It speaks against her with the other proofs. | It speakes against her with the other proofes. |
| Othello | Oth V.i.26.1 | I will make proof of thine. | I will make proofe of thine. |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.42 | Whereas reproof, obedient and in order, | Glowing, whereas reproofe obedient and in order, |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.19 | It shall no longer grieve without reproof. | It shall no longer grieue, without reprofe. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.73 | Add proof unto mine armour with thy prayers, | Adde proofe vnto mine Armour with thy prayres, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.70 | In proof whereof, there is my honour's pawn. | In proofe whereof, there is mine Honors pawne, |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.43 | Ensuing danger; as by proof we see | Pursuing danger: as by proofe we see |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.141 | Or bitterly to speak in your reproof | Or bitterly to speake in your reproofe, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.159 | That cannot brook the accent of reproof. | That cannot brooke the accent of reproofe. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.220 | Armed in proof and led by shallow Richmond. | Armed in proofe, and led by shallow Richmond. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.170 | Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof! | Should be so tyrannous and rough in proofe. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.210 | And, in strong proof of chastity well armed, | And in strong proofe of chastity well arm'd: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.73 | And I am proof against their enmity. | And I am proofe against their enmity. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.140 | Ay, to the proof, as mountains are for winds, | I to the proofe, as Mountaines are for windes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.43 | And all my pains is sorted to no proof. | And all my paines is sorted to no proofe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.162 | And set me on the proof. So the gods bless me, | And set me on the proofe. So the Gods blesse me, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.125 | Whose proof nor yells of mothers, maids, nor babes, | Whose proofe, nor yels of Mothers, Maides, nor Babes, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.57 | Whom you yourselves shall set out for reproof, | Whom you your selues shall set out for reproofe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.130 | Troilus will stand to the proof, if you'll prove | Troylus wil stand to thee / Proofe, if youle prooue |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.33 | Thy latest words. In the reproof of chance | Thy latest words. / In the reproofe of Chance, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.34 | Lies the true proof of men. The sea being smooth, | Lies the true proofe of men: The Sea being smooth, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.115 | A proof of strength she could not publish more, | A proofe of strength she could not publish more; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.5.1 | And am her knight by proof. | And am her Knight by proofe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.29 | That proof is called impossibility. | That proofe is call'd impossibility. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.56 | Make your proof. | Make your proofe. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.60 | proof. | proofe. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.121 | No, not a grise; for 'tis a vulgar proof | No not a grize: for tis a vulgar proofe |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.178 | more approbation than ever proof itself would have | more approbation, then euer proofe it selfe would haue |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.201 | That it but mocks reproof. | That it but mockes reproofe. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.259 | by his form, as you are like to find him in the proof | by his forme, as you are like to finde him in the proofe |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.93 | Such another proof will make me cry, ‘baa'. | Such another proofe will make me cry baâ. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.57 | The princes to their proof! Arcite may win me, | The Princes to their proofe, Arcite may win me, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.6 | And level of my brain, plot-proof; but she | And leuell of my braine: plot-proofe: but shee, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.111 | Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else | Vpon surmizes (all proofes sleeping else, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.834 | proof against that title, and what shame else belongs | proofe against that Title, and what shame else belongs |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.179 | Were not the proof so nigh. Please you, great sir, | Were not the proofe so nigh. Please you (great Sir) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.32 | you see, there is such unity in the proofs: the mantle of | you see, there is such vnitie in the proofes. The Mantle of |