| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.65 | They seize him | |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.v.10 | Pompey; upon his own appeal, seizes him; so the poor | Pompey. Vpon his owne appeale seizes him, so the poore |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xi.47 | Her head's declined, and death will seize her but | Her head's declin'd, and death will cease her, but |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.36.1 | They seize Cleopatra | |
| As You Like It | AYL III.i.10 | Worth seizure do we seize into our hands | Worth seizure, do we seize into our hands, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.113 | At length another ship had seized on us, | At length another ship had seiz'd on vs, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.182 | Seize him, Aediles! | Seize him Adiles. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.213.2 | Aediles, seize him. | Adiles seize him. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.7 | I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly. | I prythee call me: Sleepe hath ceiz'd me wholly. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.61 | Where is she gone? Haply, despair hath seized her: | Where is she gone? Haply dispaire hath seiz'd her: |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.30 | Will seize the doctor too. How ended she? | Will seize the Doctor too. How ended she? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.137 | Let vultures vile seize on his lungs also! | Let Vultures vil'de seize on his Lungs also: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.24 | Seized on the realm, deposed the rightful king, | Seiz'd on the Realme, depos'd the rightfull King, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.23 | Here's the lord of the soil come to seize me | Heere's the Lord of the soile come to seize me |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.109 | And seized upon their towns and provinces. | And seiz'd vpon their Townes and Prouinces. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.23 | This is the quondam king; let's seize upon him. | This is the quondam King; Let's seize vpon him. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.3 | His lands then seized on by the conqueror. | His Land then seiz'd on by the Conqueror, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.36 | Our treasure seized, our soldiers put to flight, | Our Treasure seiz'd, our Souldiors put to flight, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.24 | And seize himself; I say not ‘ slaughter him ’, | And seize himselfe: I say not, slaughter him, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.viii.52 | Seize on the shamefaced Henry, bear him hence; | Seize on the shamefac'd Henry, beare him hence, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.145 | The thing we fear to seize on us the sooner. | The thing we feare, to seizeon vs the sooner, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.131 | John hath seized Arthur, and it cannot be | Iohn hath seiz'd Arthur, and it cannot be, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.252 | Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon. | Thee and thy vertues here I seize vpon, |
| King Lear | KL II.i.115.1 | You we first seize on. | You we first seize on. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.119 | Hid in an auger-hole, may rush and seize us? | hid in an augure hole, / May rush, and seize vs? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.150 | Seize upon Fife, give to the edge o'the sword | Seize vpon Fife; giue to th' edge o'th' Sword |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.22 | That justice seizes; what knows the laws | That Iustice ceizes; What knowes the Lawes |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.350 | Shall seize one half his goods, the other half | Shall seaze one halfe his goods, the other halfe |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.53 | Which is the lady I must seize upon? | Which is the Lady I must seize vpon? |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.36 | Should fear to seize thee. Therefore be double-damned: | should feare to ceaze thee. Therefore be double damn'd: |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.362 | And seize upon the fortunes of the Moor, | And seize vpon the Fortunes of the Moore, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.93.1 | He seizes her | |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.98 | And they have seized Marina. Let her go. | and they haue seizd Marina, let her goe, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.48 | Seize with thine eagle's talons. | ceaze with thine Eagles talents. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.160 | Towards our assistance we do seize to us | Towards our assistance, we do seize to vs |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.189 | Seek you to seize and grip into your hands | Seeke you to seize, and gripe into your hands |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.201 | If you do wrongfully seize Hereford's rights, | If you do wrongfully seize Herfords right, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.209 | Think what you will, we seize into our hands | Thinke what you will: we seise into our hands, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.55 | Hath seized the wasteful King. O, what pity is it | hath seiz'd the wastefull King. / Oh, what pitty is it, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.48.2 | Seize it if thou darest. | Seize it, if thou dar'st. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.181 | Here, cousin – seize the crown. Here, cousin – | Here Cousin, seize ye Crown: / Here Cousin, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.57 | Seize on him, Furies, take him unto torment!’ | Seize on him Furies, take him vnto Torment. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iv.50 | The tiger now hath seized the gentle hind; | The Tyger now hath seiz'd the gentle Hinde, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.35 | In carrion flies than Romeo. They may seize | In carrion Flies, then Romeo: they may seaze |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.89 | Seize thee that list. If once I find thee ranging, | Seize thee that List, if once I finde thee ranging, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.227.1 | He seizes her, as though to protect her from the rest of | |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.266 | That now hath seized them, why, they were no worse | That now hath seiz'd them, why they were no worse |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.90 | Having first seized his books; or with a log | Hauing first seiz'd his bookes: Or with a logge |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.341 | a horse, thou wouldst be seized by the leopard. Wert | a Horse, thou would'st be seaz'd by the Leopard: wert |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.284 | This prince in justice seizeth but his own. | This Prince in Iustice ceazeth but his owne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.408 | ‘ Rape ’ call you it, my lord, to seize my own, | Rape call you it my Lord, to cease my owne, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.185 | He seizes Lavinia | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.95 | Shall seize this prey out of his father's hands. | Shall ceaze this prey out of his fathers hands: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.91.1 | Julia seizes the letter | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.33 | Had I been seized by a hungry lion, | Had I beene ceazed by a hungry Lion, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.v.12 | Joy seize on you again; peace sleep with him. | Ioy ceaze on you againe: peace sleepe with him. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.136 | And by good testimony, or I'll seize thy life, | (And by good testimonie) or Ile seize thy life, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.141 | Which waits upon worn times, hath something seized | (Which waits vpon worne times) hath something seiz'd |