| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.190 | I especially think under Mars. | I especially thinke, vnder Mars. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.92 | Thus he his special nothing ever prologues. | Thus he his speciall nothing euer prologues. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.6 | special, when you put off that with such contempt? But | speciall, when you put off that with such contempt, but |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.7 | Especially he hath incurred the everlasting | Especially, hee hath incurred the euerlasting |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.175 | cannot be without you; especially that of Cleopatra's, | cannot be without you, especially that of Cleopatra's, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.157 | indeed so much in the heart of the world, and especially | indeed so much in the heart of the world, and especially |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.24 | Would you proceed especially against | Would you proceede especially against |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.18 | Especially in pride. | Especially in Pride. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.6 | especially his mother, may prevail with him. But I say | especially his Mother, may preuaile with him. But I say, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.445 | Aeneas' tale to Dido; and thereabout of it especially | Aeneas Tale to Dido, and thereabout of it especially, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.18 | word to the action, with this special observance, that | Word to the Action, with this speciall obseruance: That |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iii.39 | Hamlet, this deed, for thine especial safety, | Hamlet, this deed of thine, for thine especial safety |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.9.2 | O, for two special reasons, | O for two speciall Reasons, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.97 | And for your rapier most especial, | And for your Rapier most especially, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.213 | Not a whit. We defy augury. There is special | Not a whit, we defie Augury; there's a speciall |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.28 | The special head of all the land together. | The speciall head of all the Land together: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.171 | Being ordained his special governor, | Being ordayn'd his speciall Gouernor, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.66 | The special watchmen of our English weal, | The speciall Watch-men of our English Weale, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.157 | Especially for those occasions | Especially for those occasions |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.55 | What's here? (He reads) I have, upon especial cause, | What's heere? I haue vpon especiall cause, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.71 | Especially since Charles must father it. | Especially since Charles must Father it. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.139 | My lord of Gloucester, 'tis my special hope | My Lord of Gloster, 'tis my speciall hope, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.87 | But such as I, without your special pardon, | But such, as I (without your speciall pardon) |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.26 | And that's the special ground of their contempt | And thats the speciall ground of their contempt: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.215 | Though that the Queen on special cause is here, | Though that the Queen on special cause is here |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.150 | Not by might mastered, but by special grace. | Not by might mastred, but by speciall grace. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.162 | For such a sum from special officers | For such a summe, from speciall Officers, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.165 | Where that and other specialties are bound. | Where that and other specialties are bound, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.100 | the world, I recount no fable! Some certain special | the world I recount no fable, some certaine speciall |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.24 | What three things does drink especially | What three things does Drinke especially |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.111 | Without our special wonder? You make me strange | Without our speciall wonder? You make me strange |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.17 | For you must know, we have with special soul | For you must know, we haue with speciall soule |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.118 | But from Lord Angelo by special charge. | But from Lord Angelo by speciall charge. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.210 | In special business from his Holiness. | In speciall businesse from his Holinesse. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.223 | especially to know himself. | especially to know himselfe. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.v.4 | And hold you ever to our special drift, | And hold you euer to our speciall drift, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.456 | Had you a special warrant for the deed? | Had you a speciall warrant for the deed? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.292 | From the rich Jew, a special deed of gift, | From the rich Iewe, a speciall deed of gift |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.175 | I think my husband hath some special | I thinke my husband hath some speciall |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.226 | I am glad, though you have ta'en a special | I am glad, though you haue tane a special |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.79 | nothing, I am yours for the walk; and especially when | nothing, I am yours for the walke, and especially when |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.118 | I would have sworn it had, my lord, especially | I would haue sworne it had, my Lord, especially |
| Othello | Oth I.i.183 | And raise some special officers of night. | And raise some speciall Officers of might: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.72 | Your special mandate for the state affairs | Your speciall Mandate, for the State affaires |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.219 | Sir, there is especial commission come from Venice | Sir, there is especiall Commission come from Venice |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.318 | That there he dropped it for a special purpose | That there he dropt it for a speciall purpose, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.92 | inclination of the people, especially of the younger sort? | inclination of the people, especially of the yonger sort? |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.39 | Take special care my greetings be delivered. | Take speciall care my Greetings be deliuer'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.14 | But to the earth some special good doth give; | But to the earth some speciall good doth giue. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.20 | By virtue specially to be achieved. | By vertue specially to be atchieu'd. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.117 | labour and effect one thing specially. | labour and effect one thing specially. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.11 | I never yet beheld that special face | I neuer yet beheld that speciall face, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.126 | Let specialties be therefore drawn between us, | Let specialties be therefore drawne betweene vs, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.128 | Ay, when the special thing is well obtained, | I, when the speciall thing is well obtain'd, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.42 | time to lend money, especially upon bare friendship | time to lend money, especially vpon bare friendshippe |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.140 | On special dignities, which vacant lie | On speciall Dignities, which vacant lye |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.21 | A special party, have by common voice | A speciall Party, haue by Common voyce |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.78 | The specialty of rule hath been neglected, | The specialty of Rule hath beene neglected; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.45 | them! – especially to you, fair queen: fair thoughts be | them, especially to you faire Queene, faire thoughts be |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.62 | cousin Toby? Let some of my people have a special care | Cosine Toby, let some of my people haue a speciall care |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.17 | Marry, by these special marks: first, you have | Marry by these speciall markes: first, you haue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.99 | Confirm his welcome with some special favour. | Confirme his welcome, with some speciall fauor. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.304 | A special virtue; for then she need not be | A speciall vertue: for then shee neede not be |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.41 | Especially against his very friend. | Especially against his very friend. |