| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.51 | He's bravely taken here. He stole from France, | He's brauely taken heere. He stole from France |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.50 | Scorned a fair colour or expressed it stolen, | Scorn'd a faire colour, or exprest it stolne, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.142 | are forfeited to me and my honour's paid to him. He stole | are forfeited to mee, and myhonors payed to him. Hee stole |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.77 | Till they had stolen our jewel. All's but naught. | Till they had stolne our Iewell. All's but naught: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.44 | O, villain, thou hast stolen both mine office and my name. | O villaine, thou hast stolne both mine office and my name, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.89 | I'll grace thee with that robbery, thy stolen name | Ile grace thee with that Robbery, thy stolne name |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.60 | Were stolen; and to this hour no guess in knowledge | Were stolne, and to this houre, no ghesse in knowledge |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.87 | ring may be stolen too: so your brace of unprizable | Ring may be stolne too, so your brace of vnprizeable |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.5 | Vexations of it! Had I been thief-stolen, | Vexations of it. Had I bin Theefe-stolne, |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.117.1 | Hath stolen it from her? | Hath stolne it from her. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.120 | More evident than this: for this was stolen. | More euident then this: for this was stolne. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.101 | At three and two years old, I stole these babes, | At three, and two yeeres old, I stole these Babes, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.21 | I have stolen nought, nor would not, though I had found | I haue stolne nought, nor would not, though I had found |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.342 | Whom for the theft I wedded – stole these children | (Whom for the Theft I wedded) stole these Children |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.61 | Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole | Vpon my secure hower thy Vncle stole |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.101 | That from a shelf the precious diadem stole | That from a shelfe, the precious Diadem stole, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.174 | false steward, that stole his master's daughter. | false Steward that stole his masters daughter. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.307 | O villain, thou stolest a cup of sack eighteen | O Villaine, thou stolest a Cup of Sacke eighteene |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.351 | Worcester is stolen away tonight. Thy father's beard is | Worcester is stolne away by Night: thy Fathers Beard is |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.50 | And then I stole all courtesy from heaven, | And then I stole all Courtesie from Heauen, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.44 | stolen from my host at Saint Alban's, or the red-nose | stolne from my Host of S. Albones, or the Red-Nose |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.57 | He was some hilding fellow that had stolen | He was some hielding Fellow, that had stolne |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.102 | Thou hast stolen that which after some few hours | Thou hast stolne that, which after some few howres |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.42 | anything, and call it purchase. Bardolph stole a lute-case, | any thing, and call it Purchase. Bardolph stole a Lute-case, |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.45 | and in Calais they stole a fire-shovel – I knew by that | and in Callice they stole a fire-shouell. I knew by that |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.39 | For he hath stolen a pax, and hanged must 'a be – | for he hath stolne a Pax, and hanged must a be: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.50 | And stolest away the ladies' hearts of France, | And stol'st away the Ladies hearts of France; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.134 | Was by a beggar-woman stolen away; | Was by a begger-woman stolne away, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.3 | He slily stole away and left his men; | He slyly stole away, and left his men: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.13 | From Scotland am I stolen, even of pure love, | From Scotland am I stolne euen of pure loue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.ii.20 | With sleight and manhood stole to Rhesus' tents, | With sleight and manhood stole to Rhesus Tents, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.24 | And ne'er have stolen the breech from Lancaster. | And ne're haue stolne the Breech from Lancaster. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.238 | Stole from my bed; and yesternight at supper | Stole from my bed: and yesternight at Supper |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.37 | For you have stolen their buzzing, Antony, | For you haue stolne their buzzing Antony, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.187 | And when I have stolen upon these son-in-laws, | And when I haue stolne vpon these Son in Lawes, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.37 | languages and stolen the scraps. | Languages, and stolne the scraps. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.94 | I stole into a neighbour thicket by, | I stole into a neighbour thicket by, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.65 | The Lord's anointed temple and stole thence | The Lords anoynted Temple, and stole thence |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.26 | Are stolen away and fled, which puts upon them | Are stolne away and fled, which puts vpon them |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.161 | stolen out of other affairs, but I will attend you a while. | stolen out of other affaires: but I will attend you a while. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.382 | That lately stole his daughter. | That lately stole his daughter. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.40 | Anne the jest how my father stole two geese out of a pen, | Anne the iest how my Father stole two Geese out of a Pen, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.32 | And stolen the impression of her fantasy. | And stolne the impression of her fantasie, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.22 | A lovely boy stolen from an Indian king. | A louely boy stolne from an Indian King, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.65 | When thou hast stolen away from Fairyland | When thou wast stolne away from Fairy Land, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.191 | Thou toldest me they were stolen unto this wood, | Thou toldst me they were stolne into this wood; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.51 | As he to me. Would he have stolen away | As he to me. Would he haue stollen away, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.284.1 | And stolen my love's heart from him? | And stolne my loues heart from him? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.155 | They would have stolen away, they would, Demetrius, | They would have stolne away, they would Demetrius, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.202 | Starveling! God's my life – stolen hence and left me | Starueling? Gods my life! Stolne hence, and left me |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.183 | the boy that stole your meat, and you'll beat the post. | the boy that stole your meate, and you'l beat the post. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.211 | on you, who, as I take it, have stolen his bird's nest. | on you, who (as I take it) haue stolne his birds nest. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.41 | only, have a care that your bills be not stolen. Well, you | only haue a care that your bills be not stolne: well, you |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.ii.59 | Prince John is this morning secretly stolen away; Hero | Prince Iohn is this morning secretly stolne away: Hero |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.89 | Writ in my cousin's hand, stolen from her pocket, | Writ in my cosins hand, stolne from her pocket, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.60 | She is abused, stolen from me, and corrupted | She is abus'd, stolne from me, and corrupted |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.335 | What sense had I of her stolen hours of lust? | What sense had I, in her stolne houres of Lust? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.339 | He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, | He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolne, |
| Pericles | Per II.v.54 | That thus disguised art stolen into my court, | |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.336 | With odd old ends stolen forth of Holy Writ, | With odde old ends, stolne forth of holy Writ, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.125 | And stole into the covert of the wood. | And stole into the couert of the wood, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.4 | And, on my life, hath stolen him home to bed. | And on my life hath stolne him home to bed. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.233 | I married them; and their stolen marriage day | I married them; and their stolne marriage day |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.220 | are you? Master, has my fellow Tranio stolen your | are you? Maister, ha's my fellow Tranio stolne your |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.221 | clothes, or you stolen his, or both? Pray, what's the | cloathes, or you stolne his, or both? Pray what's the |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.255.2 | in their stolen apparel | in their stolne Apparell. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.300 | Or stole it, rather. | Or stole it rather. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.443 | That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen | That feeds and breeds by a composture stolne |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.94 | That we have stolen what we do fear to keep! | That we haue stolne what we do feare to keepe. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.95 | But thieves unworthy of a thing so stolen, | But Theeues vnworthy of a thing so stolne, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iv.10 | rascals – that stale old mouse-eaten dry cheese, Nestor, | rascals; that stole old Mouse-eaten dry cheese, Nestor: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.15 | And should she thus be stolen away from you, | And should she thus be stolne away from you, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.30 | stolen, otherwise he had been executed; I have stood on | stolne, otherwise he had bin executed: I haue stood on |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.52 | Ay, sir; the other squirrel was stolen from me by | I Sir, the other Squirrill was stolne from me / By |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.75 | Stolen some new air, or at adventure hummed one | Stolne some new aire, or at adventure humd on |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.55 | And to say true, I stole it. Do I pinch you? | And to say true, I stole it; doe I pinch you? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.119 | As your stolen jewel, and desired your spirit | As your stolne Iewell, and desir'd your spirit |