| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.55 | which makes her story true even to the point of her | which makes her storie true, euen to the poynt of her |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.229 | The story then goes false you threw it him | The story then goes false, you threw it him |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.322 | Let us from point to point this story know | Let vs from point to point this storie know, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.46.1 | And earns a place i'th' story. | And earnes a place i'th'Story. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.359 | Strike those that make them; and their story is | Strike those that make them: and their Story is |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.165 | That ends this strange eventful history, | That ends this strange euentfull historie, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.154 | To tell this story, that you might excuse | To tell this story, that you might excuse |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.138 | But here must end the story of my life, | But heere must end the story of my life, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.347 | Why, here begins his morning story right. | Why heere begins his Morning storie right: |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.32 | rather than story him in his own hearing. | rather then story him in his owne hearing. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.70 | By history, report, or his own proof, | By History, Report, or his owne proofe |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.27 | Why, such, and such; and the contents o'th' story. | Why such, and such: and the Contents o'th'Story. |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.69 | With tapestry of silk and silver, the story | With Tapistry of Silke, and Siluer, the Story |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.55 | Must court'sy at the censure. O boys, this story | Must curt'sie at the Censure. Oh Boyes, this Storie |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.91 | Into my story: say ‘ Thus mine enemy fell, | Into my Story: say thus mine Enemy fell, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.100 | This paper is the history of my knowledge | This Paper is the historie of my knowledge |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vii.64 | We'll mannerly demand thee of thy story, | Wee'l mannerly demand thee of thy Story, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.286.2 | Let me end the story: | Let me end the Story: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.32 | That are so fortified against our story, | That are so fortified against our Story, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.396 | tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comical, | Tragedie, Comedie, Historie, Pastorall: Pastoricall-Comicall- |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.271 | name's Gonzago. The story is extant, and written in very | name's Gonzago: the Story is extant and writ in |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.306 | Sir, a whole history. | Sir, a whole History. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.343.1 | To tell my story. | To tell my Storie. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.167 | It appears so by the story. | It appeares so by the Story. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.143 | thy walls, a pretty slight drollery, or the story of the | thy walles a pretty slight Drollery, or the Storie of the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.76 | There is a history in all men's lives | There is a Historie in all mens Liues, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.201 | That may repeat and history his loss | That may repeat, and Historie his losse, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.27 | continue the story, with Sir John in it, and make you | continue the Story (with Sir Iohn in it) and make you |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.32 | Admit me Chorus to this history, | Admit me Chorus to this Historie; |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.231 | Either our history shall with full mouth | Either our History shall with full mouth |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.56 | This story shall the good man teach his son; | This story shall the good man teach his sonne: |
| Henry V | H5 V.chorus.1 | Vouchsafe to those that have not read the story | Vouchsafe to those that haue not read the Story, |
| Henry V | H5 Epil.chorus.2 | Our bending author hath pursued the story, | Our bending Author hath pursu'd the Story, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.160 | And if thou tellest the heavy story right, | And if thou tell'st the heauie storie right, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.44 | Some dreadful story hanging on thy tongue? | Some dreadfull story hanging on thy Tongue? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.28 | Than can my ears that tragic history. | Then can my eares that Tragicke History. |
| Henry VIII | H8 prologue.26 | The very persons of our noble story | The very Persons of our Noble Story, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.36 | Beyond thought's compass, that former fabulous story, | Beyond thoughts Compasse, that former fabulous Storie |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.90 | There was a lady once – 'tis an old story – | There was a Lady once (tis an old Story) |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.1.17 | court in manner of a consistory; below them, the | Court in manner of a Consistory: Below them the |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.92 | By a commission from the consistory, | By a Commission from the Consistorie, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.93 | Yea, the whole consistory of Rome. You charge me | Yea, the whole Consistorie of Rome. You charge me, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.209 | I fear, the story of his anger. 'Tis so; | I feare the Story of his Anger. 'Tis so: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.92 | Well, honour is the subject of my story. | Well, Honor is the subiect of my Story: |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.40 | Hath almost ended his life's history. | Hath almost ended his liues History: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.236 | Which often leaves the history unspoke | Which often leaues the history vnspoke |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.64 | A woman's story at a winter's fire, | A womans story, at a Winters fire |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.29 | Thou com'st to use thy tongue: thy story quickly! | Thou com'st to vse thy Tongue: thy Story quickly. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.28 | That to th' observer doth thy history | That to th' obseruer, doth thy history |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.30.1 | Sir, make me not your story. | Sir, make me not your storie. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.55 | Who hath a story ready for your ear. | Who hath a storie readie for your eare: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.7 | the story of the Prodigal, fresh and new. Go, knock and | the story of the Prodigall, fresh and new: go, knock and |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.133 | Could ever hear by tale or history, | Could euer heare by tale or historie, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.230 | Run when you will. The story shall be changed: | Runne when you will, the story shall be chang'd: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.57 | Pyramus and Thisbe, says the story, did talk through the | Piramus and Thisby (saies the story) did talke through the |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.23 | But all the story of the night told over, | But all the storie of the night told ouer, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.290 | That thou began'st to twist so fine a story? | That thou beganst to twist so fine a story? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.120 | The story that is printed in her blood? | The storie that is printed in her blood? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.128 | Still questioned me the story of my life | Still question'd me the Storie of my life, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.138 | And portance in my travels' history: | And portance in my Trauellours historie. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.157 | That my youth suffered. My story being done, | That my youth suffer'd: My Storie being done, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.164 | I should but teach him how to tell my story, | I should but teach him how to tell my Story, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.250 | to the history of lust and foul thoughts. They met | to the History of Lust and foule Thoughts. They met |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.132 | story. | story. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.19 | For certain in our story she | For certaine in our storie, shee |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.9 | The stages of our story. Pericles | The stages of our storie Pericles |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.V.2 | Into an honest house, our story says. | Into an Honest-house our Storie sayes: |
| Pericles | Per V.i.118 | If I should tell my history, it would seem | If I should tell my hystorie, it would seeme |
| Pericles | Per V.i.134.2 | Tell thy story. | Tell thy storie, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.165 | I'll hear you more, to the bottom of your story, | Ile heare you more too'th bottome of your storie, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.2 | When weeping made you break the story off, | When weeping made you breake the story off, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.160 | Told the sad story of my father's death | Told the sad storie of my Fathers death, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.149 | As index to the story we late talked of, | As Index to the story we late talk'd of, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.151 | My other self, my counsel's consistory, | My other selfe, my Counsailes Consistory, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.28 | The history of all her secret thoughts. | The Historie of all her secret thoughts. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.8 | Wept like two children in their death's sad story. | Wept like to Children, in their deaths sad Story. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.93 | That in gold clasps locks in the golden story. | That in Gold claspes, Lockes in the Golden storie: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.309 | For never was a story of more woe | For neuer was a Storie of more Wo, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.139 | It is a kind of history. | It is a kinde of history. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.137 | Which now's upon's; without the which, this story | Which now's vpon's: without the which, this Story |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.306.2 | The strangeness of your story put | The strangenes of your story, put |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.149 | story. | storie. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.117 | An if this be at all – a most strange story. | (And if this be at all) a most strange story. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.305 | Go quick away – the story of my life, | Goe quicke away: The story of my life, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.313 | To hear the story of your life, which must | To heare the story of your life; which must |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.82 | The story of that baleful burning night | The story of that balefull burning night, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.163 | Many a story hath he told to thee, | Many a matter hath he told to thee, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.108.2 | And what's her history? | And what's her history? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.21 | That's on some shallow story of deep love, | That's on some shallow Storie of deepe loue, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.23 | That's a deep story of a deeper love, | That's a deepe Storie, of a deeper loue, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.172 | The story of your loves discovered. | The story of your Loues discouered. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.14 | Shall make and act the story, the belief | Shall make, and act the Story, the beleife |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.13 | Chaucer, of all admired, the story gives; | Chaucer (of all admir'd) the Story gives, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.35 | Than history can pattern, though devised | Then Historie can patterne, though deuis'd, |