| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.19 | almost as great as his honesty; had it stretched so far, | almost as great as his honestie, had it stretch'd so far, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.4 | The gift doth stretch itself as 'tis received, | The guift doth stretch it selfe as 'tis receiu'd, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.46 | There's not a minute of our lives should stretch | There's not a minute of our liues should stretch |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.37 | That their discharge did stretch his leathern coat | That their discharge did stretch his leatherne coat |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.127 | That the stretching of a span | That the stretching of a span, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.233 | There lay he, stretched along like a wounded | There lay hee stretch'd along like a Wounded |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.49 | Than we to stretch it out. (To the Tribunes) Masters o'th' people, | Then we to stretch it out. Masters a'th' People, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.4 | That the precipitation might down stretch | That the precipitation might downe stretch |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.74 | And thus far having stretched it – here be with them – | And thus farre hauing stretcht it (here be with them) |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.45 | For which my sinews shall be stretched upon him. | For which my sinewes shall be stretcht vpon him, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.50 | Which swelled so much that it did almost stretch | Which swell'd so much, that it did almost stretch |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.263 | and outstretched heroes the beggars' shadows. Shall | and out-stretcht Heroes the Beggers Shadowes: shall |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.55 | stretch, and where it would not I have used my credit. | stretch, and where it would not, I haue vs'd my credit. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.10 | Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, | Vpon vneasie Pallads stretching thee, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.57 | Stretches itself beyond the hour of death. | Stretches it selfe beyond the howre of death. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.55 | Shall not be winked at, how shall we stretch our eye | Shall not be wink'd at, how shall we stretch our eye |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.82 | And all wide-stretched honours that pertain | And all wide-stretched Honors, that pertaine |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.15 | Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide, | Now set the Teeth, and stretch the Nosthrill wide, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.171 | His hair upreared, his nostrils stretched with struggling; | His hayre vprear'd, his nostrils stretcht with strugling: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.68 | That raught at mountains with outstretched arms, | That raught at Mountaines with out-stretched Armes, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.141 | His will is most malignant, and it stretches | His will is most malignant, and it stretches |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.204 | He stretched him, and, with one hand on his dagger, | He stretch'd him, and with one hand on his dagger, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.33.1 | If you might please to stretch it. | If you might please to stretch it. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.159 | If he improve them, may well stretch so far | If he improue them, may well stretch so farre |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.66 | Have I in conquest stretched mine arm so far, | Haue I in Conquest stretcht mine Arme so farre, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.i.44 | Our best friends made, our means stretched; | Our best Friends made, our meanes stretcht, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.102 | That stretch their duties nicely. | That stretch their duties nicely. |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.23 | Would stretch thy spirits up into the air. | Would stretch thy Spirits vp into the ayre: |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.313.1 | Stretch him out longer. | Stretch him out longer. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.116 | What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom? | What will the Line stretch out to'th' cracke of Doome? |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.153 | Or with an outstretched throat I'll tell the world | Or with an out-stretcht throate Ile tell the world aloud |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.312 | Dare no more stretch this finger of mine than he | No more stretch this finger of mine, then he |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.93 | The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain, | The Oxe hath therefore stretch'd his yoake in vaine, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.80 | Extremely stretched, and conned with cruel pain, | Extreamely stretcht, and cond with cruell paine, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.52 | We have stretched thus far, let us beseech you | wee haue stretcht thus farre, let vs beseech you, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.81 | Which stretched unto their servants, daughters, wives, | Which stretcht vnto their Seruants, Daughters, Wiues, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.82 | O, here's a wit of cheverel, that stretches from | Oh here's a wit of Cheuerell, that stretches from |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.84 | I stretch it out for that word ‘ broad ’, which, added | I stretch it out for that word, broad, which added |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iii.3 | Timon is dead, who hath outstretched his span. | Tymon is dead, who hath out-stretcht his span, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.61 | (To Nestor) And thou most reverend for thy stretched-out life – | And thou most reuerend for thy stretcht-out life, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.156 | 'Twixt his stretched footing and the scaffoldage, | 'Twixt his stretcht footing, and the Scaffolage, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.167 | And with his arms outstretched, as he would fly, | And with his armes out-stretcht, as he would flye, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.10 | Come, stretch thy chest, and let thy eyes spout blood; | Come, stretch thy chest, and let thy eyes spout bloud: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.87 | When you shall stretch yourself, and say but ‘ Arcite, | When you shall stretch your selfe, and say but Arcite |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.198 | stretch-mouthed rascal would, as it were, mean mischief, | stretch-mouth'd Rascall, would (as it were) meane mischeefe, |