| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.179 | As heaven shall work in me for thine avail, | As heauen shall worke in me for thine auaile |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.157 | Obey our will which travails in thy good. | Obey Our will, which trauailes in thy good: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.i.22 | When better fall, for your avails they fell. | When better fall, for your auailes they fell, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.23 | May be a coward's, whose ministers would prevail | May be a Cowards, whose Ministers would preuaile |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.v.2 | Would thou and those thy scars had once prevailed | Would thou, & those thy scars had once preuaild |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.71 | Here's a young maid with travail much oppressed | Here's a yong maid with trauaile much oppressed, |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.26 | make me sad – and to travail for it too! | make me sad, and to trauaile for it too. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.107 | You have prevailed. I will depart in quiet, | You haue preuail'd, I will depart in quiet, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.52 | A sin prevailing much in youthful men, | A sinne preuailing much in youthfull men, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.401 | Thirty-three years have I but gone in travail | Thirtie three yeares haue I but gone in trauaile |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.217 | Ere so prevailed with me. It will in time | Ere so preuayl'd with me; it will in time |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iii.101 | prevailing and to make it brief wars. This is true, on | preuailing, and to make it breefe Warres. This is true on |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.45.2 | But how prevailed you? | But how preuail'd you? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.98 | Then vail your ignorance; if none, awake | Then vale your Ignorance: If none, awake |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.189 | Most dangerously you have with him prevailed, | Most dangerously you haue with him preuail'd, |
| 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, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.39 | Good news, good news! The ladies have prevailed, | Good Newes, good newes, the Ladies haue preuayl'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.156 | to understand you have prevailed, I am no further | to vnderstand, you haue preuayl'd, I am no further |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.5 | As poisonous tongued as handed – hath prevailed | (As poysonous tongu'd, as handed) hath preuail'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.66 | But that two villains, whose false oaths prevailed | But that two Villaines, whose false Oathes preuayl'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.199 | And to be brief, my practice so prevailed, | And to be breefe, my practise so preuayl'd |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.70 | Do not for ever with thy vailed lids | Do not for euer with thy veyled lids |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.107 | This unprevailing woe, and think of us | This vnpreuayling woe, and thinke of vs |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.129 | 'Gan vail his stomach, and did grace the shame | Gan vaile his stomacke, and did grace the shame |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.44 | The ‘ solus ’ in thy most mervailous face! | The solus in thy most meruailous face, |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.14 | If wishes would prevail with me, | If wishes would preuayle with me, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.57 | vaillant, et très distingué seigneur d'Angleterre. | valiant et tres distinie signieur d'Angleterre. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.29 | Since, then, my office hath so far prevailed | Since then my Office hath so farre preuayl'd, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.47 | Since arms avail not, now that Henry's dead. | Since Armes auayle not, now that Henry's dead, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.9 | Heavens, can you suffer hell so to prevail? | Heauens, can you suffer Hell so to preuayle? |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.56 | Sleeping or waking must I still prevail, | Sleeping or waking, must I still preuayle, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.49 | Could not prevail with all their oratory, | Could not preuayle with all their Oratorie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.98 | Thy grave admonishments prevail with me. | Thy graue admonishments preuayle with me: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.67 | I would prevail, if prayers might prevail, | I would preuayle, if Prayers might preuayle, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.181 | Now will it best avail your majesty | Now will it best auaile your Maiestie, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.25 | That France must vail her lofty-plumed crest | That France must vale her lofty plumed Crest, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.78 | But Reignier, King of Naples, that prevailed. | But Reignier King of Naples that preuayl'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.102 | Is all our travail turned to this effect? | Is all our trauell turn'd to this effect, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.103 | Thus Suffolk hath prevailed; and thus he goes, | Thus Suffolke hath preuail'd, and thus he goes |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.123 | The Dauphin hath prevailed beyond the seas, | The Dolphin hath preuayl'd beyond the Seas, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.212 | pity my case. The spite of man prevaileth against me. O | pitty my case: the spight of man preuayleth against me. O |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.200 | Whose beam stands sure, whose rightful cause prevails. | Whose Beame stands sure, whose rightful cause preuailes. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.97 | presence? O Peter, thou hast prevailed in right! | presence? O Peter, thou hast preuayl'd in right. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.23 | God forbid any malice should prevail | God forbid any Malice should preuayle, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.164 | Well, seeing gentle words will not prevail, | Well, seeing gentle words will not preuayle, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.9 | Sometime the flood prevails, and then the wind; | Sometime, the Flood preuailes; and than the Winde: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.7 | But if an humble prayer may prevail, | But, if an humble prayer may preuaile, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.78 | With whom an upright zeal to right prevails | With whom, in vpright zeale to right, preuailes |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.71 | With gentle travail, to the gladding of | With gentle Trauaile, to the gladding of |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.143 | They shall no more prevail than we give way to. | They shall no more preuaile, then we giue way too: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.254 | As it hath much prevailed on your condition, | As it hath much preuayl'd on your Condltion, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.54 | Let me upon my knee prevail in this. | Let me vpon my knee, preuaile in this. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.10 | Thou doest not tell him, if he here prevail, | Thou doest not tell him if he heere preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.17 | To vail his eyes amiss, being a king. | To waile his eyes amisse being a king; |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.56 | Which he shall shadow with a veil of lawn, | Which he shall shadow with a vaile of lawne, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.111 | But were it not, yet ere he should prevail, | But were it not, yet ere he should preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.35 | But 'tis a rightful quarrel must prevail: | But tis a rightfull quarrell must preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.107 | May either of us prosper and prevail, | May eyther of vs prosper and preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.147 | He against whom you fight, if he prevail, | He against whome you fight if hee preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.41 | Thinking belike he soonest should prevail, | Thinking belike he soonest should preuaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.44 | And painful travail of the Queen herself, | And painefull trauell of the Queene her selfe: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.119 | And therefore knows no prayers for my avail. | and therefore knowes no praiers for my auaile, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.53 | Philippe, prevail: we yield to thy request. | Phillip preuaile, we yeeld to thy request, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.78 | Doth vail the bonnet of his victory. | Doth vale the bonnet of his victory: |
| King John | KJ I.i.104 | Where how he did prevail I shame to speak – | Where how he did preuaile, I shame to speake: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.297 | Are angels vailing clouds, or roses blown. | Are Angels vailing clouds, or Roses blowne. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.235 | it will let this man live! But how out of this can she avail? | it will let this man liue? But how out of this can shee auaile? |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.vi.4.1 | He says, to veil full purpose. | He saies, to vaile full purpose. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.20 | Justice, O royal Duke! Vail your regard | Iustice, O royall Duke, vaile your regard |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.28 | Vailing her high-top lower than her ribs | Vailing her high top lower then her ribs |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.99 | Veiling an Indian beauty; in a word, | Vailing an Indian beautie; In a word, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.37 | pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the | plucke the borrowed vaile of modestie from the |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.35 | Of strong prevailment in unhardened youth – | Of strong preuailment in vnhardned youth) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.293 | Her height, forsooth, she hath prevailed with him. | Her height (forsooth) she hath preuail'd with him. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.211 | But on this travail look for greater birth. | But on this trauaile looke for greater birth: |
| Pericles | Per II.i.152 | vails. I hope, sir, if you thrive, you'll remember from | Vailes: I hope sir, if you thriue, you'le remember from |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.42 | Did vail their crowns to his supremacy; | Did vaile their Crownes to his supremacie; |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.56 | Had not a show might countervail his worth. | Had not a shew might counteruaile his worth: |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.52 | Does fall in travail with her fear. | Do's fall in trauayle with her feare: |
| Pericles | Per III.i.14 | Of my queen's travails! Now, Lychorida! | Of my Queenes trauayles? now Lychorida. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.29 | Vail to her mistress Dian. Still | Vaile to her Mistresse Dian still, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.259.2 | You shall prevail, | You shall preuaile |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.126 | If we prevail, their heads shall pay for it. | If we preuaile, their heads shall pay for it. |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.131 | And have prevailed as much on him as you. | And haue preuail'd as much on him, as you, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.190 | Did York's dread curse prevail so much with heaven | Did Yorkes dread Curse preuaile so much with Heauen, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.153 | prevail with me. | preuaile with me. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.61 | Of damned witchcraft, and that have prevailed | Of damned Witchcraft, and that haue preuail'd |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.209 | Throw over her the veil of infamy. | Throw ouer her the vaile of Infamy, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.348 | To vail the title, as her mother doth. | To vaile the Title, as her Mother doth. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.4 | It cannot countervail the exchange of joy | It cannot counteruaile the exchange of ioy |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.61 | It helps not, it prevails not. Talk no more. | It helpes not, it preuailes not, talke no more. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.175 | Then vail your stomachs, for it is no boot, | Then vale your stomackes, for it is no boote, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.15 | very likely to load our purposes with what they travail | very likely, to loade our purposes / With what they trauaile |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.462 | Rise, Titus, rise; my Empress hath prevailed. | Rise Titus, rise, / My Empresse hath preuail'd. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.26 | My tears are now prevailing orators. | My teares are now preualing Oratours. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.71 | I have had my labour for my travail, | I haue had my Labour for my trauell, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.3 | Whose height commands as subject all the vale, | Whose height commands as subiect all the vaile, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.4 | As honour, loss of time, travail, expense, | (As honour, losse of time, trauaile, expence, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.viii.7 | Even with the vail and dark'ning of the sun | Euen with the vaile and darking of the Sunne. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.29 | But like a cloistress she will veiled walk, | But like a Cloystresse she will vailed walke, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.159 | Give me my veil. Come, throw it o'er my face. | Giue me my vaile: come throw it ore my face, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.ii.35 | world can more prevail in man's commendation with | world, can more preuaile in mans commendation with |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.46 | You have prevailed, my lord; if I can do it | You haue preuail'd (my Lord) if I can doe it |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.159 | Thou hast prevailed; I pardon them and thee; | Thou hast preuaild, I pardon them and thee: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.25.1 | Enter three Queens in black, with veils stained, with | Enter 3. Queenes in Blacke, with vailes staind, with |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.32 | I marvel how they would have looked had they been | I / Mervaile how they would have lookd had they beene |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.27 | But they prevailed had their suits fairly granted; | But they prevaild, had their suites fairely granted, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.29 | Worth two hours' travail. To his bones sweet sleep; | Worth two houres travell. To his bones sweet sleepe: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.54 | Which often hath no less prevailed than so | Which often hath no lesse preuail'd, then so, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.85 | Which to deny concerns more than avails; for as | Which to deny, concernes more then auailes: for as |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.202 | Prevail not, go and see. If you can bring | Preuaile not, go and see: if you can bring |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.660 | Wherein my hope is I shall so prevail | Wherein, my hope is, I shall so preuaile, |