| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.59 | My mouth no more were broken than these boys', | My mouth no more were broken then these boyes, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.85.2 | You have broken | You haue broken |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.120 | without some broken limb shall acquit him well. Your | without some broken limbe, shall acquit him well: your |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.131 | But is there any else longs to see this broken | But is there any else longs to see this broken |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.57 | Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?’ | Vpon that poore and broken bankrupt there? |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.102 | To glean the broken ears after the man | To gleane the broken eares after the man |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.155 | His broken promise, and to give this napkin, | His broken promise, and to giue this napkin |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.5 | Of his wings destitute, the army broken, | Of his wings destitute, the Army broken, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.19 | Who of their broken debtors take a third, | Who of their broken Debtors take a third, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.553 | A broken voice, and his whole function suiting | A broken voyce, and his whole Function suiting |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.210 | Their points being broken – | Their Points being broken. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.231 | Wouldst thou have thy head broken? | Would'st haue thy Head broken? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.184 | an increasing belly? Is not your voice broken, your wind | an incresing belly? Is not your voice broken? your winde |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.220 | Our peace will, like a broken limb united, | Our Peace, will (like a broken Limbe vnited) |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.159 | virgins with the broken seals of perjury; some, making | Virgins with the broken Seales of Periurie; some, making |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.52 | your broken coxcomb. When you take occasions to see | your broken Coxcombe; when you take occasions to see |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.240 | king of good fellows. Come, your answer in broken | King of Good-fellowes. Come your Answer in broken |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.241 | music – for thy voice is music, and thy English broken; | Musick; for thy Voyce is Musick, and thy English broken: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.243 | me in broken English – wilt thou have me? | me in broken English; wilt thou haue me? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.28 | And on the pieces of the broken wand | And on the peeces of the broken Wand |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.91 | False King! Why hast thou broken faith with me, | False King, why hast thou broken faith with me, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.29 | For hither we have broken in by force. | For hither we haue broken in by force. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.16 | But for a kingdom any oath may be broken; | But for a Kingdome any Oath may be broken: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.iv.30 | For trust not him that hath once broken faith – | (For trust not him that hath once broken Faith) |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.61 | You have now a broken banquet, but we'll mend it. | You haue now a broken Banket, but wee'l mend it. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.21 | An old man, broken with the storms of state, | An old man, broken with the stormes of State, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.47 | Have broken with the King, who hath so far | Haue broken with the King, who hath so farre |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.360 | I'll say an oath can easily be broken, | Ile say an othe may easily be broken, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.361 | But not so easily pardoned, being broken; | But not so easily pardoned being broken: |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.80 | Why, this it is to trust a broken staff. | Why this it is to trust a broken staffe. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.75 | He hath my never broken name to show, | He hath my neuer broken name to shew, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.8 | Upon our sides it never shall be broken. | Vpon our sides it neuer shall be broken. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.13 | A knave, a rascal, an eater of broken meats, a base, | A Knaue, a Rascall, an eater of broken meates, a base, |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.96 | This rest might yet have balmed thy broken sinews | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.68 | A wonder, master! Here's a Costard broken in a shin. | A wonder Master, here's a Costard broken in a shin. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.104 | By saying that a costard was broken in a shin. | By saying that a Costard was broken in a shin. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.109 | But tell me, how was there a costard broken in a | But tell me: How was there a Costard broken in a |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.69 | If broken, then, it is no fault of mine; | If broken then, it is no fault of mine: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.229 | chance have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken | chance haue some odde quirkes and remnants of witte broken |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.172 | Men do their broken weapons rather use | Men do their broken Weapons rather vse, |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.313 | broken joint between you and her husband, entreat her | broken ioynt betweene you, and her husband, entreat her |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.35 | Has broken a staff or so. So let it pass. | ha's broken a Staffe, / Or so; so let it passe. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.257 | The King's grown bankrupt like a broken man. | The Kings growne bankrupt like a broken man. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.292 | Imp out our drooping country's broken wing, | Impe out our drooping Countries broken wing, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.59 | Hath broken his staff, resigned his stewardship, | Hath broke his staffe, resign'd his Stewardship, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.27 | Broken his staff of office, and dispersed | Broken his Staffe of Office, and disperst |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.9 | Methoughts that I had broken from the Tower | Me thoughts that I had broken from the Tower, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.117 | The broken rancour of your high-swollen hearts, | The broken rancour of your high-swolne hates, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.380 | Thou hadst not broken, nor my brothers died. | Thou had'st not broken, nor my Brothers died. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.386 | Thy broken faith hath made the prey for worms. | Thy broken Faith hath made the prey for Wormes. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.342 | Amaze the welkin with your broken staves! | Amaze the welkin with your broken staues. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.52.2 | For your broken shin. | For your broken shin. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.47 | armoury, with a broken hilt, and chapeless; with two | Armory, with a broken hilt, and chapelesse: with two |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.48 | broken points; his horse hipped – with an old mothy | broken points: his horse hip'd with an olde mothy |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.42 | With clamorous demands of broken bonds, | With clamorous demands of debt, broken Bonds, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.ii.16 | All broken implements of a ruined house. | All broken Implements of a ruin'd house. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.71 | These broken limbs again into one body, | These broken limbs againe into one body. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.i.49 | Fair prince, here is good broken music. | faire Prince, here is good broken Musicke. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.47 | Distasted with the salt of broken tears. | Distasting with the salt of broken teares. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.155 | As Ariachne's broken woof to enter. | As Ariachnes broken woofe to enter: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.17 | What, are they broken? | What, are they broken? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.11 | Unheedful vows may heedfully be broken; | Vn-heedfull vowes may heedfully be broken, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.6 | what broken piece of matter soe'er she's about, the name | what / Broken peece of matter so'ere she's about, the name |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.211 | Most sorry, you have broken from his liking, | (Most sorry) you haue broken from his liking, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.9 | I make a broken delivery of the | I make a broken deliuerie of the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.24 | wonder is broken out within this hour that ballad-makers | wonder is broken out within this houre, that Ballad-makers |