| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iv.46 | That you will take your instant leave o'th' King, | That you will take your instant leaue a'th king, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.109 | to this very instant disaster of his setting i'th' stocks. | to this very instant disaster of his setting i'th stockes: |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.39 | Let's take the instant by the forward top; | Let's take the instant by the forward top: |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.108 | instant, you may, when you hear no more words of | instant, you may when you heare no more words of |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.72 | Rose at an instant, learned, played, eat together, | Rose at an instant, learn'd, plaid, eate together, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.206 | heels and your heart, both in an instant. | heeles, and your heart, both in an instant. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.i.9 | And in the instant that I met with you | And in the instant that I met with you, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.29 | hour of my nativity to this instant, and have nothing at | houre of my Natiuitie to this instant, and haue nothing at |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.101 | Even from this instant, banish him our city, | (Eu'n from this instant) banish him our Citie |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.38 | More than the instant army we can make, | More then the instant Armie we can make |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.50 | I'll tell thee on the instant, thou art then | Ile tell thee on the instant, thou art then |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.98 | Speak, or thy silence on the instant is | Speake, or thy silence on the instant, is |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.278 | It was my instant death. By accident, | It was my instant death. By accident, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.470 | Of yet this scarce-cold battle, at this instant | Of yet this scarse-cold-Battaile, at this instant |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.71 | And a most instant tetter barked about, | And a most instant Tetter bak'd about, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.94 | And you, my sinews, grow not instant old, | And you my sinnewes, grow not instant Old; |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.513 | The instant burst of clamour that she made, | The instant Burst of Clamour that she made |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vi.18 | and in the grapple I boarded them. On the instant they got | In the Grapple, I boorded them: On the instant they got |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.20 | To wage an instant trial with the King. | To wage an instant tryall with the King. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.146 | breath, and so was he, but we rose both at an instant, | breath, and so was he, but we rose both at an instant, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.37 | Indeed, the instant action, a cause on foot, | Indeed the instant action: a cause on foot, |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.91 | The French ambassador upon that instant | The French Embassador vpon that instant |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.54 | Until this instant. Take a trumpet, Herald; | Vntill this instant. Take a Trumpet Herald, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.127 | Me as his abject object. At this instant | Me as his abiect obiect, at this instant |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.225 | Whose figure even this instant cloud puts on | Whose Figure euen this instant Clowd puts on, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.54 | And being all but one self instant strength, | And being al but one selfe instant strength, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.136 | For, from the instant we begin to live, | For from the instant we begin to liue, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.113 | Even in the instant of repair and health, | Euen in the instant of repaire and health, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.160 | displeasure, which at this instant so rageth in him that with | displeasure, which at this instant so rageth in him, that with |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.243 | For instant remedy. Be then desired, | For instant remedy. Be then desir'd |
| King Lear | KL II.i.112 | Whose virtue and obedience doth this instant | Whose vertue and obedience doth this instant |
| King Lear | KL II.i.127.1 | Which craves the instant use. | Which craues the instant vse. |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.93.1 | Before me at this instant. | Before me, at this instant. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.147 | This sword of mine shall give them instant way | This Sword of mine shall giue them instant way, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.227.1 | Now marry in an instant. | Now marry in an instant. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.39 | upon the instant. ‘ By ’ heart you love her, because your | vpon the instant: by heart you loue her, because your |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.802 | I will be thine; and, till that instance, shut | I will be thine: and till that instant shut |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.56.1 | The future in the instant. | The future in the instant. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.89 | I had lived a blessed time; for from this instant | I had liu'd a blessed time: for from this instant, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.151 | But at this instant he is sick, my lord, | But at this instant he is sicke, my Lord: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.52 | show the whole wealth of thy wit in an instant? I pray | shew the whole wealth of thy wit in an instant; I pray |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.151 | your letter I am very sick; but in the instant that your | your Letter I am very sicke: but in the instant that your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.67 | 'larum of jealousy, comes me in the instant of our | larum of ielousie, coms me in the instant of our |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.3 | And did he send you both these letters at an instant? | And did he send you both these Letters at an instant? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.iii.15 | instant of Falstaff's and our meeting, they will at once | instant of Falstaffes and our meeting, they will at once |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.15 | I can, at any unseasonable instant of the night, | I can at any vnseasonable instant of the night, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.213 | Upon the instant that she was accused, | Vpon the instant that she was accus'd, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.38.1 | Even on the instant. | Enen on the instant. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.468 | And will upon the instant put thee to't. | And will vpon the instant put thee too't. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.205 | this instant do build on thee a better opinion than ever | this instant do build on thee a better opinion then euer |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.7 | Get you to bed on th' instant. I will be returned | Get you to bed on th'instant, I will be return'd |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.108 | I drew to part them. In the instant came | I drew to part them, in the instant came |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.64 | The very instant that I saw you did | The verie instant that I saw you, did |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.108 | And at that instant like a babe sprung up. | And at that instant, like a babe sprung vp. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.203 | Deserved this hearing. Bid 'em send o'th' instant | Deseru'd this Hearing: bid 'em send o'th'instant |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.235 | To whom 'tis instant due. Ne'er speak or think | To whom 'tis instant due. Neu'r speake, or thinke, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.19 | supply; who, having great and instant occasion to use | supply: who hauing great and instant occasion to vse |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.36 | lord, requesting your lordship to supply his instant use | Lord: requesting your Lordship to supply his instant vse |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.7 | Convert o'th' instant, green virginity, | Conuert o'th'Instant greene Virginity, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.153 | In monumental mockery. Take the instant way; | In monumentall mockrie: take the instant way, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.22 | That instant was I turned into a hart, | That instant was I turn'd into a Hart, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.106 | The intelligence of state came in the instant | The intelligence of state came in the instant |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.177 | Let's die together, at one instant, Duke; | Lets die together, at one instant Duke, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.83 | The two bold titlers at this instant are | The two bold Tytlers, at this instant are |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.67 | Wracked the same instant of their | Wrackt the same instant of their |