| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.31 | A doctrine of obedience, and would gladly | A Doctrine of Obedience, and would gladly |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.165 | On whom depending, their obedience fails | On whom depending, their obedience failes |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.316 | Have we not had a taste of his obedience? | Haue we not had a taste of his Obedience? |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.67.2 | Past grace? Obedience? | Past Grace? Obedience? |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.111 | Obedience, which you owe your father; for | Obedience, which you owe your Father, for |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.67 | A little witness my obedience. Look, | A little witnesse my obedience. Looke |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.157 | Command into obedience: fear and niceness – | Command, into obedience. Feare, and Nicenesse |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.107 | Who in her duty and obedience, mark, | Who in her Dutie and Obedience, marke, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.125 | This in obedience hath my daughter shown me, | This in Obedience hath my daughter shew'd me: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.41 | And true obedience, of this madness cured, | And true Obedience, of this Madnesse cur'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.147 | Let me no more from this obedience rise, | Let me no more from this Obedience rise, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.187 | Obedience; for so work the honey-bees, | Obedience: for so worke the Hony Bees, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.128 | cause be wrong, our obedience to the King wipes the | Cause be wrong, our obedience to the King wipes the |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.164 | Or bring him in obedience to your yoke. | Or bring him in obedience to your yoake. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.169 | Thy humble servant vows obedience | Thy humble seruant vowes obedience, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.6 | To your obedience fifty fortresses, | To your obedience, fiftie Fortresses, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.139 | But if you mind to hold your true obedience, | But if you minde to hold your true obedience, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.64 | This tractable obedience is a slave | This tractable obedience is a Slaue |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.66 | What kind of my obedience I should tender. | What kinde of my obedience, I should tender; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.71 | Vouchsafe to speak my thanks and my obedience, | Vouchsafe to speake my thankes, and my obedience, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.35 | That I have been your wife in this obedience | That I haue beene your Wife, in this Obedience, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.63 | Zeal and obedience he still bore your grace, | Zeale and obedience he still bore your Grace, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.122 | Is only my obedience. What can happen | Is onely my Obedience. What can happen |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.162 | The hearts of princes kiss obedience, | The hearts of Princes kisse Obedience, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.117 | One that in all obedience makes the church | One that in all obedience, makes the Church |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.109 | To witness my obedience to your highness | To witnes my obedience to your highnes, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.220 | Thou hast with all devout obedience: | Thou hast with all deuout obedience, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.30 | Hast thou not sworn obedience to thy prince? | Hast thou not sworne obedience to thy Prince? |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.262 | And make them tame to their obedience. | And make them tame to their obedience. |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.64 | From whose obedience I forbid my soul, | From whose obedience I forbid my soule, |
| King John | KJ V.i.9 | Our people quarrel with obedience, | Our people quarrell with obedience, |
| King John | KJ V.iv.56 | And calmly run on in obedience | And calmely run on in obedience |
| King Lear | KL I.i.278 | At Fortune's alms. You have obedience scanted, | At Fortunes almes, you haue obedience scanted, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.86 | pieces the heart of his obedience. I dare pawn down my | peeces, the heart of his obedience. I dare pawne downe |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.124 | and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary | and Adulterers by an inforc'd obedience of Planatary |
| King Lear | KL II.i.112 | Whose virtue and obedience doth this instant | Whose vertue and obedience doth this instant |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.186 | Allow obedience, if you yourselves are old, | Allow Obedience; if you your selues are old, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.17 | Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would | Contending 'gainst Obedience, as they would |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.26 | To give obedience where 'tis truly owed. | To giue Obedience, where 'tis truly ow'd: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.25 | As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, | As Honor, Loue, Obedience, Troopes of Friends, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.245 | plausible obedience, agree with his demands to the | plausible obedience, agree with his demands to the |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.37 | Turned her obedience which is due to me | Turn'd her obedience (which is due to me) |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.178.1 | Where most you owe obedience? | Where most you owe obedience? |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.163 | Obedience bids I should not bid again. | Obedience bids, / Obedience bids I should not bid agen. |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.108 | Love, charity, obedience, and true duty! | Loue Charity, Obedience, and true Dutie. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.106 | I am your wife in all obedience. | I am your wife in all obedience. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.116 | And show more sign of her obedience, | And show more signe of her obedience, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.117 | Her new-built virtue and obedience. | Her new built vertue and obedience. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.152 | But love, fair looks, and true obedience – | But loue, faire lookes, and true obedience; |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.132 | Weighed between loathness and obedience at | Waigh'd betweene loathnesse, and obedience, at |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.4 | Obedience fail in children. Slaves and fools | Obedience fayle in Children: Slaues and Fooles |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.iii.52 | Not fate, obedience, nor the hand of Mars | Not fate, obedience, nor the hand of Mars, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.354 | Is the obedience to a master – one | Is the obedience to a Master; one, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.36 | Commend my best obedience to the Queen. | Commend my best obedience to the Queene, |