| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.374 | than yours. You are welcome. But my uncle-father | then yours. You are welcome: but my Vnckle Father, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.157 | O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. | Oh Hamlet, / Thou hast cleft my heart in twaine. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.11 | my brain-pan had been cleft with a brown bill; and | my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill; and |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.12 | I cleft his beaver with a downright blow. | I cleft his Beauer with a down-right blow: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.164 | The crannied cleftures of the through-shot planks. | Thecranny cleftures of the through shot planks, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.232 | have made Hercules have turned spit, yea, and have cleft | haue made Hercules haue turnd spit, yea, and haue cleft |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.15 | ear with a love song; the very pin of his heart cleft with | eare with a Loue song, the very pinne of his heart, cleft with |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.75 | D sol re, one clef, two notes have I – | D solre, one Cliffe, two notes haue I, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.12 | clef: she's noted. | life: she's noted. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.220 | An apple cleft in two is not more twin | An apple cleft in two, is not more twin |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.104 | How oft hast thou with perjury cleft the root! | How oft hast thou with periury cleft the roote? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.194 | Thoughts high for one so tender – cleft the heart | (Thoughts high for one so tender) cleft the heart |