| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.178 | The origin and commencement of his grief | The Origin and Commencement of this greefe |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.4 | To be commenced in strands afar remote. | To be commenc'd in Stronds a-farre remote: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.5 | The acts commenced on this ball of earth. | The Acts commenced on this Ball of Earth. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.118 | Most shallowly did you these arms commence, | Most shallowly did you these Armes commence, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.114 | sack commences it and sets it in act and use. Hereof | Sack commences it, and sets it in act, and vse. Hereof |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.7 | And like a hungry lion did commence | And like a hungry Lyon did commence |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.118 | His father's acts, commenced in burning Troy! | His Fathers Acts, commenc'd in burning Troy. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.145 | Be wary, therefore, since we do commence | Be warie therefore since we do comence, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.48 | Since many a wooer doth commence his suit | Since many a wooer doth commence his suit, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.340 | purse – nor he his to her. It was a violent commencement, | purse: nor he his to her. It was a violent Commencement in her, |
| Pericles | Per II.v.51 | Nor never did my actions yet commence | nor neuer did my actions / Yet commence |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.269 | Thy nature did commence in sufferance, time | Thy Nature, did commence in sufferance, Time |