| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.v.23 | The demi-Atlas of this earth, the arm | The demy Atlas of this Earth, the Arme |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.86 | As had he been incorpsed and demi-natured | As had he beene encorps't and demy-Natur'd |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.191 | night in the Windmill in Saint George's Field? | night in the Winde-mill, in S. Georges Field. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.12 | head a demi-coronal of gold. With him the Earl of | head, a Demy Coronall of Gold. With him, the Earle of |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.77 | Like a demi-god here sit I in the sky, | Like a demie God, here sit I in the skie, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.93 | Shoughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves are clept | Showghes, Water-Rugs, and Demy-Wolues are clipt |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.119 | Thus can the demi-god Authority | Thus can the demy-god (Authority) |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.115 | Fair Portia's counterfeit! What demi-god | Faire Portias counterfeit. What demie God |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.298 | Will you, I pray, demand that demi-devil | Will you, I pray, demand that demy-Diuell, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.42 | This other Eden – demi-paradise – | This other Eden, demy paradise, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.248 | Canst thou demise to any child of mine? | Canst thou demise to any childe of mine. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.88 | What's this? A sleeve? 'Tis like a demi-cannon. | Whats this? a sleeue? 'tis like demi cannon, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.36 | When he comes back; you demi-puppets that | When he comes backe: you demy-Puppets, that |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.272 | These three have robbed me, and this demi-devil – | These three haue robd me, and this demy-diuell; |