| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.138 | But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction | But wil it not liue with the liuing? No. Why? Detraction |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.142 | Detract so much from that prerogative | Detract so much from that prerogatiue, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.123 | Unspeak mine own detraction, here abjure | Vnspeake mine owne detraction. Heere abiure |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.223 | seem proud; happy are they that hear their detractions | seeme proud, happy are they that heare their detractions, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.91 | to detract. If all the wine in my bottle will recover him, | to detract: if all the wine in my bottle will recouer him, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.133 | see more detraction at your heels than fortunes before | see more detraction at your heeles, then Fortunes before |