| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.54 | I have to use. Thy frank election make; | I haue to vse; thy franke election make, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.81 | Though thanks to all, must I select from all. The rest | (Though thankes to all) must I select from all: / The rest |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.198.1 | And passed him unelected. | And pass'd him vnelected. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.218 | Your ignorant election. Enforce his pride | your ignorant election: Enforce his Pride, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.228.1 | Cast your election on him. | cast your Election on him. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.254.1 | Repent in their election. | repent in their election. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.210 | We were elected theirs, Martius is worthy | We were elected theirs, Martius is worthy |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.53 | By her election may be truly read | By her electiõ may be truly read, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iii.25 | If it be a sin to make a true election, she | If it be a sin to make a true election, she |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.175 | In the election of a sir so rare, | In the election of a Sir, so rare, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.111.1 | Th' elected deer before thee? | Th'elected Deere before thee? |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.74 | Are of a most select and generous chief in that. | Are of a most select and generous cheff in that. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.74 | And could of men distinguish her election, | And could of men distinguish, her election |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.65 | Popped in between th' election and my hopes, | Popt in betweene th'election and my hopes, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.349 | But I do prophesy th' election lights | But I do prophesie th'election lights |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.99 | delectable shapes, which delivered o'er to the voice, the | delectable shapes; which deliuer'd o're to the Voyce, the |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.4 | That you elect no other king but him, | That you elect no other King but him; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.160 | Before we make election, give me leave | Before we make election, giue me leaue |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.60 | Yea, the elect o'th' land, who are assembled | Yea, the elect o'th'Land, who are assembled |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.142 | In every shire elect a several band; | In euery shire elect a seuerall band, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.68 | Dispose, elect, and govern as they list! | Dispose, elect, and gouerne as they list, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.206 | Election makes not up in such conditions. | Election makes not vp in such conditions. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.18 | Elected him our absence to supply, | Elected him our absence to supply; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.3 | And comes to his election presently. | And comes to his election presently. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.24.1 | To stay you from election. | To stay you from election. |
| Othello | Oth I.i.27 | Is all his soldiership. But he, sir, had th' election: | Is all his Souldiership. But he (Sir) had th'election; |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.33 | And leave us to our free election. | And leaue vs to our free election. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.7 | Making the hard way sweet and delectable. | Making the hard way sweet and delectable: |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.57 | The deputy elected by the Lord. | The Deputie elected by the Lord: |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.126 | His captain, steward, deputy elect, | His Captaine, Steward, Deputie elect, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.16 | But let desert in pure election shine, | But let Desert in pure Election shine; |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.22 | In election for the Roman empery | In Election for the Romane Emperie, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.186 | And name thee in election for the empire | And name thee in Election for the Empire, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.231 | Then if you will elect by my advice, | Then if you will elect by my aduise, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.238 | To us in our election this day | To vs in our Election this day, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.349 | Makes merit her election, and doth boil, | Makes Merit her election, and doth boyle |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.62 | I take today a wife, and my election | I take to day a Wife, and my election |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.67 | Although my will distaste what it elected, | (Although my will distaste what it elected) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.154 | Am guiltless of election. Of mine eyes | Am guiltlesse of election of mine eyes, |