| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.25 | He was famous, sir, in his profession, and it | He was famous sir in his profession, and it |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.48 | Menecrates and Menas, famous pirates, | Menacrates and Menas famous Pyrates |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.19 | Nobler than my revolt is infamous, | Nobler then my reuolt is Infamous, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.358 | A pair so famous. High events as these | A payre so famous: high euents as these |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.368 | Brought to this town by that most famous warrior | Brought to this Town by that most famous Warriour, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.35 | famously he did it to that end. Though soft-conscienced | Famouslie, he did it to that end: though soft conscienc'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.6 | Famous in Caesar's praises, no whit less | (Famous in Casars prayses, no whit lesse |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.195 | Let the birds fly, and like the famous ape, | Let the Birds flye, and like the famous Ape |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.62 | A famous rebel art thou, Colevile. | A famous Rebell art thou, Colleuile. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.63 | And a famous true subject took him. | And a famous true Subiect tooke him. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.92 | From his most famed of famous ancestors, | From his most fam'd, of famous Ancestors, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.90 | Your grandfather of famous memory, an't | Your Grandfather of famous memory (an't |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.6 | King Henry the Fifth, too famous to live long! | King Henry the Fift, too famous to liue long, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.5 | I shall as famous be by this exploit | I shall as famous be by this exploit, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.85 | From famous Edmund Langley, Duke of York, | From famous Edmund Langley, Duke of Yorke, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.13 | And we will make thee famous through the world. | And we will make thee famous through the World. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.30 | To say the truth, this fact was infamous, | To say the truth, this fact was infamous, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.5 | So, in the famous ancient city Tours, | So in the Famous Ancient City, Toures, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.69 | Hath made the wizard famous in his death. | Hath made the Wizard famous in his death: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.30 | Saint Albans battle, won by famous York, | Saint Albons battell wonne by famous Yorke, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.154 | Were he as famous and as bold in war | Were he as famous, and as bold in Warre, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.52 | O brave young Prince! Thy famous grandfather | Oh braue young Prince: thy famous Grandfather |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.66 | Together with all famous colleges | Together with all famous Colledges |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.61 | The other, though unfinished, yet so famous, | The other (though vnfinish'd) yet so Famous, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.146 | A famous war, and with so mighty a nation. | A famous Warre, and with so mighty a nation: |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.144 | Stood famous Edward, still expecting when | Stood famous Edward still expecting when |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.222 | May still be famous for like victories. | May still be famous for lyke victories: |
| Pericles | Per I.i.35 | Yon sometimes famous princes, like thyself, | Yon sometimes famous Princes, like thy selfe, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.52 | Feared by their breed, and famous by their birth, | Fear'd by their breed, and famous for their birth, |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.36 | Upon my head and all this famous land. | Vpon my head, and all this famous Land. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.19 | For then this land was famously enriched | For then this Land was famously enrich'd |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.84 | That Julius Caesar was a famous man. | That Iulius Casar was a famous man, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.164 | In the seat royal of this famous isle? | In the Seat Royall of this famous Ile? |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.99 | Famous Plantagenet, most gracious prince, | Famous Plantagenet, most gracious Prince, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.251 | The one as famous for a scolding tongue | The one, as famous for a scolding tongue, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.192 | Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan, | Is daughter to this famous Duke of Millaine, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.151 | My famous cousin to our Grecian tents. | My famous Cousin to our Grecian Tents. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.12 | More famous yet 'twixt Po and silver Trent. | More famous yet twixt Po and silver Trent. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.11 | Besides, this place is famous for the creatures | Besides this place is famous for the Creatures |