| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.298 | He knows himself my bed he hath defiled, | He knowes himselfe my bed he hath defil'd, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.171 | Yet filed with my abilities. Mine own ends | Yet fill'd with my Abilities: Mine owne ends |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.10 | lofty, his discourse peremptory, his tongue filed, his | lofty, his discourse peremptorie: his tongue filed, his |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.64 | For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind, | For Banquo's Issue haue I fil'd my Minde, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.410 | I'll whip thee with a rod. He is defiled | Ile whip thee with a rod. He is defil'd |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.56 | they that touch pitch will be defiled. The most peaceable | they that touch pitch will be defil'd: the most peaceable |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.63 | One Hero died defiled, but I do live, | One Hero died, but I doe liue, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.37 | As houses are defiled for want of use, | As houses are defil'de for want of vse, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.62 | Hath held his current and defiled himself – | Hath had his current, and defil'd himselfe. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.228 | Ay, defiled land, my lord. | I, defil'd Land, my Lord. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iii.5 | More sharp than filed steel, did spur me forth, | (More sharpe then filed steele) did spurre me forth, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.607 | geld a codpiece of a purse; I would have filed keys off | gueld a Cod-peece of a Purse: I would haue fill'd Keyes of |