| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.136 | He that of greatest works is finisher | He that of greatest workes is finisher, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ix.18 | And finish all foul thoughts. O Antony, | And finish all foule thoughts. Oh Anthony, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.193 | Finish, good lady; the bright day is done, | Finish good Lady, the bright day is done, |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.137 | How thus we met, and these things finish. | How thus we met, and these things finish. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.176 | The chain unfinished made me stay thus long. | The chaine vnfinish'd made me stay thus long. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iv.23 | finished with his bidding. He wants nothing of a god but | finisht with his bidding. He wants nothing of a God but |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.273 | Thou hast finished joy and moan. | Thou hast finish'd Ioy and mone. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.36.1 | Were present when she finished. | Were present when she finish'd. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.413.1 | Have made you finish. | Haue made you finish. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.23 | finish it when He will, 'tis not a hair amiss yet. He may | finish it when he will, it is not a haire amisse yet: he may |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.41 | tales out of my mouth, ere it is made and finished. I | tales out of my mouth, ere it is made and finished. I |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.203 | His days may finish ere that hapless time. | His dayes may finish, ere that haplesse time. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.36 | Finish the process of his sandy hour, | Finish the processe of his sandy houre, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.28 | How many days will finish up the year, | How many Dayes will finish vp the Yeare, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.61 | The other, though unfinished, yet so famous, | The other (though vnfinish'd) yet so Famous, |
| King John | KJ II.i.438 | Left to be finished by such as she; | Left to be finished by such as shee, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.207 | You sheep, and I pasture. Shall that finish the jest? | You Sheepe & I pasture: shall that finish the iest? |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.509 | And he shall marry her. The nuptial finished, | And he shall marry her: the nuptiall finish'd, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.38 | I took him sleeping – that is finished too; | I tooke him sleeping (that is finisht to) |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.43 | Is almost finished, and her epitaphs | is almost finished, & her epitaphs |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.20 | Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time | Deform'd, vn-finish'd, sent before my time |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.244 | He finished indeed his mortal act | He finished indeed his mortall acte |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.18 | The glass is running now that cannot finish | The glasse is running now that cannot finish |