| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.125 | is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve | is not politicke, in the Common-wealth of Nature, to preserue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.46 | Sit, my preserver, by thy patient's side, | Sit my preseruer by thy patients side, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.22 | Best to preserve it. If I lose mine honour, | Best to preserue it: if I loose mine Honour, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.60.2 | So the gods preserve thee! | So the Gods preserue thee. |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.143 | The gods preserve our noble Tribunes! Come! | The Gods preserue our Noble Tribunes, come. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.20.1 | The gods preserve you both! | The Gods preserue you both. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.132 | ladies' flesh at a million a dram, you cannot preserve | Ladies flesh at a Million a Dram, you cannot preseure |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.13 | To make perfumes? Distil? Preserve? Yea so, | To make Perfumes? Distill? Preserue? Yea so, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.58 | Preserved the Britons, was the Romans' bane. | "Preseru'd the Britaines, was the Romanes bane. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.2 | Preservers of my throne: woe is my heart, | Preseruers of my Throne: woe is my heart, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.285 | of our youth, by the obligation of our ever-preserved | of our youth, by the Obligation of our euer-preserued |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.89 | Well, there is sixpence to preserve thee. | Well, there is six pence to preserue thee. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.286 | O, the Lord preserve thy grace! By my troth, | Oh, the Lord preserue thy good Grace: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.106 | that. God pless it and preserve it, as long as it pleases | that: God plesse it, and preserue it, as long as it pleases |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.33 | Rather than life preserved with infamy. | Rather then Life, preseru'd with Infamie. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.160 | With ‘ God preserve the good Duke Humphrey!’, | With God preserue the good Duke Humfrey: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.70 | Jesus preserve your royal majesty! | Iesus preserue your Royall Maiesty. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.271 | And to preserve my sovereign from his foe, | And to preserue my Soueraigne from his Foe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.301 | Men's flesh preserved so whole do seldom win. | Mens flesh preseru'd so whole, doe seldome winne. |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.6 | I will preserve myself; and am bethought | I will preserue myselfe: and am bethought |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.74 | Of men's impossibilities, have preserved thee. | Of mens Impossibilities, haue preserued thee. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.72 | Which is too nigh your person. Heaven preserve you! | Which is too nie your person. Heauen preserue you, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.153 | Ere sunrise: prayers from preserved souls, | Ere Sunne rise: prayers from preserued soules, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.204 | What cannot be preserved when fortune takes, | What cannot be presern'd, when Fortune takes: |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.82 | If to preserve this vessel for my lord | If to preserue this vessell for my Lord, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.16 | Which, to preserve mine honour, I'll perform. | Which to preserue mine honour, I'le performe. |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.15 | To foster is not ever to preserve. | to foster it, not euer to preserue, |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.105 | The good gods preserve you. | The good Gods preserue you. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.13.2 | Hail, reverend sir! The gods preserve you! | Hayle reuerent Syr, the Gods preserue you. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.36 | Sir King, all hail! The gods preserve you! | Sir King all haile, the Gods preserue you, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.57 | How possibly preserved, and who to thank, | how possiblie preserued? and who to thanke |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.5 | Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast, | Vertue preferd from fell destructions blast, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.17 | ‘ Jesu preserve thee, welcome Bolingbroke,’ | Iesu preserue thee, welcom Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.59 | Whom God preserve better than you would wish! – | (Whom God preserue better then you would wish) |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.119 | Must gently be preserved, cherished, and kept. | Must gently be preseru'd, cherisht, and kept: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.153 | Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile, | Thou was't that did preserue me; Thou didst smile, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.312 | Preserve the King! | preserue the King. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.69 | My true preserver, and a loyal sir | My true preseruer, and a loyall Sir, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.166.2 | The gods preserve ye! | The Gods preserue ye. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.135 | That nice-preserved honesty of yours. | That nice-preserued honesty of yours. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.ii.2 | Than will preserve just so much strength in us | Then will preserue iust so much strength in vs |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.109 | That have preserved her welfare in my blood, | That haue preseru'd her welfare in my blood, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.253 | I was preserved to serve this noble Count. | I was preseru'd to serue this Noble Count: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.268 | I never shall enjoy her, yet I'll preserve | I never shall enjoy her, yet ile preserve |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.ii.104.1 | But still preserve her in this way. | But still preserve her in this way. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.328 | Which to preserve is sleep, which being spotted | (Which to preserue, is Sleepe; which being spotted, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.583 | Preserver of my father, now of me, | Preseruer of my Father, now of me, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.124 | Where hast thou been preserved? Where lived? How found | Where hast thou bin preseru'd? Where liu'd? How found |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.127 | Gave hope thou wast in being, have preserved | Gaue hope thou wast in being, haue preseru'd |