| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.58 | Preserved the Britons, was the Romans' bane. | "Preseru'd the Britaines, was the Romanes bane. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.17 | twice on the banns, such a commodity of warm slaves as | twice on the Banes: such a Commoditie of warme slaues, as |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.40 | security. I had as lief they would put ratsbane in my | Securitie: I had as liefe they would put Rats-bane in my |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.29 | Had been a little ratsbane for thy sake. | Had bin a little Rats-bane for thy sake. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.120 | Shall be their father's bail, and bane to those | Shall be their Fathers baile, and bane to those |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.103 | With blood of those that fought to be thy bane, | With blood of those that fought to be thy bane, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.53 | ratsbane by his porridge, made him proud of heart, to | Rats-bane by his Porredge, made him Proud of heart, to |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.88 | And I her husband contradict your banns. | And I her husband contradict your Banes. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.9 | It was for Malcolm and for Donalbain | It was for Malcolme, and for Donalbane |
| Macbeth | Mac V.ii.7 | Who knows if Donalbain be with his brother? | Who knowes if Donalbane be with his brother? |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.59 | I will not be afraid of death and bane | I will not be affraid of Death and Bane, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.128 | Like rats that ravin down their proper bane, | Like Rats that rauyn downe their proper Bane, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.46 | To have it baned? What, are you answered yet? | To haue it bain'd? What, are you answer'd yet? |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.349 | Where a malignant and a turbaned Turk | Where a malignant, and a Turbond-Turke |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.180 | When I shall ask the banns, and when be married. | When I shall aske the banes, and when be married. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.16 | Make feasts, invite friends, and proclaim the banns, | Make friends, inuite, and proclaime the banes, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.72 | Lest Rome herself be bane unto herself, | Goth. Let Rome herselfe be bane vnto herselfe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.92 | 'twill be his bane, he cannot bear it. | 'twill be his baine, he cannot beare it.. |