| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.38 | A bribe to pay my sword. I do refuse it. | A Bribe, to pay my Sword: I doe refuse it, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.104 | 'Tis thought, my lord, that you took bribes of France; | 'Tis thought, my Lord, / That you tooke Bribes of France, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.109 | Nor ever had one penny bribe from France. | Nor euer had one penny Bribe from France. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.155 | She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe | Shee did corrupt frayle Nature with some Bribe, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.3 | For taking bribes here of the Sardians; | For taking Bribes heere of the Sardians; |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.24 | Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, | Contaminate our fingers, with base Bribes? |
| King John | KJ II.i.171 | Ay, with these crystal beads heaven shall be bribed | I, with these Christall beads heauen shall be brib'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.145 | Hark how I'll bribe you. Good my lord, turn back. | Hark, how Ile bribe you: good my Lord turn back. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.146 | How? Bribe me? | How? bribe me? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.24 | Divide me like a bribed buck, each a haunch. | Diuide me like a brib'd-Bucke, each a Haunch: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.243 | No, I'll nothing. For if I should be bribed | No, Ile nothing; for if I should be brib'd |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.62 | Were a sufficient briber for his life. | Were a sufficient briber for his life. |