| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.21 | A good construction. I raised him, and I pawned | A good construction. I rais'd him, and I pawn'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.434.1 | His skill in the construction. | His skill in the construction. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.445 | The fit and apt construction of thy name, | The fit and apt Construction of thy name |
| Henry VIII | H8 epilogue.10 | The merciful construction of good women, | The mercifull construction of good women, |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.115 | To strike at me upon his misconstruction, | To strike at me vpon his misconstruction, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.13 | To find the mind's construction in the face. | To finde the Mindes construction in the Face. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.216 | is shrewd construction made of her. Now, Sir John, | is shrewd construction made of her. Now (Sir Iohn) |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iv.44 | O illegitimate construction! I scorn that with | O illegitimate construction! I scorne that with |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.168 | construction of it. For this night, to bed, and dream on | construction of it: For this night to bed, and dreame on |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.112 | Under your hard construction must I sit, | Vnder your hard construction must I sit, |