| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.36 | Feeds beast as man. The nobleness of life | Feeds Beast as Man; the Noblenesse of life |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.99 | A nobleness in record. But I will be | A Noblenesse in Record. But I will bee |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.45 | His nobleness well acted, which your death | His Noblenesse well acted, which your death |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.45 | Time-pleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. | Time-pleasers, flatterers, foes to Noblenesse. |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.72 | Thy thoughts with nobleness, that thou mayst prove | Thy thoughts with Noblenesse, that thou mayst proue |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.33 | With their own nobleness, which could have turned | With their owne Noblenesse, which could haue turn'd |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.12 | The stamp of nobleness in any person | The stampe of Noblenesse in any person |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.174 | A royal nobleness. I must embrace thee. | A Royall Noblenesse: I must embrace thee, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.42 | But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine | But signes of Noblenesse, like Starres, shall shine |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.27 | Than nobleness and riches. Careless heirs | then Noblenesse & Riches; / Carelesse Heyres, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.119 | Of noble Richard! Then true noblesse would | Of Noble Richard: then true Noblenesse would |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.14 | Both in your form and nobleness of mind; | Both in your forme, and Noblenesse of Minde: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.61 | Whose star-like nobleness gave life and influence | Whose Starre-like Noblenesse gaue life and influence |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.33 | Worthy his youth and nobleness of birth. | Worthy his youth, and noblenesse of birth. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.73 | You whose free nobleness do make my cause | You, whose free noblenesse doe make my cause |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.87 | Their nobleness peculiar to them, gives | Their noblenes peculier to them, gives |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.15 | If we let fall the nobleness of this, | If we let fall the Noblenesse of this, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.12 | To see his nobleness! | To see his Noblenesse, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.164 | And nobleness impose – at least thus much: | And Noblenesse impose: at least thus much; |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.36 | of the mother; the affection of nobleness which | of the Mother: the Affection of Noblenesse, which |