| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.84 | Bear him ashore. – I'll pledge it for him, Pompey. | Beare him ashore, / Ile pledge it for him Pompey. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.12.1 | The triumph of his pledge. | The triumph of his Pledge. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.73 | I pledge your grace – and if you knew what pains | I pledge your Grace: And if you knew what paines |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.53 | I'll pledge you a mile to th' bottom. | Ile pledge you a mile to the bottome. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.120 | There is my pledge; accept it, Somerset. | There is my pledge, accept it Somerset. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.47 | Bear her this jewel, pledge of my affection. | Beare her this Iewell, pledge of my affection. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.66 | Let it come, i'faith, and I'll pledge you all; | Let it come yfaith, and Ile pledge you all, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.50 | As pledges of my fealty and love; | As pledges of my Fealtie and Loue, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.239 | What pledge have we of thy firm loyalty? | What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.250 | And here, to pledge my vow, I give my hand. | And heere to pledge my Vow, I giue my hand. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iv.47 | Here's to your ladyship; and pledge it, madam, | Heer's to your Ladiship, and pledge it Madam: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.158 | My heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. | My heart is thirsty for that Noble pledge. |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.94.1 | There is my pledge. | There is my pledge: |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.91.2 | Our duties and the pledge! | Our duties, and the pledge. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.213 | With that recognizance and pledge of love | With that Recognizance and pledge of Loue |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.78 | I thank both him and you, and pledge him freely. | I thanke both him and you, and pledge him freely. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.44 | I am in Parliament pledge for his truth | I am in Parliament pledge for his truth, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.44 | Petruchio, patience, I am Grumio's pledge. | Petruchio patience, I am Grumio's pledge: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.46 | him, now parts bread with him, pledges the breath of | him, now parts bread with him, pledges the breath of |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.278.2 | He pledges them | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.290 | He loves his pledges dearer than his life. | Heloues his pledges dearer then his life: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.106 | Bid him demand what pledge will please him best. | Bid him demaund what pledge will please him best. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.163 | Aemilius, let the Emperor give his pledges | Emillius, let the Emperour giue his pledges |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.65 | Now the pledge; now, now, now! | Now the pledge, now, now, now. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.80 | O all you gods! – O pretty, pretty pledge! | O all you gods! O prettie, prettie pledge; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.16.2 | Well, sir, I'll pledge you. | Well Sir, Ile pledge you. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.38.1 | Else there be tales abroad; you'll pledge her? | Else there be tales abroade, you'l pledge her? |