| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.v.7 | Pompey, presently denied him rivality, would not let | Pompey: presently denied him riuality, would not let |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.4 | Is apprehended for arrival here, | Is apprehended for a riuall here, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.13 | The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste. | the Riuals of my Watch, bid them make hast. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.205 | Without corrival all her dignities. | Without Co-riuall, all her Dignities: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.31 | And many more corrivals and dear men | And many moe Corriuals, and deare men |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.ii.84 | Still ending at the arrival of an hour. | Still ending at the arriuall of an houre, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iv.2 | Hearing of your arrival in this realm, | Hearing of your arriuall in this Realme, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.17 | Since thy arrival on the coast of France? | Since thy arriuall on the coaste of Fraunce? |
| King Lear | KL I.i.46 | Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love, | Great Riuals in our yongest daughters loue, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.191 | Hath rivalled for our daughter: what in the least | Hath riuald for our Daughter; what in the least |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.174 | To hold a rival place with one of them, | To hold a riuall place with one of them, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.155 | You both are rivals, and love Hermia; | You both are Riuals, and loue Hermia; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.156 | And now both rivals to mock Helena. | And now both Riuals to mocke Helena. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.358 | And lead these testy rivals so astray | And lead these testie Riuals so astray, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.141 | I know you two are rival enemies. | I know you two are Riuall enemies. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.8 | The cause of his arrival here in arms. | The cause of his arriuall heere in Armes, |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.131 | With rival-hating envy set on you | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.116 | mistress and be happy rivals in Bianca's love – to | Mistris, and be happie riuals in Bianca's loue, to |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.120 | Suitors to her and rivals in my love, | Suters to her, and riuals in my Loue: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.139 | Peace, Grumio. It is the rival of my love. | Peace Grumio, it is the riuall of my Loue. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.70 | Who will of thy arrival be full joyous. | Who will of thy arriuall be full ioyous. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.75.1 | Translates his rivals. | Translates his Riuals. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.44 | Corrivalled greatness? – Either to harbour fled | Co-riual'd Greatnesse? Either to harbour fled, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.172 | My foolish rival, that her father likes | My foolish Riuall that her Father likes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.195 | For 'tis thy rival. O, thou senseless form, | For 'tis thy riuall: O thou sencelesse forme, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.145 | Plead a new state in thy unrivalled merit, | Plead a new state in thy vn-riual'd merit, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.166 | But my arrival, and my wife's, in safety | But my arriuall, and my Wifes, in safetie |