| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.40 | Noble heroes, my sword and yours are kin. | Noble Heroes; my sword and yours are kinne, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vii.80 | With news the time's with labour and throes forth | With Newes the times with Labour, / And throwes forth |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.44 | but took me in my throes, | but tooke me in my Throwes, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.263 | and outstretched heroes the beggars' shadows. Shall | and out-stretcht Heroes the Beggers Shadowes: shall |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iii.58 | cabileros about London. | Cauileroes about London. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.199 | Many a groaning throe. Thus hulling in | Many a groaning throw: thus hulling in |
| King John | KJ V.ii.152 | You bloody Neroes, ripping up the womb | you bloudy Nero's, ripping vp the wombe |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.309 | Whip to our tents, as roes runs o'er the land. | Whip to our Tents, as Roes runnes ore Land. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.35 | Negro's belly. The Moor is with child by you, | Negroes bellie: the Moore is with childe by you |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.ii.44 | truth of Hero's disloyalty that jealousy shall be called | truths of Heroes disloyaltie, that iealousie shall be cal'd |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.87 | night we would have it at the Lady Hero's | night we would haue it at the Lady Heroes |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.140 | wooed Margaret, the Lady Hero's gentlewoman, by the | wooed Margaret the Lady Heroes gentle-woman, by the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.69 | Is this face Hero's? Are our eyes our own? | Is this face Heroes? are our eies our owne? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.80 | Hero itself can blot out Hero's virtue. | Hero it selfe can blot out Heroes vertue. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.226 | and saw me court Margaret in Hero's garments; how | and saw me court Margaret in Heroes garments, how |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.69 | I'll tell you largely of fair Hero's death. | Ile tell you largely of faire Heroes death: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.37 | Without his roe, like a dried herring. O flesh, | Without his Roe, like a dryed Hering. O flesh, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.47 | As breathed stags, ay, fleeter than the roe. | As breathed Stags: I fleeter then the Roe. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.235.1 | Which throes thee much to yield. | Which throwes thee much to yeeld. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.30 | One Varro's servant, my good lord – | One Varroes seruant, my good Lord. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.198 | Their pangs of love, with other incident throes | Their pangs of Loue, with other incident throwes |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.58 | a lizard, an owl, a puttock, or a herring without a roe, I | a Lizard, an Owle, a Puttocke, or a Herring without a Roe, I |