| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vii.41 | To her unworthiness. It nothing steads us | To her vnworthinesse: It nothing steeds vs |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.87.1 | Of what should stead her most? | Of what should stead her most? |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.47 | a peascod instead of her, from whom I took two cods | a peascod instead of her, from whom I tooke two cods, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.193 | Were you in my stead, would you have heard | Were you in my steed, would you haue heard |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.191 | On the unsteadfast footing of a spear. | On the vnstedfast footing of a Speare. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.8 | Thy likeness, for instead of thee, King Harry, | Thy likenesse: for insted of thee King Harry, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.57 | Using the names of men instead of men, | Vsing the Names of men, instead of men: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.243 | What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, | What drink'st thou oft, in stead of Homage sweet, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.46 | Instead of gold, we'll offer up our arms, | In stead of Gold, wee'le offer vp our Armes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.87 | Wounds will I lend the French instead of eyes, | Wounds will I lend the French, in stead of Eyes, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.117 | Instead whereof, sharp stakes plucked out of hedges | In stead whereof, sharpe Stakes pluckt out of Hedges |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.29 | Renounce your soil, give sheep in lions' stead. | Renounce your Soyle, giue Sheepe in Lyons stead: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.31 | The help of one stands me in little stead. | The helpe of one stands me in little stead. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.56 | I never saw a fellow worse bestead, | I neuer saw a fellow worse bestead, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.294 | Had been the Regent there instead of me, | Had beene the Regent there, in stead of me, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.88 | with you'; I'll see if his head will stand steadier on a | with you. Ile see if his head will stand steddier on a |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.127 | instead of maces, will we ride through the streets, and | in steed of Maces, / Will we ride through the streets, & |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.13 | it hath served me instead of a quart pot to drink in; | it hath seru'd me insteede of a quart pot to drinke in: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.43 | Oppose thy steadfast gazing eyes to mine, | Oppose thy stedfast gazing eyes to mine, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.98 | Urge it no more; lest that, instead of words, | Vrge it no more, lest that in stead of words, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.54 | Instead whereof let this supply the room: | In stead whereof, let this supply the roome, |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.i.84 | And in their steads do ravens, crows, and kites | And in their steeds, do Rauens, Crowes, and Kites |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.49 | Instead of whom, ransack-constraining war | In sted of whome ransackt constraining warre, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.173 | And in the stead of tapers on his tomb | And in the stead of tapers on his tombe, |
| King John | KJ II.i.227 | And now, instead of bullets wrapped in fire, | And now insteed of bulletts wrapt in fire |
| King John | KJ V.iii.8 | Tell him, toward Swinstead, to the abbey there. | Tell him toward Swinsted, to the Abbey there. |
| King John | KJ V.iii.16 | Set on toward Swinstead. To my litter straight; | Set on toward Swinsted: to my Litter straight, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iii.26 | I must not look to have; but, in their stead, | I must not looke to haue: but in their steed, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.17 | Proclaim you are no less. Can you so stead me | Proclaime you are no lesse: can you so steed me, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.251 | to stead up your appointment, go in your place. If the | to steed vp your appointment, goe in your place: if the |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.7 | May you stead me? Will you pleasure me? | May you sted me? Will you pleasure me? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.159 | up your grace's request in my stead. I beseech you let his | vp your Graces request in my sted. I beseech you, let his |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.335 | toughness. I could never better stead thee than | toughnesse. I could neuer better steed thee then |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.21 | Can stead the quest. At last from Tyre, | Can steed the quest at last from Tyre: |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.41 | The sooner her vile thoughts to stead, | The sooner her vile thoughts to stead, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.10 | And now, instead of mounting barbed steeds | And now, in stead of mounting Barbed Steeds, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iv.12 | Five have I slain today instead of him. | Fiue haue I slaine to day, in stead of him. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.50 | My intercession likewise steads my foe. | My intercession likewise steads my foe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.199 | Thou shalt be master, Tranio, in my stead, | Thou shalt be master, Tranio in my sted: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.263 | Must stead us all – and me amongst the rest – | Must steed vs all, and me amongst the rest: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.165 | Which since have steaded much. So, of his gentleness, | Which since haue steeded much, so of his gentlenesse |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.6 | And minister in their steads. To general filths | And minister in their steeds, to generall Filthes. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.62 | But, saying thus, instead of oil and balm, | But saying thus, instead of Oyle and Balme, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.107 | No, madam; so it stead you, I will write, | No (Madam) so it steed you, I will write |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.198 | My substance should be statue in thy stead. | My substance should be statue in thy stead. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.36 | What woman I may stead that is distressed | What woman I may steed that is distrest, |