| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.320 | majesty shall have tribute of me; the adventurous | Maiesty shall haue Tribute of mee: the aduenturous |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.189 | As full of peril and adventurous spirit | As full of perill and aduenturous Spirit, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iv.72 | steal anything adventurously. I must stay with the | steale any thing aduenturously. I must stay with the |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.45 | More venturous or desperate than this. | More venturous, or desperate then this. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.9 | I will reward you for this venturous deed. | I will reward you for this venturous deed: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.54.2 | I am much too venturous | I am much too venturous |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.34 | I have a venturous fairy that shall seek | I haue a venturous Fairy, / That shall seeke |
| Pericles | Per I.i.36 | Drawn by report, adventurous by desire, | Drawne by report, aduentrous by desire, |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.51 | And in your search spend your adventurous worth. | And in your search, spend your aduenturous worth, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.171 | Thy prime of manhood daring, bold, and venturous; | Thy prime of Manhood, daring, bold, and venturous: |