| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.121 | Bestride my threshold. Why, thou Mars, I tell thee | Bestride my Threshold. Why, thou Mars I tell thee, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.122 | bestride me, so. 'Tis a point of friendship. | bestride me, so; 'tis a point of friendship. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.207 | Tells them he doth bestride a bleeding land, | Tels them, he doth bestride a bleeding Land, |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.15 | When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk. He trots the | When I bestryde him, I soare, I am a Hawke: he trots the |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.182 | And once again bestride our foaming steeds, | And once againe, bestride our foaming Steeds, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.31 | Bestride the rock; the tide will wash you off, | Bestride the Rock, the Tyde will wash you off, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.134 | Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world | Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.92 | As swift as ever yet thou didst bestride, | As swift as euer yet thou didst bestride, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.97 | Bid him today bestride the jade himself, | Bid him to daie bestride the iade himselfe, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.4 | Bestride our down-fallen birthdom. Each new morn | Bestride our downfall Birthdome: each new Morne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.vi.18 | A lover may bestride the gossamers | A Louer may bestride the Gossamours, |