| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.iv.17 | The royal occupation; thou shouldst see | The Royall Occupation, thou should'st see |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.98 | Upon the voice of occupation and | Vpon the voyce of occupation, and |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.264 | to cut. An I had been a man of any occupation, If I | to cut: and I had beene a man of any Occupation, if I |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.90 | Sir, 'tis my occupation to be plain. | Sir, 'tis my occupation to be plaine, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.31 | look – do you call, sir, your occupation a mystery? | look: Doe you call sir, your occupation a Mysterie? |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.34 | your whores, sir, being members of my occupation, | your Whores sir, being members of my occupation, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.35 | using painting, do prove my occupation a mystery. But | vsing painting, do proue my Occupation, a Misterie: but |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.157 | No occupation: all men idle, all, | No occupation, all men idle, all: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.294 | occupation. Have at it with you. | occupation: Haue at it with you: |