| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.133 | afore thee like a flock of wild geese, I'll never wear hair | afore thee like a flocke of Wilde-geese, Ile neuer weare haire |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.200 | house afore I'll be in these tirrits and frights! So! | house, before Ile be in these tirrits, and frights. So: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.30 | is painted blind, with a muffler afore her eyes, to signify | is painted blinde, with a Muffler afore his eyes, to signifie |
| King Lear | KL I.v.4 | If your diligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore | if your Dilligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.190 | afore Michaelmas? | afore Michaelmas. |
| Othello | Oth V.i.128 | Will you go on afore? (Aside) This is the night | Will you go on afore? This is the night |
| Pericles | Per II.i.80 | Now, afore me, a handsome fellow! Come, thou shalt go | now afore mee a handsome fellow : Come, thou shalt goe |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.133 | She makes our profession as it were to stink afore | He makes our profession as it were to stincke afore |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.200 | Now afore God – God forbid I say true – | Now afore God, God forbid I say true, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.238 | Now, afore God, 'tis shame such wrongs are borne | Now afore heauen, 'tis shame such wrongs are borne, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.158 | Now, afore God, I am so vexed that every part | Now afore God, I am so vext, that euery part |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.34 | Afore me, it is so very late that we | Afore me, it is so late, that we |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.ii.31 | Now, afore God, this reverend holy Friar, | Now afore God, this reueren'd holy Frier, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.74 | drunk wine afore, it will go near to remove his fit. If I | drunke wine afore, it will goe neere to remoue his Fit: if I |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.7 | Hast strangely stood the test. Here, afore heaven, | Hast strangely stood the test: here, afore heauen |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.197 | Your shield afore your heart, about that neck | Your Sheild afore your Heart, about that necke |