| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.88 | Up, sword, and know thou a more horrid hent. | Vp Sword, and know thou a more horrid hent |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.62 | And sandy-bottomed Severn have I sent him | And sandy-bottom'd Seuerne, haue I hent him |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.vi.14 | Have hent the gates, and very near upon | Haue hent the gates, and very neere vpon |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.122 | And merrily hent the stile-a: | And merrily hent the Stile-a: |