| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.91 | In filial obligation for some term | In filiall Obligation, for some terme |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.285 | of our youth, by the obligation of our ever-preserved | of our youth, by the Obligation of our euer-preserued |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.96 | No other obligation! By my life, | No other obligation? by my Life, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.137 | Would fail her obligation. If, sir, perchance, | Would faile her Obligation. If Sir perchance |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.10 | bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation, Armigero. | Bill, Warrant, Quittance, or Obligation, Armigero. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.122 | The obligation of our blood forbids | The obligation of our bloud forbids |