| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.63 | Expire before their fashions.’ This he wished. | Expire before their fashions: this he wish'd. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.103 | think she wished me. Alone she was, and did communicate | thinke shee wisht mee, alone shee was, and did communicate |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.42 | That he which is was wished until he were; | That he which is was wisht, vntill he were: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.91 | And by the benefit of his wished light | And by the benefit of his wished light |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.24 | Farewell, kind neighbours. We wished Coriolanus | Farewell kinde Neighbours: / We wisht Coriolanus |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.14 | You wished us parties, we'll deliver you | you wisht vs parties: Wee'l deliuer you |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.50 | She wished me to make known: but our great court | She wish'd me to make knowne: but our great Court |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.i.1 | Yea, bloody cloth, I'll keep thee: for I wished | Yea bloody cloth, Ile keep thee: for I am wisht |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.64 | Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep – | Deuoutly to be wish'd. To dye to sleepe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.157 | That wished him on the barren mountains starve. | That wish'd him on the barren Mountaines staru'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.28 | To bring this matter to the wished end. | To bring this matter to the wished end. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.90 | Because I wished this world's eternity. | Because I wish'd this Worlds eternitie. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.109 | And so I wished thy body might my heart; | And so I wish'd thy body might my Heart: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.113 | For losing ken of Albion's wished coast. | For loosing ken of Albions wished Coast. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.99 | They have sent me such a man I would have wished for. | They haue sent me such a Man, I would haue wish'd for. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.163 | Have wished the sleeping of this business, never desired | Haue wish'd the sleeping of this busines, neuer desir'd |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.62 | Have wished that noble Brutus had his eyes. | Haue wish'd, that Noble Brutus had his eyes. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.16 | He wished today our enterprise might thrive. | He wisht to day our enterprize might thriue: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.81 | I bring my fraught unto the wished port, | I bring my fraught vnto the wished port, |
| King John | KJ V.v.12 | And your supply, which you have wished so long, | And your supply, which you haue wish'd so long, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.106 | Wished himself the heaven's breath. | Wish himselfe the heauens breath. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.79.1 | Nor wished to hold my peace. | Nor wish'd to hold my peace. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.viii.32 | And wished in silence that it were not his. | And wisht in silence that it were not his. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.77 | do it your good heart! I wished your venison better – it | doe it your good heart: I wish'd your Venison better, it |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.115.1 | That may be wished for. | That may be wisht for. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.312 | wished, God prohibit it! Come, neighbour. | wisht, God prohibite it: come neighbour. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.161 | She wished she had not heard it, yet she wished | She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.66 | And to that end we wished your lordship here, | And to that end we wish'd your Lordship here, |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.14 | I wished might fall on me when I was found | I wish'd might fall on me, when I was found |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.16 | This is the day wherein I wished to fall | This is the day, wherein I wisht to fall |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.116 | Unto the wished haven of my bliss. | Vnto the wished hauen of my blisse: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.98 | have often wished myself poorer that I might come | haue often wisht my selfe poorer, that I might come |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.212 | But yet they could have wished – they know not – | But yet they could haue wisht, they know not, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.469 | When man was wished to love his enemies! | When man was wisht to loue his Enemies: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.77 | And they have wished that Lucius were their emperor. | And they haue wisht that Lucius were their Emperour. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.60 | O Cressida, how often have I wished me thus! | O Cressida, how often haue I wisht me thus? |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.61 | Wished, my lord! – The gods grant – O my | Wisht my Lord? the gods grant? O my |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.125 | And yet, good faith, I wished myself a man, | And yet good faith I wisht my selfe a man; |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.148 | Remember who commended thy yellow stockings and wished | Remember who commended thy yellow stockings, and wish'd |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.50 | ‘ – and wished to see thee cross-gartered.’ | And wish'd to see thee crosse garter'd. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.80 | Should I have wished a thing, it had been he. | Should I haue wish'd a thing, it had beene he. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.101 | If this be he you oft have wished to hear from. | If this be he you oft haue wish'd to heare from. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iv.3 | Be wished upon thy head, I cry amen to't. | Be wishd upon thy head, I cry Amen too't. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.133 | As dice are to be wished by one that fixes | As Dice are to be wish'd, by one that fixes |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.123 | I never wished to see you sorry: now | I neuer wish'd to see you sorry, now |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.142 | His wished ability, he had himself | His wish'd Abilitie, he had himselfe |