| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.178 | That wishing well had not a body in't | That wishing well had not a body in't, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.137 | Wishing his foot were equal with his eye, | Wishing his foot were equall with his eye, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.161 | ‘ Hath sent to me, wishing me to permit | Hath sent to me, wishing me to permit |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.4 | But rather wishing a more strict restraint | But rather wishing a more strict restraint |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.11 | Had time cohered with place or place with wishing, | Had time coheard with Place, or place with wishing, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.317 | swears it. I cannot be a man with wishing, therefore I | sweares it: I cannot be a man with wishing, therfore I |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.32 | Wishing him my meat. – Sure, he's a gallant gentleman. | Wishing him my meat: sure hee's a gallant Gentleman. |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.77 | Wishing it so much blood unto your life. | Wishing it so much blood vnto your life. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.59 | Wishing me with him, partner of his fortune. | Wishing me with him, partner of his fortune. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.289 | Skulking in corners? Wishing clocks more swift? | Skulking in corners? wishing Clocks more swift? |