| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.26 | Neither, my lord; but narrowly beset | Neither my Lord, but narrowly beset, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.108 | Or is our son beset with too much odds? | Or is our sonne beset with too much odds? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.217 | I was beset with shame and courtesy. | I was beset with shame and curtesie, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.75 | O God defend me! How am I beset! | O God defend me how am I beset, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.235 | Draw forth thy weapon, we are beset with thieves, | Draw forth thy weapon, we are beset with theeues, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.83 | Drew to defend him when he was beset; | Drew to defend him, when he was beset: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.47 | Now, daughter Silvia, you are hard beset. | Now, daughter Siluia, you are hard beset. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iii.11 | The thicket is beset; he cannot 'scape. | The Thicket is beset, he cannot scape. |