| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.108 | For husbands, fathers and betrothed lovers | For Husbands, Fathers, and betrothed Louers, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.26 | You know, my lord, your highness is betrothed | You know (my Lord) your Highnesse is betroath'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.267 | His old betrothed, but despised: | His old betroathed (but despised:) |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.171 | Was I betrothed ere I saw Hermia; | Was I betroth'd, ere I see Hermia, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.71 | This prince, the fair-betrothed of your daughter, | this Prince, the faire betrothed of your daughter, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.180 | And afterward by substitute betrothed | And afterward by substitute betroth'd |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.238 | Betrothed and would have married her perforce | Betroth'd, and would haue married her perforce |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.289 | Bear his betrothed from all the world away. | Beare his Betroth'd, from all the world away. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.409 | My true-betrothed love, and now my wife? | My true betrothed Loue, and now my wife? |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.260 | You are betrothed both to a maid and man. | You are betroth'd both to a maid and man. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.177 | Ay, and we are betrothed; nay more, our marriage-hour, | I, and we are betroathd: nay more, our mariage howre, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.107 | I am betrothed; and art thou not ashamed | I am betroth'd; and art thou not asham'd |