| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.85 | But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, | But when he meant to quaile, and shake the Orbe, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.126 | This orb o'th' earth. His last offences to us | This Orbe o'th'earth: His last offences to vs |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.483 | The bold winds speechless, and the orb below | The bold windes speechlesse, and the Orbe below |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.17 | And move in that obedient orb again | And moue in the obedient Orbe againe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.18 | Shows like a silver quarry, or an orb, | Shewes like a siluer quarrie, or an orbe |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.60 | There's not the smallest orb which thou beholdest | There's not the smallest orbe which thou beholdst |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.55 | You seem to me as Dian in her orb, | You seeme to me as Diane in her Orbe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.110 | That monthly changes in her circled orb, | That monethly changes in her circled Orbe, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.2 | Rotten humidity. Below thy sister's orb | Rotten humidity: below thy Sisters Orbe |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.37 | Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it | Foolery sir, does walke about the Orbe like the Sun, it |