| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.161 | This strained passion doth you wrong, my lord. | |
| King Lear | KL I.i.169 | Which we durst never yet, and with strained pride | Which we durst neuer yet; and with strain'd pride, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.181 | The quality of mercy is not strained, | The quality of mercy is not strain'd, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.15 | Nor aught so good but, strained from that fair use, | Nor ought so good, but strain'd from that faire vse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.23 | Cressid, I love thee in so strained a purity | Cressid: I loue thee in so strange a puritie; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.169 | Strained purely from all hollow bias-drawing, | Strain'd purely from all hollow bias drawing: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.43 | Away with this strained mirth; I say again, | Away with this straind mirth; I say againe |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.49 | Have strained t' appear thus: if one jot beyond | Haue strayn'd t' appeare thus; if one iot beyond |