| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.138 | Whereby they live. And though that all at once ’ – | Whereby they liue. And though that all at once |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.67 | Whereby we stand opposed by such means | Whereby we stand opposed by such meanes |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.94 | dish of prawns, whereby thou didst desire to eat some, | dish of Prawnes: whereby yu didst desire to eat some: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.95 | whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound? | whereby I told thee they were ill for a greene wound? |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.77 | say, accommodated, or when a man is being whereby 'a | say) accommodated: or, when a man is, being whereby he |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.250 | Whereby my son is disinherited. | Whereby my Sonne is dis-inherited. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.186 | Paid ere he promised, whereby his suit was granted | Paid ere he promis'd, whereby his Suit was granted |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.98 | Hath in him closed; whereby he does receive | Hath in him clos'd: whereby he does receiue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.374 | When you do take the means whereby I live. | When you doe take the meanes whereby I liue. |
| Othello | Oth III.i.9 | Whereby hangs a tale, sir? | Whereby hangs a tale, sir? |
| Pericles | Per II.iii.45 | Whereby I see that Time's the king of men; | Whereby I see that Time's the King of men, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.266 | For by this light whereby I see thy beauty, | For by this light, whereby I see thy beauty, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.83 | lord, that you would once use our hearts, whereby we | Lord, that you would once vse our hearts, whereby we |