| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iii.9 | We are for you. Sit i'th' middle. | We are for you, sit i'th middle. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.204 | bottom of the news is, our general is cut i'th' middle and | bottome of the Newes is, our Generall is cut i'th' middle, & |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.27 | But even the very middle of my heart | But euen the very middle of my heart |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.198 | In the dead waste and middle of the night | In the dead wast and middle of the night |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.231 | Then you live about her waist, or in the middle | Then you liue about her waste, or in the middle |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.6 | The middle centre of this cursed town. | The middle Centure of this cursed Towne. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.101 | Here in the middle coast, betwixt you both, | Heere in the middle cost betwixtyou both, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.168 | And scatters it in middle of the air. | And scatters it in midddle of the aire, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.156 | Why, after I have cut the egg i'the middle and eat | Why after I haue cut the egge i'th'middle and eate |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.158 | clovest thy crown i'the middle, and gavest away both | clouest thy Crownes i'th'middle, and gau'st away both |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.184 | i'the middle. Here comes one o'the parings. | i'th'middle; heere comes one o'the parings. |
| King Lear | KL I.v.19 | Thou canst tell why one's nose stands i'the middle on's | thou canst tell why ones nose stands i'th'middle on's |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.34 | Upon the heavy middle of the night, | vpon the / Heauy midle of the night, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.80 | But stay – I smell a man of middle earth. | But stay, I smell a man of middle earth. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.82 | And never since the middle summer's spring | And neuer since the middle Summers spring |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.2 | Murder thy breath in middle of a word, | Murther thy breath in middle of a word, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.302 | The middle of humanity thou never knewest, | The middle of Humanity thou neuer knewest, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.28 | Beginning in the middle; starting thence away | Beginning in the middle: starting thence away, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.59 | At upper end o'th' table, now i'th' middle; | At vpper end o'th Table; now, i'th middle: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.107 | Of middle summer, and I think they are given | Of middle summer, and I thinke they are giuen |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.108 | To men of middle age. Y'are very welcome. | To men of middle age. Y'are very welcome. |