| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.130.1 | For being preferred so well. | For being prefer'd so well. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.400 | A grave: come, arm him. Boy, he is preferred | A Graue: Come, Arme him: Boy hee's preferr'd |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.158 | And that he calls for drink, I'll have preferred him | And that he cals for drinke; Ile haue prepar'd him |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.10 | Think not, although in writing I preferred | Thinke not, although in Writing I preferr'd |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.61 | In our opinions she should be preferred. | In our opinions she should be preferr'd. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.112 | Why Somerset should be preferred in this. | Why Somerset should be preferr'd in this? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.67 | Because my book preferred me to the King, | Because my Booke preferr'd me to the King. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.102 | Newly preferred from the King's secretary, | Newly preferr'd from the Kings Secretary: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.135 | And hath preferred thee, if it be preferment | And hath prefer'd thee, if it be preferment |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.34 | part. For the short and the long is, our play is preferred. | part: for the short and the long is, our play is preferred: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.50 | Why then preferred you not your sums and bills | Why then preferr'd you not your summes and Billes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.15 | Whose sovereignty so oft thou hast preferred | Whose soueraignty so oft thou hast preferd, |