| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.130 | Might bear him company in the quest of him; | Might beare him company in the quest of him: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.40 | In quest of them unhappy, lose myself. | In quest of them (vnhappie a) loose my selfe. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.22 | Ay, marry, is't – crowner's quest law. | I marry is't, Crowners Quest Law. |
| King John | KJ II.i.426 | If lusty love should go in quest of beauty, | If lustie loue should go in quest of beautie, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.193.1 | Or cease your quest of love? | Or cease your quest of Loue? |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.61 | Run with these false and most contrarious quests | Run with these false, and most contrarious Quest |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.172 | And many Jasons come in quest of her. | And many Iasons come in quest of her. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.21 | Can stead the quest. At last from Tyre, | Can steed the quest at last from Tyre: |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.187 | What lawful quest have given their verdict up | What lawfull Quest haue giuen their Verdict vp |