| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.104 | Bear us an errand to him. | Beare vs an arrant to him. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.72 | So that my errand, due unto my tongue, | so that my arrant due vnto my tongue, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.58 | Now, you companion, I'll say an errand for | Now you Companion: Ile say an arrant for you: |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.124 | But he's an arrant knave. | But hee's an arrant knaue. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.129 | arrant knaves all. Believe none of us. Go thy ways to a | arrant Knaues all, beleeue none of vs. Goe thy wayes to a |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.98 | arrant cowards there's no equity stirring. There's no | arrand Cowards, there's no equity stirring. There's no |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.37 | Yonder he comes, and that arrant malmsey-nose knave | Yonder he comes, and that arrant Malmesey-Nose |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.28 | well, Davy, for they are arrant knaves, and will backbite. | well Dauy, for they are arrant Knaues, and will backe-bite. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.36 | Visor; that Visor is an arrant knave, on my knowledge. | Visor, that Visor is an arrant Knaue, on my knowledge. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.iv.1 | No, thou arrant knave! I would to God that I | No, thou arrant knaue: I would I |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.60 | Why, this is an arrant counterfeit rascal, I | Why, this is an arrant counterfeit Rascall, I |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.2 | against the law of arms: 'tis as arrant a piece of knavery, | against the Law of Armes, tis as arrant a peece of knauery |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.137 | he be perjured, see you now, his reputation is as arrant | hee bee periur'd (see you now) his reputation is as arrant |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.9 | 'Sblood! an arrant traitor as any's in the | 'Sblud, an arrant Traytor as anyes in the |
| Henry V | H5 IV.viii.34 | manhood, what an arrant, rascally, beggarly, lousy knave | Manhood, what an arrant rascally, beggerly, lowsie Knaue |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.374 | (aside) How shall I enter in this graceless errand? | How shall I enter in this gracelesse arrant, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.50 | Fortune, that arrant whore, | Fortune that arrant whore, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.30 | worship's presence, ha' ta'en a couple of as arrant knaves | worships presence, haue tane a couple of as arrant knaues |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.307 | I leave an arrant knave with your worship; | I leaue an arrant knaue with your worship, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.439 | Robs the vast sea. The moon's an arrant thief, | Robbes the vaste Sea. The Moones an arrant Theefe, |