| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.145.6 | lies him down upon a bank of flowers. She, seeing him | Layes him downe vpon a Banke of Flowers. She seeing him |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.97 | When on the gentle Severn's sedgy bank, | When on the gentle Seuernes siedgie banke, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.105 | And hid his crisp head in the hollow bank, | And hid his crispe-head in the hollow banke, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.228 | Or as the snake rolled in a flowering bank, | Or as the Snake, roll'd in a flowring Banke, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.83 | And twice by awkward wind from England's bank | And twice by aukward winde from Englands banke |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.38 | Upon the one side of the river's bank, | Vppon the one side with the riuers banke, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.41 | The snares of French, like emmets on a bank, | The snares of French, like Emmets on a banke, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.6 | But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, | But heere, vpon this Banke and Schoole of time, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.54 | How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! | How sweet the moone-light sleepes vpon this banke, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.249 | I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, | I know a banke where the wilde time blowes, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.46 | For I upon this bank will rest my head. | For I vpon this banke will rest my head. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.105 | I'll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace. | Ile set a Banke of Rew, sowre Herbe of Grace: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.390 | Some god o'th' island. Sitting on a bank, | Some God o'th' Iland, sitting on a banke, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.6 | That breathes upon a bank of violets, | That breathes vpon a banke of Violets; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.8 | We challenge too the bank of any nymph | (We challenge too) the bancke of any Nymph |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.130 | No, like a bank for Love to lie and play on, | No, like a banke, for Loue to lye, and play on: |