| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.47 | from his house. Her pretence is a pilgrimage to Saint | from his house, her pretence is a pilgrimage to Saint |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.105 | So many miles, with a pretence? This place? | So many Miles, with a pretence? This place? |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.177 | Under pretence to see the Queen his aunt – | Vnder pretence to see the Queene his Aunt, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.59 | Without delay; and the pretence for this | Without delay; and the pretence for this |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.88 | your honour and to no other pretence of danger. | your Honor, & to no other pretence of danger. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.69 | curiosity than as a very pretence and purpose of | curiositie, then as a very pretence and purpose of |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.128 | Against the undivulged pretence I fight | Against the vndivulg'd pretence, I fight |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.91 | And make pretence of wrong that I have done him, | And make pretence of wrong that I haue done him, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.47 | Hath made me publisher of this pretence. | Hath made me publisher of this pretence. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.17 | the pretence whereof being by circumstances partly laid | the pretence whereof being by circumstances partly layd |