| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.28 | The subjects of His substitute, my father, | The Subiects of Heauens Substitute, my Father, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.371 | This devil here shall be my substitute; | This Deuill here shall be my substitute; |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.189 | Angelo. How will you do to content this substitute, | Angelo: how will you doe to content this Substitute, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.133 | Against our substitute! Let this friar be found. | Against our Substitute: Let this Fryer be found. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.140 | Most wrongfully accused your substitute, | Most wrongfully accus'd your Substitute, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.94 | A substitute shines brightly as a king | A substitute shines brightly as a King |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.221 | to you: and though we have there a substitute of most | to you. And though we haue there a Substitute of most |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.51 | I left behind an ancient substitute. | I left behind an ancient substitute, |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.37 | God's is the quarrel; for God's substitute, | Heauens is the quarrell: for heauens substitute |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.132 | Not as Protector, steward, substitute, | Not as Protector, Steward, Substitute, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.180 | And afterward by substitute betrothed | And afterward by substitute betroth'd |