| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.326 | Descended of so many royal kings. | Descended of so many Royall Kings. |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.216 | Hadst thou descended from another house. | Hadst thou descended from another house: |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.244.2 | One thus descended, | One thus descended, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.169 | He sits 'mongst men like a descended god; | He sits 'mongst men, like a defended God; |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.93.1 | Jupiter descends in thunder and lightning, sitting upon an | Iupiter descends in Thunder and Lightning, sitting vppon an |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.303 | As well descended as thyself, and hath | As well descended as thy selfe, and hath |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.165 | O pardon me, that I descend so low, | O pardon, if that I descend so low, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.187 | To thee it shall descend with better quiet, | To thee, it shall descend with better Quiet, |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.66 | Did, as heir general, being descended | Did as Heire Generall, being descended |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.100 | Descend unto the daughter. Gracious lord, | Descend vnto the Daughter. Gracious Lord, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.17 | So you do condescend to help me now. | So you do condiscend to helpe me now. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.120.1 | If thou wilt condescend to be my – | If thou wilt condiscend to be my---- |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.143 | Upon thy princely warrant I descend | Vpon thy Princely warrant, I descend, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.8 | I am descended of a gentler blood; | I am descended of a gentler blood. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.38 | Descend to darkness and the burning lake! | Discend to Darknesse, and the burning Lake: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.163 | Being all descended to the labouring heart; | Being all descended to the labouring heart, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.41 | My wife descended of the Lacys – | My wife descended of the Lacies. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.29 | Descended from the Duke of Clarence' house, | Descended from the Duke of Clarence house, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.74 | Thou factious Duke of York, descend my throne, | Thou factious Duke of Yorke descend my Throne, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.47 | He descends. She ariseth | Hee descends. Shee ariseth. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.87 | From these our Henry lineally descends. | From these, our Henry lineally descends. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.30.1 | He descends | He descends. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.161 | Shall I descend? And will you give me leave? | Shall I descend? And will you giue me leaue? |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.163 | Descend. | Descend. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.25 | Except he be descended of the male; | Except he be discended ofthe male, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.87 | Dear aunt, descend, and gratulate his highness. | Deare Aunt discend and gratulate his highnes. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.29 | Except your highness presently descend. | Except your highnes presently descend. |
| King Lear | KL II.i.19 | Brother, a word! Descend! Brother, I say! | Brother, a word, discend; Brother I say, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.16.4 | As I descended? | As I descended? |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.52 | (descends from her throne) | |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.71 | He descends | He Descends. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.80 | He descends | Descends. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.93 | He descends | Descend. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.40 | Descend, for you must be my torchbearer. | Descend, for you must be my torch-bearer. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.19 | of thy fat woman. Let her descend, bully, let her descend. | of thy fat-woman: Let her descend (Bully) let her descend: |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.85 | If he be chaste, the flame will back descend | If he be chaste, the flame will backe descend |
| Pericles | Per V.i.128.1 | From good descending? | from good discending. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.54 | We will descend and fold him in our arms. | We will descend, and fold him in our armes. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.111 | Ascend his throne, descending now from him, | Ascend his Throne, descending now from him, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.42 | Farewell, farewell! One kiss, and I'll descend. | Farewell, farewell, one kisse and Ile descend. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.28 | Why I descend into this bed of death | Why I descend into this bed of death, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.75.1 | Juno descends | Iuno descends. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.55 | Descend, and open your uncharged ports. | Defend and open your vncharged Ports, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.64 | Descend, and keep your words. | Descend, and keepe your words. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.65.1 | The Senators descend | |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.248 | Say, who art thou that lately didst descend | Say, who art thou that lately did'st descend, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.49 | Descended into perjury, to love me. | Descended into periury, to loue me, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.82 | Descend again into their throats, and have not | Descend againe into their throates, and have not: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.169 | The flower is fallen, the tree descends! O mistress, | The flowre is falne, the Tree descends: O Mistris |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.88 | I'll make the statue move indeed, descend | Ile make the Statue moue indeed; descend, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.99 | 'Tis time: descend; be stone no more; approach; | 'Tis time: descend: be Stone no more: approach: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.104.1 | Hermione descends | |