| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.215 | Our slow designs when we ourselves are dull. | Our slow designes, when we our selues are dull. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.vi.38 | honour of his design; let him fetch off his drum in any | honor of his designe, let him fetch off his drumme in any |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.154.1 | And sway our great designs. | And sway our great Designes. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.i.43 | In top of all design, my mate in empire, | In top of all designe; my Mate in Empire, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.8 | Of our design. He bears himself more proudlier, | Of our designe. He beares himselfe more proudlier, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.35 | My best and freshest men; served his designments | My best and freshest men, seru'd his designements |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.23 | With blue of heaven's own tinct. But my design. | With Blew of Heauens owne tinct. But my designe. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.154 | that thou wilt be a voluntary mute to my design. | that thou wilt be a voluntarie Mute to my designe. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.192 | Post I in this design: well may you, sir, | Poste I in this designe: Well may you (Sir) |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.94 | And carriage of the article designed, | And carriage of the Article designe, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.181 | It forged him some design, which, being believed, | It forg'd him some designe, which being beleeu'd |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.87 | Thine in the dearest design of industry, | Thine in the dearest designe of industrie, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.95 | designs, and of great import indeed, too – but let that | designes, and of great import indeed too: but let that |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.55 | With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design | With Tarquins rauishing sides, towards his designe |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.55 | From his true-meant design. Upon his place, | From his true meant designe: vpon his place, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.22 | That their designment halts. A noble ship of Venice | That their designement halts. A Noble ship of Venice, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.81 | Or chivalrous design of knightly trial; | Or Chiualrous designe of knightly triall: |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.203 | Justice design the victor's chivalry. | Iustice designe the Victors Chiualrie. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.45 | Appointed to direct these fair designs. | Appointed to direct these faire designes. |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.44 | For his designs crave haste, his haste good hope. | For his designes craue hast, his hast good hope, |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.210 | That it may please thee leave these sad designs | That it may please you leaue these sad designes, |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.24 | My absence doth neglect no great design | My absence doth neglect no great designe, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.66 | In deep designs, in matter of great moment, | In deepe designes, in matter of great moment, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.417 | And be not peevish-fond in great designs. | And be not peeuish found, in great Designes. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.163 | Master of this design, did give us, with | Master of this designe) did giue vs, with |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.4 | In all designs begun on earth below | In all designes, begun on earth below |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.102 | Which is the ladder to all high designs, | (Which is the Ladder to all high designes) |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.146 | Lies mocking our designs. With him Patroclus, | Lyes mocking our designes. With him, Patroclus, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.195 | Why, there you touched the life of our design: | Why? there you toucht the life of our designe: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.68 | To my design march boldly. Let us go. | To my designe; march boldly, let us goe. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.50 | He has discovered my design, and I | He ha's discouer'd my Designe, and I |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.ii.49 | Who but today hammered of this design, | Who, but to day hammered of this designe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.499 | For this design. What course I mean to hold | For this designe. What course I meane to hold |