| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.53 | As could not be distinguished but by names. | As could not be distinguish'd but by names. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.10 | Distinguish him from others, he did keep | Distinguish him from others, he did keepe |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.34 | Of sea and land, which can distinguish 'twixt | Of Sea and Land, which can distinguish 'twixt |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.74 | And could of men distinguish her election, | And could of men distinguish, her election |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.127 | name the several colours we do wear. Sight may distinguish | name the seuerall Colours we doe weare. / Sight may distinguish |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.45 | That mought not be distinguished; but at last | That mought not be distinguisht: but at last, |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.211.1 | Which can distinguish sound. | which can distinguish sound. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.270 | O indistinguished space of woman's will! | Oh indinguish'd space of Womans will, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.95 | Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, | Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.100 | For lack of tread are undistinguishable. | For lacke of tread are vndistinguishable. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.186 | These things seem small and undistinguishable, | These things seeme small & vndistinguishable, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.309 | times seven years, and since I could distinguish betwixt | times seuen yeares, and since I could distinguish betwixt |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.20 | Distinguish form. So your sweet majesty, | Distinguish forme: so your sweet Maiestie |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.9 | Nor more can you distinguish of a man | No more can you distinguish of a man, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.197 | Nor can we be distinguished by our faces | Nor can we be distinguish'd by our faces, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.26 | indistinguishable cur. | indistinguishable Curre. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.103 | That ruder tongues distinguish villager; | That ruder Tongues distinguish villager, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.54 | Cannot distinguish, but must cry for both! | Cannot distinguish, but must crie for both. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.86 | And mannerly distinguishment leave out | And mannerly distinguishment leaue out, |