| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.10 | And as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down | And as he dreines his draughts of Renish downe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.142 | With twenty thousand kisses, and to drain | With twenty thousand kisses, and to draine |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.138 | How couldst thou drain the life-blood of the child, | How could'st thou drayne the Life-blood of the Child, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.18 | I will drain him dry as hay; | Ile dreyne him drie as Hay: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.276 | A handkerchief, which say to her did drain | A hand-kercheefe, which say to her did dreyne |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.135 | Be drained! Let me embrace thee, Ajax: | Be drained. Let me embrace thee Aiax: |