| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xii.13 | He lessons his requests, and to thee sues | He Lessons his Requests, and to thee sues |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.176 | As you were lessoned – when he had no power, | As you were lesson'd: When he had no Power, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.45 | I shall the effect of this good lesson keep | I shall th'effect of this good Lesson keepe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.62 | And learn this lesson: draw thy sword in right. | And learne this Lesson; Draw thy Sword in right. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.159 | Is an unlessoned girl, unschooled, unpractised, | Is an vnlessoned girle, vnschool'd, vnpractiz'd, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.272 | Any hard lesson that may do thee good. | Any hard Lesson that may do thee good. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iv.243 | Ay, millstones, as he lessoned us to weep. | I Milstones, as he lessoned vs to weepe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.20 | But learn my lessons as I please myself. | But learne my Lessons as I please my selfe, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.58 | My lessons make no music in three parts. | My Lessons make no musicke in three parts. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.105 | And where's our lesson then? Boy, what say you? | And wheres your lesson then. Boy what say you? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.110 | Well hast thou lessoned us; this shall we do. | Well hast thou lesson'd vs, this shall we do. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.5 | To lesson me and tell me some good mean | To lesson me, and tell me some good meane |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.35 | Take a new lesson out, and be a good wench. | Take a new lesson out, and be a good wench. |