| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.4 | A towered citadel, a pendent rock, | A toward Cittadell, a pendant Rocke, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.172 | There on the pendent boughs her crownet weeds | There on the pendant boughes, her Coronet weeds |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.20 | And new-replenished pendants cuff the air | And new replenisht pendants cuff the aire, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.26 | Straight trees of gold, the pendants, leaves; | Streight trees of gold, the pendant leaues, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.60 | in the general dependants as in the Duke himself also | in the generall dependants, as in the Duke himselfe also, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.17 | Who with some other of the lord's dependants | Who, with some other of the Lords, dependants, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.131 | rewarding my dependants. Mote, follow. | my dependants. Moth, follow. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.8 | Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle; | Hath made his pendant Bed, and procreant Cradle, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.129 | The pendent world; or to be worse than worst | The pendant world: or to be worse then worst |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.89 | I am your free dependant. | I am your free dependant. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.403 | Thereon dependent, for your brother's life, | Thereon dependant for your Brothers life, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.42 | With ribands pendent, flaring 'bout her head; | With Ribonds-pendant, flaring 'bout her head; |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.88 | Spurns down her late beloved, all his dependants, | Spurnes downe her late beloued; all his Dependants |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.19 | methinks, is the curse dependent on those that war for | me thinkes is the curse dependant on those that warre for |