| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.154 | That I have positively said ‘ 'Tis so ’ | That I haue possitiuely said, 'tis so, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.23 | 'Tis positive 'gainst all exceptions, lords, | 'Tis positiue against all exceptions, Lords, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.43 | praised for this than mocked, for it is as positive as the | praisd for this, then mock'd, for it is as possitiue, as the |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.25 | Before I positively speak in this. | Before I positiuely speake in this: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.64 | and Patroclus is a fool positive. | and Patroclus is a foole positiue. |