| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.58 | Preserved the Britons, was the Romans' bane. | "Preseru'd the Britaines, was the Romanes bane. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.285 | of our youth, by the obligation of our ever-preserved | of our youth, by the Obligation of our euer-preserued |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.33 | Rather than life preserved with infamy. | Rather then Life, preseru'd with Infamie. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.301 | Men's flesh preserved so whole do seldom win. | Mens flesh preseru'd so whole, doe seldome winne. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.74 | Of men's impossibilities, have preserved thee. | Of mens Impossibilities, haue preserued thee. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.153 | Ere sunrise: prayers from preserved souls, | Ere Sunne rise: prayers from preserued soules, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.204 | What cannot be preserved when fortune takes, | What cannot be presern'd, when Fortune takes: |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.57 | How possibly preserved, and who to thank, | how possiblie preserued? and who to thanke |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.5 | Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast, | Vertue preferd from fell destructions blast, |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.119 | Must gently be preserved, cherished, and kept. | Must gently be preseru'd, cherisht, and kept: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.135 | That nice-preserved honesty of yours. | That nice-preserued honesty of yours. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.109 | That have preserved her welfare in my blood, | That haue preseru'd her welfare in my blood, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.253 | I was preserved to serve this noble Count. | I was preseru'd to serue this Noble Count: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.124 | Where hast thou been preserved? Where lived? How found | Where hast thou bin preseru'd? Where liu'd? How found |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.127 | Gave hope thou wast in being, have preserved | Gaue hope thou wast in being, haue preseru'd |