| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.120 | That by misfortunes was my life prolonged | That by misfortunes was my life prolong'd, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.29 | By med'cine life may be prolonged, yet death | By Med'cine life may be prolong'd, yet death |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.96 | This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. | This Physicke but prolongs thy sickly dayes. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.52 | I would prolong awhile the traitor's life. | I would prolong a while the Traytors Life: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.252 | Perhaps is but prolonged; have patience and endure. | Perhaps is but prolong'd, haue patience & endure. |
| Richard III | R3 III.iv.45 | As else I would be, were the day prolonged. | As else I would be, were the day prolong'd. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.63 | To expel sickness, but prolong his hour! | To expell sicknesse, but prolong his hower. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK epilogue.16 | I dare say many a better, to prolong | I dare say many a better, to prolong |