| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.232 | And not protract with admiration what | And not protract with admiration, what |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.120 | Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. | Else ne're could he so long protract his speech. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.20 | But the protractive trials of great Jove | But the protractiue trials of great Ioue, |