| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.29 | All that he is hath reference to your highness. | All that he is, hath reference to your Highnes. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.23 | Make your full reference freely to my lord, | Make your full reference freely to my Lord, |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.125 | Something that hath a reference to my state: | Something that hath a reference to my state: |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.152 | More than you doubt the change on't, that prefer | More then you doubt the change on't: That preferre |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.6 | That late he married – hath referred herself | That late he married) hath referr'd her selfe |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.63 | You must not so far prefer her 'fore ours of Italy. | You must not so farre preferre her, 'fore ours of Italy. |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vi.71 | To any shape of thy preferment, such | To any shape of thy Preferment, such |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.45 | Prefer you to his daughter: frame yourself | Preferre you to his daughter: Frame your selfe |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iii.130.1 | For being preferred so well. | For being prefer'd so well. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.116 | relief, nor my voice for thy preferment. | releefe, nor my voyce for thy preferment. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.155 | Be but duteous, and true preferment shall tender | Be but dutious, and true preferment shall tender |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.386 | Than thine own worth prefer thee: go with me. | Then thine owne worth preferre thee: Go with me. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.400 | A grave: come, arm him. Boy, he is preferred | A Graue: Come, Arme him: Boy hee's preferr'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.208 | but my wish hath a preferment in't. | but my wish hath a preferment in't. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.327 | Ere I arise I will prefer my sons; | Ere I arise, I will preferre my Sonnes, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.158 | And that he calls for drink, I'll have preferred him | And that he cals for drinke; Ile haue prepar'd him |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.205 | That many things, having full reference | That many things hauing full reference |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.10 | Think not, although in writing I preferred | Thinke not, although in Writing I preferr'd |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.33 | And for dissension, who preferreth peace | And for Dissention, who preferreth Peace |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.111 | Or who should study to prefer a peace | Or who should study to preferre a Peace, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.61 | In our opinions she should be preferred. | In our opinions she should be preferr'd. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.179 | While these do labour for their own preferment, | While these do labour for their owne preferment, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.112 | Why Somerset should be preferred in this. | Why Somerset should be preferr'd in this? |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vii.67 | Because my book preferred me to the King, | Because my Booke preferr'd me to the King. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.246 | But thou preferrest thy life before thine honour; | But thou preferr'st thy Life, before thine Honor. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.102 | Newly preferred from the King's secretary, | Newly preferr'd from the Kings Secretary: |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.36 | Stands in the gap and trade of more preferments, | Stands in the gap and Trade of moe Preferments, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.28 | And presently prefer his suit to Caesar. | And presently preferre his suite to Casar. |
| Julius Caesar | JC V.v.62 | Ay, if Messala will prefer me to you. | I, if Messala will preferre me to you. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.274 | I would prefer him to a better place. | I would prefer him to a better place, |
| King Lear | KL IV.v.38 | Preferment falls on him that cuts him off. | Preferment fals on him, that cuts him off. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.7 | title before these Weird Sisters saluted me, and referred me | Title before, these weyward Sisters saluted me, and referr'd me |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.54 | That it prefers itself, and leaves unquestioned | That it prefers it selfe, and leaues vnquestion'd |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.246 | point. Only refer yourself to this advantage: first, that | point: onely referre your selfe to this aduantage; first, that |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.135 | And hath preferred thee, if it be preferment | And hath prefer'd thee, if it be preferment |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.ii.34 | part. For the short and the long is, our play is preferred. | part: for the short and the long is, our play is preferred: |
| Othello | Oth I.i.36 | Preferment goes by letter and affection, | Preferment goes by Letter, and affection, |
| Othello | Oth I.ii.64 | For I'll refer me to all things of sense, | For Ile referre me to all things of sense, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.109 | Of modern seeming do prefer against him. | Of moderne seeming, do prefer against him. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.185 | To you, preferring you before her father, | To you, preferring you before her Father: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.235 | Due reference of place and exhibition, | Due reference of Place, and Exhibition, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.269 | shall then have to prefer them, and the impediment most | shall then haue to preferre them. And the impediment most |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.17 | Who is the first that doth prefer himself? | Who is the first, that doth preferre himselfe? |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.5 | Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast, | Vertue preferd from fell destructions blast, |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.94 | She may help you to many fair preferments, | She may helpe you to many faire preferments, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.80 | And I will love thee and prefer thee for it. | And I will loue thee, and preferre thee for it. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.97 | Prefer them hither; for to cunning men | Preferre them hither: for to cunning men, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.93 | In the preferment of the eldest sister. | In the preferment of the eldest sister. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.50 | Why then preferred you not your sums and bills | Why then preferr'd you not your summes and Billes |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.35 | And ne'er prefer his injuries to his heart, | And ne're preferre his iniuries to his heart, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.108 | This before all the world do I prefer; | This, before all the world do I preferre, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.7 | Put forth their sons to seek preferment out: | Put forth their Sonnes, to seeke preferment out. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.154 | Have I not reason to prefer mine own? | Haue I not reason to prefer mine owne? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.155 | And I will help thee to prefer her too: | And I will help thee to prefer her to: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.15 | Whose sovereignty so oft thou hast preferred | Whose soueraignty so oft thou hast preferd, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.4 | I have access my own love to prefer; | I haue accesse my owne loue to prefer. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.ii.82 | And happiness prefer me to a place | And happines preferre me to a place, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.114 | I do refer me to the oracle: | I doe referre me to the Oracle: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.112 | in me, would preferment drop on my head. I brought | in me) would Preferment drop on my head. I brought |