| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL II.vii.24 | 'Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, | 'Tis but an houre agoe, since it was nine, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.61.2 | How long is this ago? | How long is this ago? |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.153 | Overroasted rather: ready long ago. | Ouer-roasted rather: ready long ago. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.140 | ago, and not forgotten yet? Then there's hope a great | ago, and not forgotten yet? Then there's hope, a great |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.26 | Which fourteen hundred years ago were nailed | Which fourteene hundred yeares ago were nail'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.68 | He is, my lord, an hour ago. | He is my Lord, an houre agone. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.308 | years ago, and wert taken with the manner, and ever | yeeres agoe, and wert taken with the manner, and euer |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.320 | my sweet creature of bombast, how long is't ago, Jack, | my sweet Creature of Bombast, how long is't agoe, Iacke, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.84 | to me – 'twas no longer ago than Wednesday last, i'good | to me, it was no longer agoe then Wednesday last: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.205 | That's fifty-five year ago. | That's fiftie fiue yeeres agoe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.104 | Ten days ago I drowned these news in tears; | Ten dayes ago, I drown'd these newes in teares. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.120 | His love too long ago! I am old, my lords, | His Loue, too long ago. I am old my Lords, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.36 | Yes, my good lord, and not two hours ago, | Yes my good Lord, and not two owers ago, |
| King John | KJ V.iii.11 | Are wracked three nights ago on Goodwin Sands. | Are wrack'd three nights ago on Goodwin sands. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.121 | Four days ago. | Foure dayes agoe. |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.85 | Where, how, how oft, how long ago, and when | Where, how, how oft, how long ago, and when |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.42 | Of woeful ages long ago betid; | Of wofull Ages, long agoe betide: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.280 | He should have braved the east an hour ago. | He should haue brau'd the East an houre ago, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.41 | His son was but a ward two years ago. | His Sonne was but a Ward two yeares agoe. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iv.7 | I would have been abed an hour ago. | I would haue bin a bed an houre ago. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.69 | Why, I am past my gamut long ago. | Why, I am past my gamouth long agoe. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.4 | Near twenty years ago in Genoa, | Neere twentie yeares a goe in Genoa. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.11 | not long ago one of his men was with the Lord Lucullus | not long agoe, one of his men was with the Lord Lucullus, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.23 | I read it in the grammar long ago. | I read it in the Grammer long agoe. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.31 | For but a month ago I went from hence, | For but a month ago I went from hence, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.252 | He might have took his answer long ago. | He might haue tooke his answer long ago. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.212 | We made each other but so late ago. | We made each other, but so late ago. |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.402 | A great while ago the world began, | A great while ago the world begon, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.451 | Two days ago. This jealousy | Two dayes agoe. This Iealousie |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.292 | We had the tune on't a month ago. | We had the tune on't, a month agoe. |