| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.8 | But with a crafty madness keeps aloof | But with a crafty Madnesse keepes aloofe: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.241 | I stand aloof, and will no reconcilement | I stand aloofe, and will no reconcilement, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.70 | Must keep aloof from strict arbitrement, | Must keepe aloofe from strict arbitrement, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.52 | And make the cowards stand aloof at bay. | And make the Cowards stand aloofe at bay: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.21 | Keep off aloof with worthless emulation. | Keepe off aloofe with worthlesse emulation: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.150 | Standest thou aloof upon comparison? | Stand'st thou aloofe vpon Comparison. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.225 | And shakes his head, and trembling stands aloof, | And shakes his head, and trembling stands aloofe, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.17 | The rest stand all aloof and bark at him. | The rest stand all aloofe, and barke at him. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.112 | They stand aloof | They stand aloofe. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.7 | The promised aid that made them stand aloof | The promised aid that made them stand aloofe, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.240 | Aloof from th' entire point. Will you have her? | Aloofe from th'intire point, will you haue her? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.42 | Nerissa and the rest, stand all aloof. | Nerryssa and the rest, stand all aloofe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.58 | The rest aloof are the Dardanian wives, | The rest aloofe are the Dardanian wiues: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.32 | One aloof stand sentinel! | One aloofe, stand Centinell. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.83 | heard something of my power, and so stand aloof for | heard something of my power, and so stand aloft for |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.1 | Give me thy torch, boy. Hence, and stand aloof. | Giue me thy Torch Boy, hence and stand aloft, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.26 | Whate'er thou hearest or seest, stand all aloof | What ere thou hear'st or seest, stand all aloofe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.282 | And bid me stand aloof, and so I did. | And bid me stand aloofe, and so I did: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.150 | Stand all aloof, but uncle, draw you near | Stand all aloofe, but Vnckle draw you neere, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iv.12 | Stand you awhile aloof. (To Viola) Cesario, | Stand you a-while aloofe. Cesario, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.137.7 | aloof, she sets fire to it. Then they curtsy and kneel | a loofe, she sets fire to it, then they curtsey and kneele. |