| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.53 | To aspire unto the crown and reign as king. | To aspire vnto the Crowne, and reigne as King. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.368 | There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, | There is betwixt that smile we would aspire too, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.97 | Fed in heart, whose flames aspire, | Fed in heart whose flames aspire, |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.5 | For who digs hills because they do aspire | For who digs hills because they doe aspire? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.154 | Wilt thou aspire to guide the heavenly car, | Wilt thou aspire to guide the heauenly Car? |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK prologue.23 | And too ambitious, to aspire to him. | And too ambitious to aspire to him; |