| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.23 | that went like a bass viol in a case of leather; the man, | that went like a Base-Viole in a case of leather; the man |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.6 | bass string of humility. Sirrah, I am sworn brother to a | base string of humility. Sirra, I am sworn brother to a |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.44.2 | All but the bass. | All but the base. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.45 | The bass is right, 'tis the base knave that jars. | The base is right, 'tis the base knaue that iars. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.101 | The name of Prosper: it did bass my trespass. | The name of Prosper: it did base my Trespasse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.96 | The mean is drowned with your unruly bass. | The meane is dround with you vnruly base. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.97 | Indeed, I bid the bass for Proteus. | Indeede I bid the base for Protheus. |