| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.120 | And God befriend us as our cause is just! | And God befriend vs, as our cause is iust. |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.30 | I shall beseech him to befriend himself. | I shall beseech him to befriend himselfe. |
| King John | KJ V.vi.10 | Thou mayst befriend me so much as to think | Thou maist be-friend me so much, as to thinke |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.58 | gentleman. Good Servilius, will you befriend me | Gentleman. Good Seruilius, will you befriend mee |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.16 | O earth, I will befriend thee more with rain | O earth! I will befriend thee more with raine |