| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.4 | must take me up for swearing, as if I borrowed mine | must take me vp for swearing, as if I borrowed mine |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.166 | And thirty dozen moons with borrowed sheen | And thirtie dozen Moones with borrowed sheene, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.18 | that I borrowed – three of four times. Lived well, and in | that I borrowed, three or foure times; liued well, and in |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iii.23 | A borrowed title hast thou bought too dear. | A borrowed Title hast thou bought too deere. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.109 | ready as a borrower's cap: ‘ I am the King's poor | ready as a borrowed cap: I am the Kings poore |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.13 | borrowed of you. But 'tis no matter; this poor show doth | borrowed of you. But it is no matter, this poore shew doth |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.79 | The borrowed glories that by gift of heaven, | The borrowed Glories, that by gift of Heauen, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.75 | Seems he a dove? His feathers are but borrowed, | Seemes he a Doue? his feathers are but borrow'd, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.85 | I'll take away those borrowed plumes of his, | Ile take away those borrowed plumes of his, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.57 | Whether a borrowed aid will serve or no; | Whether a borrowed aid will serue or no, |
| King John | KJ I.i.4 | The borrowed majesty, of England here. | The borrowed Maiesty of England heere. |
| King John | KJ I.i.5 | A strange beginning – ‘ borrowed majesty ’! | A strange beginning: borrowed Maiesty? |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.180 | This is a slave whose easy-borrowed pride | This is a Slaue, whose easie borrowed pride |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.108.1 | In borrowed robes? | in borrowed Robes? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.75 | borrowed a box of the ear of the Englishman and swore | borrowed a boxe of the eare of the Englishman, and swore |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.v.49 | His borrowed purse. Well, Jessica, go in. | His borrowed purse. Well Iessica goe in, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.37 | pluck the borrowed veil of modesty from the | plucke the borrowed vaile of modestie from the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.i.37 | Articles are borrowed of the pronoun, and be | Articles are borrowed of the Pronoune; and be |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.24 | This borrowed passion stands for true old woe, | This borrowed passion stands for true olde woe: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.i.104 | And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death | And in this borrowed likenesse of shrunke death |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.248 | To help to take her from her borrowed grave, | To helpe to take her from her borrowed graue, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.20 | borrowed of you? | borrowed of you? |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.3 | For youth is bought more oft than begged or borrowed. | For youth is bought more oft, then begg'd, or borrow'd. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.i.152 | When Cynthia with her borrowed light, etc. | When Cinthia with her borrowed light, &c. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.23 | Should I, in these my borrowed flaunts, behold | Should I (in these my borrowed Flaunts) behold |