| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.201 | Her richest lockram 'bout her reechy neck, | Her richest Lockram 'bout her reechie necke, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.283 | Here's a few flowers, but 'bout midnight more: | Heere's a few Flowres, but 'bout midnight more: |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.278 | I'll play this bout first; set it by awhile. | Ile play this bout first, set by a-while. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.v.4 | Here, here she comes. (To Pucelle) I'll have a bout with thee. | Here, here shee comes. Ile haue a bowt with thee: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.56 | Damsel, I'll have a bout with you again, | Damsell, Ile haue a bowt with you againe, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.vi.42 | With ribands pendent, flaring 'bout her head; | With Ribonds-pendant, flaring 'bout her head; |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.77 | Lady, will you walk a bout with your friend? | Lady, will you walke about with your friend? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.18 | Unplagued with corns will walk a bout with you. | Vnplagu'd with Cornes, will walke about with you: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.220 | In troops I have dispersed them 'bout the isle. | In troops I haue dispersd them 'bout the Isle: |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.298 | sake, have one bout with you, he cannot by the duello | sake haue one bowt with you: he cannot by the Duello |