| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.81 | So criminal and in such capital kind, | so criminall, and in such capitall kinde |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.104 | Thine enmity's most capital. Thou barr'st us | Thine enmities most capitall: Thou barr'st vs |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.114 | It was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf | It was a bruite part of him, to kill so Capitall a Calfe |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.7 | So criminal and so capital in nature, | So crimefull, and so Capitall in Nature, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.110 | And military title capital | And Militarie Title Capitall. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.109 | Of capital treason I attach you both. | Of Capitall Treason, I attach you both. |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.56 | When capital crimes, chewed, swallowed, and digested, | When capitall crimes, chew'd, swallow'd, and digested, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.96 | She is our capital demand, comprised | She is our capitall Demand, compris'd |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.107 | Of capital treason 'gainst the King and crown. | Of Capitall Treason 'gainst the King and Crowne: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.125 | If not, write but in letters capital | If not, write but in letters Capitall my mistres name, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.84 | On capital treason, and, in thy attaint, | On capitall Treason; and in thy arrest, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.114 | But treasons capital, confessed, and proved | But Treasons Capitall, confess'd, and prou'd, |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.5 | Due to this heinous capital offence, | due to this heynous / Capitall offence, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.151 | Of capital treason we arrest you here. | Of Capitall Treason we arrest you here. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.123 | T' instruct me 'gainst a capital grief, indeed | T'instruct me gainst a Capitall greefe indeed |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.789 | being so capital? Tell me, for you seem to be honest, | being so capitall? Tell me (for you seeme to be honest |