| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.51 | And power, unto itself most commendable, | And power vnto it selfe most commendable, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.87 | 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, | 'Tis sweet and commendable / In your Nature Hamlet, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.70 | very commendable. ‘ Accommodated:’ it comes of | very commendable. Accommodated, it comes of |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.57 | And, commendable proved, let's die in pride. | And commendable prou'd, let's dye in pride. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.111 | Thanks, i'faith, for silence is only commendable | Thankes ifaith, for silence is onely commendable |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.42 | discourse grow commendable in none only but parrots. | discourse grow commendable in none onely but Parrats: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.71 | Sure, sure, such carping is not commendable. | Sure, sure, such carping is not commendable. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.73 | As Beatrice is, cannot be commendable; | As Beatrice is, cannot be commendable, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.102 | More quaint, more pleasing, nor more commendable. | More queint, more pleasing, nor more commendable: |