| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.125 | is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve | is not politicke, in the Common-wealth of Nature, to preserue |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.14 | But with his friends. The commonwealth doth stand, | but with his / Friends: the Commonwealth doth stand, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.81 | commonwealth, or rather not pray to her, but prey on | Common-wealth; or rather, not to pray to her, but prey on |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.84 | What, the commonwealth their boots? | What, the Commonwealth their Bootes? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.80 | That lie too heavy on the commonwealth, | That lay too heauie on the Common-wealth; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.87 | The commonwealth is sick of their own choice; | The Common-wealth is sicke of their owne Choice, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.93 | My brother general, the commonwealth, | My Brother generall, the Common-wealth, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.76 | Whiles I was busy for the commonwealth, | Whiles I was busie for the Commonwealth, |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.41 | Hear him debate of commonwealth affairs, | Heare him debate of Common-wealth Affaires; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.73 | That gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth. | That gnawes the Bowels of the Common-wealth. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.122 | The commonwealth hath daily run to wrack, | The Common-wealth hath dayly run to wrack, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.152 | I come to talk of commonwealth affairs. | I come to talke of Common-wealth Affayres. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.5 | the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap | the Common-wealth and turne it, and set a new nap |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.156 | the commonwealth and made it an eunuch; and more | the Commonwealth, and made it an Eunuch: & more |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.37 | Would more have strengthened this our commonwealth | Would more haue strength'ned this our Commonwealth |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.43 | benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth, as | benefit of his dying, a place in the Cōmonwealth, as |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.41 | And place the true shepherd of our commonwealth? | And place the true shepheard of our comonwealth, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.41 | Here comes a member of the commonwealth. | Here comes a member of the common-wealth. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.76 | are a good member of the commonwealth. | are a good member of the common-wealth. |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.105 | the commonwealth. What shall become of me? | the Commonwealth: what shall become of me? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.31 | are no good member of the commonwealth, for in converting | are no good member of the common wealth, for in conuerting |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.34 | commonwealth than you can the getting up of the | Commonwealth, than you can the getting vp of the |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.162 | lechery that ever was known in the commonwealth. | lechery, that euer was knowne in the Common-wealth. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.165 | The caterpillars of the commonwealth, | The Caterpillers of the Commonwealth, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.35 | That look too lofty in our commonwealth. | That looke too loftie in our Common-wealth: |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.150 | I'th' commonwealth I would by contraries | I'th' Commonwealth I would (by contraries) |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.161 | commonwealth forgets the beginning. | Common-wealth forgets the beginning. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.349 | me, thou mightst have hit upon it here. The commonwealth | me, thou might'st / Haue hit vpon it heere. / The Commonwealth |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.316 | To ruffle in the commonwealth of Rome. | To ruffle in the Common-wealth of Rome. |