| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.163 | Both suffer under this complaint we bring, | Both suffer vnder this complaint we bring, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.47 | the first complaint, hasty and tinder-like upon too | the first complaint, hasty and Tinder-like vppon, to |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.26 | Are every one a woe, a sore complaint | Are euery one, a Woe, a sore Complaint, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.95 | As for the Duke of York, this late complaint | As for the Duke of Yorke, this late Complaint |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.173 | On the complaint o'th' tenants. Take good heed | On the complaint o'th'Tenants; take good heed |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.48 | Given ear to our complaint, of his great grace | Giuen eare to our Complaint, of his great Grace, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.322 | Each buzz, each fancy, each complaint, dislike, | Each buz, each fancie, each complaint, dislike, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.235 | you before me again upon any complaint whatsoever; | you before me againe vpon any complaint whatsoeuer; |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.24 | Till you have heard me in my true complaint | Till you haue heard me, in my true complaint, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.153 | Being come to knowledge that there was complaint | Being come to knowledge, that there was complaint |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.249 | Hath set the women on to this complaint. | Hath set the women on to this Complaint; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.22 | Full of vexation come I, with complaint | Full of vexation, come I, with complaint |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.42 | Where then, alas, may I complain myself? | Where then (alas may I) complaint my selfe? ? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.705 | complaint may be to the flight of my master. | Complaint may be to the flight of my Master. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.832 | complaint they have to the King concerns him nothing, | Complaint they haue to the King, concernes him nothing, |