| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.51 | Extended or contracted all proportions | Extended or contracted all proportions |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.4 | To be contracted in one brow of woe, | To be contracted in one brow of woe: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.16 | me out contracted bachelors, such as had been asked | me out contracted Batchelers, such as had beene ask'd |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.40 | Here are the articles of contracted peace | Heere are the Articles of contracted peace, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.226 | I was contracted to them both. All three | I was contracted to them both, all three |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.372 | Say, wast thou e'er contracted to this woman? | Say: was't thou ere contracted to this woman? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.215 | The truth is, she and I, long since contracted, | The truth is, she and I (long since contracted) |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.258 | You would have been contracted to a maid. | You would haue bin contracted to a Maid, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.5 | With your crowned brother and these your contracted | (With your Crown'd Brother, and these your contracted |