| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.236 | That she did make defect perfection, | That she did make defect, perfection, |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.39 | The happy man; whether defect of judgement, | The happy man; whether detect of iudgement, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.111 | Of roaring terrors: for the defect of judgement | Of roaring terrors: For defect of iudgement |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.31 | Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, | |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.102 | Or rather say, the cause of this defect, | Or rather say, the cause of this defect; |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.178 | Defect of manners, want of government, | Defect of Manners, want of Gouernment, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.18 | Our will became the servant to defect, | Our will became the seruant to defect, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.132 | That is the very defect of the matter, sir. | That is the verie defect of the matter sir. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.35 | must speak through, saying thus, or to the same defect: | must speake through, saying thus, or to the same defect; |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.44 | With so full soul but some defect in her | With so full soule, but some defect in her |