| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iv.5 | Time was, I did him a desired office, | Time was, I did him a desired office |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.67 | To be desired to give. It much would please him | To be desir'd to giue. It much would please him, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.295 | Which hurts, and is desired. Dost thou lie still? | Which hurts, and is desir'd. Dost thou lye still? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.60 | When I desired him to come home to dinner | When I desir'd him to come home to dinner, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.12 | That most desired the match. But not a courtier, | That most desir'd the Match. But not a Courtier, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.63 | To her desired Posthumus: gone she is, | To her desir'd Posthumus: gone she is, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.15 | Desired more than constrained: to satisfy, | Desir'd, more then constrain'd, to satisfie |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.89 | Save mine, which hath desired to see thee more, | Saue mine, which hath desir'd to see thee more: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.156 | be desired in the hearts of his subjects. I would fain see | be desir'd in the hearts of his Subiects: I would faine see |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.34 | In fine, redeemed I was as I desired. | In fine, redeem'd I was as I desir'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.11 | Madam, according as your ladyship desired, | Madame, according as your Ladyship desir'd, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.101 | Alas, good master, my wife desired some damsons, | Alas, good Master, my Wife desired some |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vii.6 | And brought desired help from Burgundy. | And brought desired helpe from Burgundie. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.188 | And paved with gold, the Emperor thus desired | And pau'd with gold: the Emperor thus desir'd, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.17 | Of divers witnesses, which the Duke desired | Of diuers witnesses, which the Duke desir'd |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.163 | Have wished the sleeping of this business, never desired | Haue wish'd the sleeping of this busines, neuer desir'd |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.65 | In the great'st humbleness, and desired your highness | In the great'st humblenesse, and desir'd your Highnesse |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.268 | amiss, he desired their worships to think it was his | amisse, he desir'd their Worships to thinke it was his |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.243 | For instant remedy. Be then desired, | For instant remedy. Be then desir'd |
| King Lear | KL III.iii.2 | dealing. When I desired their leave that I might | dealing; when I desired their leaue that I might |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.ii.134 | unto: Your ladyship's, in all desired employment, | vnto. Your Ladiships in all desired imployment, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.20 | We should have else desired your good advice, | We should haue else desir'd your good aduice |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.91 | Finding yourself desired of such a person | Finding your selfe desir'd of such a person, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.75 | I came to her from Claudio, and desired her | I came to her from Claudio, and desir'd her, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.2.1 | Desired us to make stand. | Desired vs to make a stand. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.18 | It is a life that I have desired. I will thrive. | It is a life that I haue desir'd: I will thriue. |
| Othello | Oth II.i.198 | Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus: | (Hony) you shall be well desir'd in Cyprus, |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.5 | bid to ask what he would of the king, desired he might | bid to aske what hee would of the King, desired he might |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.77 | And did him service; he touched the ports desired; | And did him seruice; he touch'd the Ports desir'd, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.21 | Desired my Cressid in right great exchange, | Desir'd my Cressia in right great exchange. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.39 | endeavour be so desired, and the performance so | indeuour be so desir'd, and the performance so |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.119 | As your stolen jewel, and desired your spirit | As your stolne Iewell, and desir'd your spirit |