| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.65 | And in a moment makes them desolate. | And in a moment makes them desolate. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.viii.57 | desolate. I see them lay their heads together to surprise | desolate. I see them lay their heades together to surprize |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.1 | Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there | Let vs seeke out some desolate shade, |
| Richard II | R2 I.ii.73 | Desolate, desolate will I hence and die. | Desolate, desolate will I hence, and dye, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.81 | Which here, in this most desolate isle, else falls | Which here, in this most desolate Isle, else fals |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.171 | Alas, poor lady, desolate and left! | Alas (poore Lady) desolate, and left; |