| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iii.20 | There wants no diligence in seeking him, | There wants no diligence in seeking him, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.92 | I will receive it, sir, with all diligence of spirit. | I will receiue it with all diligence of spirit; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.9 | Of your accustomed diligence to me. | Of your accustom'd diligence to me. |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.35 | and the best of me is diligence. | and the best of me, is Dilligence. |
| King Lear | KL I.v.4 | If your diligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore | if your Dilligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.i.38 | With whispering and most guilty diligence, | With whispering, and most guiltie diligence, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.19 | Is made with all due diligence | Is made with all due diligence, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.68 | As he shall think by our true diligence | As he shall thinke by our true diligence |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.304 | And hither come in't. Go! Hence with diligence! | And hither come in't: goe: hence / With diligence. Exit. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.241 | Bravely, my diligence. Thou shalt be free. | Brauely (my diligence) thou shalt be free. |