| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.151 | To bring forth this discovery. Seek these suitors. | To bring forth this discou'rie, seeke these sutors: |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.191 | South Sea of discovery. I prithee tell me who is it | South-sea of discouerie. I pre'thee tell me, who is it |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ii.22 | It seemed, appeared to Rome. By the discovery | It seem'd appear'd to Rome. By the discouery, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.294 | prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the King | preuent your discouery of your secricie to the King |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.162 | At the discovery of most dangerous treason | At the discouery of most dangerous Treason, |
| King Lear | KL V.i.53 | By diligent discovery; but your haste | By dilligent discouerie, but your hast |
| Macbeth | Mac V.iv.6 | The numbers of our host and make discovery | The numbers of our Hoast, and make discouery |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.43 | Why, 'tis an office of discovery, love, | Why, 'tis an office of discouery Loue, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.150 | So far from sounding and discovery, | So farre from sounding and discouery, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.247 | But doubt discovery there. Will you grant with me | But doubt discouery there. Will you grant with me |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.33 | the softness of prosperity, with a discovery of the infinite | the softnesse of Prosperity, / With a Discouerie of the infinite |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.45 | That my discovery be not aimed at; | That my discouery be not aimed at: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.441 | By this discovery lost. Be not uncertain, | By this discouerie lost.) Be not vncertaine, |