| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.iv.10 | Distinguish him from others, he did keep | Distinguish him from others, he did keepe |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.vii.34 | Of sea and land, which can distinguish 'twixt | Of Sea and Land, which can distinguish 'twixt |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.74 | And could of men distinguish her election, | And could of men distinguish, her election |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.127 | name the several colours we do wear. Sight may distinguish | name the seuerall Colours we doe weare. / Sight may distinguish |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.211.1 | Which can distinguish sound. | which can distinguish sound. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.309 | times seven years, and since I could distinguish betwixt | times seuen yeares, and since I could distinguish betwixt |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.20 | Distinguish form. So your sweet majesty, | Distinguish forme: so your sweet Maiestie |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.9 | Nor more can you distinguish of a man | No more can you distinguish of a man, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.103 | That ruder tongues distinguish villager; | That ruder Tongues distinguish villager, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.54 | Cannot distinguish, but must cry for both! | Cannot distinguish, but must crie for both. |