| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.168 | What great creation and what dole of honour | What great creation, and what dole of honour |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.121 | such pitiful dole over them that all the beholders take | such pittiful dole ouer them, that all the beholders take |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.13 | In equal scale weighing delight and dole, | In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.75 | Now, my masters, happy man be his dole, say | Now my Masters, happy man be his dole, say |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.169 | That in the dole of blows your son might drop. | That in the dole of blowes, your Son might drop. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.63 | dole. They can tell you how things go better than I can. | dole, they can tell you how things go, better then I can: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.270 | What dreadful dole is here? | What dreadful dole is heere? |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.III.42 | Omit we all their dole and woe. | Omit we all their dole and woe: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.137 | afresh. Sweet Bianca! Happy man be his dole. He that | afresh: Sweet Bianca, happy man be his dole: hee that |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.v.3 | Our dole more deadly looks than dying; | Our dole more deadly lookes than dying |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.163 | You will? Why, happy man be's dole! My brother, | You will: why happy man be's dole. My Brother |