| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.143 | Is her own dower; honour and wealth from me. | Is her owne dower: Honour and wealth, from mee. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iv.19 | Hath brought me up to be your daughter's dower, | Hath brought me vp to be your daughters dower, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.325 | Choose thou thy husband and I'll pay thy dower; | Choose thou thy husband, and Ile pay thy dower. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.44 | Her beauty, and the value of her dower, | Her Beauty, and the valew of her Dower, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.46 | Beside, his wealth doth warrant a liberal dower, | Beside,his wealth doth warrant a liberal dower, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.48 | A dower, my lords? Disgrace not so your king | A Dowre my Lords? Disgrace not so your King, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.72 | Why, then mine honesty shall be my dower; | Why then mine Honestie shall be my Dower, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.108 | Let it be so! Thy truth then be thy dower! | Let it be so, thy truth then be thy dowre: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.192 | Will you require in present dower with her | Will you require in present Dower with her, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.149 | Only for propagation of a dower | Onely for propogation of a Dowre |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.336 | That can assure my daughter greatest dower | That can assure my daughter greatest dower, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.382 | If you should die before him, where's her dower? | If you should die before him, where's her dower? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.118 | To pass assurance of a dower in marriage | To passe assurance of a dowre in marriage |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.45 | And pass my daughter a sufficient dower, | And passe my daughter a sufficient dower, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.i.54 | The jewel in my dower, I would not wish | (The iewell in my dower) I would not wish |