| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.113 | In thy fats our cares be drowned; | In thy Fattes our Cares be drown'd, |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.279 | He is drowned in the brook; look but in and | He is drown'd in the brooke, looke but in, and |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.94 | Hellespont and being taken with the cramp was drowned, | Hellespont, and being taken with the crampe, was droun'd, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.52 | Let love, being light, be drowned if she sink. | Let Loue, being light, be drowned if she sinke. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.164 | So fast they follow. Your sister's drowned, Laertes. | So fast they'l follow: your Sister's drown'd Laertes. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.165 | Drowned! O, where? | Drown'd! O where? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.183.2 | Alas, then she is drowned? | Alas then, is she drown'd? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.184 | Drowned, drowned. | Drown'd, drown'd. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.6 | How can that be, unless she drowned | How can that be, vnlesse she drowned |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.12 | act, to do, and to perform. Argal, she drowned herself | Act to doe and to performe; argall she drown'd her selfe |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.203 | And pluck up drowned honour by the locks, | And plucke vp drowned Honor by the Lockes: |
| Henry V | H5 IV.vii.74 | Lie drowned and soaked in mercenary blood; | Lye drown'd and soak'd in mercenary blood: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.12 | Or piteous they will look, like drowned mice. | Or pitteous they will looke, like drowned Mice. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.198 | Ay, Margaret; my heart is drowned with grief, | I Margaret: my heart is drown'd with griefe, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.95 | Knowing that thou wouldst have me drowned on shore | Knowing that thou wouldst haue me drown'd on shore |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.104 | Ten days ago I drowned these news in tears; | Ten dayes ago, I drown'd these newes in teares. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.14 | And stops my tongue, while heart is drowned in cares. | And stops my tongue, while heart is drown'd in cares. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.20 | And yet, for all his wings, the fool was drowned. | And yet for all his wings, the Foole was drown'd. |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.3 | Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! | Till you haue drench'd our Steeples, drown the Cockes. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.46 | tune, matter, and method? Is't not drowned i'th' last | Tune, Matter, and Method? Is't not drown'd i'th last |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.9 | little remorse as they would have drowned a blind | little remorse, as they would haue drown'de a blinde |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.13 | drowned but that the shore was shelvy and shallow – a | drown'd, but that the shore was sheluy and shallow: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.96 | The fold stands empty in the drowned field, | The fold stands empty in the drowned field, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.355 | in compassing thy joy than to be drowned and go | in Compassing thy ioy, then to be drown'd, and go |
| Othello | Oth II.i.18 | Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned: | Be not enshelter'd, and embay'd, they are drown'd, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.196 | News, friends; our wars are done; the Turks are drowned. | Newes (Friends) our Warres are done: / The Turkes are drown'd. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.206 | My drowned queen's name, as in the rest you said | my / Drownd Queenes name, as in the rest you sayd, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.36 | Supposed dead and drowned. | supposed dead and drownd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.89 | And these, who often drowned, could never die, | And these who often drown'd could neuer die, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.44 | We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art. | we are lesse afraid to be drownde, then thou art. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.406 | The ditty does remember my drowned father. | The Ditty do's remember my drown'd father, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.248.1 | That Ferdinand is drowned? | That Ferdinand is drown'd. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.87 | he is drowned, and these are devils. O, defend me! | hee is dround; and these are diuels; O defend me. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.107 | But art thou not drowned, Stephano? I hope now thou | but art thou not dround Stephano: I hope now thou |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.108 | art not drowned. Is the storm overblown? I hid me | art not dround: Is the Storme ouer-blowne? I hid mee |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.172 | being drowned, we will inherit here. Here, bear my | being dround, wee will inherit here: Here; beare my |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.11 | My man-monster hath drowned his tongue | My man-Monster hath drown'd his tongue |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.9 | No longer for my flatterer. He is drowned | No longer for my Flatterer: he is droun'd |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.93 | Young Ferdinand, whom they suppose is drowned, | Yong Ferdinand (whom they suppose is droun'd) |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.90 | Are drowned and lost in his calamities. | Are drown'd and lost in his Calamities. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.141 | For thou, poor man, hast drowned it with thine own. | For thou poore man hast drown'd it with thine owne. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.228 | Become a deluge, overflowed and drowned. | Become a deluge: ouerflow'd and drown'd: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.106 | Who drowned their enmity in my true tears | Who drown'd their enmity in my true teares, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.i.50 | When I do tell thee, there my hopes lie drowned, | When I doe tell thee, there my hopes lye drown'd: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.5 | Perchance he is not drowned. What think you, sailors? | Perchance he is not drown'd: What thinke you saylors? |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.126 | Like a drowned man, a fool, and a madman. One | Like a drown'd man, a foole, and a madde man: One |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.131 | drowned. Go, look after him. | drown'd: go looke after him. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.20 | from the breach of the sea was my sister drowned. | from the breach of the sea, was my sister drown'd. |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.i.27 | drowned already, sir, with salt water, though I seem to | drown'd already sir with salt water, though I seeme to |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.238 | And say, ‘ Thrice welcome, drowned Viola.’ | And say, thrice welcome drowned Viola. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.96 | The mean is drowned with your unruly bass. | The meane is dround with you vnruly base. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.79 | And drenched me in the sea, where I am drowned. | And drench'd me in the sea, where I am drown'd. |