| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.i.16 | And they have earned the waste. Poor Antony! | And they haue earn'd the waste. Poore Anthony. |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.272 | Though Martius earned them not; and all his faults | Though Martius earn'd them not: and all his faults |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.139 | taking their names upon you before you have earned | taking their Names vpon you, before you haue earn'd |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.106 | Therefore know I have earned of Don John a | Therefore know, I haue earned of Don Iohn a |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.IV.13 | Of earned praise, Marina's life | Of earned praise, Marinas life |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.76 | O, how it earned my heart when I beheld | O how it yern'd my heart, when I beheld |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.141 | A great addition earned in thy death. | A great addition, earned in thy death. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.179 | earned him. Away! | earn'd him. Away. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.107 | The one for ever earned a royal husband; | The one, for euer earn'd a Royall Husband; |