| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.95 | Thy company, which erst was irksome to me, | Thy company, which erst was irkesome to me |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.48 | The even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth | The euen Meade, that erst brought sweetly forth |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.13 | That erst did follow thy proud chariot wheels | That erst did follow thy prowd Chariot-Wheeles, |
| Pericles | Per I.i.50 | Gripe not at earthly joys as erst they did, | Gripe not at earthly ioyes as earst they did; |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.i.62 | Or slunk not Saturnine, as Tarquin erst, | Or slunke not Saturnine, as Tarquin ersts, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.79 | (To Lucius) Speak, Rome's dear friend, as erst our ancestor | Speake Romes deere friend, as 'erst our Auncestor, |