| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.156 | Of this most wise rebellion, thou goest foremost. | Of this most wise Rebellion, thou goest formost: |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.22 | My wife comes foremost, then the honoured mould | My wife comes formost, then the honour'd mould |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.140 | In which you, father, shall have foremost hand. | In which you (Father) shall haue formost hand. |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.22 | That struck the foremost man of all this world | That strucke the Formost man of all this World, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.97 | Goes foremost in report through Italy. | Goes formost in report through Italy. |