| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.323 | Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. | Exchange forgiuenesse with me, Noble Hamlet; |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.147.2 | Ask her forgiveness? | Aske her forgiuenesse? |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.11 | And ask of thee forgiveness; so we'll live, | And aske of thee forgiuenesse: So wee'l liue, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.48 | oftener ask forgiveness. | oftner aske forgiuenesse. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.83 | More sins for this forgiveness prosper may. | More sinnes for this forgiuenesse, prosper may. |
| Richard II | R2 V.v.90 | Forgiveness, horse! Why do I rail on thee, | Forgiuenesse horse: Why do I raile on thee, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.198.1 | Must ask my child forgiveness! | Must aske my childe forgiuenesse? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.546 | His welcomes forth; asks thee, the son, forgiveness | His Welcomes forth: asks thee there Sonne forgiuenesse, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.51 | asks Bohemia forgiveness; then embraces his son-in-law; | askes Bohemia forgiuenesse, then embraces his Sonne-in-Law: |