| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.160 | pear; it was formerly better; marry, yet 'tis a withered | peare: it was formerly better, marry yet 'tis a wither'd |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.v.9 | here, accuses him of letters he had formerly wrote to | here, accuses him of Letters he had formerly wrote to |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.i.53.1 | But what is like me formerly. | But what is like me formerly. |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.83.1 | They shall abound as formerly. | They shall abound as formerly. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.359 | The danger formerly by me rehearsed. | The danger formerly by me rehearst. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.29 | And formally, according to our law, | And formerly according to our Law |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.62.1 | Here they fall on their faces as formerly, and there is | Here they fall on their faces as formerly, and there is |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.77.1 | Here they prostrate themselves, then kneel as formerly | Here they kneele as formerly. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.ii.33 | formerly he hath appeared. | formerly he hath appeared. |