| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.63 | May token to the future our past deeds. | May token to the future, our past deeds. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.29 | He'd lay the future open. You good gods, | Heel'd lay the Future open. You good Gods, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.4 | And give me signs of future accidents; | And giue me signes of future accidents. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.84 | But that my heart's on future mischief set, | But that my hearts on future mischeefe set, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.421.1 | For thine own future safety. | For thine owne future safety. |
| King Lear | KL I.i.44 | Our daughters' several dowers, that future strife | Our daughters seuerall Dowers, that future strife |
| Macbeth | Mac I.v.56.1 | The future in the instant. | The future in the instant. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.95 | Looks in a glass that shows what future evils, | Lookes in a glasse that shewes what future euils |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.138 | And future ages groan for this foul act. | And future Ages groane for his foule Act. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.145 | Three talents on the present; in future, all. | Three Talents on the present; in future, all. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.153 | Of present dues. The future comes apace. | Of present dues; the future comes apace: |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.205 | From change of fortune. Why this spade? This place? | From change of future. Why this Spade? this place? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.50 | And all the fair effects of future hopes. | And all the faire effects of future hopes. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.32 | For present comfort and for future good, | For present comfort, and for future good, |