| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.157 | I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have. | Ile gil'd it with the happiest tearmes I haue. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.129 | England shall double gild his treble guilt; | England, shall double gill'd, his trebble guilt. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.1 | The sun doth gild our armour: up, my lords! | The Sunne doth gild our Armour vp, my Lords. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.411 | Or gild again the noble troops that waited | Or gilde againe the Noble Troopes that waighted |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.126 | My mistress' name, and it will gild thy paper. | And it wil guild thy paper, read Lorde, reade, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.208 | For ere the sun shall gild the eastern sky, | For ere the Sunne shal guide the esterne skie, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.99 | And double gild my spurs, but I will catch him. | And double guild my spurs, but I will catch him, |
| King John | KJ II.i.491 | Shall gild her bridal bed and make her rich | Shall gild her bridall bed and make her rich |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.11 | To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, | To gilde refined Gold, to paint the Lilly; |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.56 | I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, | Ile guild the Faces of the Groomes withall, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vi.49 | I will make fast the doors, and gild myself | I will make fast the doores and guild my selfe |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.147 | Shall point on me, and gild my banishment. | Shall point on me, and gild my banishment. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.104 | Whilst some with cunning gild their copper crowns, | Whil'st some with cunning guild their copper crownes, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.31 | For which we lose our heads to gild his horns. | For which we loose our heads, to gild his hornes. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.i.1 | The sun begins to gild the western sky, | The Sun begins to guild the westerne skie, |