| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.60 | Of thy dear husband, than that horrid act | Of thy deere Husband. Then that horrid Act |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.560 | And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, | And cleaue the generall eare with horrid speech: |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.88 | Up, sword, and know thou a more horrid hent. | Vp Sword, and know thou a more horrid hent |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.76 | cut and a horrid suit of the camp will do among foaming | Cut, and a horride Sute of the Campe, will doe among foming |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.28 | So many horrid ghosts. O now, who will behold | So many horride Ghosts. O now, who will behold |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.264 | Never sees horrid night, the child of hell, | Neuer sees horride Night, the Child of Hell: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.196 | Appear in forms more horrid – yet my duty, | Appeare in formes more horrid) yet my Duty, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.16 | Recounts most horrid sights seen by the watch. | Recounts most horrid sights seene by the Watch. |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.46 | Such sheets of fire, such bursts of horrid thunder, | Such sheets of Fire, such bursts of horrid Thunder, |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.86.1 | To quit this horrid act. | To quit this horrid acte. |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.61.1 | So horrid as in woman. | So horrid as in woman. |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.134 | Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, | Whose horrid Image doth vnfixe my Heire, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.24 | Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, | Shall blow the horrid deed in euery eye, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.56 | Of horrid hell can come a devil more damned | Of horrid Hell, can come a Diuell more damn'd |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.13.1 | With fear and horrid flight. | With feare and horrid flight. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.195 | I will meditate the while upon some horrid | I wil meditate the while vpon some horrid |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.144 | Been death's most horrid agents, human grace | Beene deathes most horrid Agents, humaine grace |