| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.7 | You do not hold the method to enforce | You do not hold the method, to enforce |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.34 | Or I will beat this method in your sconce. | Or I will beat this method in your sconce. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.206 | is method in't. – Will you walk out of the air, my lord? | is Method in't: will you walke / Out of the ayre my Lord? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.442 | the author of affectation, but called it an honest method, | the Author of affectation, but cal'd it an honest method. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.13 | Verbatim to rehearse the method of my pen. | Verbatim to rehearse the Methode of my Penne. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.46 | tune, matter, and method? Is't not drowned i'th' last | Tune, Matter, and Method? Is't not drown'd i'th last |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.116 | And fall somewhat into a slower method, | And fall something into a slower method. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.217 | To answer by the method, in the first of his heart. | To answer by the method, in the first of his hart. |