| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.138 | I will be bitter with him and passing short. | I will be bitter with him, and passing short; |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.201 | Yet are they passing cowardly. But, I beseech you, | Yet are they passing Cowardly. But I beseech you, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.v.1.2 | Valeria, passing over the stage, with other Lords | passing ouer the Stage, with other Lords. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.73 | Passing through nature to eternity. | Passing through Nature, to Eternity. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.407 | The which he loved passing well.’ | The which he loued passing well. |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.411 | daughter that I love passing well. | daughter that I loue passing well. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.85 | Believe me, I am passing light in spirit. | Beleeue me, I am passing light in spirit. |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.40 | And our air shakes them passing scornfully. | And our Ayre shakes them passing scornefully. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.69 | I was employed in passing to and fro | I was imploy'd in passing to and fro, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.106 | O passing traitor, perjured and unjust! | Oh passing Traytor, periur'd and vniust. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.27 | The procession passes over the stage in order and state, and then a great flourish of trumpets | Exeunt, first passing ouer the Stage in Order and State,and then, A great Flourish of Trumpets. |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.162 | Say his long trouble now is passing | Say his long trouble now is passing |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.176 | But what is done is passing passing ill. | But what is don is passing passing ill, |
| King John | KJ V.vi.40 | Passing these flats, are taken by the tide – | Passing these Flats, are taken by the Tide, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.101 | Spied a blossom passing fair | Spied a blossome passing faire, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.19 | The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, | The Iury passing on the Prisoners life |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.20 | For Oberon is passing fell and wrath | For Oberon is passing fell and wrath, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.72 | Cousin, you apprehend passing shrewdly. | Cosin you apprehend passing shrewdly. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.159 | She swore, in faith 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange, | She swore in faith 'twas strange: 'twas passing strange, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.94 | A cherry lip, a bonny eye, a passing pleasing tongue; | A cherry Lip, a bonny Eye, a passing pleasing tongue: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.234 | Show me a mistress that is passing fair, | Shew me a Mistresse that is passing faire, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.236 | Where I may read who passed that passing fair? | Where I may read who past that passing faire. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.65 | It will be pastime passing excellent, | It wil be pastime passing excellent, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.112 | And then to dinner. You are passing welcome, | And then to dinner: you are passing welcome, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.236 | No, not a whit. I find you passing gentle. | No, not a whit, I finde you passing gentle: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.239 | For thou are pleasant, gamesome, passing courteous, | For thou art pleasant, gamesome, passing courteous, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.24 | Though he be blunt, I know him passing wise, | Though he be blunt, I know him passing wise, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.176 | My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, | My Faulcon now is sharpe, and passing emptie, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.18 | 'Tis passing good, I prithee let me have it. | 'Tis passing good, I prethee let me haue it. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.84 | This valley fits the purpose passing well. | This valley fits the purpose passing well. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.1.2 | two sons, Martius and Quintus, bound, passing over | two sonnes bound, passing on |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.22 | spok'st of Pigrogromitus, of the Vapians passing the | spok'st of Pigrogromitus, of the Vapians passing the |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.17 | Pardon, dear madam; 'tis a passing shame | Pardon deare Madam, 'tis a passing shame, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.71 | Your own present folly, and her passing deformity; | Your owne present folly, and her passing deformitie: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.145 | Is she not passing fair? | Is she not passing faire? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.286 | Why, this is a passing merry one, and goes | Why this is a passing merry one, and goes |