| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.36 | What prodigal portion have I spent, that I should come | what prodigall portion haue I spent, that I should come |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.125 | And have no portion in the choice myself. | And haue no portion in the choice my selfe. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.108 | To his own portion! And what expense by th' hour | To his owne portion? And what expence by'th'houre |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.406 | And give the bitter potion of reproach | And giue the bitter portion of reproch: |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.31 | Or may our portion be with damned fiends. | Or may our portion be with damned fiends, |
| King Lear | KL I.i.242 | Give but that portion which yourself proposed | Giue but that portion which your selfe propos'd, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.222 | her ever most kind and natural; with him the portion | her, euer most kinde and naturall: with him the portion |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.352 | And all things answerable to this portion. | And all things answerable to this portion. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.31 | Commend me to her, and to piece her portion | Commend me to her, and to peece her portion |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.383.1 | Her portion equal his. | Her Portion, equall his. |