| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.13.1 | Have helped to make so portly. | Haue holpe to make so portly. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.412 | A goodly portly man, i'faith, and a corpulent; of a cheerful | A goodly portly man yfaith, and a corpulent, of a chearefull |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.i.9 | There where your argosies with portly sail, | There where your Argosies with portly saile |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.57 | sometimes my portly belly. | sometimes my portly belly. |
| Pericles | Per I.iv.61 | A portly sail of ships make hitherward. | a portlie saile of ships make hitherward. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.66 | 'A bears him like a portly gentleman. | A beares him like a portly Gentleman: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.162 | Shall find him by his large and portly size. | Shall finde him by his large and portly size. |