| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.54 | press in here, sir, amongst the rest of the country copulatives, | presse in heere sir, amongst the rest of the Country copulatiues |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.206 | Do press among the popular throngs and puff | Doe presse among the popular Throngs, and puffe |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.13 | Did softly press the rushes, ere he wakened | Did softly presse the Rushes, ere he waken'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.72 | The press of boats, or pride. A piece of work | The presse of Boates, or Pride. A peece of Worke |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.12 | soused gurnet. I have misused the King's press damnably. | sowc't-Gurnet: I haue mis-vs'd the Kings Presse damnably. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.14 | soldiers three hundred and odd pounds. I press me | Souldiers, three hundred and odde Pounds. I presse me |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.19 | No humble suitors press to speak for right, | No humble suters prease to speake for right: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.333 | Press not a falling man too far! 'Tis virtue. | Presse not a falling man too farre: 'tis Vertue: |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.78 | In the old time of war, would shake the press, | In the old time of Warre, would shake the prease |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.83 | Go break among the press, and find a way out | Go breake among the preasse, and finde away out |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.15 | Who is it in the press that calls on me? | Who is it in the presse, that calles on me? |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.88 | Reviving blood, and that great men shall press | Reuiuing blood, and that great men shall presse |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.iv.15 | What Caesar doth, what suitors press to him. | What Casar doth, what Sutors presse to him. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.29 | He is addressed. Press near and second him. | He is addrest: presse neere, and second him. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.168 | Nay, press not so upon me; stand far off. | Nay presse not so vpon me, stand farre off. |
| King John | KJ V.vii.19 | Which, in their throng and press to that last hold, | Which in their throng, and presse to that last hold, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.29 | Enow to press a royal merchant down | Enow to presse a royall Merchant downe; |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.422 | You press me far, and therefore I will yield. | You presse mee farre, and therefore I will yeeld, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.73 | puts into the press, when he would put us two. I had | puts into the presse, when he would put vs two: I had |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.152 | I make bold to press with so little preparation upon | I make bold, to presse, with so little preparation vpon |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.57 | press, coffer, chest, trunk, well, vault, but he hath an | Presse, Coffer, Chest, Trunke, Well, Vault, but he hath an |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.184 | Why should he stay whom love doth press to go? | Why should hee stay whom Loue doth presse (to go? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.185 | What love could press Lysander from my side? | What loue could presse Lysander from my side? |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.76 | Out of myself, press me to death with wit! | Out of my selfe, presse me to death with wit, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.60 | And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier! | And thou and Romeo presse on heauie beere. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.215 | To press before thy father to a grave? | To presse before thy Father to a graue? |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.90 | forbid I should be so bold to press to heaven in my | forbid I should be so bold, to presse to heauen in my |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.207 | your pretty encounters, press it to death: away! – | your prettie encounters, presse it to death: away. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.20 | A pack of sorrows which would press you down, | A pack of sorrowes, which would presse you downe |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.73 | Whereto he'll infuse power, and press you forth | Whereto heel infuse powre, and presse you forth |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.19.2 | Press me not, beseech you, so. | Presse me not ('beseech you) so: |