| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.v.72 | propose. His highness hath promised me to do it; and to | propose, his Highnesse hath promis'd me to doe it, and to |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.152.2 | Propose the oath, my lord. | Propose the Oath my Lord. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.204 | What to ourselves in passion we propose, | What to our selues in passion we propose, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.92 | Be now the father and propose a son, | Be now the Father, and propose a Sonne: |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.20 | Whilst I propose the selfsame words to thee, | Whil'st I propose the selfe-same words to thee, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.12 | To listen our propose. This is thy office; | To listen our purpose, this is thy office, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.25 | Wherein the toged consuls can propose | Wherein the Tongued Consuls can propose |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.69 | Shall win the wager which we will propose. | Shall win the wager which we will propose. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.133.1 | At many leisures I proposed – | At many leysures I propose. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.80 | Would I propose to achieve her whom I love. | would I propose, / To atchieue her whom I do loue. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.147 | Sir, I propose not merely to myself | Sir, I propose not meerely to my selfe, |