| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.72.2 | I prithee now, my son, | I pry thee now, my Sonne, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.72 | The eye of reason may pry in upon us. | The eye of reason may prie in vpon vs: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.103 | This head of safety, and withal to pry | This Head of safetie; and withall, to prie |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.10 | Let it pry through the portage of the head | Let it pry through the portage of the Head, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.248 | To pry into the secrets of the state, | To prie into the secrets of the State, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.6 | Speak and look back, and pry on every side, | Speake, and looke backe, and prie on euery side, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.33 | But if thou, jealous, dost return to pry | But if thou iealous dost returne to prie |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.i.85 | But I have cause to pry into this pedant, | But I haue cause to pry into this pedant, |