| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iii.42 | I am joyful to hear of their readiness, and am the | I am ioyfull to heare of their readinesse, and am the |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.23 | Our chariots and our horsemen be in readiness: | Our Chariots, and our Horsemen be in readinesse: |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.336.1 | They are in readiness. | They are heere in readinesse. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.216 | now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. Since no man | now; yet it will come; the readinesse is all, since no man |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.188 | Your ships already are in readiness. | Your Ships alreadie are in readinesse. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.67 | Royal commanders, be in readiness; | Royall Commanders, be in readinesse, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.64 | But he's deceived; we are in readiness. | But hee's deceiu'd, we are in readinesse. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.4 | Lorraine, what readiness is Edward in? | Lorraine what readines is Edward in? |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.130 | Let's briefly put on manly readiness, | Let's briefely put on manly readinesse, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.249 | I thought, by your readiness in the office, you | I thought by the readinesse in the office, you |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.iv.32 | What page's suit she hath in readiness. | What Pages suite she hath in readinesse: |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.52 | It is, my liege; and all things are in readiness. | It is my Liege: and all things are in readinesse. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.43 | We could at once put us in readiness, | We could at once put vs in readinesse, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.163 | Here, my lord, in readiness. | Heere my Lord, in readinesse. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.328 | In readiness for Hymenaeus stand, | In readines for Hymeneus stand, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.70 | Tomorrow be in readiness to go. | To morrow be in readinesse, to goe, |