| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.373 | You may reign in them now! O Innogen, | You may reigne in them now: Oh Imogen, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.65 | Nor can one England brook a double reign | Nor can one England brooke a double reigne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.158 | Reign in all bosoms, that, each heart being set | Reigne in all bosomes, that each heart being set |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.197 | For all my reign hath been but as a scene | For all my Reigne, hath beene but as a Scene |
| Henry V | H5 I.i.2 | Which in th' eleventh year of the last King's reign | Which in th' eleuẽth yere of ye last Kings reign |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.31 | During the time Edward the Third did reign. | During the time Edward the third did raigne: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.23 | Since Henry Monmouth first began to reign, | Since Henry Monmouth first began to reigne, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.67 | During whose reign the Percys of the north, | During whose Reigne, the Percies of the North, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.83 | Succeeding his father Bolingbroke, did reign, | (Succeeding his Father Bullingbrooke) did reigne; |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.i.14 | Should reign among professors of one faith. | Should reigne among Professors of one Faith. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.39 | This Edmund, in the reign of Bolingbroke, | This Edmond, in the Reigne of Bullingbrooke, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.56 | Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign; | Till Lionels Issue fayles, his should not reigne. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.122 | Over whom, in time to come, I hope to reign; | Ouer whom (in time to come) I hope to raigne: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.150 | reign; but I'll be Protector over him. | raigne, but Ile be Protector ouer him. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.vi.4 | but claret wine this first year of our reign. And now | but Clarret Wine / This first yeare of our raigne. / And now |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.49 | For yet may England curse my wretched reign. | For yet may England curse my wretched raigne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.53 | To aspire unto the crown and reign as king. | To aspire vnto the Crowne, and reigne as King. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.146 | But that the next heir should succeed and reign. | But that the next Heire should succeed and reigne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.171 | Let me for this my lifetime reign as king. | Let me for this my life time reigne as King. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.173 | And thou shalt reign in quiet while thou livest. | And thou shalt reigne in quiet while thou liu'st. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.200 | To seek to put me down and reign thyself. | To seeke to put me downe, and reigne thy selfe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.234 | As thou shalt reign but by their sufferance. | As thou shalt reigne but by their sufferance. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.15 | I took an oath that he should quietly reign. | I tooke an Oath, that hee should quietly reigne. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.ii.17 | I would break a thousand oaths to reign one year. | I would breake a thousand Oathes, to reigne one yeere. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.ii.27 | Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? | Why, what is Pompe, Rule, Reigne, but Earth and Dust? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.42 | reign in's nose; all that stand about him are under the | reigne in's Nose; all that stand about him are vnder the |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.424 | And youth the dangerous reign of liberty; | And youth the dangerous reigne of liberty: |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.56 | Long live your highness! Happy be your reign! | long liue your highnes, happy be your reigne |
| King John | KJ III.i.157 | Where we do reign we will alone uphold, | Where we doe reigne, we will alone vphold |
| King John | KJ III.iv.152 | To check his reign, but they will cherish it. | To checke his reigne, but they will cherish it. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.102.1 | Reign in this kingdom? | Reigne in this Kingdome? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.66.1 | Than such a one to reign. | Then such an one to reigne. |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.7 | I'll show you those in trouble's reign, | I'le shew you those in troubles raigne; |
| Pericles | Per II.i.103 | called for his peaceable reign and good government. | cal'd, / For his peaceable raigne, and good gouernement. |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.38 | That best know how to rule and how to reign, | That best know how to rule, and how to raigne, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.82 | Our son and daughter shall in Tyrus reign. | our sonne and daughter shall in Tyrus raigne. |
| Richard III | R3 II.iii.10 | No, no! By God's good grace his son shall reign. | No, no, by Gods good grace, his Son shall reigne. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.169 | And make, no doubt, us happy by his reign. | And make (no doubt) vs happy by his Reigne. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.214 | Your brother's son shall never reign our king, | Your Brothers Sonne shall neuer reigne our King, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.34 | Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. | Doth couch his lims, there, golden sleepe doth raigne; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.10 | Where the infectious pestilence did reign, | Where the infectious pestilence did raigne, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.174 | Thus have I politicly begun my reign, | Thus haue I politickely begun my reigne, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.221 | Sun, hide thy beams. Timon hath done his reign. | Sunne, hide thy Beames, Timon hath done his Raigne. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.363 | To me a break-neck. Happy star reign now! | To me a breake-neck. Happy Starre raigne now, |