| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vi.36 | Rid all the sea of pirates; then, to send | Rid all the Sea of Pirats. Then, to send |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.68 | How many score of miles may we well rid | How many store of Miles may we well rid |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.203 | cannot rid my hands of him. | cannot rid my hands of him. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.94 | So we be rid of them, do with them what thou wilt. | So we be rid of them, do with him what yu wilt. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.233 | This Gloucester should be quickly rid the world, | This Gloster should be quickly rid the World, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.234 | To rid us from the fear we have of him. | To rid vs from the feare we haue of him. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.v.67 | As, deathsmen, you have rid this sweet young Prince! | As deathsmen you haue rid this sweet yong Prince. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.71 | We are blest that Rome is rid of him. | We are blest that Rome is rid of him. |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.271 | Are rid like madmen through the gates of Rome. | Are rid like Madmen through the Gates of Rome. |
| King Lear | KL V.i.64 | Let her who would be rid of him devise | Let her who would be rid of him, deuise |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.113.1 | To mend it or be rid on't. | To mend it, or be rid on't. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.174 | love with life that I will sue to be rid of it. | loue with life, that I will sue to be rid of it. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.119 | He hath rid his prologue like a rough colt; he | He hath rid his Prologue, like a rough Colt: he |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.30 | thank God you are rid of a knave. | thanke God you are ridde of a knaue. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.5 | get her ravished or be rid of her. When she should | get her rauished, or be rid of her, when she should |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.14 | Faith, there's no way to be rid on't but by the way | Faith ther's no way to be ridde on't but by the way |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.96 | And what loss is it to be rid of care? | And what losse is it to be rid of Care? |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.324 | To rid the realm of this pernicious blot? | To rid the Realme of this pernicious Blot. |
| Richard II | R2 V.iv.2 | ‘ Have I no friend will rid me of this living fear?’ | Haue I no friend will rid me of this liuing feare: |
| Richard II | R2 V.iv.11 | I am the King's friend, and will rid his foe. | I am the Kings Friend, and will rid his Foe. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.86 | And will, no doubt, shortly be rid of me. | And will (no doubt) shortly be rid of me. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.ii.76 | And soon I'll rid you from the fear of them. | And soone Ile rid you from the feare of them. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.241 | To rid her from this second marriage, | To rid her from this second Marriage, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.141 | woo her, wed her, and bed her, and rid the house | woe her, wed her, and bed her, and ridde the house |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.178 | That till the father rid his hands of her, | That til the Father rid his hands of her, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.49.2 | Then we are rid of Licio. | Then we are rid of Lisio. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.364 | Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you | Is, I know how to curse: the red-plague rid you |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.325 | Give it the beasts, to be rid of the men. | Giue it the Beasts, to be rid of the men. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.99 | Rid me these villains from your companies. | Rid me these Villaines from your companies; |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.164 | That would be rid of such an enemy! – | That would be rid of such an enemie. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.66 | how thou findest him. I would we were well rid of this | how thou findst him: I would we were well ridde of this |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.46 | witch to be rid on't, I'll assure you. | witch, to be rid on't Ile assure you. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.14.1 | To be so rid o'th' business. | To be so ridde o'th businesse. |