| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.136 | That grows to seed. Things rank and gross in nature | That growes to Seed: Things rank, and grosse in Nature |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.86 | Would of that seed grow to a greater falseness, | Would of that Seed, grow to a greater falsenesse, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.59 | Saw his heroical seed, and smiled to see him, | Saw his Heroicall Seed, and smil'd to see him |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.138 | First bud we, then we blow, and after seed, | First bud we, then we blow, and after seed, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.99 | They shall stand for seed. They had gone down | They shall stand for seed: they had gon down |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ix.47 | From the true seed of honour, and how much honour | From the true seede of honor? And how much honor |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.121 | A cousin-german to great Priam's seed; | A cousen german to great Priams seede: |