| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.219 | For general sovereignty; and that he willed me | For generall soueraigntie: and that he wil'd me |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vii.35 | By sovereignty of nature. First he was | By Soueraignty of Nature. First, he was |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.6 | To show less sovereignty than they, must needs | To shew lesse Soueraignty then they, must needs |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.73 | Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason | Which might depriue your Soueraignty of Reason, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.101 | My person, or my liege's sovereignty. | My person, or my Lieges Soueraigntie. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.173.2 | the sovereignty of Henry | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.125 | Have been as bondmen to thy sovereignty. | Haue beene as Bond-men to thy Soueraigntie. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.86 | All her perfections challenge sovereignty. | All her perfections challenge Soueraigntie, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.ii.134 | Why then, I do but dream on sovereignty; | Why then I doe but dreame on Soueraigntie, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.150.1 | With words of sovereignty. | With words of Soueraignty. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.29 | Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty; | Affected Eminence, Wealth, Soueraignty; |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.50 | That spurn against my sovereignty in France. | That spurne against my souereignety in France. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.126 | To buckle for a kingdom's sovereignty. | To buckle for a kingdomes souerentie, |
| King John | KJ III.i.58 | To tread down fair respect of sovereignty, | To tread downe faire respect of Soueraigntie, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.228 | I would learn that; for by the marks of sovereignty, | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.232 | Of all complexions the culled sovereignty | Of all complexions the cul'd soueraignty, |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iv.30 | The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth? | The Soueraignty will fall vpon Macbeth. |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.88.1 | And top of sovereignty? | And top of Soueraignty? |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.384.1 | Your unknown sovereignty. | Your vnknowne Soueraigntie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.82 | My soul consents not to give sovereignty. | My soule consents not to giue soueraignty. |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.250 | Made glory base, and sovereignty a slave; | Made Glory base; a Soueraigntie, a Slaue; |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.78 | Take on his grace the sovereignty thereof; | Take on his Grace the Soueraigntie thereof. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.145 | To bear the golden yoke of sovereignty | To beare the Golden Yoake of Soueraigntie, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.329 | Of golden sovereignty; acquaint the Princess | Of Golden Soueraignty: Acquaint the Princesse |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.356 | But she, your subject, loathes such sovereignty. | But she your Subiect, lothes such Soueraignty. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.159.1 | No sovereignty – | No Soueraignty. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.15 | Whose sovereignty so oft thou hast preferred | Whose soueraignty so oft thou hast preferd, |