| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.92 | Thus he his special nothing ever prologues. | Thus he his speciall nothing euer prologues. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.ii.6 | special, when you put off that with such contempt? But | speciall, when you put off that with such contempt, but |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.18 | word to the action, with this special observance, that | Word to the Action, with this speciall obseruance: That |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.9.2 | O, for two special reasons, | O for two speciall Reasons, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.213 | Not a whit. We defy augury. There is special | Not a whit, we defie Augury; there's a speciall |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.28 | The special head of all the land together. | The speciall head of all the Land together: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.171 | Being ordained his special governor, | Being ordayn'd his speciall Gouernor, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.66 | The special watchmen of our English weal, | The speciall Watch-men of our English Weale, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.139 | My lord of Gloucester, 'tis my special hope | My Lord of Gloster, 'tis my speciall hope, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.87 | But such as I, without your special pardon, | But such, as I (without your speciall pardon) |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.26 | And that's the special ground of their contempt | And thats the speciall ground of their contempt: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.215 | Though that the Queen on special cause is here, | Though that the Queen on special cause is here |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.150 | Not by might mastered, but by special grace. | Not by might mastred, but by speciall grace. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.162 | For such a sum from special officers | For such a summe, from speciall Officers, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.100 | the world, I recount no fable! Some certain special | the world I recount no fable, some certaine speciall |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.111 | Without our special wonder? You make me strange | Without our speciall wonder? You make me strange |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.17 | For you must know, we have with special soul | For you must know, we haue with speciall soule |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.118 | But from Lord Angelo by special charge. | But from Lord Angelo by speciall charge. |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.210 | In special business from his Holiness. | In speciall businesse from his Holinesse. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.v.4 | And hold you ever to our special drift, | And hold you euer to our speciall drift, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.456 | Had you a special warrant for the deed? | Had you a speciall warrant for the deed? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.292 | From the rich Jew, a special deed of gift, | From the rich Iewe, a speciall deed of gift |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.175 | I think my husband hath some special | I thinke my husband hath some speciall |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.226 | I am glad, though you have ta'en a special | I am glad, though you haue tane a special |
| Othello | Oth I.i.183 | And raise some special officers of night. | And raise some speciall Officers of might: |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.72 | Your special mandate for the state affairs | Your speciall Mandate, for the State affaires |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.318 | That there he dropped it for a special purpose | That there he dropt it for a speciall purpose, |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.39 | Take special care my greetings be delivered. | Take speciall care my Greetings be deliuer'd. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.14 | But to the earth some special good doth give; | But to the earth some speciall good doth giue. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.11 | I never yet beheld that special face | I neuer yet beheld that speciall face, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.128 | Ay, when the special thing is well obtained, | I, when the speciall thing is well obtain'd, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.140 | On special dignities, which vacant lie | On speciall Dignities, which vacant lye |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.21 | A special party, have by common voice | A speciall Party, haue by Common voyce |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.62 | cousin Toby? Let some of my people have a special care | Cosine Toby, let some of my people haue a speciall care |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.17 | Marry, by these special marks: first, you have | Marry by these speciall markes: first, you haue |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.99 | Confirm his welcome with some special favour. | Confirme his welcome, with some speciall fauor. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.304 | A special virtue; for then she need not be | A speciall vertue: for then shee neede not be |