| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.372 | That, after this strange starting from your orbs, | That after this strange starting from your Orbes, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.258 | starting-hole, canst thou now find out, to hide thee from | starting hole canst thou now find out, to hide thee from |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.46 | Up to the rowel-head; and starting so | Vp to the Rowell head, and starting so, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.19 | Dismayed, and distraught; swift-starting fear | Dismayed, and distraught, swift starting feare |
| Macbeth | Mac V.i.43 | my lord, no more o' that. You mar all with this starting. | my Lord, no more o'that: you marre all with this star-ting. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.342 | (starting up) | |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC prologue.28 | Beginning in the middle; starting thence away | Beginning in the middle: starting thence away, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.2 | Anticipating time. With starting courage, | Anticipating time. With starting courage, |