| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.5 | to whom I am now in ward, evermore in subjection. | to whom I am now in Ward, euermore in subiection. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.190 | ward – here I lay, and thus I bore my point. Four rogues | word: here I lay, and thus I bore my point; foure Rogues |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.114 | wife of the ward to thee. Go, you thing, go! | wife of the Ward to thee. Go you nothing: go. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.112 | I know, ere they will have me go to ward, | I know ere they will haue me go to Ward, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.288 | Too strict a guardian for so fair a ward. | To stricke a gardion for so faire a weed, |
| King Lear | KL I.ii.74 | declined, the father should be as ward to the son, and | declin'd, the Father should bee as Ward to the Son, and |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.130 | him a coin), for the best ward of mine honour is | for the best ward of mine honours is rewarding |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.255 | your ward sufficient to serve it? | your Ward sufficient to serue it? |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.61 | me, come to my ward, for thence will not I today. | me, come to my Ward: for thence will not I to day. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.238 | ward of her purity, her reputation, her marriage-vow, | ward of her purity, her reputation, her marriage-vow, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.252 | Wars hath not wasted it; for warred he hath not, | Wars hath not wasted it, for war'd he hath not. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.255 | God will in justice ward you as his soldiers; | God will in iustice ward you as his Soldiers. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.41 | His son was but a ward two years ago. | His Sonne was but a Ward two yeares agoe. |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.472 | Is so possessed with guilt. Come from thy ward! | Is so possest with guilt: Come, from thy ward, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.259 | not at what ward you lie. | not at what ward you lye. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.267 | the chiefest of them too. If I cannot ward what I would | the cheefest of them too: If I cannot ward what I would |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.63 | Omit a ward or forfeit an offence | Omit a ward, or forfeit an offence |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.33.1 | He's beat from his best ward. | He's beat from his best ward. |