| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.79 | West of this place, down in the neighbour bottom, | West of this place, down in the neighbor bottom |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.7 | Dies ere the weary sun set in the west. | Dies ere the wearie sunne set in the West: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ii.10 | Whether for east or west. The dearth is great, | Whether for East or West: the Dearth is great, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.21 | skull, they would fly east, west, north, south, and their | Scull, they would flye East, West, North, South, and their |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.349 | From the spongy south to this part of the west, | From the spungy South, to this part of the West, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.472 | From south to west on wing soaring aloft, | From South to West, on wing soaring aloft |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.477.1 | Which shines here in the west. | Which shines heere in the West. |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.17 | This heavy-headed revel east and west | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.193 | Send danger from the east unto the west, | Send danger from the East vnto the West, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.3 | I, from the orient to the drooping west, | I, from the Orient, to the drooping West |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.19 | West of this forest, scarcely off a mile, | West of this Forrest, scarcely off a mile, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.104 | East, west, north, south; or like a school broke up, | East, West, North, South: or like a Schoole, broke vp, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.152 | And all the wealthy kingdoms of the west, | And all the wealthy Kingdomes of the West, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.159 | From weather's waste the undergarnished pride. | From weathers West, the vnder garnisht pride: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.42 | Whenas a lion roused in the west | When as a Lyon rowsed in the west, |
| King John | KJ II.i.29 | Even till that utmost corner of the west | Euen till that vtmost corner of the West |
| King John | KJ II.i.381 | By east and west let France and England mount | By East and West let France and England mount |
| King John | KJ II.i.409 | We from the west will send destruction | We from the West will send destruction |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.240 | east from the west corner of thy curious-knotted garden. | East from the West corner of thy curious knotted garden; |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.560 | By east, west, north, and south, I spread my conquering might; | By East, West, North, & South, I spred my conquering might |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.5 | The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. | The West yet glimmers with some streakes of Day. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.66 | shall be my East and West Indies, and I will trade to | shall be my East and West Indies, and I will trade to |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.158 | At a fair vestal throned by the west, | At a faire Vestall, throned by the West, |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.143.1 | Even from the east to th' west! | Euen from the East to th'West. |
| Richard II | R2 II.iv.21 | Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west, | Thy Sunne sets weeping in the lowly West, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.485 | When they should serve their sovereign in the west? | When they should serue their Soueraigne in the West? |
| Richard III | R3 IV.v.10 | At Pembroke, or at Ha'rfordwest in Wales. | At Penbroke, or at Hertford West in Wales. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.3 | As Phaeton would whip you to the West | As Phaeton would whip you to the west, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.260 | And here's a lord – come knights from east to west, | And here's a Lord, come Knights from East to West, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.i.131.1 | There lies your way, due west. | There lies your way, due West. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iii.9 | Go thou with her to the west end of the wood; | Goe thou with her to the West end of the wood, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.192 | For when the west wind courts her gently, | For when the west wind courts her gently |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.203 | From east, west, north, and south. Be it concluded, | From East, West, North, and South, be it concluded, |