| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.59 | My grieved ear withal; whereon I begged | My greeued eare withall: whereon I begg'd |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.55 | Tell me whereon the likelihood depends. | Tell me whereon the likelihoods depends? |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.143 | Where one part does disdain with cause, the other | Whereon part do's disdaine with cause, the other |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.87 | Your franchises, whereon you stood, confined | Your Franchises, whereon you stood, confin'd |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.83 | I'th' cave wherein they bow, their thoughts do hit | I'th' Caue, whereon the Bowe their thoughts do hit, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.100 | Thou didst unjustly banish me: whereon, | Thou didd'st vniustly banish me: whereon |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.72 | Whereon old Norway, overcome with joy, | Whereon old Norwey, ouercome with ioy, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.150 | Into the madness wherein now he raves | Into the Madnesse whereon now he raues, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.175 | Whereon his brains still beating puts him thus | Whereon his Braines still beating, puts him thus |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.125 | Sprinkle cool patience. Whereon do you look? | Sprinkle coole patience. Whereon do you looke? |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.63 | Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, | |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.159 | A chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping, | A Challice for the nonce; whereon but sipping, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.62 | So looks the strand whereon the imperious flood | So lookes the Strond, when the Imperious Flood |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.38 | Whereon this Hydra son of war is born, | Whereon this Hydra-Sonne of Warre is borne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.ii.81 | Whereon, as an offender to your father, | Whereon (as an Offender to your Father) |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.46 | Whereon to practise your severity. | Whereon to practise your seueritie. |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.156 | And on that day at noon whereon he says | And on that day at noone, whereon he sayes |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.137 | Infected be the air whereon they ride, | Infected be the Ayre whereon they ride, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.ii.159 | A horse whereon the governor doth ride, | A horse whereon the Gouernor doth ride, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.7 | Of my conception. The state, whereon I studied, | Of my conception: the state whereon I studied |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.85 | And rock the ground whereon these sleepers be. | And rocke the ground whereon these sleepers be. |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.84 | Whereon, I do beseech thee, grant me this: | Whereon, I do beseech thee, grant me this, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.322 | Brave me upon the watch, whereon it came | Braue me vpon the Watch: whereon it came |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.289 | The grass whereon thou treadest the presence strewed, | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.179 | We see the ground whereon these woes do lie, | We see the ground whereon these woes do lye, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.127 | With all the honours, on my brother. Whereon, | With all the Honors, on my brother: Whereon |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.185 | Whereon Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine – | Whereon Hyperions quickning fire doth shine: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.18 | Whereon this month I have been hammering. | Whereon, this month I haue bin hamering. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.77 | Whereon her spirits would sojourn – rather dwell on – | Whereon her spirits would sojourne (rather dwell on) |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iii.5 | The place whereon it falls, and sounds more like | The place whereon it fals, and sounds more like |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.2 | on the like occasion whereon my services are now | on the like occasion whereon my seruices are now |