| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.260 | Thou thy worldly task has done, | Thou thy worldly task hast don, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.229 | My worldly business makes a period. | |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.45 | Hast thou not worldly pleasure at command | Hast thou not worldly pleasure at command, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.151 | For with his soul fled all my worldly solace, | For with his soule fled all my worldly solace: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.96 | But life, being weary of these worldly bars, | But Life being wearie of these worldly Barres, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.132 | The weariest and most loathed worldly life | The weariest, and most loathed worldly life |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.296 | Of love, of worldly matters and direction | Of Loue, of wordly matter, and direction |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.56 | The breath of worldly men cannot depose | The breath of worldly men cannot depose |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.94 | The worst is worldly loss thou canst unfold. | The worst is worldly losse, thou canst vnfold: |
| Richard III | R3 II.ii.91 | In common worldly things 'tis called ungrateful | In common worldly things, 'tis call'd vngratefull, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.62 | And in no worldly suits would he be moved | And in no Worldly suites would he be mou'd, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.89 | I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated | I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.155 | Secure from worldly chances and mishaps. | Secure from worldly chaunces and mishaps: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.65 | And you the Empress. But we worldly men | And you the Empresse: But we worldly men, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.9 | Which else no worldly good should draw from me. | Which else, no worldly good should draw from me: |