| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.48 | You adopt your policy, how is it less or worse | You adopt your policy: How is it lesse or worse |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.135 | Tell me, may not a king adopt an heir? | Tell me, may not a King adopt an Heire? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.189 | I had rather to adopt a child than get it. | I had rather to adopt a Child, then get it. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.124 | Whom I adopt my friends. A day or two | Whom I adopt my Frinds. A day or two |