| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL II.i.12 | sweet are the uses of adversity | sweet are the vses of aduersitie |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.34 | a wretched soul bruised with adversity | a wretched soule bruisd with aduersitie |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.19 | nay tis for me to be patient i am in adversity | nay tis for me to be patient i am in aduersitie |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.iv.14 | who ringed about with bold adversity | who ringd about with bold aduersitie |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.24 | let me embrace thee sour adversity | let me embrace the sower aduersaries |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.117 | to do himself good in adversity | to do himselfe good in aduersitie |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.12 | well said adversity and what need these | well said aduersity and what need these |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.i.12 | a man i am crossed with adversity | a man i am crossd with aduersitie |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.23 | out i do think they have patience to make any adversity | out i / doe thinke they have patience to make any adversity |