| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.vi.78.1 | that does afflict each other | that does afflict each other |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.33 | afflict me with thy mocks pity me not | afflict me with thy mockes pitty me not |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.106 | that does afflict our natures i am sorry | that does afflict our natures i am sorrie |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.107 | o how this discord doth afflict my soul | oh how this discord doth afflict my soule |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.177 | ambitious churchman leave to afflict my heart | ambitious church-man leaue to afflict my heart |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.38 | scorning whateer you can afflict me with | scorning what ere you can afflict me with |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.288 | never afflict yourself to know more of it | neuer afflict your selfe to know more of it |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.11 | hourly afflict merely thou art deaths fool | hourely afflict meerely thou art deaths foole |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.180 | o coward conscience how dost thou afflict me | o coward conscience how dost thou afflict me |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.336 | wolf thy greediness would afflict thee and oft thou | wolfe thy greedinesse would afflict thee & oft thou |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.444 | nor with sour looks afflict his gentle heart | nor with sowre lookes afflict his gentle heart |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iii.63 | we will afflict the emperor in his pride | we will afflict the emperour in his pride |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.75.1 | i could afflict you farther | i could afflict you farther |