| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.108 | And happier much by his affliction made. | And happier much by his Affliction made. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.36 | If't be th' affliction of his love or no | If't be th'affliction of his loue, or no. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.320 | affliction of spirit hath sent me to you. | affliction of spirit, hath sent me to you. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.188 | Thought and afflictions, passion, hell itself, | Thought, and Affliction, Passion, Hell it selfe: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.301 | Heart's discontent and sour affliction | Hearts Discontent, and sowre Affliction, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.36.2 | O fair affliction, peace! | O faire affliction, peace. |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.49.1 | Th' affliction nor the fear. | Th'affliction, nor the feare. |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.36 | Shake patiently my great affliction off. | Shake patiently my great affliction off: |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.76 | Affliction till it do cry out itself | Affliction, till it do cry out it selfe |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.301 | Affliction may one day smile again, and till then sit | affliction may one day smile againe, and vntill then sit |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.18 | In the affliction of these terrible dreams | In the affliction of these terrible Dreames, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.167 | biting affliction. | biting affliction. |
| Othello | Oth IV.ii.47 | To try me with affliction, had they rained | To try me with Affliction, had they rain'd |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.2 | Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, | Affliction is enamor'd of thy parts: |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.115 | Th' affliction of my mind amends, with which | Th' affliction of my minde amends, with which |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.208 | To stop affliction, let him take his haste, | To stop Affliction, let him take his haste; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.35 | affliction a toy to jest at. | affliction, a toy to jest at. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.221 | Should be past grief. Do not receive affliction | Should be past greefe: Do not receiue affliction |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.572.1 | Affliction alters. | Affliction alters. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.573 | I think affliction may subdue the cheek, | I thinke Affliction may subdue the Cheeke, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.76 | For this affliction has a taste as sweet | For this Affliction ha's a taste as sweet |