| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.149 | nay blush not cleopatra i approve | nay blush not cleopatra i approue |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.8 | does not approve me further who was wont | dos not approue me further who was wont |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.380 | thou dost approve thyself the very same | thou doost approue thy selfe the very same |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.245 | which must approve thee honest &lsquo if pisanio | which must approue thee honest if pasanio |
| Hamlet | Ham I.i.29 | he may approve our eyes and speak to it | he may approue our eyes and speake to it |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.134 | would not much approve me well sir | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.9 | nay task me to my word approve me lord | nay taske me to my word approue me lord |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.161 | say of wax my growth would approve the truth | say of wax my growth would approue the truth |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.191 | and singing of anthems to approve my youth further | and singing of anthemes to approue my youth farther |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.74 | i shall not fail t approve the fair conceit | i shall not faile tapproue the faire conceit |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.48 | and will approve fair isabels descent | and will approue faire issabells discent |
| King Lear | KL I.i.184 | and your large speeches may your deeds approve | and your large speechesmay your deeds approue |
| King Lear | KL II.ii.158 | good king that must approve the common saw | good king that must approue the common saw |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.4 | the temple-haunting martlet does approve | the temple-haunting barlet does approue |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.79 | will bless it and approve it with a text | will blesse it and approue it with a text |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.74 | on whose eyes i might approve | one whose eyes i might approue |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.11 | but the main article i do approve | but the maine article i do approue |
| Othello | Oth II.i.44 | that so approve the moor o let the heavens | that so approoue the moore oh let the heauens |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.58 | if consequence do but approve my dream | if consequence do but approue my dreame |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.18 | so would not i my love doth so approve him | so would not i my loue doth so approue him |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.49 | let nobody blame him his scorn i approve &ndash | let no body blame him his scorne i approue |
| Pericles | Per II.i.51 | all that may men approve or men detect &ndash | all that may men approue or men detect |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.112 | both to defend himself and to approve | both to defend himselfe and to approue |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.35 | and that my sword upon thee shall approve | and that my sword vpon thee shall approue |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.172 | approve their truths by troilus when their rhymes | approue their truths by troylus when their rimes |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.54 | i think nobly of the soul and no way approve | i thinke nobly of the soule and no way aproue |