| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.65 | deny your asking take your choice of those | deny your asking take your choice of those |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.84 | in asking their good loves but thou wilt frame | in asking their good loues but thou wilt frame |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.46 | that shall not be my offer not thy asking | that shall not be my offer not thy asking |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.45 | eyes when i shall first asking your pardon thereunto | eyes when i shall (first asking your pardon thereunto) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.355 | and asking every one for sir john falstaff | and asking euery one for sir iohn falstaffe |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.44 | he on his right asking a wife for edward | he on his right asking a wife for edward |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.163 | for not bestowing on him at his asking | for not bestowing on him at his asking |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.52 | not your demand it values not your asking | not your demand it values not your asking |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.77 | now ill tell you without asking my master is | now ile tell you without asking my maister is |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.i.122 | married my daughter without asking my good will | married my daughter without asking my good will |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.244 | ajax goes up and down the field asking for | aiax goes vp and downe the field asking for |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.208 | that honour saved may upon asking give | that honour (saud) may vpon asking giue |