| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.220 | bate thee a scruple. | bate thee a scruple. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.138 | Must have their voices, neither will they bate | must haue their Voyces, / Neyther will they bate |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.55 | O let me bate – but not like me: yet long'st | (Oh let me bate) but not like me: yet long'st |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.2 | last action? Do I not bate? Do I not dwindle? Why, my | last action? doe I not bate? doe I not dwindle? Why my |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.244 | smooth like unto the sign of the leg, and breeds no bate | smooth, like vnto the Signe of the Legge; and breedes no bate |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 epilogue.14 | Bate me some, and I will pay you some, and, as most | Bate me some, and I will pay you some, and (as most |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.25 | Good bawcock, bate thy rage! Use lenity, sweet chuck! | Good Bawcock bate thy Rage: vse lenitie sweet Chuck. |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.109 | appears it will bate. | appeares, it will bate. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.148 | Are these thy bears? We'll bait thy bears to death, | Are these thy Beares? Wee'l bate thy Bears to death, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.6 | That honour which shall bate his scythe's keen edge, | That honour which shall bate his sythes keene edge, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.72 | And bid the main flood bate his usual height, | And bid the maine flood baite his vsuall height, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.176 | than she will bate one breath of her accustomed | than shee will bate one breath of her accustomed |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.182 | That bate and beat and will not be obedient. | That baite, and beate, and will not be obedient: |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.250.1 | To bate me a full year. | To bate me a full yeere. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.102 | Bate, I beseech you, widow Dido. | Bate (I beseech you) widdow Dido. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.206 | You bate too much of your own merits. | You bate too much of your owne merits. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.220.1 | Keep the feast full, bate not an hour on't. | Keepe the feast full, bate not an howre on't. |