| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.ii.27 | When I did love you ill? This has no holding, | When I did loue you ill? This ha's no holding |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.109 | The holding every man shall beat as loud | The holding euery man shall beate as loud, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.37 | Holding Corioles in the name of Rome | Holding Corioles in the name of Rome, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vii.4 | For a short holding. If we lose the field, | For a short holding, if we loose the Field, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.240 | Dispropertied their freedoms, holding them | dispropertied their Freedomes; holding them, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.92 | to convince the honour of my mistress, if in the holding | to conuince the Honour of my Mistris: if in the holding |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.18 | Holding a weak supposal of our worth, | Holding a weake supposall of our worth; |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.48 | Who, holding in disdain the German women | Who holding in disdaine the German Women, |
| Henry V | H5 III.chorus.17 | Holding due course to Harfleur. Follow, follow! | Holding due course to Harflew. Follow, follow: |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.83.11 | and holding the garland over her head; which done, | and holding the Garland ouer her head. Which done, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.18 | Holding th' eternal spirit, against her will, | Holding th'eternall spirit against her will, |
| King John | KJ V.i.3 | From this my hand, as holding of the Pope | From this my hand, as holding of the Pope |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.181 | whipped for holding my peace. I had rather be any kind | whipt for holding my peace. I had rather be any kind |
| King Lear | KL V.ii.1.2 | Cordelia holding his hand, and soldiers, over the | Cordelia, and Souldiers, ouer the |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.477 | Holding a trencher, jesting merrily? | Holding a trencher, iesting merrilie? |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.262 | It lies much in your holding up. Haste you speedily | It lies much in your holding vp: haste you speedily |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND I.i.232 | Things base and vile, holding no quantity, | Things base and vilde, holding no quantity, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.92 | Then fate o'errules, that, one man holding truth, | Then fate ore-rules, that one man holding troth, |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.37 | Holding out gold that's by the touchstone tried. | Holding out Gold, that's by the Touch-stone tride: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.4 | Holding thy ear close to the hollow ground. | Holding thy eare close to the hollow ground, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.52 | She is not worth what she doth cost the holding. | she is not worth / What she doth cost the holding. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.1.7 | holding a garland over her head, her tresses likewise | holding a Garland over her head (her Tresses likewise |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.1.8 | hanging; after her, Emilia holding up her train; | hanging.) After her Emilia holding up her Traine. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.137.3 | in white holding up her train, her hair stuck with | in white holding up her traine, her haire stucke with |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.353.1 | Of happy holding her. | Of happie holding her. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.ii.46 | of eyes, holding up of hands, with countenance of such | of Eyes, holding vp of Hands, with Countenance of such |