| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.150 | To imitate the graces of the gods, | To imitate the graces of the Gods. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.195 | Yet herein will I imitate the sun, | Yet heerein will I imitate the Sunne, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.116 | Peace! I will imitate the honourable | Peace. I will imitate the honourable |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.6 | Then imitate the action of the tiger; | Then imitate the action of the Tyger: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vii.41 | Then did they imitate that which I composed | Then did they imitate that which I compos'd |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.263 | Paints itself black, to imitate her brow. | Paints it selfe blacke, to imitate her brow. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.132 | Would imitate, and sail upon the land | Would imitate, and saile vpon the Land, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.12 | To imitate them; faults that are rich are fair. | To imitate them: faults that are rich are faire. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.202 | Whom I would imitate. Consumption catch thee! | Whom I would imitate. Consumption catch thee. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.374 | For him I imitate. O, if it prove, | For him I imitate: Oh if it proue, |