| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.8 | Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, | Froward, not permanent; sweet not lasting |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.232 | Both here and hence pursue me lasting strife, | Both heere, and hence, pursue me lasting strife, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.46 | For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy. | For heere I hope begins our lasting ioy. |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.8 | There had made a lasting spring. | There had made a lasting Spring. |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.53 | Why, then his epitaph is lasting praise. | Why then his Ephitaph, is lasting prayse. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.59 | To these and theirs shall lasting freedom stay. | To these and theirs shall lasting freedome stay, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.27 | Arise forth from the couch of lasting night, | Arise forth from the couch of lasting night, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.24 | His soul and body to their lasting rest. | His soule and body to their lasting rest. |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.19 | This world to me is like a lasting storm, | this world to me is a lasting storme, |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.45 | And lasting fealty to the new-made King. | And lasting fealtie to the new-made King. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.344 | Which she shall purchase with still-lasting war. | Which she shall purchase with stil lasting warre. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.45 | In lasting labour of his pilgrimage! | In lasting labour of his Pilgrimage. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.208 | With gold on lasting pillars. In one voyage | With gold on lasting Pillers: In one voyage |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.275 | Do this and purchase us thy lasting friends. | Doe this and purchase vs thy lasting friends. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.33 | And lasting, in her sad remembrance. | And lasting, in her sad remembrance. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.317 | To give mine enemy a lasting wink; | To giue mine Enemy a lasting Winke: |