| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.201 | Here is my hand; the premises observed, | Heere is my hand, the premises obseru'd, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.i.155 | Th' observed of all observers, quite, quite down! | Th'obseru'd of all Obseruers, quite, quite downe. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.78 | The which observed, a man may prophesy, | The which obseru'd, a man may prophecie |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.30 | For he is gracious, if he be observed; | For hee is gracious, if hee be obseru'd: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.36 | His temper therefore must be well observed. | His temper therefore must be well obseru'd: |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.28 | As young as I am, I have observed these three | As young as I am, I haue obseru'd these three |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.96 | Checked like a bondman; all his faults observed, | Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obseru'd, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.137 | I heard your guilty rhymes, observed your fashion, | I heard your guilty Rimes, obseru'd your fashion: |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.9 | Where they most breed and haunt I have observed | Where they must breed, and haunt: I haue obseru'd |
| Pericles | Per III.i.52 | still observed, and we are strong in custom. Therefore | still obserued. And we are strong in easterne, therefore |
| Richard II | R2 I.iv.24 | Observed his courtship to the common people, | Obseru'd his Courtship to the common people: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.109 | Such as he hath observed in noble ladies | Such as he hath obseru'd in noble Ladies |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.i.34 | I have observed thee always for a towardly | I haue obserued thee alwayes for a towardlie |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.i.42 | Hast thou observed that? Even she I mean. | Hast thou obseru'd that? euen she I meane. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.33 | To these so differing twins. Have you observed him | To these so diffring Twyns; have you observ'd him, |