| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.25 | He was famous, sir, in his profession, and it | He was famous sir in his profession, and it |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.239 | Of his profession, that his good receipt | Of his profession, that his good receipt, |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.83 | With one that in her sex, her years, profession, | With one, that in her sexe, her yeeres, profession, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.6 | In my profession? Knighthoods and honours, borne | In my profession? Knighthoods, and Honors borne |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.31 | hold up Adam's profession. | hold vp Adams Profession. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.72 | do the profession some grace, that would, if matters | doe the Profession some grace; that would (if matters |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.20 | A man of thy profession and degree. | A man of thy Profession, and Degree. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.117 | Your high profession spiritual, that again | Your high profession Spirituall. That agen |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.i.157 | The way of our profession is against it. | The way of our Profession is against it; |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.i.5 | Of your profession? Speak, what trade art thou? | Of your Profession? Speake, what Trade art thou? |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.128 | My oath, and my profession. I protest, | My oath, and my profession. I protest, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.2 | house of profession. One would think it were Mistress | house of profession: one would thinke it were Mistris |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.164 | pass under the profession of fortune-telling. She works | passe vnder the profession of Fortune-telling. She workes |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.36 | worse. Neither is our profession any trade; it's no | worse, neither is our profession any trade, It's no |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.7 | profession, she has me her quirks, her reasons, her | profession, shee has me her quirks, her reasons, her |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.68 | How long have you been of this profession? | How long haue you bene of this profession? |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.133 | She makes our profession as it were to stink afore | He makes our profession as it were to stincke afore |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.19 | bear-herd, and now by present profession a tinker? Ask | Beare-heard, and now by present profession a Tinker. Aske |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.452 | 'Has almost charmed me from my profession, | Has almost charm'd me from my Profession, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.38 | Before the god of our profession; there | Before the god of our profession: There |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.678 | my profession. | my Profession. |