| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.37 | His sole child, my lord, and bequeathed to my | His sole childe my Lord, and bequeathed to my |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.120.2 | Sole sir o'th' world, | Sole Sir o'th'World, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.64 | My sole earth's heaven, and my heaven's claim. | My sole earths heauen, and my heauens claime. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.207 | go, he says, and sowl the porter of Rome gates by th' ears. | go he sayes, and sole the Porter of Rome Gates by th' eares. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.32.2 | And affecting one sole throne | And affecting one sole Throne, |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.5 | He purposed to his wife's sole son, a widow | He purpos'd to his wiues sole Sonne, a Widdow |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.i.56.1 | Is she sole child to th' king? | is she sole childe to'th'King? |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.69 | That mightst have had the sole son of my queen! | That might'st haue had / The sole Sonne of my Queene. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.77 | I, his sole son, do this same villain send | I his foule Sonne, do this same Villaine send |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.70 | Of Charles the Duke of Lorraine, sole heir male | Of Charles the Duke of Loraine, sole Heire male |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.78 | Who was sole heir to the usurper Capet, | Who was sole Heire to the Vsurper Capet, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.ii.50 | Sole daughter unto Lionel Duke of Clarence; | sole Daughter / Vnto Lionel, Duke of Clarence. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.24 | That Henry, sole possessor of my love, | That Henry, sole possessor of my Loue, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.265 | Sole reigning Adam on the universe, | Sole ragning Adam on the vniuerse, |
| King John | KJ IV.iii.52 | And this, so sole and so unmatchable, | And this so sole, and so vnmatcheable, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.217 | sole dominator of Navarre, my soul's earth's god, and | sole dominator of Nauar, my soules earths God, and |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.5 | To parley with the sole inheritor | To parlee with the sole inheritour |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.182 | Sole imperator and great general | Sole Emperator and great generall |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.12 | This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, | This Tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.123 | Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew, | Not on thy soale: but on thy soule harsh Iew |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.9 | to the sole of his foot, he is all mirth; he hath twice or | to the sole of his foot, he is all mirth, he hath twice or |
| Pericles | Per IV.iii.39.1 | Performed to your sole daughter. | performd to your sole daughter. |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.336 | And she shall be sole victoress, Caesar's Caesar. | And she shalbe sole Victoresse, Casars Casar. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.61 | worn out thy pump, that, when the single sole of it | worne out thy Pump, that when the single sole of it |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.62 | is worn, the jest may remain, after the wearing, solely | is worne, the ieast may remaine after the wearing, sole- |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.94 | Sole monarch of the universal earth. | Sole Monarch of the vniuersall earth: |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.29 | The sole drift of my purpose doth extend | The sole drift of my purpose doth extend |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.244 | That breath fame blows; that praise, sole pure, transcends. | That breath Fame blowes, that praise sole pure transcẽds. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iii.16 | so neither. Yes, it is so, it is so; it hath the worser sole. | so neyther: yes; it is so, it is so: it hath the worser sole: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.11 | With thy sole presence. In thy rumination | With thy sole presence, in thy rumination |