| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.v.81 | But, like a timorous thief, most fain would steal | But like a timorous theefe, most faine would steale |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.40 | Sings heavy music to thy timorous soul; | Sings heauy Musicke to thy timorous soule, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.46 | A little herd of England's timorous deer, | A little Heard of Englands timorous Deere, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.231 | I shame to hear thee speak. Ah, timorous wretch! | I shame to heare thee speake: ah timorous Wretch, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.86 | As who should say I were but timorous, | As who should saie I were but timerous, |
| Othello | Oth I.i.76 | Do, with like timorous accent and dire yell, | Doe, with like timerous accent, and dire yell, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.84 | But with his timorous dreams was still awaked. | But with his timorous Dreames was still awak'd. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.3 | Make any timorous question; yet I wish him | Make any timerous question, yet I wish him |