| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.108 | Of smoky muskets? O you leaden messengers, | Of smoakie Muskets? O you leaden messengers, |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.v.5 | At a cracked drachma. Cushions, leaden spoons, | At a crack'd Drachme: Cushions, Leaden Spoones, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.312 | Tie leaden pounds to's heels. Proceed by process, | Tye Leaden pounds too's heeles. Proceed by Processe, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.374 | golden sceptre for a leaden dagger, and thy precious rich | Golden Scepter for a Leaden Dagger, and thy precious rich |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.12 | Of bold-faced victory. Then leaden age, | Of bold-fac't Victorie. Then Leaden Age, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.173 | To you our swords have leaden points, Mark Antony; | To you, our Swords haue leaden points Marke Antony: |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.266 | Layest thou thy leaden mace upon my boy, | Layest thou thy Leaden Mace vpon my Boy, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.297 | In leaden contemplation have found out | In leaden contemplation haue found out |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.481.1 | Wounds like a leaden sword. | Wounds like a Leaden sword. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.15 | What says this leaden casket? | What saies this leaden casket? |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.114 | (opening the leaden casket) | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.365 | With leaden legs and batty wings doth creep. | With leaden legs, and Battie-wings doth creepe: |
| Othello | Oth III.iv.173 | I have this while with leaden thoughts been pressed: | I haue this while with leaden thoughts beene prest, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.176 | If he be leaden, icy, cold, unwilling, | If he be leaden, ycie, cold, vnwilling, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iii.52 | Is leaden servitor to dull delay; | Is leaden seruitor to dull delay. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.106 | Lest leaden slumber peise me down tomorrow, | Lest leaden slumber peize me downe to morrow, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.ii.84 | The King calls for you; yet be leaden-footed | The King cals for you; yet be leaden footed |