| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.141 | itself to the very paring, and so dies with feeding | it selfe to the very payring, and so dies with feeding |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.105 | Of the none-sparing war? And is it I | Of the none-sparing warre? And is it I, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.27 | Ay, to a niggardly host and more sparing guest. | I, to a niggardly Host, and more sparing guest: |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iii.71 | Some devils ask but the parings of one's nail, | Some diuels aske but the parings of ones naile, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.68 | son, my son, thou art preparing fire for us. Look thee, | Son, my Son! thou art preparing fire for vs: looke thee, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.13.1 | (preparing to leave) | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.299 | cheese-paring. When 'a was naked, he was for all the | Cheese-paring. When hee was naked, hee was, for all the |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.240 | Or shall we sparingly show you far off | Or shall we sparingly shew you farre off |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.102 | Ay, and the very parings of our nails | I, and the very parings of our Nayles |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.60 | Sparing would show a worse sin than ill doctrine. | Sparing would shew a worse sinne, then ill Doctrine, |
| King John | KJ V.vii.59 | The Dauphin is preparing hitherward, | The Dolphin is preparing hither-ward, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.184 | i'the middle. Here comes one o'the parings. | i'th'middle; heere comes one o'the parings. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.20 | beard like a glover's paring-knife? | Beard, like a Glouers pairing-knife? |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.65 | (comparing the two letters) | |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.92 | But touch this sparingly, as 'twere far off, | Yet touch this sparingly, as 'twere farre off, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.193 | I give a sparing limit to my tongue. | I giue a sparing limit to my Tongue. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.218 | She hath; and in that sparing makes huge waste. | She hath, and in that sparing make huge wast? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.22 | trifles, nothing comparing to his. Yet, had he mistook | Trifles; nothing comparing to his: yet had hee mistooke |