| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.37 | You beg a single penny more. Come, you shall | you begge a single peny more: Come you shall |
| As You Like It | AYL II.v.25 | methinks I have given him a penny and he renders me | me thinkes I haue giuen him a penie, and he renders me |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.20 | Of any penny tribute paid. Our countrymen | Of any penny Tribute paid. Our Countrymen |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.168 | of a penny cord! It sums up thousands in a trice: you | of a penny Cord, it summes vp thousands in a trice: you |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.150 | Ha, ha, boy, sayst thou so? Art thou there, truepenny? | Ah ha boy, sayest thou so. Art thou there truepenny? |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.274 | too dear a halfpenny. Were you not sent for? Is it your | too deare a halfepeny; were you not sent for? Is it your |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.90 | Whose tongue shall ask me for one penny cost | Whose tongue shall aske me for one peny cost |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.75 | sixpenny strikers, none of these mad mustachio | six-penny strikers, none of these mad Mustachio- |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.21 | to sweeten which name of Ned I give thee this pennyworth | to sweeten which name of Ned, I giue thee this peniworth |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.57 | thou gavest me, 'twas a pennyworth, was it not? | thou gauest me, 'twas a penyworth, was't not? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.525 | O monstrous! But one halfpennyworth of | O monstrous, but one halfe penny-worth of |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.103 | A trifle, some eightpenny matter. | A Trifle, some eight-penny matter. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.157 | and one poor pennyworth of sugar-candy to | and one poore peny-worth of Sugar-candie to |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.227 | Not a penny, not a penny! You | Not a peny, not a peny: you |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.27 | i'th' court is better than a penny in purse. Use his men | i'th Court, is better then a penny in purse. Vse his men |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.47 | With edge of penny cord and vile reproach. | with edge of Penny-Cord, and vile reproach. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.220 | Pirates may make cheap pennyworths of their pillage | Pirates may make cheape penyworths of their pillage, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.109 | Nor ever had one penny bribe from France. | Nor euer had one penny Bribe from France. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.61 | reformation. There shall be in England seven halfpenny | Reformation. There shall be in England, seuen halfe peny |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.62 | loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have | Loaues sold for a peny: the three hoop'd pot, shall haue |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.452 | To the last penny; 'tis the King's. My robe, | To the last peny, 'tis the Kings. My Robe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.151 | Give earnest penny of a further wrack, | Giue earnest peny of a further wracke, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.157 | I will not give a penny for a life, | I will not giue a pennie for a lyfe, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.158 | Nor half a halfpenny to shun grim death, | Nor halfe a halfepenie to shun grim death, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.97 | Am I Rome's slave? What penny hath Rome borne, | Am I Romes slaue? What penny hath Rome borne? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.25 | By my penny of observation. | By my penne of obseruation. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.100 | Sir, your pennyworth is good, an your goose be fat. | Sir, your penny-worth is good, and your Goose be fat. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.137 | ‘ One penny.’ ‘ No, I'll give you a remuneration.’ Why, | i.d. no, Ile giue you a remuneration: Why? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.145 | Marry, sir, halfpenny farthing. | Marrie sir, halfe pennie farthing. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.66 | An I had but one penny in the world, thou | And I had but one penny in the world, thou |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.68 | very remuneration I had of thy master, thou halfpenny | very Remuneration I had of thy Maister, thou halfpenny |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.557 | My hat to a halfpenny, Pompey proves the | My hat to a halfe-penie, Pompey prooues the |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.67 | that I have a poor pennyworth in the English. He is a | that I haue a poore pennie-worth in the English: hee is a |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.56 | Ay, and her father is make her a petter penny. | I, and her father is make her a petter penny. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.1 | I will not lend thee a penny. | I will not lend thee a penny. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.5 | Not a penny. I have been content, sir, you | Not a penny: I haue beene content (Sir,) you |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.135 | into a halfpenny purse, nor into a pepperbox. But, lest | into a halfe-penny purse, nor into a Pepper-Boxe: But least |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.40 | We'll fit the kid-fox with a pennyworth. | Wee'll fit the kid-foxe with a penny worth. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.180 | No, truly, sir. Not a penny. | No truly sir not a penny. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.v.4 | What, not a word? You take your pennyworths now. | What not a word? You take your peniworths now. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.80 | I hold you a penny, | I hold you a penny, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.i.70 | nine sparrows for a penny, and his pia mater is not | nine Sparrowes for a peny, and his Piamater is not |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.631 | garments with this gentleman. Though the pennyworth | Garments with this Gentleman: Though the penny-worth |