| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| 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.157 | and one poor pennyworth of sugar-candy to | and one poore peny-worth of Sugar-candie to |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.220 | Pirates may make cheap pennyworths of their pillage | Pirates may make cheape penyworths of their pillage, |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 IV.v.4 | What, not a word? You take your pennyworths now. | What not a word? You take your peniworths now. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.631 | garments with this gentleman. Though the pennyworth | Garments with this Gentleman: Though the penny-worth |