| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.14 | The Tuscan service, freely have they leave | The Tuscan seruice, freely haue they leaue |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.271 | I'll to the Tuscan wars and never bed her. | Ile to the Tuscan warres, and neuer bed her. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.iv.6 | Spoke scantly of me; when perforce he could not | spoke scantly of me, / When perforce he could not |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.xiii.165 | By the discandying of this pelleted storm, | By the discandering of this pelleted storme, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.ii.21 | Scant not my cups, and make as much of me | Scant not my Cups, and make as much of me, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.22 | Their wishes, do discandy, melt their sweets | Their wishes, do dis-Candie, melt their sweets |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.86 | bestows on beasts, and what he hath scanted men in | bestowes on beasts, and what he hath scanted them in |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.159 | Who, every word by all my wit being scanned, | Who euery word by all my wit being scan'd, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.15 | And not without some scandal to yourself, | And not without some scandall to your selfe, |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.44 | Scandalled the suppliants for the people, called them | Scandal'd the Suppliants: for the People, call'd them |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.i.311 | The harm of unscanned swiftness, will too late | The harme of vnskan'd swiftnesse, will (too late) |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.61 | Did scandal many a holy tear, took pity | Did scandall many a holy teare: tooke pitty |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.121 | Be something scanter of your maiden presence. | Be somewhat scanter of your Maiden presence; |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.38.1 | To his own scandal – | |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.29 | You must not put another scandal on him, | You must not put another scandall on him, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.75 | And so am I revenged. That would be scanned. | And so am I reueng'd: that would be scann'd, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.281.2 | He's fat and scant of breath. | He's fat, and scant of breath. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.152 | Live scandalized and foully spoken of. | Liue scandaliz'd, and fouly spoken of. |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.47 | Doth like a miser spoil his coat with scanting | Doth like a Miser spoyle his Coat, with scanting |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.69 | O, what a scandal is it to our crown | Oh, what a Scandall is it to our Crowne, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iv.65 | Why, yet thy scandal were not wiped away, | Why yet thy scandall were not wipt away, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.116 | To sit and witch me, as Ascanius did | To sit and watch me as Ascanius did, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.149 | But ne'er till now his scandal of retire. | But ne're till now, his Scandall of Retire. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.150 | Nor now my scandal, Richard, dost thou hear; | Nor now my Scandall Richard, dost thou heare: |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.76 | And after scandal them; or if you know | And after scandall them: Or if you know, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.122 | Ah, what a world of descant makes my soul | Ah what a world of descant makes my soule, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.418 | To be his scandalous and vile solicitor? | To be his scandalous and vile soliciter: |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.104 | Is scandalous and most notorious lies, | Is scandalous and most notorious lyes, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.159 | Such as, but scant them of their chines of beef, | Such as but scant them of their chines of beefe, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.170 | Either to clear us of that scandalous crime, | Either to cleere vs of that scandalous cryme, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.12 | Or else our actions are but scandalous. | Or else our actions are but scandalous: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.278 | At Fortune's alms. You have obedience scanted, | At Fortunes almes, you haue obedience scanted, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.135.1 | Than she to scant her duty. | Then she to scant her dutie. |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.170 | To bandy hasty words, to scant my sizes, | To bandy hasty words, to scant my sizes, |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.67.1 | Their scanted courtesy. | Their scanted curtesie. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iv.139 | Which must be acted ere they may be scanned. | Which must be acted, ere they may be scand. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iv.25 | That no particular scandal once can touch | That no particular scandall once can touch |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.122 | A blasting and a scandalous breath to fall | A blasting and a scandalous breath to fall, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.i.17 | But if my father had not scanted me, | But if my Father had not scanted me, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.112 | In measure rain thy joy, scant this excess, | In measure raine thy ioy, scant this excesse, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.141 | Therefore I scant this breathing courtesy. | Therefore I scant this breathing curtesie. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.240 | Your wrongs do set a scandal on my sex. | Your wrongs doe set a scandall on my sexe: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.70 | O, in a tomb where never scandal slept, | O in a tombe where neuer scandall slept, |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.264 | I will your serious and great business scant | I will your serious and great businesse scant |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.243 | To scan this thing no farther. Leave it to time. | To scan this thing no farther: Leaue it to time, |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.90 | Or scant our former having in despite – | Or scant our former hauing in despight) |
| Pericles | Per I.iii.10 | Enter Helicanus and Escanes, with other lords | Enter Hellicanus, Escanes, with other Lords. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.55 | Opinion's but a fool, that makes us scan | Opinion's but a foole, that makes vs scan |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.1 | Enter Helicanus and Escanes | Enter Hellicanus and Escanes. |
| Pericles | Per II.iv.1 | No, Escanes, know this of me, | No Escanes, know this of mee, |
| Pericles | Per IV.iv.15 | Old Escanes, whom Helicanus late | Old Escenes, whom Hellicanus late |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.67 | Ah, would the scandal vanish with my life, | Ah! would the scandall vanish with my life, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.27 | And descant on mine own deformity. | And descant on mine owne Deformity. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.48 | For on that ground I'll make a holy descant; | For on that ground Ile make a holy Descant: |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.230 | But if black scandal or foul-faced reproach | But if black Scandall, or foule-fac'd Reproach, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.98 | And she shall scant show well that now seems best. | And she shew scant shell, well, that now shewes best. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.ii.1 | Holy Franciscan Friar, brother, ho! | Holy Franciscan Frier, Brother, ho? |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.90 | Her and her blind boy's scandalled company | Her, and her blind-Boyes scandald company, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.341 | Although particular, shall give a scantling | (Although particular) shall giue a scantling |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.46 | And scants us with a single famished kiss, | And scants vs with a single famisht kisse, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.94 | And mar the concord with too harsh a descant. | And marre the concord, with too harsh a descant: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vii.61 | I fear me it will make me scandalized. | I feare me it will make me scandaliz'd. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.192 | All ladies' scandal on me. Therefore, sir, | All Ladies scandall on me. Therefore Sir |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.35 | Or scandal to the ladies; and be sure | Or scandall to the Ladies; and be sure |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.330 | Give scandal to the blood o'th' Prince, my son – | Giue scandall to the blood o'th' Prince, my Sonne, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.120.1 | Yea, scandalous to the world. | Yea, scandalous to the World. |