| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.167 | A counsellor, a traitress, and a dear; | A Counsellor, a Traitoresse, and a Deare: |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.114 | The counsellor heart, the arm our soldier, | The Counsailor Heart, the Arme our Souldier, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.ii.58 | Love's counsellor should fill the bores of hearing, | (Loues Counsailor should fill the bores of hearing, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.214 | Mother, good night. Indeed, this counsellor | Mother goodnight. Indeede this Counsellor |
| Henry V | H5 II.iii.50 | Therefore, Caveto be thy counsellor. | therefore Caueto bee thy Counsailor. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.162 | with the tongue of an enemy be a good counsellor, or no? | with the tongue of an enemy, be a good Councellour, or no? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iii.49 | That cannot be; you are a Councillor, | That cannot be; you are a Counsellor, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.5 | Reason for his precisian, he admits him not for his counsellor. | Reason for his precisian, hee admits him not for his Counsailour: |
| Othello | Oth II.i.161 | liberal counsellor? | liberall Counsailor? |
| Pericles | Per I.ii.62 | Fit counsellor and servant for a prince, | Fit Counsellor, and seruant for a Prince, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.183 | Thou art a grave and noble counsellor, | Thou art a graue and noble Counseller, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.147 | But he, his own affections' counsellor, | But he his owne affections counseller, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.v.240 | So many thousand times? Go, counsellor! | So many thousand times? Go Counsellor, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.i.21 | a councillor. If you can command these elements to | a Counsellor, if you can command these Elements to |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.75 | As meet to be an emperor's counsellor. | As meet to be an Emperors Councellor: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.55 | Your most obedient counsellor; yet that dares | Your most obedient Counsailor: yet that dares |