| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.174 | A counterpoise, if not to thy estate, | A counterpoize: If not to thy estate, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.78 | Doth more than counterpoise a full third part | Doth more then counterpoize a full third part |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.14 | whole plot too light, for the counterpoise of so great an | whole Plot too light, for the counterpoize of so great an |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.26 | May counterpoise this rich and precious gift? | May counterpoise this rich and precious gift? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.149 | What you bestow, in him I'll counterpoise, | What you bestow, in him Ile counterpoize, |