| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.i.10 | My powers are crescent, and my auguring hope | My powers are Cressent, and my Auguring hope |
| Cymbeline | Cym I.v.2 | of a crescent note, expected to prove so worthy as | of a Cressent note, expected to proue so woorthy, as |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iii.11 | For nature crescent does not grow alone | For nature cressant does not grow alone, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.235 | He is no crescent, and his horns are invisible | Hee is no crescent, and his hornes are inuisible, |