| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.57 | What's past and what's to come she can descry. | What's past, and what's to come, she can descry. |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.50 | We might descry a mighty host of men. | We might discry a mighty host of men, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.131 | For there, my lord, oh, there we did descry | For there my Lord, oh there we did descry |
| King Lear | KL IV.v.13 | His nighted life – moreover to descry | His nighted life: Moreouer to descry |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.213 | Near, and on speedy foot. The main descry | Neere, and on speedy foot: the maine descry |
| Othello | Oth II.i.4 | Descry a sail. | Descry a Saile. |
| Pericles | Per epilogue.V.iii.7 | In Helicanus may you well descry | In Helycanus may you well descrie, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.181 | We cannot without circumstance descry. | We cannot without circumstance descry. |