| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.80 | But must condemn it now. Desist, and drink. | But must condemne it now: desist, and drinke. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.47 | In fewer offices, or at least desist | In fewer offices? Or at least, desist |
| Pericles | Per I.i.40 | And with dead cheeks advise thee to desist | And with dead cheekes, aduise thee to desist, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.93 | Bound me in servitude. (Aside) I will desist, | bound me in seruitude, I will desist, |