| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.61 | To swearing and stern looks, diffused attire, | To Swearing, and sterne Lookes, defus'd Attyre, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.126 | Our hearts were dead, our looks diffused and wan. | Our harts were dead, our lookes diffusd and wan, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.53 | With some diffused song. Upon their sight, | With some diffused song: Vpon their sight |
| Richard III | R3 I.ii.78 | Vouchsafe, diffused infection of a man, | Vouchsafe (defus'd infection of man) |