| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.45 | My soul is full of discord and dismay. | My soule is full of discord and dismay. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.1 | Dismay not, princes, at this accident, | Dismay not (Princes) at this accident, |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vi.20 | Hath buzzed a cold dismay through all our army, | Hath buzd a cold dismaie through all our armie, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.177 | Come on. In this there can be no dismay; | Come on, in this there can be no dismaie, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.61 | Live thou, I live. With much, much more dismay | Liue thou, I liue with much more dismay |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iv.27 | No, she shall not dismay me. I care not for | No, she shall not dismay me: / I care not for |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.14 | Brimful of sorrow and dismay; but chiefly, | Brim full of sorrow, and dismay: but chiefly |