| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.186 | If aught possess thee from me, it is dross, | If ought possesse thee from me, it is drosse, |
| King John | KJ III.i.165 | And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust, | And by the merit of vilde gold, drosse, dust, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.20 | A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross; | A golden minde stoopes not to showes of drosse, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.9 | My love admits no qualifying dross; | My loue admits no qualifying crosse; |