| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.16 | And he may well in fretting spend his gall; | And he may well in fretting spend his gall, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.35 | As doth a sail, filled with a fretting gust, | As doth a Saile, fill'd with a fretting Gust |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.145 | Command these fretting waters from your eyes | Command these fretting waters from your eies |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.321 | 'Twas a commodity lay fretting by you, | Twas a commodity lay fretting by you, |