| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iv.14 | I cannot do it better than in gyves, | I cannot do it better then in Gyues, |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.21 | Convert his gyves to graces; so that my arrows, | Conuert his Gyues to Graces. So that my Arrowes |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.39 | betwixt the legs as if they had gyves on, for indeed I had | betwixt the Legges, as if they had Gyues on; for indeede, I had |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.11 | from your gyves; if not, you shall have your full time | from your Gyues: if not, you shall haue your full time |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.179 | Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, | Like a poore prisoner in his twisted Gyues, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.i.72 | Quit me of these cold gyves, give me a sword, | Quit me of these cold Gyves, give me a Sword |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.ii.14 | He cannot run; the jingling of his gyves | He cannot run, the Iengling of his Gives |