| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.25 | So great weight in his lightness. If he filled | So great waight in his lightnesse. If he fill'd |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.149 | Thence to a lightness, and, by this declension, | Thence to a Lightnesse, and by this declension |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.122 | Lend to this weight such lightness with their fear | Lend to this weight, such lightnesse with their Feare, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.45 | the lightness of his wife shines through it – and yet | the lightnesse of his Wife shines through it, and yet |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.88 | Such is the lightness of you common men. | Such is the lightnesse of you, common men. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.170 | Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, | Then womans lightnesse? hauing waste ground enough, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.178 | O heavy lightness, serious vanity, | O heauie lightnesse, serious vanity, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.24 | And since mine eyes are witness of her lightness, | And since mine eyes are witnesse of her lightnesse, |