| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.199 | And poise the cause in Justice' equal scales, | And poyse the Cause in Iustice equall Scales, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.13 | So is the equal poise of this fell war. | So is the equall poise of this fell Warre. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iv.68 | Were equal poise of sin and charity. | Were equall poize of sinne, and charitie. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.324 | of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and | of Reason, to poize another of Sensualitie, the blood, and |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.82 | It shall be full of poise and difficult weight, | It shall be full of poize, and difficult waight, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.207 | For the great swing and rudeness of his poise, | For the great swing and rudenesse of his poize, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.86 | That equally canst poise sternness with pity, | That equally canst poize sternenes with pitty, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.81 | Backward the jade comes o'er, and his full poise | Backeward the Iade comes ore, and his full poyze |