| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.iv.6.1 | In puny battle slay me. | In puny Battell slay me. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.29 | my puny drawer to what end he gave me the sugar. And | my puny Drawer, to what end hee gaue me the Sugar, and |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.36 | Did flesh his puny sword in Frenchmen's blood! | Did flesh his punie-sword in Frenchmens blood. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.iv.74 | And twenty of these puny lies I'll tell, | And twentie of these punie lies Ile tell, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.242 | But ever puny whipster gets my sword. | But euery Punie whipster gets my Sword. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.86 | Arm, arm, my name! A puny subject strikes | Arme, arme my Name: a punie subiect strikes |