| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| King John | KJ I.i.188 | 'Tis too respective and too sociable | 'Tis two respectiue, and too sociable |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.156 | You should have been respective and have kept it. | You should haue beene respectiue and haue kept it. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.123 | Away to heaven respective lenity, | Away to heauen respectiue Lenitie, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.iv.192 | But I can make respective in myself, | But I can make respectiue in my selfe? |