| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.170 | After some respite will return to Calais; | After some respit, will returne to Calice; |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.177 | I mean the Bishop – did require a respite, | (I meane the Bishop) did require a respite, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.181 | Sometimes our brother's wife. This respite shook | Sometimes our Brothers Wife. This respite shooke |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.15 | The two days' respite is not yet expired, | The two daies respit is not yet expirde, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.157 | four days' respite, for the which you are to do me both a | foure daies respit: for the which, you are to do me both a |
| Pericles | Per I.i.117 | Forty days longer we do respite you, | Fourtie dayes longer we doe respite you, |
| Richard III | R3 V.i.19 | Is the determined respite of my wrongs. | Is the determin'd respit of my wrongs: |