| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.5 | And like as rigour of tempestuous gusts | And like as rigour of tempestuous gustes |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iii.194 | Let him have all the rigour of the law. | Let him haue all the rigor of the Law. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.125 | Or more than common fear of Clifford's rigour, | Or more then common feare of Cliffords Rigour, |
| King Lear | KL V.i.22 | With others whom the rigour of our state | With others, whom the rigour of our State |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.67 | And follows close the rigour of the statute | And followes close the rigor of the Statute |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.269 | Unto the rigour of severest law. | Vnto the rigour of seuerest Law. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.113 | 'Tis rigour and not law. Your honours all, | 'Tis Rigor, and not Law. Your Honors all, |