| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.18 | By certain scales i'th' pyramid. They know | By certaine scales i'th' Pyramid: they know |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.249 | will turn the scales between their avoirdupois. | will turne the Scales betweene their Haber-de-pois. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.146 | And Lord Scales with him, and Lord Hungerford; | And Lord Scales with him, and Lord Hungerford: |
| 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 2 | 2H6 IV.v.1.1 | Enter Lord Scales upon the Tower, walking. Then | Enter Lord Scales vpon the Tower walking. Then |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.52 | To give the heir and daughter of Lord Scales | To giue the Heire and Daughter of Lord Scales |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.9 | scales against either scale, who committed treason | Scales against eyther Scale, who committed Treason |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.132 | Your vows to her and me, put in two scales, | Your vowes to her, and me, (put in two scales) |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.69 | Of you, Lord Woodville, and, Lord Scales, of you; | Of you Lord Wooduill, and Lord Scales of you, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.95 | But in that crystal scales let there be weighed | But in that Christall scales, let there be waid, |