| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.192 | Ay, by my sceptre and my hopes of heaven. | I by my Scepter, and my hopes of helpe. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xv.75 | To throw my sceptre at the injurious gods, | To throw my Scepter at the iniurious Gods, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.279 | Enter Iras with a robe, crown, sceptre, and other | |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.268 | The sceptre, learning, physic, must | The Scepter, Learning, Physicke must, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.372 | this dagger my sceptre, and this cushion my crown. | this Dagger my Scepter, and this Cushion my Crowne. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.374 | golden sceptre for a leaden dagger, and thy precious rich | Golden Scepter for a Leaden Dagger, and thy precious rich |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.97 | Now by my sceptre, and my soul to boot, | Now by my Scepter, and my Soule to boot, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.27 | Her sceptre so fantastically borne | Her Scepter so phantastically borne, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.253 | 'Tis not the balm, the sceptre, and the ball, | 'Tis not the Balme, the Scepter, and the Ball, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.118 | To put a golden sceptre in thy hand | To put a Golden Scepter in thy hand, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.243 | Nor hold the sceptre in his childish fist, | Nor hold the Scepter in his childish Fist, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.9 | Except a sword or sceptre balance it. | Except a Sword or Scepter ballance it. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.10 | A sceptre shall it have, have I a soul, | A Scepter shall it haue, haue I a soule, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.98 | And not to grace an awful princely sceptre. | And not to grace an awefull Princely Scepter. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.102 | Here is a hand to hold a sceptre up, | Heere is a hand to hold a Scepter vp, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.17 | A sceptre or an earthly sepulchre!’ | A Scepter, or an Earthly Sepulchre. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.153 | And wring the awful sceptre from his fist, | And wring the awefull Scepter from his Fist, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.16 | Thy place is filled, thy sceptre wrung from thee, | Thy place is fill'd, thy Scepter wrung from thee, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.73 | His hand to wield a sceptre, and himself | His Hand to wield a Scepter, and himselfe |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.ii.135 | To make the sceptre his. These very words | To make the Scepter his. These very words |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.37.11 | 6. Marquess Dorset, bearing a sceptre of gold, on his | 6 Marquesse Dorset, bearing a Scepter of Gold, on his |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.38.1 | Who's that that bears the sceptre? | Who's that that beares the Scepter? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iii.134 | Five hundred years has held the sceptre up. | Fiue hundred yeeres hath helde the scepter vp, |
| King John | KJ III.iv.135 | A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand | A Scepter snatch'd with an vnruly hand, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.i.61 | And put a barren sceptre in my grip, | And put a barren Scepter in my Gripe, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.187 | His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, | His Scepter shewes the force of temporall power, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.80 | Can grip the sacred handle of our sceptre | Can gripe the sacred Handle of our Scepter, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.151 | My sceptre for a palmer's walking-staff, | My Scepter, for a Palmers walking Staffe, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.109 | Adopts thee heir, and his high sceptre yields | Adopts thee Heire, and his high Scepter yeelds |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.204 | And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand, | And this vnwieldie Scepter from my Hand, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.202 | But not a sceptre to control the world. | But not a Scepter to controule the world, |