| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.i.43 | better for their simpleness. She derives her honesty and | better for their simplenesse; she deriues her honestie, and |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.83 | When simpleness and duty tender it. | when simplenesse and duty tender it. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.70 | Which simpleness and merit purchaseth. | Which simplenesse and merit purchaseth. |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.244.1 | T' assist my simpleness. | T'assist my simplenesse. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.iii.78 | What simpleness is this! – I come, I come! | What simplenesse is this: I come, I come. |