| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.9 | Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels. | Keepes wassels and the swaggering vpspring reeles, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.69 | Hang him, swaggering rascal. Let him not come | Hang him, swaggering Rascall, let him not come |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.75 | have not lived all this while to have swaggering now. | haue not liu'd all this while, to haue swaggering now: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.91 | receive,’ says he, ‘ no swaggering companions.’ There | Receiue (sayes hee) no swaggering Companions. There |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.100 | my house, nor no cheater, but I do not love swaggering; | my house, nor no Cheater: but I doe not loue swaggering; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.70 | What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here | What hempen home-spuns haue we swaggering here, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.177 | swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood | swaggering accent sharpely twang'd off, giues manhoode |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.396 | By swaggering could I never thrive, | By swaggering could I neuer thriue, |