| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.130 | And God forgive them that so much have swayed | And Heauen forgiue them, that so much haue sway'd |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.14 | And, Henry, hadst thou swayed as kings should do, | And Henry, had'st thou sway'd as Kings should do, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.20 | I have not known when his affections swayed | I haue not knowne, when his Affections sway'd |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.219 | Swayed from the point by looking down on Caesar. | Sway'd from the point, by looking downe on Casar. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.iii.90 | But swayed and fashioned by the hand of heaven. | But sway'd and fashion'd by the hand of heauen. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.ii.121 | The will of man is by his reason swayed, | The will of man is by his reason sway'd: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.54 | begnawn with the bots, swayed in the back and shoulder-shotten, | begnawne with the Bots, Waid in the backe, and shoulder-shotten, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.114 | Minds swayed by eyes are full of turpitude. | Mindes swai'd by eyes, are full of turpitude. |