| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.iv.106 | Ay me, poor man, how pale and wan he looks. | Aye me poore man, how pale and wan he looks. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.1 | So shaken as we are, so wan with care, | SO shaken as we are, so wan with care, |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.126 | Our hearts were dead, our looks diffused and wan. | Our harts were dead, our lookes diffusd and wan, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.90 | Why doth your highness look so pale and wan? | Why doth your Highnes looke so pale and wan? |