| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.26 | To many a watchful night! Sleep with it now! | To many a watchfull Night: sleepe with it now, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.chorus.23 | Like sacrifices, by their watchful fires | Like Sacrifices, by their watchfull Fires |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.98 | What watchful cares do interpose themselves | What watchfull Cares doe interpose themselues |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.63 | As I was busy in my watchful charge, | As I was busie in my watchfull charge. |
| King John | KJ III.iii.52 | Then, in despite of brooded watchful day, | Then, in despight of brooded watchfull day, |
| King John | KJ IV.i.46 | And like the watchful minutes to the hour, | And like the watchfull minutes, to the houre, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.106 | That fled the snares of watchful tyranny, | That fled the Snares of watchfull Tyranny, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.76 | But praying, to enrich his watchful soul. | But praying, to enrich his watchfull Soule. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.116 | To Thee I do commend my watchful soul | To thee I do commend my watchfull soule, |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.225 | Cry mercy, lords and watchful gentlemen, | Cry mercy Lords, and watchfull Gentlemen, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.196 | The providence that's in a watchful state | The prouidence that's in a watchfull State, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.31 | With twenty, watchful, weary, tedious nights; | With twenty watchfull, weary, tedious nights; |