| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry V | H5 IV.i.297 | Since that my penitence comes after all, | Since that my Penitence comes after all, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.70 | Clifford, repent in bootless penitence. | Clifford, repent in bootlesse penitence. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.iii.22 | And try your penitence, if it be sound, | And try your penitence, if it be sound, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.55 | Fear, and not love, begets his penitence. | Feare, and not Loue, begets his penitence; |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG V.iv.81 | By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeased. | By Penitence th' Eternalls wrath's appeas'd: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.4 | More penitence than done trespass. At the last, | More penitence, then done trespas: At the last |