| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.220 | bate thee a scruple. | bate thee a scruple. |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.182 | Made scruple of his praise, and wagered with him | Made scruple of his praise, and wager'd with him |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.iv.40 | Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.131 | wise may make some dram of a scruple, or indeed a | wise may make some dram of a scruple, or indeede, a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.132 | scruple itself. | scruple it selfe. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.93 | But there remains a scruple in that too; | But there remaines a scruple in that too: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.i.158 | To the good Queen, possessed him with a scruple | To the good Queene, possest him with a scruple |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.ii.86 | Your scruple to the voice of Christendom. | Your scruple to the voyce of Christendome: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.150 | Laid any scruple in your way which might | Laid any scruple in your way, which might |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.171 | Scruple, and prick, on certain speeches uttered | Scruple, and pricke, on certaine Speeches vtter'd |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.i.31 | The King's late scruple, by the main assent | The Kings late Scruple, by the maine assent |
| King John | KJ II.i.370 | Our former scruple in our strong-barred gates; | Our former scruple in our strong barr'd gates: |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.37 | The smallest scruple of her excellence | The smallest scruple of her excellence, |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.i.64 | With any scruple. Your scope is as mine own, | With any scruple: your scope is as mine owne, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.327 | Of one poor scruple, nay, if the scale do turn | Of one poore scruple, nay if the scale doe turne |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.147 | and shoulders, and have given ourselves without scruple | and shoulders, and haue giuen our selues without scruple |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.93 | And what they weigh, even to the utmost scruple – | And what they weigh, euen to the vtmost scruple, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.57 | Not making any scruple of her soilure, | Not making any scruple of her soylure, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.71 | A Grecian's life hath sunk; for every scruple | A Grecians life hath sunke: for euery scruple |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.2 | Nay, I'll come. If I lose a scruple of this sport, | Nay Ile come: if I loose a scruple of this sport, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.79 | that no dram of a scruple, no scruple of a scruple, no | that no dramme of a scruple, no scruple of a scruple, no |