| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.67 | And ere we have thy youthful wages spent | And ere we haue thy youthfull wages spent, |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.91 | And we will mend thy wages: I like this place, | And we will mend thy wages: / I like this place, |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.261 | Home art gone and ta'en thy wages. | Home art gon, and tane thy wages. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.48 | and ‘ You owe me a quarter's wages,’ and ‘ My coat | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.21 | wages, about the sack he lost at Hinckley fair? | Wages, about the Sacke he lost the other day, at HinckleyFayre? |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.150 | That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, | That they may haue their wages, duly paid 'em, |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.301 | The wages of their virtue, and all foes | Taste the wages of their vertue,and all Foes |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.29 | nor the commodity wages not with the danger. Therefore, | nor the commoditie wages not with the daunger: therefore |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.ii.72 | Has paid his men their wages. He ne'er drinks | Has paid his men their wages. He ne're drinkes, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.i.91 | wages followest thy master, thy master for wages follows | wages followest thy Master, thy Master for wages followes |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.269 | serves for wages. She hath more qualities than a | serues for wages. Shee hath more qualities then a |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.94 | Our praises are our wages. You may ride's | Our prayses are our Wages. You may ride's |