| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.174 | A counterpoise, if not to thy estate, | A counterpoize: If not to thy estate, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.85 | Be singly counterpoised. At sixteen years, | Be singly counter-poys'd. At sixteene yeeres, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.vi.78 | Doth more than counterpoise a full third part | Doth more then counterpoize a full third part |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iii.14 | whole plot too light, for the counterpoise of so great an | whole Plot too light, for the counterpoize of so great an |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.22 | Be counterpoised with such a petty sum! | Be counter-poys'd with such a pettie summe. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.137 | Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised. | Which with her Dowrie shall be counter-poys'd: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.26 | May counterpoise this rich and precious gift? | May counterpoise this rich and precious gift? |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.149 | What you bestow, in him I'll counterpoise, | What you bestow, in him Ile counterpoize, |