| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.ix.30 | Well might they fester 'gainst ingratitude | Well might they fester 'gainst Ingratitude, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.88.1 | Must lie and fester. | Must lye and fester. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.194 | As festered members rot but by degree | As festred members rot but by degree, |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.452 | Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds; | Lillies that fester, smel far worse then weeds, |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.84 | This festered joint cut off, the rest rest sound; | This fester'd ioynt cut off, the rest rests sound, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ IV.iii.43 | Lies festering in his shroud; where, as they say, | Lies festring in his shrow'd, where as they say, |