| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.117 | From glistering semblances of piety; | From glist'ring semblances of piety: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.21 | Than to be perked up in a glistering grief | Then to be perk'd vp in a glistring griefe, |
| King John | KJ V.i.54 | Away, and glister like the god of war | Away, and glister like the god of warre |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV II.vii.65 | All that glitters is not gold; | All that glisters is not gold, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.178 | Down, down I come like glistering Phaethon, | Downe, downe I come, like glist'ring Phaeton, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.193 | Enter Ariel, loaden with glistering apparel, etc. | Enter Ariell, loaden with glistering apparell, &c. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.i.7 | Gallops the zodiac in his glistering coach | Gallops the Zodiacke in his glistering Coach, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.i.69 | Our stars must glister with new fire, or be | Our stars must glister with new fire, or be |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.168 | No richer than his honour. How he glisters | No richer then his Honor: How he glisters |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.14 | The glistering of this present, as my tale | The glistering of this present, as my Tale |