| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.i.88 | Pray, uncle Gloucester, mitigate this strife. | Pray' Vnckle Gloster mittigate this strife. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.200 | To mitigate the justice of thy plea, | To mittigate the iustice of thy plea: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.301 | uncovered slander, unmitigated rancour – O God, that | vncouered slander, vnmittigated rancour? O God that |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.133 | To mitigate the scorn he gives his uncle | To mittigate the scorne he giues his Vnckle, |