| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.86 | Have scared thy husband from the use of wits. | Hath scar'd thy husband from the vse of wits. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.37 | seen such scarecrows. I'll not march through Coventry | seene such skar-Crowes: Ile not march through Couentry |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.43 | The scarecrow that affrights our children so.’ | The Scar-Crow that affrights our Children so. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.ii.28 | Am sure I scared the Dauphin and his trull, | Am sure I scar'd the Dolphin and his Trull, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.i.7 | Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. | Will scarre the Heard, and so my shoot is lost: |
| King Lear | KL IV.i.56 | Tom hath been scared out of his good wits. Bless thee, | Tom hath bin scarr'd out of his good wits. Blesse thee |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.146 | Which, for they yet glance by and scarcely bruise, | Which for they yet glance by, and scarely bruise, |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.1 | We must not make a scarecrow of the law, | We must not make a scar-crow of the Law, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.197 | The spirit of wantonness is sure scared | The spirit of wantonnesse is sure scar'd |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.140 | Did scare away, or rather did affright. | Did scarre away, or rather did affright: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.262 | But then a noise did scare me from the tomb, | But then, a noyse did scarre me from the Tombe, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.x.21 | Scare Troy out of itself. But march away; | Scarre Troy out of it selfe. But march away, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.64 | weather? They have scared away two of my best sheep, | weather? They haue scarr'd away two of my best Sheepe, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.612 | against his daughter and the King's son and scared my | against his Daughter, and the Kings Sonne, and scar'd my |