| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.119 | which hung so tottering in the balance that I could | which hung so tottring in the ballance, that I could |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.33 | hundred and fifty tattered prodigals lately come from | hundred and fiftie totter'd Prodigalls, lately come from |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.170 | And tottering sink into the ruthless flood, | And tottering sink into the ruthlesse floud, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.ii.76 | Thy glory shaketh like a tottering wall. | Thy glory shaketh like a tottering wall. |
| King John | KJ V.v.7 | And wound our tottering colours clearly up, | And woon'd our tott'ring colours clearly vp, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.39 | Than to be thirsty after tottering honour, | Then to be thirsty after tottering honour, |
| Richard III | R3 III.ii.37 | What news, what news, in this our tottering state? | What newes, what newes, in this our tott'ring State? |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.6 | them. If th' other two be brained like us, the state totters. | them, if th' other two be brain'd like vs, the State totters. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.20 | And with our patience anger tottering fortune, | And with our patience, anger tottring Fortune, |