| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.113 | The kingly crowned head, the vigilant eye, | The Kingly crown'd head, the vigilant eye, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.56 | Tut, never fear me: I am as vigilant as a cat to | Tut, neuer feare me, I am as vigilant as a Cat, to |
| Henry V | H5 IV.iii.45 | Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, | Will yeerely on the Vigil feast his neighbours, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.1 | Sirs, take your places and be vigilant. | Sirs, take your places,and be vigilant: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.94 | Shall Henry's conquest, Bedford's vigilance, | Shall Henries Conquest, Bedfords vigilance, |
| King Lear | KL II.iii.4 | That guard and most unusual vigilance | That guard, and most vnusall vigilance |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.17 | Will not, nor cannot, use such vigilance | Will not, nor cannot vse such vigilance |