| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.127 | The cognizance of her incontinency | The Cognisance of her incontinencie |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.102 | time a great buyer of land, with his statutes, his recognizances, | time a great buyer of Land, with his Statutes, his Recognizances, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iv.108 | As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate, | As Cognizance of my blood-drinking hate, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.ii.89 | For tinctures, stains, relics, and cognizance. | For Tinctures, Staines, Reliques, and Cognisance. |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.213 | With that recognizance and pledge of love | With that Recognizance and pledge of Loue |