| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.iv.127 | The cognizance of her incontinency | The Cognisance of her incontinencie |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.48 | Thou didst accuse him of incontinency; | Thou didd'st accuse him of Incontinencie, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.i.30 | That he is open to incontinency. | That hee is open to Incontinencie; |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.ii.165 | continency. Sparrows must not build in his house-eaves | Continencie. Sparrowes must not build in his house-eeues, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.169 | Making a sermon of continency to her, | making a sermon of continencie to her, |