| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.135 | The quintessence of every sprite | The quintessence of euerie sprite, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.308 | to me what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights | to me, what is this Quintessence of Dust? Man delights |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.120 | His glassy essence, like an angry ape | (His glassie Essence) like an angry Ape |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.16 | Her honour is an essence that's not seen: | Her honor is an Essence that's not seene, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.182 | She is my essence, and I leave to be, | Shee is my essence, and I leaue to be; |