| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.274 | too dear a halfpenny. Were you not sent for? Is it your | too deare a halfepeny; were you not sent for? Is it your |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.525 | O monstrous! But one halfpennyworth of | O monstrous, but one halfe penny-worth of |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.61 | reformation. There shall be in England seven halfpenny | Reformation. There shall be in England, seuen halfe peny |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iv.158 | Nor half a halfpenny to shun grim death, | Nor halfe a halfepenie to shun grim death, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.145 | Marry, sir, halfpenny farthing. | Marrie sir, halfe pennie farthing. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.68 | very remuneration I had of thy master, thou halfpenny | very Remuneration I had of thy Maister, thou halfpenny |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.557 | My hat to a halfpenny, Pompey proves the | My hat to a halfe-penie, Pompey prooues the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.135 | into a halfpenny purse, nor into a pepperbox. But, lest | into a halfe-penny purse, nor into a Pepper-Boxe: But least |