| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.vi.70 | Lesser his person than an ill report; | Lessen his person, then an ill report: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.13 | That it is place which lessens and sets off, | That it is Place, which lessen's, and sets off, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.v.473 | Lessened herself and in the beams o' the sun | Lessen'd her selfe, and in the Beames o'th'Sun |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.144 | My numbers lessened, and those few I have | My numbers lessen'd: and those few I haue, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.119 | Shall lessen this big look. | Shall lessen this bigge looke. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.313 | And that by me it may be lessened, | And that by me it may be lesned, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.19 | Too curst is more than curst. I shall lessen | Too curst is more then curst, I shall lessen |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.110 | And lessened be that small, God I beseech Him! | And lesned be that small, God I beseech him, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.46 | One pain is lessened by another's anguish. | One paine is lesned by anothers anguish: |