| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.21 | Lightens my humour with his merry jests. | Lightens my humour with his merry iests: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.193 | Now the Lord lighten thee, thou | Now the Lord lighten thee, thou |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.iv.98.1 | Here an alarum, and it thunders and lightens | Here an Alarum, and it Thunders and Lightens. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.iv.22.3 | te' etc. It thunders and lightens terribly; then the | te, &c. It Thunders and Lightens terribly: then the |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.79 | To lighten all this isle? (to them) I'll to the King, | To lighten all this Ile. I'le to the King, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.74 | That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars | That Thunders, Lightens, opens Graues, and roares, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.iv.116 | dance ere we are married, that we may lighten our own | dance ere we are married, that we may lighten our own |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.69 | As bright as is the eagle's, lightens forth | (As bright as is the Eagles) lightens forth |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.ii.120 | Ere one can say ‘ It lightens.’ Sweet, good night! | Ere, one can say, it lightens, Sweete good night: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.227 | A precious ring that lightens all this hole, | A precious Ring, that lightens all the Hole: |