| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC V.ii.2 | A better life. 'Tis paltry to be Caesar: | A better life: Tis paltry to be Casar: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.45 | To save a paltry life and slay bright fame, | To saue a paltry Life, and slay bright Fame, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.105 | Upon these paltry, servile, abject drudges. | Vpon these paltry, seruile, abiect Drudges: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.67 | For underneath an alehouse' paltry sign, | For vnderneath an Ale-house paltry signe, |
| King John | KJ II.i.54 | Then turn your forces from this paltry siege | Then turne your forces from this paltry siege, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.147 | About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring | About a hoope of Gold, a paltry Ring |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.149 | shall be our messenger to this paltry knight. | shall bee our Messenger to this paltrie Knight. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.324 | And who doth lead them but a paltry fellow, | And who doth leade them, but a paltry Fellow? |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.81 | Why, thou say'st true – it is a paltry cap, | Why thou saist true, it is paltrie cap, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.206 | A paltry, insolent fellow! | A paultry insolent fellow. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.376 | A very dishonest, paltry boy, and more a | A very dishonest paltry boy, and more a |