| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.153 | We, poising us in her defective scale, | We poizing vs in her defectiue scale, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.v.95 | A cistern for scaled snakes! Go get thee hence. | A Cesterne for scal'd Snakes. Go get thee hence, |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.vii.18 | By certain scales i'th' pyramid. They know | By certaine scales i'th' Pyramid: they know |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.i.90 | To stale't a little more. | To scale't a little more. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.21 | With rocks unscaleable and roaring waters, | With Oakes vnskaleable, and roaring Waters, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.13 | In equal scale weighing delight and dole, | In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.159 | Till our scale turn the beam. O rose of May, | Till our Scale turnes the beame. Oh Rose of May, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.249 | will turn the scales between their avoirdupois. | will turne the Scales betweene their Haber-de-pois. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.146 | And Lord Scales with him, and Lord Hungerford; | And Lord Scales with him, and Lord Hungerford: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.27 | Let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarks. | Let vs resolue to scale their flinty bulwarkes. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.38.1 | The English scale the walls, cry ‘ Saint George! | Cry, S. George, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.199 | And poise the cause in Justice' equal scales, | And poyse the Cause in Iustice equall Scales, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.v.1.1 | Enter Lord Scales upon the Tower, walking. Then | Enter Lord Scales vpon the Tower walking. Then |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.52 | To give the heir and daughter of Lord Scales | To giue the Heire and Daughter of Lord Scales |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.9 | scales against either scale, who committed treason | Scales against eyther Scale, who committed Treason |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.22 | Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, | Scale of Dragon, Tooth of Wolfe, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.255 | advantaged, and the corrupt deputy scaled. The maid | aduantaged, and the corrupt Deputy scaled. The Maid |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.ii.28 | turn the scale. | turne the Scale. |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.327 | Of one poor scruple, nay, if the scale do turn | Of one poore scruple, nay if the scale doe turne |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.132 | Your vows to her and me, put in two scales, | Your vowes to her, and me, (put in two scales) |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.323 | in our wills. If the beam of our lives had not one scale | in our Wills. If the braine of our liues had not one Scale |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.85 | In your lord's scale is nothing but himself | In your Lords Scale, is nothing but himselfe, |
| Richard III | R3 II.i.69 | Of you, Lord Woodville, and, Lord Scales, of you; | Of you Lord Wooduill, and Lord Scales of you, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.ii.95 | But in that crystal scales let there be weighed | But in that Christall scales, let there be waid, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.27 | So great as our dread father in a scale | (So great as our dread Father) in a Scale |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.v.22 | And there they fly or die, like scaled schools | And there they flye or dye, like scaled sculs, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.119 | Would serve to scale another Hero's tower, | Would serue to scale another Hero's towre, |