| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.ii.79 | Or I shall break that merry sconce of yours | Or I shall breake that merrie sconce of yours |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.34 | Or I will beat this method in your sconce. | Or I will beat this method in your sconce. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.35 | ‘ Sconce ’ call you it? So you | Sconce call you it? so you |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.37 | use these blows long I must get a sconce for my head, | vse these blows long, I must get a sconce for my head, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.38 | and ensconce it too, or else I shall seek my wit in my | and Insconce it to, or else I shall seek my wit in my |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.ii.99 | Must I go show them my unbarbed sconce? Must I | Must I goe shew them my vnbarb'd Sconce? / Must I |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.100 | sconce with a dirty shovel, and will not tell him of his | Sconce with a dirty Shouell, and will not tell him of his |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.71 | and such a sconce, at such a breach, at such a convoy; | and such a Sconce, at such a Breach, at such a Conuoy: |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.49 | No, misconceived! Joan of Arc hath been | No misconceyued, Ione of Aire hath beene |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.25 | yet you, you rogue, will ensconce your rags, your | yet, you Rogue, will en-sconce your raggs; your |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.84 | She shall not see me. I will ensconce me behind | She shall not see me, I will ensconce mee behinde |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.241 | Thou canst not frown, thou canst not look askance, | Thou canst not frowne, thou canst not looke a sconce, |