| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.30.1 | The shrinking slaves of Winter. | The shrinking Slaues of Winter. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.i.37 | Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress, | Not fearing Death, nor shrinking for Distresse, |
| Macbeth | Mac V.vi.81 | In the unshrinking station where he fought | In the vnshrinking station where he fought, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.141 | And great Troy shrinking. | And great Troy shrinking. |