| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.ii.105 | Of the none-sparing war? And is it I | Of the none-sparing warre? And is it I, |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.27 | Ay, to a niggardly host and more sparing guest. | I, to a niggardly Host, and more sparing guest: |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.240 | Or shall we sparingly show you far off | Or shall we sparingly shew you farre off |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.60 | Sparing would show a worse sin than ill doctrine. | Sparing would shew a worse sinne, then ill Doctrine, |
| Richard III | R3 III.v.92 | But touch this sparingly, as 'twere far off, | Yet touch this sparingly, as 'twere farre off, |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.193 | I give a sparing limit to my tongue. | I giue a sparing limit to my Tongue. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.218 | She hath; and in that sparing makes huge waste. | She hath, and in that sparing make huge wast? |