| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.14 | Patience herself would startle at this letter, | Patience her selfe would startle at this letter, |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.294 | Collected from his life. I'll startle you | Collected from his life. Ile startle you |
| King John | KJ IV.ii.25 | Startles and frights consideration, | Startles, and frights consideration: |
| King John | KJ V.ii.51 | Startles mine eyes, and makes me more amazed | Startles mine eyes, and makes me more amaz'd |
| Pericles | Per V.i.146 | Thou little knowest how thou dost startle me | thou little knowst howe thou doest startle me |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.194 | What fear is this which startles in your ears? | What feare is this which startles in your eares? |