| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.vi.73 | His hand to wield a sceptre, and himself | His Hand to wield a Scepter, and himselfe |
| King Lear | KL I.i.55 | Sir, I love you more than word can wield the matter, | Sir, I loue you more then word can weild ye matter, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.19 | O base Hungarian wight! Wilt thou the spigot wield? | O base hungarian wight: wilt yu the spigot wield. |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.115 | In stiff unwieldy arms against thy crown. | In stiffe vnwieldie Armes: against thy Crowne |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.204 | And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand, | And this vnwieldie Scepter from my Hand, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.94 | To wield old partisans, in hands as old, | To wield old Partizans, in hands as old, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.17 | Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead. | Vnwieldie, slow, heauy, and pale as lead. |