| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.iv.74 | My tears gainsay; for every word I speak, | My teares gaine-say: for euery word I speake, |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.96 | That I gainsay my deed, how may he wound, | That I gainsay my Deed, how may he wound, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.132 | Of our rank feud; but the just gods gainsay | Of our ranke feud: but the iust gods gainsay, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT III.ii.55 | Less impudence to gainsay what they did | Lesse Impudence to gaine-say what they did, |