| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.233 | To sing a requiem and such rest to her | To sing sage Requiem, and such rest to her |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.v.121 | Down, royal state! All you sage counsellors, hence! | Downe Royall State: All you sage Counsailors, hence: |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.217 | deceive de most sage demoiselle dat is en France. | deceiue de most sage Damoiseil dat is en Fraunce. |
| Pericles | Per IV.vi.91.1 | How's this? How's this? Some more. Be sage. | How's this? how's this? some more, be sage. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.226 | Cousin of Buckingham, and sage grave men, | Cousin of Buckingham, and sage graue men, |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.369 | We'll whisper o'er a couplet or two of most sage saws. | Weel whisper ore a couplet or two of most sage sawes. |