| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| 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 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.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? |