| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| King John | KJ V.ii.125 | And will not temporize with my entreaties. | And will not temporize with my intreaties: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.253 | Well, you temporize with the hours. In | Well, you will temporize with the houres, in |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.6 | If I could temporize with my affection, | If I could temporise with my affection, |