| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.153 | We, poising us in her defective scale, | We poizing vs in her defectiue scale, |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.48 | Rather our state's defective for requital | Rather our states defectiue for requitall, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.103 | For this effect defective comes by cause. | For this effect defectiue, comes by cause, |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.55 | Defective in their natures, grow to wildness, | Defectiue in their natures, grow to wildnesse. |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.188 | Argue in thee defective discipline. | Argue in thee defectiue discipline, |
| Othello | Oth II.i.224 | which the Moor is defective in. Now for want of these | which the Moore is defectiue in. Now for want of these |