| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.392 | moonish youth, grieve, be effeminate, changeable, | moonish youth, greeue, be effeminate, changeable, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.i.35 | None do you like but an effeminate prince, | None doe you like, but an effeminate Prince, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.107 | Shall we at last conclude effeminate peace? | Shall we at last conclude effeminate peace? |
| Richard II | R2 V.iii.10 | Which he – young wanton, and effeminate boy – | Which he, yong wanton, and effeminate Boy |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.210 | And gentle, kind, effeminate remorse, | And gentle, kinde, effeminate remorse, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.114 | Thy beauty hath made me effeminate | Thy Beauty hath made me Effeminate, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.iii.218 | Is not more loathed than an effeminate man | Is not more loth'd, then an effeminate man, |