| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.181 | A place of potency and sway o'th' state, | A place of Potencie, and sway o'th' State, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.171 | With wondrous potency. Once more, good night. | Once more goodnight, |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.i.105 | The Cardinal's malice and his potency | The Cardinals Malice, and his Potency |
| King Lear | KL I.i.172 | Our potency made good, take thy reward. | Our potencie made good, take thy reward. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.ii.67 | I would to heaven I had your potency, | I would to heauen I had your potencie, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.iv.96 | Presuming on their changeful potency. | Presuming on their changefull potencie. |