| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.5 | humour of it is too hot, that is the very plainsong of it. | humor of it is too hot, that is the very plaine-Song of it. |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.6 | The plainsong is most just; for humours do abound. | The plaine-Song is most iust: for humors doe abound: |
| Henry VIII | H8 I.iii.45 | A long time out of play, may bring his plainsong, | A long time out of play, may bring his plaine song, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.124 | The plainsong cuckoo grey, | The plainsong Cuckow gray; |