| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE I.i.44 | Drew me from kind embracements of my spouse, | Drew me from kinde embracements of my spouse; |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.70 | O hound of Crete, think'st thou my spouse to get? | O hound of Creet, think'st thou my spouse to get? |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.vii.46 | Should be divorced from her earthly spouse | Should be diuorced from her earthly spouse, |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.79 | sworn spouse, set not thy sweet heart on proud array. | sworne Spouse: set not thy Sweet-heart on proud array. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.67 | The spouse of any noble gentleman. | The Spouse of any noble Gentleman: |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.127 | And his fat spouse, that welcomes to their cost | And his fat Spowse, that welcomes to their cost |