| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.105 | And fell below his stem. His sword, death's stamp, | And fell below his Stem: his Sword, Deaths stampe, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.62 | Had twenty years been made. This is a stem | Had twentie yeeres been made. This is a Stem |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.41 | And now declare, sweet stem from York's great stock, | And now declare sweet Stem from Yorkes great Stock, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.36 | Command an argosy to stem the waves. | Command an Argosie to stemme the Waues. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.211 | Two lovely berries moulded on one stem, | Two louely berries molded on one stem, |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.64 | From stem to stern. The boatswain whistles, and | from sterne to sterne, the Boatswaine whistles, and |