| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.53 | Nay, if an oily palm be not a fruitful prognostication, | Nay, if an oyly Palme bee not a fruitfull Prognostication, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.511 | This oily rascal is known as well as Paul's. | This oyly Rascall is knowne as well as Poules: |
| King Lear | KL I.i.224 | If for I want that glib and oily art | If for I want that glib and oylie Art, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.83 | With oily painting. Shall I draw the curtain? | With Oyly Painting: shall I draw the Curtaine. |