| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.36 | A serpent stung me. So the whole ear of Denmark | A Serpent stung me: so the whole eare of Denmarke, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.237 | Nettled, and stung with pismires, when I hear | Netled, and stung with Pismires, when I heare |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.15 | house in all London road for fleas, I am stung like a | house in al London rode for Fleas: I am stung like a |
| King Lear | KL V.i.56 | Each jealous of the other as the stung | Each iealous of the other, as the stung |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.73 | Than thine, thou serpent, never adder stung. | Then thine (thou serpent) neuer Adder stung. |