| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.ii.26 | Th' adornment of her bed; the arras, figures, | Th'adornement of her Bed; the Arras, Figures, |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.163 | Be you and I behind an arras then. | Be you and I behinde an Arras then, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iii.28 | Behind the arras I'll convey myself | Behinde the Arras Ile conuey my selfe |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.9 | Polonius hides behind the arras | |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.26 | He makes a thrust through the arras and kills Polonius | Killes Polonius. |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.i.9 | Behind the arras hearing something stir, | Behinde the Arras, hearing something stirre, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.485 | Go hide thee behind the arras. The rest, | Goe hide thee behinde the Arras, the rest |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.513 | Falstaff! Fast asleep behind the arras, and snorting | Falstaffe? fast asleepe behinde the Arras, and snorting |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.97 | arras, and had my pocket picked. This house is turned | Arras, and had my Pocket pickt: this House is turn'd |
| King John | KJ IV.i.2 | Within the arras. When I strike my foot | Within the Arras: when I strike my foot |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.iii.85 | the arras. | the Arras. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.iii.57 | behind the arras, and there heard it agreed upon that | behind the Arras, and there heard it agreed vpon, that |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.344 | In cypress chests my arras counterpoints, | In Cypres chests my arras counterpoints, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.53 | one cries ‘ O that ever I did it behind the arras!’, and | One cries, o, that ever I did it behind the arras, and |