| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.46 | All length is torture; since the torch is out, | All length is Torture: since the Torch is out, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.122 | Here dies the dusky torch of Mortimer, | Here dyes the duskie Torch of Mortimer, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.23 | By thrusting out a torch from yonder tower, | By thrusting out a Torch from yonder Tower, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.26.1 | Enter Joan la Pucelle on the top, thrusting out a torch | Enter Pucell on the top, thrusting out a Torch |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.26 | Behold, this is the happy wedding torch | Behold, this is the happy Wedding Torch, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.30 | The burning torch in yonder turret stands. | The burning Torch in yonder Turret stands. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.1.2 | torch before him, met by Sir Thomas Lovell | Torch before him, met by Sir Thomas Louell. |
| King Lear | KL III.iv.110.1 | Enter Gloucester with a torch | Enter Gloucester, with a Torch. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.1 | Enter Banquo, and Fleance with a torch before him | Enter Banquo, and Fleance, with a Torch before him. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.i.9 | Enter Macbeth and a Servant with a torch | Enter Macbeth, and a Seruant with a Torch. |
| Macbeth | Mac III.iii.14 | Enter Banquo and Fleance, with a torch | Enter Banquo and Fleans, with a Torch. |
| Pericles | Per II.ii.32 | A burning torch that's turned upside down. | A burning Torch that's turned vpside downe; |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.11 | Give me a torch. I am not for this ambling. | Giue me a Torch, I am not for this ambling. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.35 | A torch for me! Let wantons light of heart | A Torch for me, let wantons light of heart |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.1 | Give me thy torch, boy. Hence, and stand aloof. | Giue me thy Torch Boy, hence and stand aloft, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.21 | What, with a torch! Muffle me, night, awhile. | What with a Torch? Muffle me night a while. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.22.1 | Enter Romeo and Balthasar, with a torch, a mattock, | Enter Romeo, and Peter. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.125 | What torch is yond that vainly lends his light | What Torch is yond that vainely lends his light |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.171 | This is the place. There, where the torch doth burn. | This is the place, There where the Torch doth burne |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.97 | Till Hymen's torch be lighted: but in vain. | Till Hymens Torch be lighted: but in vaine, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.i.1.1 | Enter, at one door, Aeneas and a servant with a torch; | Enter at one doore Aneas with a Torch, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.80.2 | Follow his torch; he goes | Follow his Torch, he goes |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.6 | Stand where the torch may not discover us. | Stand where the Torch may not discouer vs. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.1.1 | Music. Enter Hymen with a torch burning; a boy in | Enter Hymen with a Torch burning: a Boy, in |