| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.100 | A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, | A Cutpurse of the Empire and the Rule. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iv.124 | Away, you cutpurse rascal, you filthy bung, away! | Away you Cut-purse Rascall, you filthy Bung, away: |
| Henry V | H5 III.vi.61 | remember him now – a bawd, a cutpurse. | remember him now: a Bawd, a Cut-purse. |
| Henry V | H5 V.i.82 | And something lean to cutpurse of quick hand. | and something leane to Cut-purse of quicke hand: |
| King Lear | KL III.ii.90 | Nor cutpurses come not to throngs, | Nor Cut-purses come not to throngs; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.267 | Thou art baser in it than a cutpurse. | Thou art baser in it then a Cutpurse; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.iii.36 | usurers' grease, amongst a whole million of cutpurses, | Vsurers grease, amongst a whole million of / Cutpurses, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.668 | for a cutpurse; a good nose is requisite also, to smell out | for a Cut-purse; a good Nose is requisite also, to smell out |