| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.158 | The handmaids of all women, or, more truly, | (The Handmaides of all Women, or more truely |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.iii.42 | Stay, let thy humble handmaid speak to thee. | Stay, let thy humble Hand-maid speake to thee. |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iii.72 | As from a blushing handmaid, to his highness, | As from a blushing Handmaid, to his Highnesse; |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.74 | And likewise all the handmaids of his train, | And likewise all the handmaides of his trayne: |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.334 | She will a handmaid be to his desires, | Shee will a Hand-maid be to his desires, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.i.26 | But from her handmaid do return this answer: | But from her handmaid do returne this answer: |