| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.35 | I prithee lend me thy lantern, to see my | I prethee lend me thy Lanthorne to see my |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.41 | lantern, quoth he! Marry, I'll see thee hanged first. | Lanthorne (quoth-a) marry Ile see thee hang'd first. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.46 | cannot he see, though he have his own lanthorn to light | cannot he see, though he haue his owne Lanthorne to light |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.25 | My stay, my guide, and lantern to my feet. | my stay, my guide, / And Lanthorne to my feete: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.ii.90 | Lust is a fire, and men like lanthorns show | Lust as a fire, and me like lanthorne show, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.78 | And twenty glow-worms shall our lanterns be, | And twenty glow-wormes shall our Lanthornes bee |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.54 | thorns and a lantern, and say he comes to disfigure or to | thorns and a lanthorne, and say he comes to disfigure, or to |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.134 | This man with lantern, dog, and bush of thorn | This man, with Lanthorne, dog, and bush of thorne, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.233 | This lanthorn doth the horned moon present. | This Lanthorne doth the horned Moone present. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.237 | This lanthorn doth the horned moon present; | This lanthorne doth the horned Moone present: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.240 | should be put into the lanthorn. How is it else the man | Should be put into the Lanthorne. How is it els the man |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.251 | lantern is the moon, I the man i'th' moon, this thorn | Lanthorne is the Moone; I, the man in the Moone; this thorne |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.253 | Why, all these should be in the lantern; for | Why all these should be in the Lanthorne: for |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.24 | lantern. This is your charge: you shall comprehend all | lanthorne: this is your charge: You shall comprehend all |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.84 | A grave? O, no, a lantern, slaughtered youth. | A Graue; O no, a Lanthorne; slaughtred Youth: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.121.2 | Enter Friar Laurence, with lantern, crow, and spade | Enter Frier with Lanthorne, Crow, and Spade. |