| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.64 | What, a coward, Sir John Paunch? | What, a Coward Sir Iohn Paunch? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.139 | Zounds, ye fat paunch, an ye call me coward by | Ye fat paunch, and yee call mee Coward, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.i.26 | Fat paunches have lean pates, and dainty bits | Fat paunches haue leane pates: and dainty bits, |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.91 | Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, | Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, |