| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.i.12 | The triple pillar of the world transformed | (The triple Pillar of the world) transform'd |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.83 | throats! Ah, whoreson caterpillars, bacon-fed knaves, | throats; a whorson Caterpillars: Bacon-fed Knaues, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.73 | Brave peers of England, pillars of the state, | Braue Peeres of England, Pillars of the State, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.90 | And caterpillars eat my leaves away; | And Caterpillers eate my Leaues away: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.37 | They call false caterpillars and intend their death. | They call false Catterpillers, and intend their death. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.iii.51 | And call them pillars that will stand to us; | And call them Pillars that will stand to vs: |
| Henry VIII | H8 II.iv.1.11 | Gentlemen bearing two great silver pillars; after | Gentlemen bearing two great Siluer Pillers: After |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.382 | These ruined pillars, out of pity, taken | These ruin'd Pillers, out of pitty, taken |
| King Edward III | E3 V.i.170 | The pillars of his hearse shall be their bones; | The pillers of his hearse shall be his bones, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.236 | Whereof you are a well-deserving pillar, | Whereof you are a well-deseruing pillar, |
| Pericles | Per V.i.57 | For every graff would send a caterpillar, | for euery graffe would send a Caterpillar, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.165 | The caterpillars of the commonwealth, | The Caterpillers of the Commonwealth, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.47.1 | Swarming with caterpillars? | Swarming with Caterpillers. |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.208 | With gold on lasting pillars. In one voyage | With gold on lasting Pillers: In one voyage |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.v.212 | When we have here her base and pillar by us. | When we haue heere her Base and pillar by vs. |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.114 | From Dis to Daedalus, from post to pillar, | From Dis to Dedalus, from post to pillar |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.vi.295 | By fair and knightly strength to touch the pillar, | By fayre and knightly strength to touch the Pillar, |