| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.200 | And keep no tell-tale to his memory | And keepe no Tell-tale to his Memorie, |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.iii.117 | That is no fleering tell-tale. Hold, my hand; | That is no flearing Tell-tale. Hold, my Hand: |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV V.i.123 | We are no tell-tales, madam; fear you not. | We are no tell-tales Madam, feare you not. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.11 | come in house withal; and, I warrant you, no tell-tale, | come in house withall: and I warrant you, no tel-tale, |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.150 | Let not the heavens hear these tell-tale women | Let not the Heauens heare these Tell-tale women |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.133 | What, shall these papers lie like tell-tales here? | What, shall these papers lye, like Tel-tales here? |