| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.156 | about with his finger and his thumb as one would set up | about with his finger and his thumbe, as one would set vp |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.366 | your fingers and thumb; give it breath with your mouth; | your finger and thumbe, giue it breath with your mouth, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.i.78 | In envy that my Lord Northumberland | In enuy, that my Lord Northumberland |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.1.1 | Enter the King, Northumberland, Worcester, Hotspur, | Enter the King, Northumberland, Worcester, Hotspurre, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.21 | (to Northumberland) | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.36 | And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held | And 'twixt his Finger and his Thumbe, he held |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.120 | As will displease you. My Lord Northumberland: | As will displease ye. My Lord Northumberland, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.261 | (To Northumberland) | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.260 | Will easily be granted. (To Northumberland) You my lord, | Will easily be granted you, my Lord. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.324 | crept into any alderman's thumb-ring. A plague of | crept into any Aldermans Thumbe-Ring: a plague of |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.335 | Mortimer, and old Northumberland, and that sprightly | Mortimer, and old Northumberland, and the sprightly |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.118 | And what say you to this? Percy, Northumberland, | And what say you to this? Percy, Northumberland, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iii.67 | Perceived Northumberland did lean to him, | Perceiu'd Northumberland did leane to him, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.iv.14 | What with the sickness of Northumberland, | What with the sicknesse of Northumberland, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.v.37 | To meet Northumberland and the prelate Scroop, | To meet Northumberland, and the Prelate Scroope, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 induction.36 | Where Hotspur's father, old Northumberland, | Where Hotspurres Father, old Northumberland, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.6 | Enter Northumberland | Enter Northumberland. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.152 | To frown upon th' enraged Northumberland! | To frowne vpon th' enrag'd Northumberland. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.207 | Northumberland. | Northumberland |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.13 | Of great Northumberland, whose bosom burns | Of great Northumberland, whose bosome burnes |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.17 | May hold up head without Northumberland. | May hold-vp-head, without Northumberland: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.174 | Against Northumberland and the Archbishop. | Against Northumberland, and the Archbishop. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.iii.1.1 | Enter Northumberland, Lady Northumberland, and | Enter Northumberland, his Ladie, and |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.44 | My lord Northumberland will soon be cooled. | My Lord Northumberland will soone be cool'd. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.54 | Since Richard and Northumberland, great friends, | Since Richard, and Northumberland, great friends, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.64 | Then checked and rated by Northumberland, | (Then check'd, and rated by Northumberland) |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.66 | ‘ Northumberland, thou ladder by the which | Northumberland, thou Ladder, by the which |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.85 | That great Northumberland, then false to him, | That great Northumberland, then false to him, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.91 | They say the Bishop and Northumberland | They say, the Bishop and Northumberland |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.i.8 | New-dated letters from Northumberland, | New-dated Letters from Northumberland: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iii.128 | thumb, and shortly will I seal with him. Come away. | thombe, and shortly will I seale with him. Come away. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.97 | The Earl Northumberland and the Lord Bardolph, | The Earle Northumberland, and the Lord Bardolfe, |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.25 | Sir Thomas Grey, knight, of Northumberland – | Sir Thomas Grey Knight of Northumberland, |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.68 | Grey of Northumberland, this same is yours. | Gray of Northumberland, this same is yours: |
| Henry V | H5 II.ii.150 | Grey, knight, of Northumberland. | Grey, Knight of Northumberland. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.4 | Whereat the great Lord of Northumberland, | Whereat the great Lord of Northumberland, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.50.1 | Flourish. Enter King Henry, Clifford, Northumberland, | Flourish. Enter King Henry, Clifford, Northumberland, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.i.54 | Earl of Northumberland, he slew thy father, | Earle of Northumberland, he slew thy Father, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.27.1 | Enter the Queen, Clifford, Northumberland, the | Enter the Queene, Clifford, Northumberland, the |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.27 | Come, bloody Clifford, rough Northumberland, | Come bloody Clifford, rough Northumberland, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.53 | Wrath makes him deaf; speak thou, Northumberland. | Wrath makes him deafe; speake thou Northumberland. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.66 | Brave warriors, Clifford and Northumberland, | Braue Warriors, Clifford and Northumberland, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.172 | What, weeping-ripe, my Lord Northumberland? | What, weeping ripe, my Lord Northumberland? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.3 | From Clifford's and Northumberland's pursuit. | From Cliffords and Northumberlands pursuit? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.168 | With Clifford and the haught Northumberland, | With Clifford, and the haught Northumberland, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.1.1 | Flourish. Enter the King, Queen, Clifford, Northumberland, | Flourish. Enter the King, the Queene, Clifford, Northum- |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.109 | Northumberland, I hold thee reverently. | Northumberland, I hold thee reuerently, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vii.8 | And two Northumberlands – two braver men | And two Northumberlands: two brauer men, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.12 | For after the stout Earl Northumberland | For after the stout Earle Northumberland |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.125 | for that Worthy's thumb; he is not so big as the end of | for that Worthies thumb, hee is not so big as the end of |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.111 | Another, with his finger and his thumb, | Another with his finger and his thumb, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iii.27 | Here I have a pilot's thumb, | Here I haue a Pilots Thumbe, |
| Macbeth | Mac III.vi.31 | To wake Northumberland and warlike Seyward, | To wake Northumberland, and warlike Seyward, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.44 | By the pricking of my thumbs, | By the pricking of my Thumbes, |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.1.2 | Earl of Northumberland, attendants, and others | |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.138 | Exit with Northumberland and attendants | Exit |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.147.1 | Enter Northumberland | Enter Northumberland. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.224.2 | Northumberland, Willoughby, and Ross remain | Manet North. Willoughby, & Ross. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.274 | Be confident to speak, Northumberland. | Be confident to speake Northumberland, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.53 | The Lord Northumberland, his son young Henry Percy, | The L.Northumberland, his yong sonne Henrie Percie, |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.56 | Why have you not proclaimed Northumberland | Why haue you not proclaim'd Northumberland |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.1 | Enter Bolingbroke and Northumberland | Enter the Duke of Hereford, and Northumberland. |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.1.1 | Enter Bolingbroke, York, Northumberland, with | Enter Bullingbrooke, Yorke, Northumberland, Rosse, Percie, Willoughby, with |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.35 | My Lord Northumberland, see them dispatched. | My Lord Northumberland, see them dispatch'd: |
| Richard II | R2 III.i.35 | Exeunt Northumberland with Bushy and Green | |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.1.2 | Northumberland, attendants, and soldiers | Northumberland, Attendants. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.7 | It would beseem the Lord Northumberland | It would beseeme the Lord Northumberland, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.121 | Northumberland, say thus. The King returns | Northumberland, say thus: The King returnes, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.129 | Shall we call back Northumberland and send | Shall we call back Northumberland, and send |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.142 | Northumberland comes back from Bolingbroke. | Northumberland comes backe from Bullingbrooke. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.172 | Most mighty prince, my Lord Northumberland, | Most mightie Prince, my Lord Northumberland, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.1.1 | Enter Bolingbroke with the Lords Aumerle, Northumberland, | Enter as to the Parliament, Bullingbrooke, Aumerle, Northumberland, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.228 | My weaved-up follies? Gentle Northumberland, | My weau'd-vp follyes? Gentle Northumberland, |
| Richard II | R2 IV.i.270 | Urge it no more, my Lord Northumberland. | Vrge it no more, my Lord Northumberland. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.51 | Enter Northumberland | Enter Northumberland. |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.55 | Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal | Northumberland, thou Ladder wherewithall |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.76 | – Part us, Northumberland: I towards the north, | Part vs, Northumberland: I, towards the North, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.83 | (To Northumberland) | |
| Richard II | R2 V.vi.5 | Enter Northumberland | Enter Northumberland. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.186 | Northumberland, then present, wept to see it. | Northumberland, then present, wept to see it. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.68 | Saw'st thou the melancholy Lord Northumberland? | Saw'st the melancholly Lord Northumberland? |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.272 | What said Northumberland as touching Richmond? | What said Northumberland as touching Richmond? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.41 | Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them; | Nay, as they dare. I wil bite my Thumb at them, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.43 | Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? | Do you bite your Thumbe at vs sir? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.44 | I do bite my thumb, sir. | I do bite my Thumbe, sir. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.45 | Do you bite your thumb at us, sir? | Do you bite your Thumb at vs, sir? |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.49 | No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir. But | No sir, I do not bite my Thumbe at you sir: but |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.i.50 | I bite my thumb, sir. | I bite my Thumbe sir. |