| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.230 | I would have him poisoned with a pot of ale. | I would haue poyson'd him with a pot of Ale. |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.12 | give all my fame for a pot of ale, and safety. | giue all my fame for a Pot of Ale, and safetie. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.10 | Do you look for ale and cakes here, you rude | Do you looke for Ale, and Cakes heere, you rude |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.50 | And on her withered dewlap pour the ale. | And on her withered dewlop poure the Ale. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.30 | He breathes, my lord. Were he not warmed with ale, | He breath's my Lord. Were he not warm'd with Ale, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.1 | For God's sake, a pot of small ale. | For Gods sake a pot of small Ale. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.22 | for sheer ale, score me up for the lyingest knave in | for sheere Ale, score me vp for the lyingst knaue in |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.24.1 | A Servingman brings him a pot of ale | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.74 | And once again a pot o'th' smallest ale. | And once againe a pot o'th smallest Ale. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.98.2 | a pot of ale | |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.112 | virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? | vertuous, there shall be no more Cakes and Ale? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.51 | to go to the ale with a Christian. Wilt thou go? | to goe to the Ale with a Christian: Wilt thou goe? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.295 | Item: She brews good ale. | Item, she brewes good Ale. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.297 | your heart, you brew good ale.’ | your heart, you brew good Ale.) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.8 | For a quart of ale is a dish for a king. | For a quart of Ale is a dish for a King. |