| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.44 | Alcides, thou mine ancestor, thy rage. | Alcides, thou mine Ancestor, thy rage. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.244.1 | Was his great ancestor. | Was his great Ancestor. |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.55 | Our ancestor was that Mulmutius which | Our Ancestor was that Mulmutius, which |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.112 | I, as Aeneas, our great ancestor, | I (as Aneas, our great Ancestor, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.79 | (To Lucius) Speak, Rome's dear friend, as erst our ancestor | Speake Romes deere friend, as 'erst our Auncestor, |