| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC III.ii.20 | They are his shards, and he their beetle. So – | They are his Shards, and he their Beetle, so: |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.20 | The sharded beetle in a safer hold | The sharded-Beetle, in a safer hold |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.230 | If I do, fillip me with a three-man beetle. A | If I do, fillop me with a three-man-Beetle. A |
| Macbeth | Mac III.ii.42 | The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, | The shard-borne Beetle, with his drowsie hums, |
| Measure for Measure | MM III.i.82 | And the poor beetle that we tread upon | And the poore Beetle that we treade vpon |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.32 | Here are the beetle brows shall blush for me. | Here are the Beetle-browes shall blush for me. |