| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.61 | courtier's hands are perfumed with civet. | Courtiers hands are perfum'd with Ciuet. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.ii.64 | wise and perpend: civet is of a baser birth than tar, the | wise and perpend: Ciuet is of a baser birth then Tarre, the |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.130 | fie! Pah, pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, | fie; pah, pah: Giue me an Ounce of Ciuet; good Apothecary |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.46 | Nay, 'a rubs himself with civet; can you smell | Nay a rubs himselfe with Ciuit, can you smell |