| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.504 | With bisson rheum; a clout upon that head | With Bisson Rheume: A clout about that head, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.45 | have clapped i'th' clout at twelve score, and carried you | haue clapt in the Clowt at Twelue-score, and carryed you |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.92 | clout, i' the clout! Hewgh! – Give the word. | clout, i'th'clout: Hewgh. Giue the word. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.i.135 | Indeed, 'a must shoot nearer, or he'll ne'er hit the clout. | Indeede a'must shoote nearer, or heele ne're hit the clout. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.176 | And then, to dry them, gav'st the Duke a clout | And then to dry them, gau'st the Duke a Clowt, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iv.201 | say so, she looks as pale as any clout in the versal world. | say so, shee lookes as pale as any clout in the versall world. |