| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.i.21 | very politic. But couch, ho! Here he comes to beguile | very politicke. But couch hoa, heere hee comes, to beguile |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xiv.51 | Where souls do couch on flowers, we'll hand in hand, | Where Soules do couch on Flowers, wee'l hand in hand, |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.83 | A couch for luxury and damned incest. | A Couch for Luxury and damned Incest. |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.218 | Couch we awhile, and mark. | Couch we a while, and mark. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.16 | In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch | In loathsome Beds, and leau'st the Kingly Couch, |
| Henry V | H5 IV.ii.35 | That England shall couch down in fear and yield. | That England shall couch downe in feare, and yeeld. |
| King John | KJ III.iv.27 | Arise forth from the couch of lasting night, | Arise forth from the couch of lasting night, |
| King Lear | KL III.i.12 | This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch, | |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.91 | And his soft couch defile. | And his soft couch defile. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.ii.1 | Come, come. We'll couch i'th' Castle ditch till we | Come, come: wee'll couch i'th Castle-ditch, till we |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.48 | I'll wink and couch; no man their works must eye. | Ile winke, and couch: No man their workes must eie. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.46 | As ever Beatrice shall couch upon? | As euer Beatrice shall couch vpon? |
| Othello | Oth I.iii.228 | Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war | Hath made the flinty and Steele Coach of Warre |
| Othello | Oth IV.i.71 | To lip a wanton in a secure couch, | To lip a wanton in a secure Cowch; |
| Othello | Oth IV.iii.54 | If I court moe women, you'll couch with moe men. | If I court mo women, you'le couch with mo men. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.33.2 | a couch | |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.34 | Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. | Doth couch his lims, there, golden sleepe doth raigne; |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.36 | Or wilt thou sleep? We'll have thee to a couch | Or wilt thou sleepe? Wee'l haue thee to a Couch, |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.90 | There I couch when owls do cry. | There I cowch when Owles doe crie, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.ii.38 | Can couch for fear, but I will find them out, | Can couch for feare, but I will finde them out, |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.i.182 | To make Mars spurn his drum? O, if thou couch | To make Mars spurne his Drom. O if thou couch |