| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.iv.28 | To have the courtesy your cradle promised, | To haue the courtesie your Cradle promis'd, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.20 | In cradle of the rude imperious surge, | In Cradle of the rude imperious Surge, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ix.3 | No sooner was I crept out of my cradle | No sooner was I crept out of my Cradle, |
| Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.50 | Was fashioned to much honour. From his cradle | Was fashion'd to much Honor. From his Cradle |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.v.18 | Though in her cradle, yet now promises | Though in her Cradle; yet now promises |
| King Lear | KL I.i.14 | sir, a son for her cradle ere she had a husband for her | (Sir) a Sonne for her Cradle, ere she had husband for her |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vi.8 | Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle; | Hath made his pendant Bed, and procreant Cradle, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.69 | In the cradle where it lies. | In the cradle where it lies: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.71 | So near the cradle of the Fairy Queen? | So neere the Cradle of the Faierie Queene? |
| Othello | Oth II.iii.126.1 | If drink rock not his cradle. | If Drinke rocke not his Cradle. |
| Richard II | R2 I.iii.132 | To wake our peace, which in our country's cradle | |
| Richard III | R3 IV.i.100 | Rough cradle for such little pretty ones! | Rough Cradle for such little prettie ones, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.iv.40 | Spare thy Athenian cradle and those kin | Spare thy Athenian Cradle, and those Kin |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK I.iii.70 | To the like innocent cradle, where phoenix-like | To the like innocent Cradle, where Phenix like |