| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham IV.v.193 | Go to thy deathbed. | go to thy Death-bed, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.164 | What, wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian, | What wilt thou on thy death-bed play the Ruffian? |
| King John | KJ I.i.109 | Upon his deathbed he by will bequeathed | Vpon his death-bed he by will bequeath'd |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.47 | And watery deathbed for him. He may win, | And watrie death-bed for him: he may win, |
| Othello | Oth V.ii.51 | Take heed of perjury: thou art on thy deathbed. | take heed of Periury, / Thou art on thy death-bed. |
| Richard II | R2 II.i.95 | Thy deathbed is no lesser than thy land, | Thy death-bed is no lesser then the Land, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.39 | As from my deathbed thy last living leave. | As from my Death-bed, my last liuing leaue. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.chorus.1 | Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, | Now old desire doth in his death bed lie, |