| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.76 | Yea, or the drone of a Lincolnshire bagpipe. | Yea, or the Drone of a Lincolnshire Bagpipe. |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.204 | The lazy yawning drone. I this infer, | The lazie yawning Drone: I this inferre, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.94 | And him that sent thee like the lazy drone | And him that sent thee like the lazy droane, |
| Pericles | Per Chorus.II.18 | Not to eat honey like a drone | Not to eate Hony like a Drone, |