| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.50 | famine. | Famine. |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iv.59 | Did famine follow, whom thou fought'st against, | Did Famine follow, whom thou fought'st against, |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.vi.19 | I were best not call; I dare not call: yet famine, | I were best not call; I dare not call: yet Famine |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.303 | the very genius of famine, yet lecherous as a monkey, | the very Genius of Famine: |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.7 | Leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire | (Leasht in, like Hounds) should Famine, Sword, and Fire |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.ii.11 | Lean famine, quartering steel, and climbing fire; | Leane Famine, quartering Steele, and climbing Fire, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.58 | O, I am slain! Famine and no other hath slain me; let | O I am slaine, Famine and no other hath slaine me, let |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.x.73 | am vanquished by famine, not by valour. | am vanquished by Famine, not by Valour. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.ii.6 | Famine shall combat where our swords are stopped. | Famine shall combate where our swords are stopt. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.4 | Till famine and the ague eat them up. | Till Famine and the Ague eate them vp: |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.40 | Till famine cling thee. If thy speech be sooth, | Till Famine cling thee: If thy speech be sooth, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.69 | And fearest to die? Famine is in thy cheeks. | And fear'st to die? Famine is in thy cheekes, |