| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.155 | The phrase would be more germane to the | The phrase would bee more Germaine to the |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.144 | Prodigal, or the German hunting, in waterwork, is | Prodigall, or the Germane hunting in Waterworke, is |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.187 | A woman, that is like a German clock, | A woman that is like a Germane Cloake, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iii.1 | Sir, the Germans desire to have three of your | Sir, the Germane desires to haue three of your |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.342 | thou a leopard, thou wert german to the lion, and the | thou a Leopard, thou wert Germane to the Lion, and the |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.769 | heavy and vengeance bitter; but those that are germane | heauie, and Vengeance bitter; but those that are Iermaine |