| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.61 | Ay, ay, so strives the woodcock with the gin. | I, I, so striues the Woodcocke with the Gynne. |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.iii.21 | What bird that hath escaped the fowler's gin | What bird that hath e(s)capt the fowlers gin, |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.36 | The net nor lime, the pitfall nor the gin! | the Net, nor Lime, / The Pitfall, nor the Gin. |
| Macbeth | Mac V.v.49 | I 'gin to be aweary of the sun, | I 'ginne to be a-weary of the Sun, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.ii.111 | you panderly rascals! There's a knot, a ging, a pack, a | you Panderly Rascals, there's a knot: a gin, a packe, a |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.83 | Now is the woodcock near the gin. | Now is the Woodcocke neere the gin. |