| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.81 | girdle: if you beat us out of it, it is yours: if you fall in | Girdle: if you beate vs out of it, it is yours: if you fall in |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.148 | girdle, hangers, and so. Three of the carriages, in faith, | Girdle, Hangers or so: three of the Carriages infaith |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.149 | an I do, I pray God my girdle break. | if I do, let my Girdle breake. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.50 | The beachy girdle of the ocean | The beachie Girdle of the Ocean |
| Henry V | H5 I.chorus.19 | Suppose within the girdle of these walls | Suppose within the Girdle of these Walls |
| King Edward III | E3 IV.v.94 | Shall I not give my girdle from my waist, | Shall I not giue my girdle from my wast, |
| King John | KJ II.i.217 | That as a waist doth girdle you about, | That as a waste doth girdle you about |
| King Lear | KL IV.vi.126 | But to the girdle do the gods inherit, | but to the Girdle do the Gods inherit, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.175 | I'll put a girdle round about the earth | Ile put a girdle about the earth, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.139 | If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle. | If he be, he knowes how to turne his girdle. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.iv.91 | Knock me down with 'em; cleave me to the girdle. | Knocke me downe with 'em, cleaue mee to the Girdle. |