| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL I.ii.255 | The Duke is humorous – what he is, indeed, | The Duke is humorous, what he is indeede |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iii.8 | The bonny prizer of the humorous Duke? | The bonnie priser of the humorous Duke? |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.18 | often rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness. | often rumination, wraps me in a most humorous sadnesse. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.44 | I am known to be a humorous patrician, and | I am knowne to be a humorous Patritian, and |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.322 | sigh gratis; the humorous man shall end his part in | sigh gratis, the humorous man shall end his part in |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.i.225 | And 'tis no marvel he is so humorous, | And 'tis no maruell he is so humorous: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.34 | As humorous as winter, and as sudden | As humorous as Winter, and as sudden, |
| Henry V | H5 II.iv.28 | By a vain, giddy, shallow, humorous youth, | By a vaine giddie shallow humorous Youth, |
| King John | KJ III.i.119 | But when her humorous ladyship is by | But when her humourous Ladiship is by |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL III.i.172 | A very beadle to a humorous sigh, | A verie Beadle to a humerous sigh: A Criticke, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.i.31 | To be consorted with the humorous night. | To be consorted with the Humerous night: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.iii.128 | His humorous predominance – yea, watch | His humorous predominance, yea watch |