| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.1.1 | Enter a Carrier with a lantern in his hand | Enter a Carrier with a Lanterne in his hand. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.35 | I prithee lend me thy lantern, to see my | I prethee lend me thy Lanthorne to see my |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.41 | lantern, quoth he! Marry, I'll see thee hanged first. | Lanthorne (quoth-a) marry Ile see thee hang'd first. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.25 | life. Thou art our admiral, thou bearest the lantern in | Life: Thou art our Admirall, thou bearest the Lanterne in |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.25 | My stay, my guide, and lantern to my feet. | my stay, my guide, / And Lanthorne to my feete: |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.i.54 | thorns and a lantern, and say he comes to disfigure or to | thorns and a lanthorne, and say he comes to disfigure, or to |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.134 | This man with lantern, dog, and bush of thorn | This man, with Lanthorne, dog, and bush of thorne, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.251 | lantern is the moon, I the man i'th' moon, this thorn | Lanthorne is the Moone; I, the man in the Moone; this thorne |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.253 | Why, all these should be in the lantern; for | Why all these should be in the Lanthorne: for |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.iii.24 | lantern. This is your charge: you shall comprehend all | lanthorne: this is your charge: You shall comprehend all |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.84 | A grave? O, no, a lantern, slaughtered youth. | A Graue; O no, a Lanthorne; slaughtred Youth: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.121.2 | Enter Friar Laurence, with lantern, crow, and spade | Enter Frier with Lanthorne, Crow, and Spade. |