| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.27 | Far from her nest the lapwing cries away. |
Farre from her nest the Lapwing cries away; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.182 | This lapwing runs away with the shell on his | This Lapwing runs away with the shell on his |
| Measure for Measure | MM I.iv.32 | With maids to seem the lapwing and to jest, | With Maids to seeme the Lapwing, and to iest |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.i.24 | For look where Beatrice, like a lapwing, runs | For looke where Beatrice like a Lapwing runs |