| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.120 | You rogue, here's lime in this sack too. There | You Rogue, heere's Lime in this Sacke too: there |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.122 | a coward is worse than a cup of sack with lime in it. A | a Coward is worse then a Cup of Sack with lime. A |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.i.84 | Who gave his blood to lime the stones together, | Who gaue his blood to lyme the stones together, |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.i.37 | With which the time will load him. Th' Archbishop | With which the Lime will loade him. Th'Archbyshop |
| King John | KJ II.i.219 | By this time from their fixed beds of lime | By this time from their fixed beds of lime |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.36 | The net nor lime, the pitfall nor the gin! | the Net, nor Lime, / The Pitfall, nor the Gin. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.14 | see thee froth and lime. I am at a word. Follow. | see thee froth, and liue: I am at a word: follow. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.130 | This man with lime and roughcast doth present | This man, with lyme and rough-cast, doth present |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.163 | Would you desire lime and hair to speak better? | Would you desire Lime and Haire to speake better? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.188 | Thy stones with lime and hair knit up in thee. | Thy stones with Lime and Haire knit vp in thee. |
| Richard II | R2 III.iii.26 | Within the limits of yon lime and stone, | Within the limits of yond Lime and Stone, |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.245 | Monster, come put some lime upon your | Monster, come put some Lime vpon your |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.ii.68 | You must lay lime to tangle her desires | You must lay Lime, to tangle her desires |