| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.141 | madcap. | mad-cap. |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.241 | 'Twas where the madcap Duke his uncle kept – | 'Twas, where the madcap Duke his Vncle kept, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.95 | The nimble-footed madcap Prince of Wales, | The nimble-footed Mad-Cap, Prince of Wales, |
| King John | KJ I.i.84 | Why, what a madcap hath heaven lent us here! | Why what a mad-cap hath heauen lent vs here? |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL II.i.201 | That last is Berowne, the merry madcap lord. | That last is Beroune, the mery mad-cap Lord. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.281 | A madcap ruffian and a swearing Jack, | A mad-cap ruffian, and a swearing Iacke, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.7 | Come on, you madcap; I'll to the alehouse with | Come-on you mad-cap: Ile to the Ale-house with |