| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.11 | spake but by a metaphor. | spake but by a Metaphor. |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.12 | Indeed, sir, if your metaphor stink I will stop my | Indeed sir, if your Metaphor stinke, I will stop my |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.13 | nose, or against any man's metaphor. Prithee, get thee | nose, or against any mans Metaphor. Prethe get thee |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.69 | metaphor? | Metaphor? |