| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.40 | I knew her well; she was a midwife. | I knew her well, she was a Midwife. |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 V.vi.74 | The midwife wondered and the women cried | The Midwife wonder'd, and the Women cri'de |
| Pericles | Per III.i.11 | Divinest patroness and midwife gentle | Diuinest patrionesse, and my wife gentle |
| Richard II | R2 II.ii.62 | So, Green, thou art the midwife to my woe, | So Greene, thou art the midwife of my woe, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iv.54 | She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes | She is the Fairies Midwife, & she comes |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.140 | Cornelia the midwife, and myself, | Cornelia, the midwife, and myselfe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.142 | The Empress, the midwife, and yourself. | The Empresse, the Midwife, and yourselfe, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.165 | But send the midwife presently to me. | But send the Midwife presently to me. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.166 | The midwife and the Nurse well made away, | The Midwife and the Nurse well made away, |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.v.189 | Like aqua-vitae with a midwife. | Like Aqua vite with a Midwife. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.159 | With Lady Margery, your midwife there, | With Lady Margerie, your Mid-wife there, |