| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.ii.89 | Seal up your lips and give no words but mum; | Seale vp your Lips, and giue no words but Mum, |
| King Lear | KL I.iv.192 | Mum, mum! | Mum, mum, |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.285 | Mum. | Mum. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.ii.6 | white, and cry ‘ mum ’; she cries ‘ budget ’; and by that | white, and cry Mum; she cries Budget, and by that |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.ii.9 | ‘ mum ’ or her ‘ budget ’? The white will decipher her | Mum, or her Budget? The white will decipher her |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW V.v.192 | I went to her in white, and cried ‘ mum,’ and | I went to her in greene, and cried Mum, and |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.109 | your excellent wit? Can virtue hide itself? Go to, mum, | your excellent wit? can vertue hide it selfe? goe to, mumme, |
| Pericles | Per V.iii.15 | What means the nun? She dies! Help, gentlemen! | What meanes the mum? shee die's, helpe Gentlemen. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.3 | The citizens are mum, say not a word. | The Citizens are mum, say not a word. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.i.73 | Well said, master. Mum! And gaze your fill. | Well said Mr, mum, and gaze your fill. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS I.ii.160 | Grumio, mum! (Coming forward) God save you, Signor Gremio. | Grumio mum: God saue you signior Gremio. |
| The Tempest | Tem III.ii.51 | Mum, then, and no more. Proceed! | Mum then, and no more: proceed. |