| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW IV.iii.278 | E'en a crow o'th' same nest; not altogether so | E'ne a Crow a'th same nest: not altogether so |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.i.189 | done to her own nest. | done to her owne neast. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE IV.ii.27 | Far from her nest the lapwing cries away. |
Farre from her nest the Lapwing cries away; |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.28 | Have never winged from view o'th' nest; nor know not | Haue neuer wing'd from view o'th'nest; nor knowes not |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.iv.141 | In a great pool, a swan's nest: prithee think | In a great Poole, a Swannes-nest, prythee thinke |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.61 | Useth the sparrow – did oppress our nest, | Vseth the Sparrow, did oppresse our Nest |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.170 | To her unguarded nest the weasel Scot | To her vnguarded Nest, the Weazell (Scot) |
| Henry V | H5 II.chorus.21 | A nest of hollow bosoms, which he fills | A nest of hollow bosomes, which he filles |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.256 | devant leur noces, il n'est pas la coutume de France. | deuant leur nopcese il net pas le costume de Fraunce. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.183 | Gloucester, see here the tainture of thy nest, | Gloster, see here the Taincture of thy Nest, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.86 | Did seem to say ‘ Seek not a scorpion's nest, | Did seeme to say, seeke not a Scorpions Nest, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.191 | Who finds the partridge in the puttock's nest, | Who finds the Partridge in the Puttocks Nest, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.31 | Make war with him that climbed unto their nest, | Make warre with him that climb'd vnto their nest, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.i.95 | Crept up by stealth unto the eagle's nest, | Crept vp by stelth vnto the Eagles nest, |
| King Edward III | E3 III.iv.124 | That so her nest of young ones might be fed | That so her nest of young ones might be fed, |
| King John | KJ V.ii.150 | To souse annoyance that comes near his nest. | To sowsse annoyance that comes neere his Nest; |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.ii.11 | Her young ones in her nest, against the owl. | Her yong ones in her Nest, against the Owle: |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.204 | being overjoyed with finding a bird's nest, shows it his | being ouer-ioyed with finding a birds nest, shewes it his |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.i.211 | on you, who, as I take it, have stolen his bird's nest. | on you, who (as I take it) haue stolne his birds nest. |
| Richard III | R3 I.iii.269 | Your aery buildeth in our aery's nest. | Your ayery buildeth in our ayeries Nest: |
| Richard III | R3 IV.iv.424 | Where, in that nest of spicery, they will breed | Where in that Nest of Spicery they will breed |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.74 | Must climb a bird's nest soon when it is dark. | Must climde a birds nest Soone when it is darke: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.151 | I hear some noise. Lady, come from that nest | I heare some noyse Lady, come from that nest |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.166 | Show thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how | show thee a Iayes nest, and instruct thee how |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.379 | His noble nephew here in virtue's nest, | His Noble Nephew heere in vertues nest, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.iii.81.2 | A nest of traitors! | A nest of Traitors. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.781 | wasp's nest; then stand till he be three-quarters and a | Waspes Nest, then stand till he be three quarters and a |