| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.30 | knave with Fortune that she should scratch you, who of | knaue with fortune that she should scratch you, who of |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.ii.53 | I cannot scratch mine ear. Prithee, tell her | I cannot scratch mine eare. Prythee tel her |
| As You Like It | AYL III.v.21 | Scratch thee but with a pin, and there remains | Scratch thee but with a pin, and there remaines |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.73 | I had rather have one scratch my head i'th' sun | I had rather haue one scratch my Head i'th' Sun, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.iv.10 | And God forbid a shallow scratch should drive | And heauen forbid a shallow scratch should driue |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.9 | I'll scratch your heads. You must be seeing christenings? | Ile scratch your heads; you must be seeing Christenings? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.7 | Scratch my head, Peaseblossom. Where's | Scratch my head, Pease-blossome. Wher's |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.23 | Cobweb to scratch. I must to the barber's, Monsieur, | Cobweb to scratch. I must to the Barbers Mounsieur, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.26 | must scratch. | must scratch. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.93 | Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch. Marry, 'tis enough. | I, I, a scratch, a scratch, marry 'tis inough, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.100 | houses! Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch | houses. What, a Dog, a Rat, a Mouse, a Cat to scratch |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.52 | Yet a tailor might scratch her where'er she did itch. | Yet a Tailor might scratch her where ere she did itch. |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC IV.ii.106 | Tear my bright hair, and scratch my praised cheeks; | Teare my bright heire, and scratch my praised cheekes, |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.58 | That, like a testy babe, will scratch the nurse, | That (like a testie Babe) will scratch the Nurse, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.703 | fardel will make him scratch his beard. | Farthell, will make him scratch his Beard. |