| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.iv.9 | Keeps wassail, and the swaggering upspring reels. | Keepes wassels and the swaggering vpspring reeles, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.160 | A wassail candle, my lord, all tallow – if I did | A Wassell-Candle, my Lord; all Tallow: if I did |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.64 | Will I with wine and wassail so convince | Will I with Wine, and Wassell, so conuince, |