| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.230 | i would have him poisoned with a pot of ale | i would haue poysond him with a pot of ale |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.12 | give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety | giue all my fame for a pot of ale and safetie |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.10 | do you look for ale and cakes here you rude | do you looke for ale and cakes heere you rude |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND II.i.50 | and on her withered dewlap pour the ale | and on her withered dewlop poure the ale |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.30 | he breathes my lord were he not warmed with ale | he breaths my lord were he not warmd with ale |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.1 | for gods sake a pot of small ale | for gods sake a pot of small ale |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.22 | for sheer ale score me up for the lyingest knave in | for sheere ale score me vp for the lyingst knaue in |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.24.1 | a servingman brings him a pot of ale | |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.74 | and once again a pot oth smallest ale | and once againe a pot oth smallest ale |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.98.2 | a pot of ale | |
| Twelfth Night | TN II.iii.112 | virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale | vertuous there shall be no more cakes and ale |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.v.51 | to go to the ale with a christian wilt thou go | to goe to the ale with a christian wilt thou goe |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.295 | item she brews good ale | item she brewes good ale |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.297 | your heart you brew good ale&rsquo | your heart you brew good ale) |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.8 | for a quart of ale is a dish for a king | for a quart of ale is a dish for a king |