| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC IV.xii.44 | alcides thou mine ancestor thy rage | alcides thou mine ancestor thy rage |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.iii.244.1 | was his great ancestor | was his great ancestor |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.i.55 | our ancestor was that mulmutius which | our ancestor was that mulmutius which |
| Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.112 | i as aeneas our great ancestor | i (as aneas our great ancestor |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.79 | (to lucius) speak romes dear friend as erst our ancestor | speake romes deere friend as erst our auncestor |