| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.88 | stand at the king's mess. 'Tis a chough, but, as I say, | stand at the Kings Messe; 'tis a Chowgh; but as I saw |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.i.93 | in to borrow a mess of vinegar, telling us she had a good | in to borrow a messe of Vinegar: telling vs, she had a good |
| Henry V | H5 III.ii.110 | By the mess, ere theise eyes of mine take themselves | By the Mes, ere theise eyes of mine take themselues |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.73 | Where are your mess of sons to back you now? | Where are your Messe of Sonnes, to back you now? |
| King John | KJ I.i.190 | He and his toothpick at my worship's mess, | Hee and his tooth-picke at my worships messe, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.205 | That you three fools lacked me fool to make up the mess. | That you three fooles, lackt mee foole, to make vp the messe. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.361 | A mess of Russians left us but of late. | A messe of Russians left vs but of late. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.i.59 | lief you would tell me of a mess of porridge. | lief you would tell me of a messe of porredge. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iv.70 | Welcome! One mess is like to be your cheer. | Welcome, one messe is like to be your cheere, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.423 | Lays her full mess before you. Want? Why want? | Layes her full Messe before you. Want? why Want? |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.11 | In every mess have folly, and the feeders | In euery Messe, haue folly; and the Feeders |