| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.i.164 | Moist Hesperus hath quenched her sleepy lamp, | Moist Hesperus hath quench'd her sleepy Lampe: |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.231 | lethargy; mulled, deaf, sleepy, insensible; a getter of | Lethargie, mull'd, deafe, sleepe, insensible, a getter of |
| Cymbeline | Cym III.v.26.2 | 'Tis not sleepy business, | 'Tis not sleepy businesse, |
| Julius Caesar | JC IV.iii.265 | This is a sleepy tune; O murderous slumber, | This is a sleepy Tune: O Murd'rous slumbler! |
| Macbeth | Mac I.vii.75 | When we have marked with blood those sleepy two | When we haue mark'd with blood those sleepie two |
| Macbeth | Mac II.ii.50.1 | The sleepy grooms with blood. | The sleepie Groomes with blood. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.28 | sleepy. | sleepie. |
| Richard III | R3 III.vii.122 | Whiles, in the mildness of your sleepy thoughts, | Whiles in the mildnesse of your sleepie thoughts, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.215 | It is a sleepy language, and thou speak'st | It is a sleepy Language; and thou speak'st |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.i.13 | rare – I know not what to say. We will give you sleepy | rare---I know not what to say--- Wee will giue you sleepie |