| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham II.ii.136 | If I had played the desk or table-book, | If I had playd the Deske or Table-booke, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.16 | He draws out his table-book | Draw out his Table-booke. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.595 | glass, pomander, brooch, table-book, ballad, knife, tape, | Glasse, Pomander, Browch, Table-booke, Ballad, Knife, Tape, |