| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor I.iv.22 | Their noise be our instruction. Ladders, ho! | Their noise be our instruction. Ladders hoa. |
| Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.90 | I cannot tremble at it, were it Toad, or Adder, Spider, | I cannot tremble at it, were it Toad, or Adder, Spider, |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.204 | Whom I will trust as I will adders fanged, | |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.ii.37 | as the foot of the ladder, and by and by in as high a flow | as the foot of the Ladder, and by and by in as high a flow |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.164 | The cords, the ladder, or the hangman rather? | The Cords, the Ladder, or the Hangman rather? |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.325 | sighing and grief, it blows a man up like a bladder. | sighing and griefe, it blowes a man vp like a Bladder. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.i.66 | ‘ Northumberland, thou ladder by the which | Northumberland, thou Ladder, by the which |
| Henry V | H5 III.i.1.2 | other lords, and soldiers, with scaling-ladders | Alarum: Scaling Ladders at Harflew. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.i.8.2 | scaling-ladders | scaling Ladders: Their Drummes beating a Dead March. |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.ii.76 | What! Art thou like the adder waxen deaf? | What? Art thou like the Adder waxen deafe? |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.112 | Whose tongue more poisons than the adder's tooth! | Whose Tongue more poysons then the Adders Tooth: |
| Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.359 | Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, | Like little wanton Boyes that swim on bladders: |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.14 | It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, | It is the bright day, that brings forth the Adder, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.22 | That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, | That Lowlynesse is young Ambitions Ladder, |
| Julius Caesar | JC II.i.25 | He then unto the ladder turns his back, | He then vnto the Ladder turnes his Backe, |
| King Lear | KL V.i.57 | Are of the adder. Which of them shall I take? | Are of the Adder. Which of them shall I take? |
| Macbeth | Mac IV.i.16 | Adder's fork, and blindworm's sting, | Adders Forke, and Blinde-wormes Sting, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.71 | Could not a worm, an adder do so much? | Could not a worme, an Adder do so much? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.72 | An adder did it; for with doubler tongue | An Adder did it: for with doubler tongue |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.73 | Than thine, thou serpent, never adder stung. | Then thine (thou serpent) neuer Adder stung. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.ii.15 | So say I; methinks you are sadder. | So say I, methinkes you are sadder. |
| Pericles | Per IV.i.61 | And from the ladder-tackle washes off | and from the ladder tackle, washes off |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.20 | Guard it, I pray thee, with a lurking adder, | Guard it I prethee with a lurking Adder, |
| Richard II | R2 V.i.55 | Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal | Northumberland, thou Ladder wherewithall |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.73 | To fetch a ladder, by the which your love | To fetch a Ladder by the which your Loue |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.ii.31 | Enter Nurse, wringing her hands, with the ladder of cords | Enter Nurse with cords. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.i.46 | Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds, | Greene earthen pots, Bladders, and mustie seedes, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.98 | Now sadder that you come so unprovided. | Now sadder that you come so vnprouided: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.iii.173 | Or is the adder better than the eel | Or is the Adder better then the Eele, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.13 | All wound with adders, who with cloven tongues | All wound with Adders, who with clouen tongues |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.182 | Engenders the black toad and adder blue, | Engenders the blacke Toad, and Adder blew, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.iii.35 | Even as an adder when she doth unroll | Euen as an Adder when she doth vnrowle |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.53.1 | Get me a ladder. | Get me a Ladder |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit V.i.53 | A ladder is brought, which Aaron is made to climb | |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.102 | Which is the ladder to all high designs, | (Which is the Ladder to all high designes) |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC II.ii.173 | Have ears more deaf than adders to the voice | Haue eares more deafe then Adders, to the voyce |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.i.21 | discoveries! | discoueries. Q addition 'rawe eies, durtrottē liuers, whissing lungs, bladders full of impostume. Sciaticaes lime-kills ith' palme, incurable bone-ach, and the riueled fee simple of the tetter take' |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.180 | The ladder made of cords, and all the means | The Ladder made of Cords, and all the means |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.vi.33 | This night he meaneth with a corded ladder | This night he meaneth with a Corded-ladder |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.40 | And with a corded ladder fetch her down; | And with a Corded-ladder fetch her downe: |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.117 | Why then, a ladder, quaintly made of cords, | Why then a Ladder quaintly made of Cords |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.122 | Advise me where I may have such a ladder. | Aduise me, where I may haue such a Ladder. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.126 | By seven o'clock I'll get you such a ladder. | By seauen a clock, ile get you such a Ladder. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.128 | How shall I best convey the ladder thither? | How shall I best conuey the Ladder thither? |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.137.2 | rope-ladder | |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.152 | 'Tis so; and here's the ladder for the purpose. | 'Tis so: and heere's the Ladder for the purpose. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG IV.ii.53 | How now? Are you sadder than you were before? | How now? are you sadder then you were before; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.iii.21.2 | I am gladder | I am gladder |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.262 | at a burden, and how she longed to eat adders' heads | at a burthen, and how she long'd to eate Adders heads, |