| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL II.iv.50 | into strange capers; but as all is mortal in nature, so is | into strange capers; but as all is mortall in nature, so is |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.ii.63 | Mingled his royalty with capering fools, | Mingled his Royaltie with Carping Fooles, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.193 | understanding; and he that will caper with me for a | vnderstanding: and he that will caper with mee for a |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.365 | Him caper upright like a wild Morisco, | Him capre vpright, like a wilde Morisco, |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.113 | The third he capered and cried ‘ All goes well!’ | The third he caper'd and cried, All goes well. |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.9 | here one Master Caper, at the suit of Master Threepile | heere one Mr Caper, at the suite of Master Three-Pile |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.58 | a-capering: he will fence with his own shadow. If I | a capring, he will fence with his own shadow. If I |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.ii.60 | What say you to young Master Fenton? He capers, | What say you to yong Mr Fenton? He capers, |
| Pericles | Per IV.ii.102 | Ay, he. He offered to cut a caper at the proclamation, | I, he, he offered to cut a caper at the proclamation, |
| Richard III | R3 I.i.12 | He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber | He capers nimbly in a Ladies Chamber, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.114 | Faith, I can cut a caper. | Faith, I can cut a caper. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.133 | caper. Ha! Higher! Ha! Ha! Excellent! | caper. Ha, higher: ha, ha, excellent. |