| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.ii.83 | throats! Ah, whoreson caterpillars, bacon-fed knaves, | throats; a whorson Caterpillars: Bacon-fed Knaues, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 III.i.90 | And caterpillars eat my leaves away; | And Caterpillers eate my Leaues away: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.iv.37 | They call false caterpillars and intend their death. | They call false Catterpillers, and intend their death. |
| Pericles | Per V.i.57 | For every graff would send a caterpillar, | for euery graffe would send a Caterpillar, |
| Richard II | R2 II.iii.165 | The caterpillars of the commonwealth, | The Caterpillers of the Commonwealth, |
| Richard II | R2 III.iv.47.1 | Swarming with caterpillars? | Swarming with Caterpillers. |