| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.iii.45 | leave to in the crop. If I be his cuckold, he's my drudge. | leaue to Inne the crop: if I be his cuckold hee's my drudge; |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.ii.148 | To conclude, this drudge, or diviner laid claim to me, | To conclude, this drudge or Diuiner layd claime to mee, |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.ii.5 | A very drudge of Nature's, have subdued me | A very drudge of Natures, haue subdu'de me |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.113 | one to do her husbandry and her drudgery. You need | one to doe her Husbandry, and her Drudgery; you need |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.i.105 | Upon these paltry, servile, abject drudges. | Vpon these paltry, seruile, abiect Drudges: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.142 | And will you credit this base drudge's words, | And will you credit this base Drudges Wordes, |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.ii.103 | Nor none of thee, thou pale and common drudge | Nor none of thee thou pale and common drudge |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.v.75 | I am the drudge, and toil in your delight. | I am the drudge, and toile in your delight: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.i.115 | You peasant swain, you whoreson malthorse drudge! | You pezant, swain, you horson malt-horse drudg |
| Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.255 | To such as may the passive drudges of it | To such as may the passiue drugges of it |