| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.v.84 | That jackanapes with scarfs. Why is he | That Iacke-an-apes with scarfes. Why is hee |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.94 | He sends this bloody napkin. Are you he? | He sends this bloudy napkin; are you he? |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.139.1 | But, for the bloody napkin? | But for the bloody napkin? |
| As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.155 | His broken promise, and to give this napkin, | His broken promise, and to giue this napkin |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.369 | Duke Menaphon, your most renowned uncle. | Duke Menaphon your most renowned Vnckle. |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.37 | your eyes toward the napes of your necks, and make but | your eyes toward the Napes of your neckes, and make but |
| Coriolanus | Cor II.i.226 | The napless vesture of humility, | The Naples Vesture of Humilitie, |
| Coriolanus | Cor V.i.53 | We pout upon the morning, are unapt | We powt vpon the Morning, are vnapt |
| Cymbeline | Cym II.i.3 | pound on't: and then a whoreson jackanapes | pound on't: and then a whorson Iacke-an-Apes, |
| Hamlet | Ham V.ii.282 | Here, Hamlet, take my napkin. Rub thy brows. | Heere's a Napkin, rub thy browes, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.2 | Unapt to stir at these indignities, | Vnapt to stirre at these indignities, |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.ii.41 | half in all my company; and the half shirt is two napkins | halfe in all my Company: and the halfe Shirt is two Napkins |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 III.ii.320 | reason in the law of nature but I may snap at him. Let | reason, in the Law of Nature, but I may snap at him. Let |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.141 | on like a butcher, and sit like a jackanapes, never off. | on like a Butcher, and sit like a Iack an Apes, neuer off. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.52 | The King of Naples, whosoe'er thou art. | The King of Naples, who so ere thou art. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.94 | For though her father be the King of Naples, | For though her Father be the King of Naples, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iii.133 | I am a soldier and unapt to weep | I am a Souldier, and vnapt to weepe, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.iv.78 | But Reignier, King of Naples, that prevailed. | But Reignier King of Naples that preuayl'd. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.40 | The King of Naples and Jerusalem, | The King of Naples, and Ierusalem, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.47 | unto Reignier King of Naples, Sicilia, and Jerusalem, | vnto Reignier King of Naples, Sicillia, and Ierusalem, |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.5 | the commonwealth, and turn it, and set a new nap | the Common-wealth and turne it, and set a new nap |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.118 | Outcast of Naples, England's bloody scourge! | Out-cast of Naples, Englands bloody Scourge, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.79 | Look, York, I stained this napkin with the blood | Looke Yorke, I stayn'd this Napkin with the blood |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.121 | Thy father bears the type of King of Naples, | Thy Father beares the type of King of Naples, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 I.iv.159 | Keep thou the napkin, and go boast of this; | Keepe thou the Napkin, and goe boast of this, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.62 | A napkin steeped in the harmless blood | A Napkin, steeped in the harmelesse blood |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.139 | Iron of Naples hid with English gilt, | Iron of Naples, hid with English gilt, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.ii.134 | And dip their napkins in his sacred blood, | And dip their Napkins in his Sacred Blood; |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.118 | when she put 'em i'the paste alive. She knapped 'em | when she put 'em i'th'Paste aliue, she knapt 'em |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.128 | To be o'erheard and taken napping so. | To be ore-heard, and taken napping so. |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.i.56 | sweet touch, a quick venue of wit! Snip, snap, quick | sweet tutch, a quicke venewe of wit, snip snap, quick |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.5 | expectation of plenty. Come in time! Have napkins enow | expectation of Plentie: Come in time, haue Napkins enow |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.i.9 | ever knapped ginger or made her neighbours believe she | euer knapt Ginger, or made her neighbours beleeue she |
| The Merchant of Venice | MV III.v.45 | Goodly Lord, what a wit-snapper are you! | Goodly Lord, what a witte-snapper are you, |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.105 | You, jack'nape, give-a this letter to Sir Hugh. By | You, Iack'Nape: giue-'a this Letter to Sir Hugh, by |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iv.107 | teach a scurvy jackanape priest to meddle or make. You | teach a scuruy Iack-a-nape Priest to meddle, or make:--- you |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.76 | jackanape to Anne Page. | Iack-an-Ape to Anne Page. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.83 | greasy napkins, that, Master Brook, there was the | greasie Napkins, that (Master Broome) there was the |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.66 | will be like a jackanapes also, to burn the knight with | will be like a Iacke-an-Apes also, to burne the Knight with |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.v.2 | Speak, breathe, discuss; brief, short, quick, snap. | speake, breathe, discusse: breefe, short, quicke, snap. |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.114 | We had like to have had our two noses snapped | Wee had likt to haue had our two noses snapt |
| Othello | Oth III.i.4 | Naples, that they speak i'th' nose thus? | Naples, that they speake i'th'Nose thus? |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.284.2 | Your napkin is too little. | Your Napkin is too little: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.287 | I am glad I have found this napkin: | I am glad I haue found this Napkin: |
| Othello | Oth III.iii.318 | I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, | I will in Cassio's Lodging loose this Napkin, |
| Pericles | Per III.ii.86.1 | Enter one with napkins and fire | Enter one with Napkins and Fire. |
| Richard III | R3 V.iii.105 | I'll strive with troubled thoughts to take a nap, | Ile striue with troubled noise, to take a Nap, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.1.2 | forth with napkins | forth with their napkins. Enter Seruant. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.125 | Which in a napkin being close conveyed, | Which in a Napkin (being close conuei'd) |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.80 | These fifteen years! By my fay, a goodly nap. | These fifteene yeeres, by my fay, a goodly nap, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.92 | As Stephen Sly, and old John Naps of Greece, | As Stephen Slie, and old Iohn Naps of Greece, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.70 | Yet oftentimes he goes but mean-apparelled. | Yet oftentimes he goes but meane apparel'd. |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.ii.46 | Nay, I have ta'en you napping, gentle love, | Nay, I haue tane you napping gentle Loue, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS V.ii.165 | Unapt to toil and trouble in the world, | Vnapt to toyle and trouble in the world, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.112 | So dry he was for sway – wi'th' King of Naples | (so drie he was for Sway) with King of Naples |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.121 | The King of Naples, being an enemy | This King of Naples being an Enemy |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.235 | Bound sadly home for Naples, | Bound sadly home for Naples, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.432 | What wert thou if the King of Naples heard thee? | What wer't thou if the King of Naples heard thee? |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.434 | To hear thee speak of Naples. He does hear me, | To heare thee speake of Naples: he do's heare me, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.435 | And that he does, I weep. Myself am Naples, | And that he do's, I weepe: my selfe am Naples, |
| The Tempest | Tem I.ii.450.1 | The Queen of Naples. | The Queene of Naples. |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.114 | Of Naples and of Milan, what strange fish | Of Naples and of Millaine, what strange fish |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.134 | I fear, for ever. Milan and Naples have | I feare for euer: Millaine and Naples haue |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.249.1 | Who's the next heir of Naples? | who's the next heire of Naples? |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.251 | Ten leagues beyond man's life; she that from Naples | Ten leagues beyond mans life: she that from Naples |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.261 | So is she heir of Naples, 'twixt which regions | So is she heyre of Naples, 'twixt which Regions |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.264 | Measure us back to Naples? Keep in Tunis, | Measure vs backe to Naples? keepe in Tunis, |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.267 | Than now they are. There be that can rule Naples | Then now they are: There be that can rule Naples |
| The Tempest | Tem II.i.297 | I'll come by Naples. Draw thy sword. One stroke | I'le come by Naples: Draw thy sword, one stroke |
| The Tempest | Tem II.ii.68 | him tame, and get to Naples with him, he's a present | him tame, and get to Naples with him, he's a Present |
| The Tempest | Tem III.iii.28.2 | If in Naples | If in Naples |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.149 | O heavens, that they were living both in Naples, | Oh heauens, that they were liuing both in Nalpes |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.206 | Should become kings of Naples? O, rejoice | Should become Kings of Naples? O reioyce |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.308 | I'll bring you to your ship, and so to Naples, | I'le bring you to your ship, and so to Naples, |
| The Tempest | Tem epilogue.5 | Or sent to Naples. Let me not, | Or sent to Naples, Let me not |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.ii.136 | And that unaptness made your minister | And that vnaptnesse made your minister |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.103 | That so the shadows be not unappeased, | That so the shadowes be not vnappeas'd, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.140 | Thy napkin cannot drink a tear of mine, | Thy napkin cannot drinke a teare of mine, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.146 | His napkin with his true tears all bewet | His Napkin with hertrue teares all bewet, |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.32 | man. For what says Quinapalus? ‘ Better a witty fool | man. For what saies Quinapalus, Better a witty foole, |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.45 | you say, sir, let your bounty take a nap – I will awake it | you say sir, let your bounty take a nappe, I will awake it |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iii.25 | am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-up | am) lytter'd vnder Mercurie, was likewise a snapper-vp |