| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.193 | There she appeared indeed! Or my reporter | There she appear'd indeed: or my reporter |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.221 | Come, sister. – Dromio, play the porter well. | Come sister, Dromio play the Porter well. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE II.ii.227 | Master, shall I be porter at the gate? | Master, shall I be Porter at the gate? |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.36 | What patch is made our porter? – My master stays in the street. | What patch is made our Porter? my Master stayes in the street. |
| The Comedy of Errors | CE III.i.43 | The porter for this time, sir, and my name is Dromio. | The Porter for this time Sir, and my name is Dromio. |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.13 | porter his eyes in his head that he gives entrance to such | Porter his eyes in his head, that he giues entrance to such |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.207 | go, he says, and sowl the porter of Rome gates by th' ears. | go he sayes, and sole the Porter of Rome Gates by th' eares. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.1.3 | Enter the Lord Bardolph at one door | Enter Lord Bardolfe, and the Porter. |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.1 | Enter the Porter | |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.i.6 | Exit Porter | |
| Henry V | H5 I.ii.200 | The poor mechanic porters crowding in | The poore Mechanicke Porters, crowding in |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.1.1 | Enter the Countess of Auvergne and her Porter | Enter Countesse. |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.1 | Porter, remember what I gave in charge, | Porter, remember what I gaue in charge, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.iii.32 | Enter the Porter with keys | Enter Porter with Keyes. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.1.1 | Noise and tumult within. Enter Porter and his Man | Noyse and Tumult within: Enter Porter and his man. |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.4 | Good master porter, I belong to | Good M. Porter I belong to |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.28 | Do you hear, master porter? | Do you heare M. Porter? |
| Henry VIII | H8 V.iv.68 | As if we kept a fair here! Where are these porters, | As if we kept a Faire heere? Where are these Porters? |
| King Edward III | E3 III.i.145 | When last I was reporter to your grace, | When last I was reporter to your grace, |
| King John | KJ III.i.72 | That no supporter but the huge firm earth | That no supporter but the huge firme earth |
| King Lear | KL III.vii.63 | Thou shouldst have said, ‘ Good porter, turn the key; | Thou should'st haue said, good Porter turne the Key: |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL I.ii.70 | back like a porter – and he was in love. | backe like a Porter: and he was in loue. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.1 | Enter a Porter. Knocking within | Enter a Porter. Knocking within. |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.1 | Here's a knocking indeed! If a man were porter of | Here's a knocking indeede: if a man were Porter of |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.16 | place is too cold for hell. I'll devil-porter it no further. | place is too cold for Hell. Ile Deuill-Porter it no further: |
| Macbeth | Mac II.iii.19 | Anon, anon! I pray you remember the porter. | Anon, anon, I pray you remember the Porter. |
| Measure for Measure | MM V.i.18 | And good supporters are you. | And good supporters are you. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.ii.170 | porter. | Porter. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.v.9 | porter let in Susan Grindstone and Nell. | Porter let in Susan Grindstone, and Nell, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim II.i.10 | And able horses. No porter at his gate, | And able Horses: No Porter at his gate, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC I.ii.249 | Achilles? A drayman, a porter, a very camel! | Achilles? a Dray-man, a Porter, a very Camell. |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.v.143 | your door like a sheriff's post and be the supporter to a | your doore like a Sheriffes post, and be the supporter to a |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.268 | Taleporter, and five or six honest wives that were present. | Tale-Porter, and fiue or six honest Wiues, that were present. |