| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor IV.v.219 | burrows like conies after rain, and revel all with him. | Burroughes (like Conies after Raine) and reuell all with him. |
| Henry V | H5 V.ii.52 | But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, | But hatefull Docks, rough Thistles, Keksyes, Burres, |
| Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.i.194 | In every borough as we pass along; | In euery Burrough as we passe along, |
| Measure for Measure | MM IV.iii.175 | friar, I am a kind of burr, I shall stick. | Friar, I am a kind of Burre, I shal sticke. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.260 | Hang off, thou cat, thou burr! Vile thing, let loose, | Hang off thou cat, thou bur; vile thing let loose, |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.109 | are constant being won; they are burs, I can tell you, | are constant being wonne: they are Burres I can tell you, |