| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.51.1 | Like graves i'th' holy churchyard. | Like Graues i'th holy Church-yard. |
| Hamlet | Ham III.ii.396 | When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out | When Churchyards yawne, and Hell it selfe breaths out |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 I.ii.100 | The which at Touraine, in Saint Katherine's churchyard, | The which at Touraine, in S.Katherines Church-yard, |
| King John | KJ III.iii.40 | If this same were a churchyard where we stand, | If this same were a Church-yard where we stand, |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND III.ii.382 | Troop home to churchyards. Damned spirits all | Troope home to Church-yards; damned spirits all, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.5 | So shall no foot upon the churchyard tread, | So shall no foot vpon the Churchyard tread, |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.11 | Here in the churchyard. Yet I will adventure. | Here in the Churchyard, yet I will aduenture. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.36 | And strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs. | And strew this hungry Churchyard with thy limbs: |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.172 | The ground is bloody. Search about the churchyard. | The ground is bloody, / Search about the Churchyard. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.182 | Here's Romeo's man. We found him in the churchyard. | Here's Romeo'r man, / We found him in the Churchyard. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.186 | As he was coming from this churchyard's side. | As he was comming from this Church-yard side. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.30 | Dwelt by a churchyard – I will tell it softly: | Dwelt by a Church-yard: I will tell it softly, |