| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| As You Like It | AYL I.iii.74 | Still we went coupled and inseparable. | Still we went coupled and inseperable. |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.27 | for honesty coupled to beauty is to have honey a sauce | for honestie coupled to beautie, is to haue Honie a sawce |
| As You Like It | AYL III.iii.41 | couple us. | couple vs. |
| As You Like It | AYL V.iv.36 | couples are coming to the ark. Here comes a pair of | couples are comming to the Arke. Here comes a payre of |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.93 | And shall I couple hell? O, fie! Hold, hold, my heart. | And shall I couple Hell? Oh fie: hold my heart; |
| Hamlet | Ham V.i.283 | When that her golden couplets are disclosed, | When that her golden Cuplet are disclos'd; |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.i.23 | couple of short-legged hens, a joint of mutton, and any | couple of short-legg'd Hennes: a ioynt of Mutton, and any |
| Henry V | H5 II.i.68 | ‘ Couple a gorge!’ | Couple a gorge, |
| Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vii.20 | Coupled in bonds of perpetuity, | Coupled in bonds of perpetuitie, |
| King Edward III | E3 I.ii.91 | Before we could uncouple at their heels? | Before we could vncupple at their heeles. |
| King John | KJ II.i.349 | With slaughter coupled to the name of kings. | With slaughter coupled to the name of kings. |
| King John | KJ III.i.228 | Married in league, coupled and linked together | Married in league, coupled, and link'd together |
| Love's Labour's Lost | LLL V.ii.529 | I wish you the peace of mind, most royal couplement! | I wish you the peace of minde most royall cupplement. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW III.v.89 | Being thus crammed in the basket, a couple of Ford's | Being thus cram'd in the Basket, a couple of Fords |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.106 | Uncouple in the western valley; let them go. | Vncouple in the Westerne valley, let them goe; |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.139 | Begin these woodbirds but to couple now? | Begin these wood birds but to couple now? |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND IV.i.180 | These couples shall eternally be knit. | These couples shall eternally be knit. |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.397 | So shall all the couples three | So shall all the couples three, |
| Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.30 | worship's presence, ha' ta'en a couple of as arrant knaves | worships presence, haue tane a couple of as arrant knaues |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ III.i.38 | And but one word with one of us? Couple it | And but one word with one of vs? couple it |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.16 | And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach. | And couple Clowder with the deepe-mouth'd brach, |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS III.ii.239 | Nay, let them go, a couple of quiet ones. | Nay, let them goe, a couple of quiet ones. |
| The Tempest | Tem IV.i.40 | Bestow upon the eyes of this young couple | Bestow vpon the eyes of this yong couple |
| The Tempest | Tem V.i.202 | And on this couple drop a blessed crown! | And on this couple drop a blessed crowne; |
| Timon of Athens | Tim V.i.223 | Coupled to nature. | coupled to Nature. |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit II.ii.3 | Uncouple here, and let us make a bay | Vncouple heere, and let vs make a bay, |
| Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.43 | e'en. I have brought you a letter and a couple of pigeons | den; I haue brought you a Letter, & a couple of Pigions |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC V.ii.16 | And let your mind be coupled with your words. | and let your minde be coupled with your words. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.369 | We'll whisper o'er a couplet or two of most sage saws. | Weel whisper ore a couplet or two of most sage sawes. |
| The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.ii.127 | He couples it to his complaining names. | He couples it, to his complaining Names; |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK III.v.32.2 | Couple then, | Couple then |
| The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.135 | I lodge my wife; I'll go in couples with her; | I lodge my Wife, Ile goe in couples with her: |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.131 | I lost a couple that 'twixt heaven and earth | I lost a couple, that 'twixt Heauen and Earth |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.133 | You, gracious couple, do. And then I lost – | You (gracious Couple) doe: and then I lost |
| The Winter's Tale | WT V.i.189 | Of this fair couple – meets he on the way | Of this faire Couple) meetes he on the way |