| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham I.v.174 | With arms encumbered thus, or this head-shake, | With Armes encombred thus, or thus, head shake; |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.1 | Clifford of Cumberland, 'tis Warwick calls; | Clifford of Cumberland, 'tis Warwicke calles: |
| Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.6 | Proud northern lord, Clifford of Cumberland, | Proud Northerne Lord, Clifford of Cumberland, |
| Julius Caesar | JC III.i.264 | Shall cumber all the parts of Italy; | Shall cumber all the parts of Italy: |
| King Edward III | E3 II.i.299 | It shall not cumber long your majesty. | It shall not comber long your maiestie, |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.40 | The Prince of Cumberland: which honour must | The Prince of Cumberland: which Honor must |
| Macbeth | Mac I.iv.49 | The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step | The Prince of Cumberland: that is a step, |
| Timon of Athens | Tim III.vi.47 | Let it not cumber your better remembrance. | Let it not cumber your better remembrance. |