| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Cymbeline | Cym V.iii.34 | A distaff to a lance, gilded pale looks; | A Distaffe, to a Lance, guilded pale lookes; |
| King Lear | KL IV.ii.17 | I must change arms at home and give the distaff | I must change names at home, and giue the Distaffe |
| Richard II | R2 III.ii.118 | Yea, distaff-women manage rusty bills | Yea Distaffe-Women manage rustie Bills: |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.iii.97 | Excellent, it hangs like flax on a distaff; and I | Excellent, it hangs like flax on a distaffe: & I |
| The Winter's Tale | WT I.ii.37 | We'll thwack him hence with distaffs. | Wee'l thwack him hence with Distaffes. |